Hot Rods DLipp's '29 Tudor/C'dan Build Thread (Lots of Photos)

It has been quite awhile since I last posted anything in regards to the car that my little brother Darrin (DLipp) was building before he passed away on 07/25/09. Refer to the following post:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=386267&highlight=dlipp

Well it has been a hard and trying year and a half since his passing but life has continued on. And so has the progress on D’s C’dan. The original plan was to have one of Darrin’s good friends Jason Paule, owner of Twisted Customs, finish the car. But he was busy building a new shop and moving. So my father decided to take on the task and finish the car as close as it could be done to Darrin’s vision. I think it turned out pretty darn close, but I will let all of you who knew him form your own opinions.





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This C&#8217;dan started as a project car that Darrin bought off of Ebay back in about 2002, while he was still in school finishing his BS in Civil Engineering at The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. He and my father drove down to Arkansas to pick up the car after he won the auction, only to find that it was just a pile of parts. Soon after that he was researching and parts gathering, trying to get all the parts and knowledge that he needed to build this pile of parts into a car. That is around the time that he found the H.A.M.B. and pointed me in the direction also. See, Darrin was the one that turned me onto the Traditional Hot Rod Scene. I had got him hooked on Toyota Land Cruisers back in the mid 1990&#8217;s, so I guess it was fair turn around.

Darrin had got the car to the point where it could be driven and had shown it as a project car at a few car shows in the Scottsbluff, NE area. And at the Good Guys Colorado Nationals in 2008, It actually was published on page 22 of the August 2008 Good Guys Goodtimes Gazette.

The lion&#8217;s share of the work on this car was completed, while Darrin was still in engineering school in Rapid City, SD and the year after he graduated. The chassis design and work was done with Jason Paule&#8217;s help and the machine work was done by Mark Gibson. The channel was started and most of the rust repair was completed by Darrin at that time also. Once Darrin graduated from College, work was cut to just the weekends that he could get back up to Rapid City, SD. He was living down in Scottsbluff, NE and did not have a garage for that first year. After that first year he ended up buying a house with a garage, where the car was completed to the level shown below. The following pictures are the limited progress pictures that I could find and some of the last pictures that he took of the car, before his passing. This is the point in which my father started the project.



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Photo of the Nail Head mocked up with the zoomie headers on the rolling chassis and the rear suspension set up before paint.



A look at the rear suspension from the front and back at the wheel.





Photo&#8217;s of the Channel job from the underside, finishing up the final welding.





This is photo of the car at Darrin&#8217;s house in Scottsbluff, NE .



Another photo of the C&#8217;dan down in Scottsbluff, NE.

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And finally the finished product, the following photo’s are what took my father and the guys he got to help him several months and countless hours. To make this happen, me and my father spent a lot of time remembering conversations that each of us had with my brother, about how he was planning on finishing the car. There are a few small things that still need some attention, but the C’dan is finally presentable and able to be driven and enjoyed.

Body:



1929 Ford Sedan

• Chopped 4” and Channeled 6”
• Drip rails shaved
• Flat motorcycle fuel filler
• Top filler panel has been made to be removable.
• Bodywork by Darrin Lipp & Bob Wurl, Rapid City, SD

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• Body color custom cream
• Base coat clear coat
• Suspension and brake components powder coated red
• Painted by Bob Wurl, Rapid City,SD

 

Interior:

• “IKEA” maple office chair seats, covered with red vinyl and a little padding
• Door panels and side panels are covered in red and white vinyl
• Red carpet on the floor
• ‘60’s style metal flake steering wheel

• Dash is a narrowed ’49 Ford shoe box dash
• Stock ’49 Ford gauges
• ‘64 Nova “Power-Glide” Shifter
• Interior & Top by Bob Hofer, Rapid City, SD

 

More Photo's of the interior.....................

 

I miss Darrin. I remember the day your dad and him came into the shop looking for a Nailhead intake. And the day I told him about this place called the HAMB. I think it was Turkeyday 07 when he stopped by the homestead hauling the car back to Rapid, made my thanksgiving!

Car looks good, Darrin is smiling from above.

 

Another interior photo............

 

Nice Tudor. I dig the stance and the floor has some killer fab work. I'm sure he'll be proud!

 

Chassis:

• 1929 Model “A” frame
• Z’ed 5” inches in the rear
• Lengthened 12”and fully boxed
• Custom cross member to accommodate the four link rear suspension
• All Chassis design and fabrication by Darrin Lipp & Jason Paule.

 

Here is a shot looking up at the z’ed section of the rear of the frame.

 

look at rear lower link arm mount shows some of the detail work on this car.

 

Front Suspension:

• 4” drop front axle, which is drilled
• Drilled ’40 Ford split bones
• Reversed eye model “A” front spring mounted behind the axle
• 1960’s vintage Hildebrandt sprint car steering box
• The steering box has been reversed, so that the relay rod is on the left side of the car.
• Relay rod and tie rod are aluminum and drilled on 4” centers
• Front dampening is handled via a pair of early Ford friction arm shocks
• Front Suspension design and fabrication by Darrin Lipp & Jason Paule
• Machine Work by Mark Gibson, Rapid City, SD

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Another look at some of the detail work on the front suspension.

