jimmy smith art work come to life 28 model a 2 door tub

Brute force and sheer ignorance will save the world!!!

cvd i dig your signature!

 

i have been plugging away. stay tuned for more pics. finishing up the final welding. the body will be coming off soon and the frame painted. spring will be here soon i got to get real busy. speedweek will be here before i know it.

 

How the heck did I miss this build?

The HAMB is getting too big!

Man, I dig this tub.

You going to have it done by the NSRA Nats?

Still parking down in the grass by the swap?

Keep us posted.

Rich

 

yes i hope to have it at the nat's . they are just before we leave for speedweek

 

i have been finishing up the bottom of the car and doing all the final welding . i always wanted to put a quick change in this car but that is alot of money to shell out for a low budget car. weel i scored a cheap open diff. winters champ style qc and i have been giving it some serious thought of putting it in this car. it will need the axle ends cut and ford 9" flanges welded up and i do have a jig to do all the work but the only thing is the big champ style qc is so big the back of the bottom of the body would need some triming. i am just trying to decide if i want to cut the body more . here are some pics of how the body would have to be cut out around the rear qc cover. i need to decide soon.

 

I'd do it! You know that QC would look so good peeking out from underneath that body. And the louvers match it well too.

I dare you.


iPhone - TJJ app

 

Either way it's cool. If you're just full of energy, have at it!!

 

im thinking that with the price of gas they keep talking about this summer it might be nice to have some 2.20 gear to go out to bonneville. i just may need a push to get going but i will be able to go 85mph at about 1800rpm.

 

How awesome would it be to have the feeling of reserve top end power?! I could live with crawling away from intersections for a while.

 

that is what is so nice about a quick change rearend. gear it ti take off or gear it to save gas.well that and the great music thay make at hwy speeds. the sound of my halibrand v8 quick change in my 32 coupedeville on the hwy is so nice .

 

Better cut some more and throw that sucker in there.

 

that is what i am thinking. i have to get cut off the wide 5 racecar junk and put 9" ends on and i have a nice set of brakes. i will just need the axles. if i do it right i may be able to use axles with out have them resplined.

 

Jeem, Why do you have a picture of Burt Bacharach for an avatar?

 

Great thread! I don't know how I missed this one till now.

 

is that who that is??? i was wondering . i am some what young and i didnt know who that was.

 

You hear a little voice whispering.... "do it" "do it" ....

Rich

 

He's the REAL "Most Interesting Man in the World". He wrote, composed and sang some of the coolest songs ever.

 

Herb Alpert's right up there as well, of course they've worked together.....anyways, back to this righteous tub build!!

 

why not do wide 5 wheels ...? quickie is a ford based wide 5 pattern....

 

i know but i just dont like wide 5 . i keep trying to build a car with wide 5 wheels but i just stare at them and cant help but think of mobil home wheels

 

Hub caps....................just think hub caps..lol

 

Drew: Quickies are fun and are the best finish to the rear of a tub, you will be the 3rd in Cincy... If you need help sourcing the Quickie to 9" stuff, I still have all of my stuff.

 

im going to do it. i have been thinking about it all day.

i have a great set of truck brakes. i need to get truck axle ends. i need some ford truck 31 spline axle about 28- 29" long with big ford 5 on 5 1/2 pattern.

 

Looks like you've been thinking about it more than all day. You must have been thinking about it when you laid our the louvers. That will look perfect sticking out of the back.

 

well it was in the back of my mind from the begining.

 

well i got the full floating wide five ends cut off and the 9" axle ends on. the winters q.c. rear axle in now under the tub with all the brackets .i called up moser and spent money on axles .i hate spending money on thing i cant do. i just got the axles today. i hope to get the axles in the housing and the back of the body trimed just some slightly. pics soon

 

glad to see your back at it.looking foward to pics

 

I love anything Jeem dreams up - and I specially love that tub since it was published. I even thought about the "Jake" brown paint for my own RPU.

So, Rob, you're on here, so this car should be on the cover of R&C asap, right? If Jimmy doesn't get a royalty he should at least get a cover and a "flash back" to the concept art, right? Just sayin'

 

A nude cover. I'm in.

 

jeem i realy didnt know who your avatar was. i mean i thought it was the fonz at first.