Projects Dreddybear's Model A Coupe thread - DARTH WALTER

Well... hate to be the ass but.... been a while, (raise tone) you know that book you been writing for 3 years now, (raises tone again) that uh-- little naritive, (raises tone again) got a nice little out line, little plot which makes the character grow a little, (once more with the raised tone) a little naritive in which the reader and the character grows a little together, a nice li-- (drops to normal voice) yeah no, it's gonna be awesome, gotta love family guy. P.S. I miss your car.

 

Any updates now that it's on the road...

 

Here's a shot of it :

 

Nice picture Mike!

Nick.

 

x2!

 

awesome pic

 

Hey Paul, congrats to you and the lil' lady, coupe looks awesome.

 

thanks all. here's a couple more:





one of my favorite shots from the wedding:



When Paul's ready we're gonna do a proper photo shoot of the car.

 

I followed this thread and can only drool over how it turned out.I am speechless and as my GF said.."YOUR speechless..?!?? The way YOU run your mouth..??!?!?"Anyway I was wondering if i can get some help on some measurements on your frame...You can see in the drawings where I need them.I need to know what angle the kick-up is set at.Also need to know how high you made it.

 

Wow..no one knows huh..?? Damn...

 

Great pics Mike.
Coolest wedding cars I've ever seen!

 

wicked!

 

I'm proud to say, I rode shotgun in Paul's coupe, even if it was only for a few minutes.

 

YAYYYY!!! I am SO happy!

 

Man I felt like I wimped out on ya. I wished I coulda grabbed you for the ride back to the shop. THAT was crazy..

The only measurments I remember:

Wheelbase: 106.5"

Front sweep: 4"

Rear kickup: 12" (spring on top)

Rear kickup angle: 45*

From the rear cross member to where the frame starts to turn down is about 8"

Ground clearance is low but not ridiculous. It actually hasnt dragged or scraped or anything like that..

 

Dude. Thanks SO much for everything. You RULE!

For all of you that dont know, Mike photographed our wedding as well as a certain little car event we had recently... Everybody flips out at how ALIVE the photos that this guy takes are..check out a recent speed shop post...

http://www.austinspeedshop.com/2010/04/16/austin-speed-shop-party-2010-a-success/

 

Awesome pics man!

 

thats awesome

 

OH MY...!!! Ebay item number 220593198024 Gotta have deep pockets for that one..lol.

 

Dreddybear, now that you are back I must say that your wedding was absolutly beautiful. You are a lucky guy. Now get back to work!

 

You know the man is a real car freak, when you see his front axel laid out on his wifes white living room carpet, LOL
Nice work

 

now thats some cool ass shit there got goose bumps

 

posted twice

 

Nice hot rod!!

 

Paul,

It was cool meeting and BSing with you yesterday. Obviously I found your build thread. I'm only on page 10 so far, but I had to chime in and tell you congrats....on the car and the wedding! This has been a great read so far and I'm looking forward to the rest of it. I already know the car came out bad ass!!

LOVE those pics of Norm's '32s. I met Norm a couple months ago when I bought my front axle assembly from him. Such a cool dude and way nice! But I can top your claim of having never been in a '32 and only ridden in two A's. I've never ridden or even sat in an A, much less a '32! I'm probably the only one on the HAMB who can make such a claim.

Hopefully sometime soon I'll also know the feeling of firing up my hoopty and driving it around terrorizing the 'hood.

First round's on me next time at the Dog 'n Duck....

Tommy

 

I noticed in the pictures that you moved your steering box. Were there problems when you drove the car with it the way you had it in the beginning?

 

Awesome ride

 

Best regards from Argentina congratulations for your marriage, since last i became a member of HAMB, always appreciated the hard work each member puts in their projects and how they do in their garages, it is very difficult to realize, but really rewarding .

 

So where's the updates, man?? Don't keep us hangin'!

 

I really intend on starting a Part II build thread but here's a couple highlights..









Cut out the ugly hump for the f100 side steer:









Made a mount to run '40 cross steer:







Rebuilt this bad boy:





Learnin to sew:



Makin things nice:





Chromin stuff:





Strippin stuff...



Need to redo these, not enough foam, they flattened out but you get the idea..