Blue One, yes you will need fenders, and when you bring your car here from AB, it will have to go through a full safety, royal pain in the ass. Once you get through the safety, if the fenders happened to fall off on a bump or something, you wont get much, if any hassle driving without them. Rumour has it a BC "fair weather" law is in the works, maybe by the time you move here that will be a done deal, and you wont have to deal with the fender issue.
Will they also require a windshield wiper ? That will also be a pain as I have no intention of installing something permanent that the car never had to begin with.
That will come down to how the guy who inspects your vehicle "interperts" the Motor Vehicle Code... The code itself doesnt require anything that wasn't OEM for your car, FWIW. I "know a guy" but its safe to say that by far the vast majority of inspectors here are not "hot rod" friendly...
John has added some baby moon hubcaps to the rear wheels, and is looking for a matching set for the fronts. The old hot rod is running smoothly, thanks to his hot rod skills.
I see the fenders have fallen off If there ever were any, as we never saw photographic evidence of it I have decided that my RPU will not have fenders and licencing it here in Alberta without them will not be an issue. By the time I move out there it shouldn't be an issue either.
Here is another perspective on the Chev bucket - getting ready for the rodding season. John recently came across a 1959 video showing him driving his first hot rod - yes, it was a T bucket! We hope to post the video on this thread soon.
Great pic Steve! Bob gave ne this pic when I bought the 36 coupe. You should drop by and see it now.......just enough things done to make it more driveable!
So, where are the fendered pictures ? The way that seat is set up it looks like you sit on top of the car in the real old "buckboard wagon" style.
You have done a great job with that 36 five window, Larry. Keeping the original flavour of the car but making the right improvements. Will try to get over soon for a look, right now I am in the middle of another 34 coupe.
Thanks, Clem. Good to hear from you guys in New Zealand. John has done an amazing job of bringing this old hot rod - built in the early 70's and dormant for decades - back to life. He is getting the Chev bucket ready for another season of fun.
In this area there is a fellow named Dennis who scratch builds 1/8 scale models of local hot rods. Dennis turned his talents to create a model of John's old hot rod, and has done it in the early 70's version - if you go back to post number 72 of this thread you will find photos of the rod from that era.
If they would fit, you could fit the baby moons on the one side, front and rear. You can only see one side at a time. At least both sides would look right, instead of both sides having a mismatch. Mart.
Hey Mart, probably easier just to find two more hubcaps that will fit. How is that 33 Ford coupe of yours coming along? That is one nice car.
Here is a home video of John in his first hot rod - a 26- 27 T bucket built on a later Ford frame. Ran a flathead and torque tube rear end. John was 17 years old at the time, and the video was taken by his father. The grin on his face says it all - he still loves old hot rods!
You got that right! John came across this family video and others while helping his sister do some clean up at her place. Good thing he found it, what a treasure! Will get more info from John about the T bucket and post it here.
John gave me some info about the T bucket shown in the video that I will pass on. He got the bucket by trading a 47 Dodge four door sedan straight across, so the hot rod came to him as you see it in the video - with the exception of the fenders - John made and installed them. This hot rod began as a 47 Ford, with a severely shortened frame. It used the entire running gear from the 47, even the steering wheel. This rod was John's only ride for about a year, and his best memory of it is beating a 55 Ford in a street drag race - yes, those were the days. The rod got traded for something else, and John then began to focus on shoebox Fords. Would be nice to know what happened to this bucket, so if any of you south Vancouver Islanders have any info, let us know.
John and Keith out for a cruise in the bucket - over to my place to check out the progress on the 34 five window coupe. The Chev bucket is running fine!
The bucket is finally finished! John found another pair of baby moons to complete the look - now he is ready for a summer of cruising.