Projects Gasser in a Day " Henry J "

You can see the car in my Barn Find Thread from 09/07/10....Have been working on cleaning the car up, removing interior, engine/trans. etc. Today we started at 9 a.m. this morning, and this is what we ended up with. I still have to hook the steering up, and some small stuff...then starting on the rearend later in the week....Let me know your thoughts..Special thanks to my Great friend Greg Blaydes, my neighbor Benny Tielking, and my Harley Riding buddy Robert

 

Looking good!

 

Sweet! Love the J's.

 

Wow! your doing great Keep it up

 

Wow, you guys know how to work fast. Looks great!

 

Man you guys kicked ass on that. Great looking start.

Jon

 

damn nice start .....lucky man to have that nice a car to start on ......

 

Nice Job!...Thats what I'm talkin about....

 

Amazing!

 

oh ya! love the fenderwell headers.

 

Wow, talk about quick work, what are the headers from ?

 

Headers are actually for a Chevy II...fit just perfect

 

what did you do with the front clip? i may need a frame horn....tk

 

Put it in the scrap pile for the Junk Man to pick up

 

yeah man build it boy your gonna piss off those henry J resto guys.
awesome comment on the front clip disposal .
lets see some hands on action when you radice the rear quarters

 

you da man

 

not going to cut the quarters......there to nice. I'm going to put the biggest tire I can in what I have to work with. Trunk area is also to nice to mini tub

 

Hey Tub in da dirt How much of the frame horn do you need I also have a front clip that is going to the scrap yard

 

my pass side front horn for bent in a crash, basically i need the whole pass side horn and the center bar that conects the two horns togetherthankstom

 

I love what you have done. Please keep us posted when you race it.

 

mine were perfect and I cut em out deep, i still have em for sale if anyone should need to fix a quarter with them h he he...

 

I dig the front wheel color.

 

4?? SBC, Brodix Heads, etc.

 

Come on..Too nice for what? The front clip was probably nice too? Ya cut that off for the axle, your not ever going back to stock, are you? ...Tub it and radius the wheel openings..Just do it..

 

After you reach the "point of no return" you'll be radiusing those rear wheel wells. How do you reach "the point of no return" you ask? When you can't get enough traction with the tires that fit in the stock wheelwells.
BTW, be sure to post pictures of the stock wheel wells being cut.

Frank

 

that is one awesome J, i really want to see more

 

New rearend is going under the Henry tomorrow....8.8, coil over / ladder bar. Having to drill spot welds out of the spare tire well for more room for the coil overs, and making a plate to cover the hole. I was hoping to keep the original tire in the well for a conversation piece, but Oh well

 

I actually thought if I ever got tired of the Gasser look " Which I Doubt ", but I could always put a Mustang II front susp. in the car......so the new frame will work for either...it was easy to cut the frame out of the front

 

To each there own, I'm tired of the gasser look but you are to far to go back now

 

Never to far to go back, it's just metal. All of the interior is still all factory, rearend in those cars were junk anyway, 8.8 just being an upgrade, and the only thing I have cut out was frame rails.....they can be used for any thing. Going by your profile, your only 27...how in the world can you be tired of the Gasser Look. If you were a little kid, and grew up in the era like I did, it's an addiction. I think all Henry J's and Anglia's wanted to grow up to be a Gasser, then again, opinions are what makes the world go round Peace