Bonneville styled 1932 tudor build

I agree with you that it drew your eye to it immediately. I took one if my small blisters I had laying around and mocked it up. Im thinking if I re-shape the pitman arm to be more rounded like a ford arm that I could just run it like it is.

 

Yeah that looks way better!!

 

Much better.

 

Even with the bigger blister, I kind-of think that it'll blend in once there's paint on the car. The blister does have a function, too... so I don't mind it as much as. I think I might like seeing the arm and blister only. After all, the idea of having a blister is to cut resistance and keep debris away.

 

I toyed with a blister on my last roadster (HopUp 10) and just ended up with the steering coming out the side of the cowl with nothing but a polished ring held by button heads. My steering was a little tighter to the body.

 

no blister looks good too

 

The smaller one fits the picture alot better.........

 

Went ahead and made a small blister. Just need to mount it, but its all done.

 

That rules Chris! Much better choice than the huge one.

 

My girlfriends always used to say size does matter! But sometimes smaller is better?

 

If we're talking about your blisters, then yes, I think?

 

Wow Chris, that looks awesome. This car just gets better and better.

 

I love the small one and it will look great and different than everyone elses cowl mounted steering. You have a good eye for a youngster.

 

man, you're just movin' right along...cool beans

 

That does look more period correct in a way. I like either one.

 

Nice. The smaller one is right on point my good friend. Great work.

 

I worked today on getting the headlights mounted on the car. I used an original headlight bar, and cut the ends off. Then added more tubing to the cut off ends, and bent them and welded them to the back side of the headlight bar. Kind of has that floating effect which I like.

Man I love huge headlights!!!

 

Nice headlight Bar!! I like how you reused the fender pads to mount it to the frame.

 

Agreed Chris, big headlights looked great! Man! This is one cool rod! I know I'm the first one to say that. haha

 

Looks aggressive, I like that!

 

Lurking!

 

I had a client with a O/T 79 Trans Am I was re-painting. He told me under an influence of a couple of beers (I hope) that he was clocked doing 200 MPH! Mind you this is a stock 403 automatic car that I'm sure he haddn't changed the plugs since new in 79. " Yeah the cop said my tires looked like pizza cutters".

 

amazing

 

Great Job & nice metal work!

One question; where are you going to mount the fuel tank? No rear frame rails, rear seat???

You are a very talented person and obviously your dad must be a good mentor.

 

The car's coming along very nicely !

 

I'm planing on building a gas tank that goes behind the rear seat. It will contour along the back sheet metal, and be as tall as the rear window. Probably will be around 4" thick at the smallest, and when it transitions around to the side wood it will be 7" thick. And with it being 3' tall should hold a decent amount of fuel.

I don't want to mess up how clean the back of the car is. So I'm thinking of using some of that flexible style tubing like they have on old Jerry cans and have it so you roll down the side window and grab the tubing, bring it out the window, and then fill it up outside the car.

If anyone has any other thoughts on how to fill up the gas tank without putting in some outside filler door I'm defiantly up for suggestions.

 

Jealousy,envy ,,not enough words for my description! Oh wait 7 deadlies! Knockout ! Im getting chills ,there multiplying,,and im losing control .

 

Isn't it funny how a simple thing like a gas tank filler can cause so much grief! You will have to run a lisence plate maybe you could hide it behind if it's not to low, or maybe a sprint car type cap would blend in like CraftyB sells?