Hot Rods My new AV8 is on the road!

I really like your roadster. The stance is perfect. What size tires are you running?

 

You've done a great job so far, that is one fine looking automobile you have there. Keep on posting as you contiue to work on it,,, and BTW for a Fireman and not a fabricator I think you're doing a hell of a good job.

 

The wheels are 35 Ford 16" up front with 500 Excelsiors (the standard less expensive ones from Coker) and the rears are 33-34 Ford 17" wheels with Firestone 600-650's. I know the 600-650's sound small, but they are actually taller than the 700-16's on the rear of my other roadster. By doing this, I was able to get the big-n-little look without balloon sidewalls. As for the stance, I found that to be one of the more difficult parts of the build. The front is a CE 4" drop axle with the matching spring... so that was easy. But this is about the 4th version of the rear. I changed the rear crossmember twice and ended up with one that I made. I'm pretty happy with it, but I think I might go up about an inch on the rear.

That's a hell of a compliment...thanks! But, winter is setting in and because of this post, I will have some real roadster doors courtesy of Dirtiest Devil (Thanks Again for the 4th time) and I'm looking forward to tearing it apart and refining it. The HAMB is the best.

Thanks,
Mitch

 

Great car, especially the dash.

 

I don't know what else i can add, it's bad a$$ in every way. I saw this car in person and it should be the poster child for an early roadster build on a budget. Big thanks for braving the weather, i really enjoyed veiwing it.

 

What's going on with the roadster Mitch?
It survived the GP Flood 'eh.
Joe

 

Yeah have you drove it around much? any new pics?? etc.

 

Great car. It sounds like it it is just going to get better too. Thanks for the pics.

 

Cool car, and very inspirational. I am building a similar car with a 21 stud flatty. Looks like fun!

 

Bitchin Hot rod!!! she looks right...

 

Hello,

I thought that I would do an update on the roadster. I've been driving it daily for the last few months. I've been feeling it out and deciding what changes I would like to make over the winter. Last week I was "inspired" by the thread on brushed paint jobs and painted it up. Today, we had perfect weather, so I took a few pics of it. Here are the pics:

 

Digging the period feel of this car it's really nice....just dust it a bit with some El Mirage dirt and your there... cool

 

Nice work. Love the stance. At first glance I thought it should be a bit lower but thinking of how it'd look lower I prefer your ride hight right where it is.

Killer car man!

 

Looking Good. It's a thrill a second just to drive it down the road. Be careful and enjoy the ride.....

 

hey sick car for sure..im building a AV8 now as well.its listed under 28 garage find..i have to update it as ive started the build..i have a ?
im running the same fan/gen combo..did you have to trim your fan blade to clear the water tubes.i noticed you ran them high then dropped them down.thats a good idea too.

 

man that thing is right on! nice work.

 

Your car looks done to me! Great work.

 

Awesome...

V8 roadster at its best !!

Rat

 

It's pretty tight between the fan blades and the upper hoses. I think I will end up reworking the mount that connects to the intake and trimming about 1/2 inch off of the blades. It looks fine without a hood, but I want a hood and I need the grille to be lower to look right. On a side note, I have used the search function, but I can't seem to find any threads on how others are using cut-down generators to mount the fan. Mine works, but I think that the bearing set-up inside could be better.

-Mitch

 

Any Updates?

 

now that is a hot rod! Great work!

 

Wow, I thought it was already perfect, but a little paint and that numbered door are great additions. Have lots of fun with that thing.

 

ok..thanks.yeah its real tight so far..i prob will have to trim the blades also.id like to run the hood too.switch it on and off.

 

Sweet roadster and cool that you got it on the road. Was it a pain to get it registered?

 

Hello,

It's been a while since I did an update on the roadster. In October, I pulled her backdown to the bare frame. I did some clean up work on the frame and then painted it black inside and out with some of that high quality rustoleum. I basically fixed alot of little things that were bothering me. I did put 156 louvers in the deck lid and put a proper roadster door on the driver's side. I recently picked up a Zephyr V-12 distributor that was converted to run the 8 sometime back in the 50's. Hopefully I will have that running by this summer. The wheels and tires are on there temporarily while I'm working on it (I know they are ugly). It will be back on the road in a few days.

 

cool ride! I cant wait to get mine on the road!

 

LOoks great man. Love the vibe of it all!!!

 

Way cool man!!

 

You guys need a roach motel come the end of June in a little town called Chehalis?

 

Looks great. Looks like you're havin fun!