Hot Rods 30/31 roadster build, Stacies car!

me too, 1959 430 lincoln, 6 97's , top loader 4 speed, narrowed 9 in, 40 dash, bout ready to start blowing her apart.

 

Thanks to everyone who stopped by Titus's over the weekend before Back to the Fifties! And thank you Titus for your guidance to myself and others. We made a lot of progress that couldn't have been done without you all.

 

Looks good! Will I see it this weekend?

 

thats the plan, the motor is in, the chassis is done, time to start plumping the motor for the 6x2 set up, then the body goes back on tomorrow and do some wiring and a throttle pedal etc etc etc and shell be ready to go, just a couple of days worth of work!

 

bloody hell, blink and it's done. How long from getting the chassis to where you are now with the car? It seems like really quick progress.
A friend of mine here is starting out on a low slung 50's style roadster, it'll be great to see your finished A and hopefully gain some ideas and styling cues.
Keep up the good work and please post more pics

 

lookin' good

 

That is going to one nice roadster!

 

Oh that's all I should just bring my coupe over as long as your at it...

I'd like to help and learn a little on the pedal and other linkage stuff. Wish I didn't live on the other side of town.

 

Buck up Sally . . . I make the 110 mile round-trip drive to Titus' shop at least once a week to work on my junk with him.

 

ill probably get in trouble from Stacie but here are some more pics of the chassis, its just getting put in grey primer till this winter when she is gonna tackle all the paint and body work, so it will come all back apart for that, so that makes the assembly process go a bit faster.

JEFF

 

Did you guys build the driveshaft or have a local shop make it?

 

sweet

 

I cut it to length, ive done about 30 of em so far and counting!

Got lots more bits done here and there, started working out the carb linkage, started going thru the 6 stromberg 97's that will rest attop the motor, well just be running 2 for a bit till we have more time to sort out and tune the other 4.

JEFF

 

oofff that rolling chassis looks fantastic, very tidy indeed. As for the motor....damn that's centerfold material

 

How did you get away with out notching the Hurst mount? I decided to run an electric fuel pump on my '35 because the mechanical interfered with the mount. Love the motor, it's awesome!!!!

 

It clears by a very small amount, but its the aluminum vette type fuel pump and we are using the old jeep style motor mount pads also which has more room for the pump, i thought we were gonna run an electric too but at the last minute i decided to try a good old reliable mechanical.

jeff

 

This thread really makes me miss my old Roadster...

Hey Jeff... Have an extra body laying around??? Hahaha...

 

I have the week off and have been living at Jeff and Jennie's. Today we put the body back on the chasis!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0AHvvCMQHU

 

lookin good, nice stance

 

That is an awesome car. Keep up the good work. Cant wait to see it done.

 

It's a beautiful thing. Hope to see it there.

 

Gonna try and fire it up today, working on mounting the battery, gas tank and some final bits and pieces and finish rebuilding the 97's.

JEFF

 

Is there a slight channel to the body? The rails look visually slimmed and everything looks perfect!!! You definitely do awesome work Jeff. Oh and thanks for the info on the pump clearance. I am using the flathead biscuit type mounts along with the HURST mount, spacers., u shaped spacers and AD-75 anti chatter brackets.

 

I love the windshield, makes it look so mean! Keep up the great work!

 

Wow, beautiful roadster! Good luck with the start up!

 

a bit more progress, got it fired up, we have to break in the motor still, so we basically fired it up, set the timing and the dwell for the few seconds we had it running, then well try and break here in tomorrow, it got a bit late to be running it.

Got it wired enought to run and charge, have to wire the lights etc etc, bolt in the seat, bolt on the steering wheel, mock up the 4 dummy carbs (yeah yeah yeah) get a new master cause the new one is bad, and some other little bits here and there.

JEFF

 

Just reread this thread after I noticed the chassis. Will the tops of the rear tires be above the rear wheel wells? I like the kicked up rails, but want to center the tires in the wells on my '30. Can you post some side shots once it hits the ground? Great build so far!

 

Is that the ContinentalJohn windshield frame you bought from me a couple of years ago?

 

wow that car is looking great. What a combo with great looking gal behind the wheel too!

 

Seems like at ride height they will match the radius of the wheel wells percectly, with some tuning via leaf springs it could be a touch lower but she likes where its sitting, we will get some profice shots for ya.

Nope, that one went on my coupster