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Wow!! Just saw this thread after Stogy commenting about it on the tired of homogenized hot rods thread… Love the nose and the quality...
Got off to a bit of a bumpy start on Hamb figuring out the right place to post ideas / pictures /questions on this build. Stogy was great at...
I guess like cars, everyone has their personal views on life... What works out, what doesen’t.... The “ifs and whys” of it.... Since you...
[ATTACH] Those are some great pics I was looking at too when contemplating the hill climb! There’s a pretty cool website I came across called...
Traditional, with a nod to the requirements of a hill climb event, where I want to meet safety requirements and respect and protect the original...
I’m really appreciative of all the feedback... Haven’t had time to go through all the inspiration threads “Just Gary” provided earlier because...
I think I heard that same pretty famous hot rodder hear back from the other pretty famous hot rodder he was talking to ..... “Form follows...
Neat family history you have there.....Thanks for sharing!
Hard to beat Texas Kid, thanks for the moral support! Glad to see your part of the country getting the past few weeks further behind them.
No worries..... It’s interesting hearing all the perspectives..... That Jaguar, or the one below if they’re both really similar, is actually on a...
The grills tugging at me pretty hard frankly.... I know I’m going to use the silhouette of the thing to hide the modern.... But it does look like...
On the Dash..... It’s channeled, and I’m getting older..... It did have a really cool steering wheel... Which I’m keeping.... [ATTACH] It’s just...
I think it’s more like buying that 55 vette.... driving it during the week.... Maybe a couple weekends a year..... Unbolting the interior.......
Don’t know for sure.... but you might have seen one.... the black hill climb car a few posts up is a street car, plate on the back, two seater.......
Here’s how I’ve “airbrushed the Mona Lisa”..... “destroyed history”..... etc..... So Far.... You know, made it a “street rod”.... [ATTACH] I...
Funny Avatar ..... Advice wise.... Tubbed Mid year vette.... I had a 65 way back... Used to see them in SCCA sometimes.... I think the grill...
Ironically.... I really appreciate the stewardship the owner Bob I bought the car from gave it.... He kept it pretty much the same.... As much as...
Well, I can just bolt and unbolt the the front grill shell off and on to Spreader bar type set up on the front rails.... And the dual rear wheels...
.... Here are the dual rear wheel idea shots for concept. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
..... Some preliminary “surgical work” (keep and hubs are not mine.... For concept though [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here is the Alfa Grill...... Very “30’s hill climber / Grand Prix looking..... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here is the car.... with a few tweaks.... [ATTACH]
So I found a 31 Model A with a 303 Olds, 37 LaSalle 3speed, 32 grill, Olds rear end, etc... I purchased it from the person who bought it from the...
Out of curiosity, what was the chassis dyno figure for the stock 303 with blower added? I’m looking at prepping a 31 Model A roadster with a 53...
Thanks Gonzo ...... Still learning my way around here using the mobile app
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[ATTACH] Here’s my Olds powered rod ..... Channeled 31A that was built in the mid 50’s I think and updated till late 50’s by the original builder...
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