36 5 window update - not for the weakhearted

this is a roach project a friend unloaded on me.
it wasn't even a project really.
can't say no,
even if my upholstery has to suffer

tp aka zibo

 

another shot

tp aka zibo

 

i have alot of spare time

 

more

 

this will end soon

 

tp aka zibo

 

maybe not

 

c'mon I'm not on here all the time!

 

this is my frame jig jiggy

 

I won this rendering in a raffle

 

it gets better kinda

 

nightshot

 

Let's take up donations and send zibo a box of RollLok wheels.

 

that was a volkswagen...


now's the hard part.

I have 3 options to do this car,


they are

1. banjo rear, traditional ford running gear ('40 brakes)

2. current rear, 305/3spdod/350, 36 front

3. merc'78-280se independent with disc brakes,
has ford 5 lug.
engine choices above.(hold your breath guys)



somehow I've been able to obtain a ton of crap
#1/2 are fairly simple to finish,
but #3 seems like good practice.

(I think people with $$ to blow like streetrodder ads...)

tp aka zibo

 

how much did you take out of it? You put a peice in the roof? AND how long did it take ya.. I remembered you posting a picture of that body not so long ago..

 

That's bitchen'!

Don't forget to bob the rear panel under the deck lid!!

Sam.

 

That's Kool! Keep us posted on your progress.

Joel

 

the last one is a semi current picture,
so it has taken this long.
fortunately there is a cirkle K next door,
with coffee and laced sunflower seeds??

i'm not sure about that tail section.
the passenger side is so bad (worse)
it needs a nerf bar

tp

 

Travis, what are you doing to my coupe body!!??

Looks like it will be pretty bitchin. I agree with Sam, bob that back end. That's one of the problems with trying to run a 35-36 fenderless is that back area is so much larger than say a Deuce or a 34. I'd take about 8-10" out and keep the swooping beltline. As for engine, I would vote #1. I've got a Volare IFS in my '36 and if I had it to do all over again, I'd have the dropped axle (but still with discs cause I'm running fenders).

 

Totally amazing dude.
That's great hammer welding, I wanna learn how to do that stuff. Someone teach me please?

 

I like the rendering, it kida has the same look as a rpu I have seen...

It will be interesting to see what you come up with.

I would go with option #2. Traditional enough to be cool, new enough to be sellable.

Keep the independant stuff hiding under fenders

Neal

I am with the others on the rear of the body...

 

Zibo.....what you started with would be called "cherry" in this neck of the woods. Gotta have fenders on a '36 though.

 

Tres Huevos,

hahaha, love it!

kinda reminds me of my coupe, I just trimmed all the rot off the bottom and capped it,

gave it kinda like a sectioned look.

I trimmed about three inches off the bottom, twelve inches off the tail and raised the wheel wells about six..

 

Yeah, but he's not using the 36 grill or hood. If he bobs the rear panel, I think it will work. It's very cherry... I wanted it to make a roadster out of it. Technically, it's a '35 anyway.

What is that grill anyway?

 

Man youz got big balls...

bitchen man jus plain bitchen...

bob the back...I think it would accentuate the chop, looks sorta like a bad ass jalopy racer...

stay away from the Indecent front end. especially ifin your runnin that cool grill, just my opinion anyway

 

Put some real power in it and some of those triangle things in front of the rear wheels and behind the front wheels and some elongated circle type bumpers front and rear, put them balls on it and lets go razzen.--TV

 

that rear area is ripe for bobbin'
When the body is rollin' and raked right,
it will be obvious what it'll need.
(I like the reveal line but also square tail)


the straight axle front end is on there,
but the rearend issue is up in the air.
(I have a very traditional car right now,
and it would be fun to have a hwy-33/150 car)

what I probably will do,
is make the crossmember for the stock rear spring,
cause than I don't have to cut the '40 driveline stuff.

_____

there is a guy around here,
gary,
he had a model a sport coupe back in the day,
killed a couple flatheads,
replaced it with a 4-pot 331 hemi,
with a '38 box.
stock model a rear axle!!

He had it since he was 16,
than had it in the forces,
drove back and forth to travis AFB?
and from there to frisco and east.

He said he only broke the rear end once,
in frisco,
going the wrong way down a one way.
pulled a brody..
saw the tire swerve back and forth,
(when you steer)
and drove it to a buddies house 5+ miles!

kinda cool story.

anyway,

catch you all later

tp aka zibo

 

Was just searching for something and this old post came up.
Can't believe it was over 5 years ago!

Has anyone seen this old hunk of shit around?
As typical I ran out of money and had to sell it.
It was sold to a guy that worked for Exile choppers,
than he ebayed it a couple years ago.
It was running but not driving,
so it shouldn't of been too hard to get on the road.

Funny shit.
that car was like going to school,
(well it was first curvy bodied car anyway, not like a model a or t))
everything I learned or figured out wrong helped future projects.
Makes me want to get out the old 000 gas torch,
I loved that smell.

TP


the headers almost exactly like the red dot roadsters

the decklid was the roof of a 60's vw, perfect curves.



So any clues as to what happened to it?

Thanks guys

TP

 

Hmmm, looks like it could be yours.