Projects 32 deuce mid engine hemi fuel coupe build(pics)

Hey bud! Been awhile! Great to see you posting! One day I'll get to see the rest of that photo album of yours! Mind blowing...


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Hey Scooter, whats up ?? I heard that you been buildin' some cool rods ! That alblum has a lot of history in it and there is more to add to it too.
I was out west for about three weeks in October visiting Rick, Paul and Tina. I went to the California Hot Rod Reunion at Bakersfield, DuMont Dunes, Duck Creek in Utah, So Cal Speed Shop and Sema Show. But I didn't get to see Scooter !! Goldy

 

Its "DEUCE" not duece,duese,duces or duce. Just as a point of order.

 

Father and son? It does not get any better than this.

 

Love crazy blown coupes. Here is one i built in 2009

 

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Any updates on this beast?

 

Wow, that Potvin on the Hemi is gonna be too cool!

 

Any updates on this beast ?
Kenny has been very busy with work, side jobs, restoring a shore house that was flooded in "SANDY", and most of all, time spent with his wonderful wife raising my grandson. He has been working in the garage, trying to get things in shape to get back working on the 32. We did get the sub rails so that will be a big plus on this project. Daddy G

 

Just checking in to see if you were back on the Coupe or not ..........

 

I was saving up money for the subrails from Brookville roadster for a while but I have a two year old and another one on the way in November so now my savings are being geared to baby stuff. but my dad was so kind to front me the money for the subrails so I can keep the project going and I can pay him back later. Now all I have to do is find time to work on it. building a car while having babys is going to take a while so slow and not so steady will win this race. Any way the subrails are here and they are bolted to the frame and I started cutting out all the bad rust on the bottom of the car so now I am going to start welding. need to pick up some small pieces of sheet metal for the a pillar and b pillar. I will post some pics soon. for now here are some frame specs
here is the link where I got the measurements free down load http://www.wescottsauto.com/SubIndexes/Techindex.html

 

WOW!
How do I miss this shit?
I'll be paying attention from now on.
Love anything with a Potvin front drive blower.

 

Ok so for all you guys out there who have a real rusty 32 five window. I think we all need a sturdy foundation to start with and this is a cost effective idea I learned here on the H.A.M.B.

The sub rails I am using are 32 ford roadster sub rails from Brookville roadster retail price of 950$ a set and sub rail extentions which were about 175$ a set. Now I know that is a lot of money but if you want pay 1200$-1800$ a set then use 32 five window sub rails. for me I think the 32 roadster sub rails are perfect and Im going to show you why.

Here is my first pic of the roadster sub rails bolted down on a 32 frame in the original mounting holes with the 32 five window body jigged on top of the rails. I will have measurements for you later.
This pic shows how the sub rail dose not come all the way to the front of the cowl I will have to add lenth to the end of it. in most builds you would not weld the front of the sub rail to the fire wall because you would want to be able to remove it but I might be welding it and making my fire wall a one piece with the body structure because i have plans to lift the body with a hinge like they did back in the day to work on mid engine cars.

Notice here where the front of the roadster rail is different and dose not line up with the A pillar this is ok because it will be covered so I am going to leave this alone.

As you can see here the B pillar dose not line up with the back of the rocker section. With very little fab this can be fixed by cutting with a wizzer notching and welding it back up with no problem. this will be the extent of the fab going to take place. not too much work to make the roadster rails fit a five window. I have seen other guys add lenth to this section to make it fit but Im going to do it a little different.

As for the back the sub rails fit perfect with the rest of the body.

Now the next thing is the rear extention sold sep


fits nice closing out the back end.

 

Ok so here are some more pics to show from different angles how the roadster sub rails fit. I hope this helps you guys out

 

Subscribed! Here is some inspiration from the '57 Hot Rod Annual

 

Your photos are very helpful. I'd love to see some showing how you repair the A and B pillars and attach them to the sub rails. Ralph

 

Good to see things happening Kenny!!!!

 

Excellent project.

 

Yo zig zag that article is great man

 

this is pretty close to what I am going to do with this car this is the frame plan I composed on my labtop

 

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this is just an edited photo I made on my computer of what the car will look like in bare metal of course I even made the weld in patches Here is my dad at bonniville with the fuel coupe in the future soaking up the nitro fumes

 

Potvin Hemi Deuce Coupe. Quite a ring to it. w O w !!

 

I love what your doing with this build. I think that the Gold Nugget also has a sweet ring to it. Since the Speed Shop was Goldies and He saved this for you with great vintage parts too. I also think that its funny how you thought that the car was rusty junk when you were a kid but now you realize how lucky that you are that your dad was looking out for you.

 

Ok so it has been a crazy year I hope to find some time soon to work on the car again but we had a baby girl named cadence she is one and I got a little side tracked for chrismas this year for my son who is three I built him this. keeping up the tradition!!!!!!!!! the youngsters are where it at.

 

Keep up the good work. It's great that you and your dad are doing this together.

 

Here is an updated pic of the engine mock up

 

This is a very cool build. A Blown Hemi on the salt , what could be cooler than that?

I am interested in watching how this all unfolds. Good lick with the build. I will be watching.

Take care,
Tom

 

WOW!