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Great photo of the right hand relay rod.


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Close up on the lever arm stock and aluminum tie rod.

 

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Rear Suspension:

• 1948 Ford Truck Banjo Axle is mounted in a custom four link system
• ’47 Ford front split bones, for the bottom links
• Solid aluminum link arms for the top links.
• Reverse eyed Model “A” rear spring provides the cushioning.
• Rear Suspension design and fabrication by Darrin Lipp & Jason Paule

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Photo of the upper link arm mounts to the rear end.


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A look at the detail work on the lower rear link arm.
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Front Brakes:

• Early Ford juice backing plates
• Drilled for venting and mounted to a pair of square flange spindles.
• Ford hubs where re-machined to utilize Buick “45” fin drums.
• Machine work done by Darrin Lipp & Mark Gibson, Rapid City, SD

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A look at the drilled early Ford backing plates and Buick brake drum.
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Rear Brakes:

• ’48 Ford truck backing plates
• Drilled for venting
• Re-configured to use Buick “45” fin drums
• Machine work done by Darrin Lipp & Mark Gibson, Rapid City, SD

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A look at the rear spring mount the end of the lower rear link arm and the rear Buick brake drum.
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Front Wheels and Tires:

• 16” X 4” early Ford steel wheels
• 6.70 - 16 General bias ply white walls
• Ford Chrome Moons

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Rear Wheels and Tires:

• Custom made 17” X 5” steel wheels
• 700 – 17 bias ply white walls
• Ford Chrome Moons
• Wheels Custom made by Darrin Lipp & Jason Paule, Rapid City, SD

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The 17” rear wheels where made from early Ford centers and late model economy spare outers.

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Engine and Transmission:
A 1962 Buick Le Saber, donated both the 401 Nail Head and the Dyna-Flow Transmission. The Nail Head was cleaned up, painted red and topped off with an Offenhauser dual four barrel intake and a pair of Edelbrock 4 barrels. The air cleaner is a modified Cadillac &#8220;Bat Wing&#8221; air cleaner. The exhaust is handled through a set of custom made zoomie headers, with concealed baffles to keep the exhaust tones down to a manageable level.

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Darrin paid $700 for the old Buick and ended up using the drive train and brake drums.
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Incidentals:

• Early Ford Radiator
• Custom Made Stainless Steel fuel tank, by T&T Welding, Rapid City, SD
• Custom generator mounting, by Darrin Lipp
• Wiring by Denis Ritcher, Rapid City, SD

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A look at the stainless steel fuel tank, before it was mounted in the rear of the car.


I would like to give a well deserved thanks to my father, Ken Lipp for having the courage and strength to step in and finish the dream that his son had started. It was a good healing process that will continue, the thing is that Darrin had collected a large collection of early Ford parts. And had plans of building a AV8 Roadster and a Banger powered "T" Roadster. My father has already started on the AV8 Roadster, so that leaves me with the task of finishing my "A" Coupe and building a Banger Powered "T". If one good thing came out of this build, it would be that my father has got the hot rod bug and I have some one once again to talk shop with.

Thanks,
Clyde

 

Dude, thats nice.

The nailhead is candy, puts it over the top.

 

beautiful!

 

Sorry about the broken up post, I have never posted anything this big and was learning as I posted ;-)>

 

Bitchin build Clyde, looks great.

 

Boy it does look great!!!

 

One sweet car with a lot of nice details on it. I'm going to have to save this thread for reference later.

 

That is a thing of beauty!!! Your brother sure had some vision, and you fellas did one heck of a job carrying the torch. Not enough people use cream for a paint color IMHO. If you can't tell already, I was really impressed by this ride. It is an amazing tribute to your brother, and I am sure he is very proud of you.

 

Nifty. Well done. Gary

 

Really sorry for your loss.

Your Dad did a nice job of finishing that car. Must have been a hard road to walk...but ultimately a healing one I'd guess.

It's so sad that Dlipp didn't get the big pat on the back he deserves for putting this car together like he did. Your Dad had quite the canvas to play with...

It's obvious he liked the idea of building the car and wanted an end result he could be proud of.
His friends and Dad pulled it off well!

Congrats to all and a big "thumbs up" to DLipp himself.

 

btt for the morning bunch

 

Your brother had some super cool ideas! That car is gorgeous inside and out and even below. Thanks for sharing this with us and I hope you and your father enjoy driving this car as much as your brother would have

 

You are right there, he had some great ideas that him and Mr. Paule made happen with the chassis design and fabrication. I wish I could have got the car up on a lift to show more of the under side. Every where you look there are little details, that took countless hours to complete. Next time I am back in Rapid City, SD I will make it a point to get some more photo's to share.

 

btt for the later morning

 

.....Nice thread......your brother add some neat ideas...

 

Thanks for sharing. I'm sure you cherish the memories, and the C'dan tends to bring them to life.

The details on the chassis are truly inspiring. I especially liked the rear suspension design. Thank you again.

 

Unclee,
I will make it a point to get some more pictures of the four link and get things cleaned up better. So the picutes show the true details.