Hot Rods The jalopy is finished..or almost.

Thanks all of You, unfortunately the rain started again. Man, i hate this. Saturday it was 39 degr. F... The same temperature as on christmas eve... :-(
As soon as the weather will be better, i will take some more pictures.. I promise..
/Tom

 

Before... lots of different parts and 19" wheels with unbalanced drilled bolt pattern, first drive was like riding a mare in heat, but i saw her beauty. I hope the original guys wont kill me..

 

After transformation... now the T guys sure will come after me.. model A wheels.. model A steering.. ;-)

 

What can I say that hasn't already been said? I love that T!!!

 

Pretty neat transformation. Great little hot rod.

 

Tom, more pics please. I can't stand it, this has to be one of the best builds of this year, as much for what it isn't as for what it is.

Cris

 

X2....more pics

 

I would have done the same thing had I started with a clean T like that! Don't worry, if the original guys come after you, at least you souped yours up so you're at least a little bit quicker than their original cars.

 

that thing is RAD. very nicely done

 

Well said!

 

I like it. I bet it is a blast to drive too.

 

Yes mrenfro i agree with You... I took her for a short drive to a nearby veteran car meeting tonight. Unfortunately i was late because i had to adjust the front wheel bearing, so several participants had already left.
It was only 30km back and forth, but i became aware of several things that must be fixed...
More accurat timing... a choke rod that goes out all the time... a throttle rod that comes off all the time.. (spoon gas pedal) and of course i forgot the hot air pipe at home, lot of ice and bad running... i will change the Tillotson X carb for another X carb, that i restore a couple of years ago... and i have to streighten or replace left front rim because it wobbles.
The maiden tour was done. Lots of thumbs up along the road.
Halfway home she died... called a friend with a trailer and waited. 15 minutes later i tried to start her and voila'... back in business.. but now with an incredibly rough running.. took me home safe n' slow, with the friend driving behind. Todays adventure... yeah.. i still like T's..

 

LOL, that sounds familiar. I was driving my jalopy on our roads around here which are kind of hilly and found out that I had to back up some of them to get gravity in my favor. Now I use electricity and a pump to keep fuel in the carburetor. Another time an axle shaft broke and I didn't figure out what was wrong until I got towed back to the garage, jacked it up and found out I was able to just pull the driver side wheel right off.

 

Well, for the second time in several weeks we had some sort of summer weather, so here are the pictures i promised You.

 

Some more..

 

I love this car.

 

Another..

 

A few more..

 

I got a 1929 5W on the way to Sweden, I hope it shares the same fate.

 

Nice Job!!

 

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Did you make that steering mount?

 

The last one. I milled the exhaust nut and made it round, so the "flexi noice tube" suits. Then i wrap a few turns around the tube with heat insulation where it passes the wooden floor board.

 

No not me, but a small local machine shop made it after my drawing.

 

That's really cool. I could've used one on my TT frame. Do they still have the specs? I'm wodering if they'd knock one out for me, too, for the future. It's a perfect set-up for a T.

 

Brent, i can ask them next week. They have the file on their computer.
You also need one of these, fitting inside the frame rail.

 

Rad !

 

Nice!!

 

What a beautiful roadster!

 

Man, I've got to have me one of these. I'm feeling feverish.