Hot Rods '34 5W Saving one for the road

this one won't quite rival my "scarlet" 34 5W but the body work will be great and she is coming along. thought you'd like to see how it goes.

sat for 10-12 years after chop, guy put some nice parts into it, just did not go any further Needs....... A LOT of tlc

first "dependable" car we have ever built

 

lookin good

 

some "before" photos for perspective:

 

firewall.... cleaned up a bit

need to figure out how to install windshield rubber for a crank out

 

We have DOORS again!

 

primed the hood sides today...... had to move them inside after wet sanding in the 95°+ heat..... too hot for paint. cooled it down with a bit of A/C and shot them with the air running.

Texas in the summer. ain't it a bitch?

 

tired of waiting on this heat to quit.... starting to paint anyway. turned out pretty well. Nice product.

 

Can you give me info on the paint please?

 

i ordered the paint from TCP Global, San Diego. www.tcpglobal.com
searched around for a Urethane flat (satin) black so i would not have to do a coat of satin clear over black primer, which was my first idea. thought Eastwood would have it...... no. got the 85°- 95° slow reducer and overall catalyst. was really surprised how well it shot in this heat.

looks like we have good taste in louvered 34 deck lids. very cool
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here's a shot of the paint cans:

 

i got a long way to go before i get there. nice paint and hot rod

 

i'm shooting it this week..... prep at night... 90° !!%$#&**^# then up early and get it done before the heat catches up. if i drag it out any longer, the next challenge will be rain and a return of humidity. at least now it is a "dry heat" wish me luck.

then i can paint the gennies, mount the tires, etc., etc. and get back to some fall driving.

 

i went ahead and shot the wheels...... finally got all of them in last week. it was 70° at 7 AM and by the time i got the second coat on at 9:30 the temp had climbed to 95°!!!! i am amazed how well they came out.

car has been sitting for two weeks all masked and ready, keep finding little flaws now that it will be at least two more weeks for this heat wave to end might as well fix 'em.

 

nice going.....and...with this dam heat......

 

34 5W's are so ugly..why would anyone want to build one? Great stuff!!

 

My husband is going to bury me in mine! 'Specially after this paint work!

 

Looks great!

 

great lookin' coupe!

 

ALMOST a MONTH to the day.... she is finally in "paint" and out of the masking paper.... happened sooner than I thought it would. saw a window in the weather and decided to go for it. interesting finish. had the front tires mounted/balanced today and the HURST slicks are gonna be in WED!! waited for cokers for 3 months and ordered the Hursts, which i know are going to be better anyway, and less than 2 weeks to wait, will mount, balance those and put on the baby moons and see what else. car started right up after sitting in paper for almost two months!!! (that never happens!) isn't the battery supposed to go dead in the body shop? my husband took it for a victory lap and it did great. can't wait to get in a bit of fall driving now.

 

Hell Yeah!

 

HURSTS came in today!! and i rushed over to have them mounted, they came out really great looking... THANKS to the HAMBers that recommended Cody and his dad.

took a pass out on the highway at almost dark..... had taillights, haven't re-wired the headlights.... sitting on a stool, no seats installed yet, no seat belts, but i did remember to bring my insurance card and drivers license. made it

 

Man, she's lookin' so right.

 

Dont know how I missed this ONE......

She is making me break out in a FEVER!!!

Pure TITS!

 

thats lookin like a hotrod,very nice

 

Looking cool....

 

Nice work. Looks great.

 

Very nice looking 5 window hope you have a ball with it. Did anybody else notice that there is a lot of 5 windows showing up lately on the HAMB. Darrell

 

Its as if they are cool or something..I dont get it?...

 

It's my third one in 30 years..... they don't POP 'em out of glas yet!

all of them have been ex-track cars..... this latest one had a "donut" on the passenger rear quarter, was obviously beaten nearly to death!

 

Thanks all for the nice comments. We've been working pretty hard on it all spring/summer it's future life may be a full frame-off. just want to enjoy the fact that it runs for now!

I am proud to be in the company with so many gorgeous HAMB 34s.... mine's just a driver