Projects The Jingletown Special..My '29 Phaeton build..

I have been building this car for a little over a year off and on.I sold my old Roadster and was itching to start another project.I wanted to build something that might have run on the lakes,late '30's/early '40's style..Banger powered,mechanical brakes..you get the idea.A dry lakes taxi kinda deal.

Anyway,I found a good deal on a chassis and extra parts..





The motor in it was a boat anchor.Again,a great deal popped up,this time in the form of a rebuilt motor and trans..



After some cleaning,parts hunting and tinkering,I ended up with this..

 

Keep going, looks great so far.

 

Looks like a winner to me!

 

Sorry for the delay..I'm uploading more photos..stay tuned

 

Okay now you'll have to define Jingletown to everybody who doesn't know. I guess they could google it though.

Nice old style build.

 

I am tuned in!

 

Cool! Love the parts hauler dude!!

 

Originally I was looking for a 28-31 Roadster body.One day while surfing Craigslist,I found this Phaeton body close to home..picked it up and slapped it on the chassis..



Some fine tuning of the ride height,rear tire swap and a brush paint job has us here..

 

I know its near Oakland and the "arts" er sumthin' like that..

 

BOY the rear of that is HIGH !!!!!

 

Lots of cleaning,parts hunting,research and time and here we are as of yesterday.





Before anyone says something about the taped numbers,they will be replaced with painted ones soon enough.The 512 number also has a meaning.My father,who is the reason why I love hot rods,was born on May 12th 1929..5-12 and the cars a 1929.Cheesy?maybe to some,but thats the story..Jingletown is an area of Oakland,ca. where my parents grew up in the 1930's before moving after Dad came back from serving in Korea..Hence the name of the car.Again,cheesy

 

Back on track,yesterday a club brother and I got it running properly...

http://s.photobucket.com/user/seisx...1-427C-A8AA-EC829BE7E2B7_zpsntpbpjhi.mp4.html

Thats Sean,bringing it home after a blast down the block..

http://s.photobucket.com/user/seisx...1-4C50-B5AC-0BFE4632D245_zpsbfxjmjf5.mp4.html

There is a problem out back,so we are going to swap out the rearend with another on hand..Then there will be plenty of backroad test runs..

I'm a Road Devils CC member.We trace our roots back to 1946 in So Cal.A while back,one of my fellow members found an old Road Devils plaque from Russetta Timing at a swap meet.He loaned it to me for my car..How cool is that?Looks right at home behind this thing...Thanks Brother!



Interior and tonneau are last on the list..I'll post some photos once I get it back..

 

Not any more

 

Man does that look like fun!

 

Great looking car,,I dig these things. HRP

 

I like it!

 

love the fact you left the splash aprons on her
tk

 

Thanks guys..I cant wait to get some driving in soon...

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Looks like more fun than should be allowed with your clothes on. I've got everything but the body for a similar build.

Frank

 

I follow on IG. Love your car man! cool to see some bigger pictures.

 

Very Kool but look at what I found at a garage sale in Clearlake.

 

Very cool build. My grandparents were from Oakland. The North end by Berkeley though.

 

Whoa! Super Cool!

 

Hey there. I've been waiting for a proper thread on this tub. Same as mine, but different

 

So cool, so damn cool.

 

Whoooooooo doggy, looks good man! We'll be hot rod "Galahads" in no time!

 

Some updated shots of the car..

 

And a short video I threw together of my buddy taking it around the neighborhood..

 

nice little video

 

I believe you have folding windshield stanchion's on this thing, right? Repop's, or real deal old ones?