The plan was to have her ready for the Round-up, but do to employment concerns I had to stop her for a while. I really want to thank HRH for his welding ability, I don't trust my life on my ability on putting two pieces of metal together and the work HRH is amazing!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=44077 The car has a bit of hamb history. Crease and AntiChrysler were engineering college buddies of mine. And they both fit into the history. Crease found the body. And sold it to Chucklehead_Al. When Chucklehead_Al found his '31 truck body, he sold me the body. The engine was built by Antichrysler and sold to Barnett. Barnett then sold to Chucklehead_Al which was then bought by me.
The car has a bit of hamb history. Crease and AntiChrysler were engineering college buddies of mine. And they both fit into the history. Crease found the body. And sold it to Chucklehead_Al. When Chucklehead_Al found his '31 truck body, he sold me the body. The engine was built by Antichrysler and sold to Barnett. Barnett then sold to Chucklehead_Al which was then bought by me.[/QUOTE] Does this mean that Barnett and I are long lost brothers? I knew it! She's coming along very nicely! I was at the shop last night and all the old timers were admiring the work. Unfortunately, Christian wasn't there. Christian is a really talented guy on many fronts, but his welding and fab ability is second to none in my book. Mas pics buddy!
Being an engineer I am anal about precision, I put a angle meter on every part of the frame and body. The needle was dead on level. Corner to corner the frame measurements were dead on with the other. I took the time to find something wrong with it, and came up empty. HRH has done one hell of a job. There are somethings he welded, you wouldn't know unless we told you.
Looks good! What motor/tranny is that? Was the build cost(so far) pretty inexpensive? Are there doors or just welded up? I'm about to start collecting parts for a modified project myself as soon as I buy a house with a garage! Keep up the good work!
Its is a 235 straight 6 with a 4 speed Saginaw. There are doors and the latch on the driver side still works. I am about $2500 in to her and about another grand or grand and a half left to go to get her on the road. The only really big ticket items are the tires for the 19" wires and open drive conversion. I do plan on adding a quick change banjo in the near future.
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