Hot Rods The Rouster Indy Roadster

There's always Toledo although my preference would have been New Bremen.

 

been finishing up some smaller things on the car, radiator hard lines upper coolant manifold, dash, radiator mounts ect. here are some pics of that progress. the car will be on display at my booth at the Cincinnati Cavalcade of customs this weekend.























the top 2 pics is of where we were 38 days ago from today, and the bottom pic is as of today. i still cant get over the amount of progress me and Ryan ( my employee) have made on this car in that time as well as keep the shop running as smoothly as we can on other cars and projects.

 

Beautiful work . Love the torsion bar suspension . Blue

 

Just plain Bad Ass! Mike you guys amaze me the talent you have. Are you planning metal classes anytime in the near future? Thanks for sharing. Bill

 

Nice Work

 

Looking good. One thing I've never figured out... why have a shiny dash, and / or, one mounted at an angle that will only help reflect sunlight back into the driver's eyes? Hopefully, the body / cowl flare will help cover it up, eh? Gary

 

Will you also be fabricating the body?

You do extremely impressive work.

 

Man that is some "Good stuff" really like your work.

 

yes i will be making the aluminum body as well

 

it has been a while since i updated this thread. we have had all kinds of things going on with this car and others in the shop so i have just been busy.

the shocks on the front were going to be an issue with the front end area being as busy and close as it was. so i moved the shocks in board and designed bell cranks to run them as a cantilever to tuck them into some open space. everything cycles as it should, no binding, rubbing or hitting. and keeping the lever arms 1:1 the shock dampening rate stays the same





with the drive shaft we also had to get creative. i wanted to keep the open trans look of an original indy roadster. since we are running a T5 and winters rear end i had to come up with something to cover the drive shaft. i decided to mimic a torque tube. it is a 2 piece cover that has a front and rear pivot point. the pivot points are in the center line of the universal in the drive shaft. this allows the cover to travel on the same plane as the drive shaft. we can cycle the suspension fully with no rubbing issues so it should work out well





got the steering box mounted, pitman arm machined and the drag link made. the steering box is an F100 box converted to side steer by Jokerr







made a pedal box assembly, the owner of the car wanted all wilwood parts on the brakes and clutch. we mounted everything on the engine bay side of the fire to mimic a real watson car, and help with leg room. the pedal extions and pads are also meant to mimic watson







then was onto fuel lines, brake lines, oil lines, shifter and other smaller pieces in the cock pit area







designed a fuel tank. had to make a wood buck to shape the pieces to





started roughing out the aluminum





got the final rendering in from the Root Bros.



then sent the body station files to water jet, and got all the buck profile stations cut out. assembly going on well with the buck. the buck looks super long, but over all it is only 17 inches longer tip to tail over a stock 1963 watson car, that is from us stretching the wheel base 10" for comfort as a street car, and the other 7" is to keep the proportions where we widened it to fit 2 seats.

 

Masterpiece as usual.

 

Oh my shit stains!!!! Wow, I can't wait to see the body take shape

 

Amazing!

 

BEAUTIFULL WORK, MY WORD. Bob.............................

 

Amazing work as always! I appreciate your time and effort in sharing your projects with us on the HAMB!

 

Are there any bearings used on that drive shaft cover gizmo?

 

there are oiled bronze bushings and grease fitting on both pivot points

 

Thanks! Pretty ingenious idea

 

Your skills makes a Man jealous.

 

Nice job guys!!!!!! Looking killer


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thanks guys

 

really great work!!! cant wait to see the finished product!!!! outstanding!

 

With all that engine room it needs a Novi....

 

started getting some of the body panels roughed out

















at this stage all the panels need refining and finishing, but they are getting there

 

Gawd I love this build... Just wonderful work. Gary

 

It's always nice to see one of your threads appear in my watched list. Beautiful work - thanks for sharing it.

 

apparently the customer wants a flatty!

 

Now that`s some sweet looking craftsmanship.Would love to hear that sweety at full song.What`s wrong with a flatty?Has just as much cool as a hemi.Hemi?Now THERE`S a thought.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

a little more progress for the past few days

got the external oil tank shaped, and all welded up







more fine tuning on the tail section pieces, working to get the light lines all squared away and wavy spots worked out



got another low crown panel roughed in, this one is the hood area of the car

 

Talent? I think so.

Very nice workmanship.