hey guys, Im starting a scratch built roadster project and wanted to see some pics of home-made rides for inspiration/ideas....also would like to see some home-made grills! Post what ya got and thanx!
This was mine a few years ago. Most of the body with the exception of the cowl side panels was scratch built, along with the chassis. It's owned by another HAMBer on here now.
do you happen to remember the dimensions of the body? Im thinking 90 inches from cowl to rear, 50 inches wide and 24 high......
That tub was about 54" wide and about 52" long x 24" high. This is pretty in the middle for a roadster pickup. I have a '27 roadster in the shop now that is 90 5/8" overall x 49" wide and 24 1/4" high, and A '29 roadster pickup that is about the same dimensions as the red roadster above. Don't know if this helps. Let me know if you need any of the above cars measured. The '27 will be oout of the shop by next weekend. Get to be good friends with a shot bag and english wheel.
this does help. the body Im starting on is going off the dimensions i showed gave, but it just looks too narrow. will probobly look better when i get a frame and rear end on it....Im adding 30 inches to the front of this...
heres my scratch built roadster as it sits ...but for inspiration on your build search thread think its called '57 Belvedere gone mad'..
I miss these builds.don`t see as many on here any more. Here is a few links to other builds you might find interesting.There are a lot more but these two builds are still going strong http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=250573 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=398915
just got a call from a guy that wants to trade my 63 galaxie 500 4door (parts car) for a brand-new 302 hes had sitting in his shop for 30 years....considering it since ive had the car on CL for a month with no bites......hoping he'll let me keep the tail lights...think they're a perfect fit. also got a 48 chev rear end....not sure if im gonna use it, my gramma's got a 9" ford positrack in an old falcon wagon out on her farm i can go grab. also got an early ford front end complete hub to hub with spring and wishbones that i need to take pictures of, need some help identifying it...thanks for all the quick replies! keeps the motivation up!
Here is mine built from pieces of a 30 tudor and a truck hood. Worked very well. I cut up no cars to do this.
very cool car brian. again, tons of good ideas! If you want to buy me some sheet metal, i promise I wont hack up any more cars.....hahaha
Do you have anymore pics or info? Kinda hard to tell what/how you did with just a picture of the back of it. Would love to have some more info
My intention was to make my roadster look factory. Every piece was modified in some way except for the hood to make this work.
tom 30 years of a engine sitting around could be bad,has it been ran at all.if it dont work out give me a call i'll find you a engine.
murph- yeah, im kinda sketchy on that. gonna go take a look at it this weekend and see what the deal is.....
This is interesting!! I have some of these parts kicking around. What was the body? was it a full cab first??
Heres mine,touring cowl and the rest is hand made doors,50 chevy truck fenders for quater panels. Lots of tubing ang 18 ga also o handmade grill using a 35 grill center
a ford roadster build from french http://www.rods-customs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=9930&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
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