Features TWEETY BIRD, JIM GOVRO'S BEAUTIFUL CHANNELED 32 ROADSTER RETURNS AFTER 50 YEARS, KERVILLE DRAGS

The hell with rods , those are 2 nice mounts !


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Yeah, kind of distracting...

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We just left Rex Rods. A lot of great car builds going on. This is Tweety fully plucked.

 

Besides Tweety's resurrection, that yellow coupe with the 8 deuce hemi raises the hair on my arms... Can you blame me? I'm installing an early hemi in mine... Question: the frame next to Tweety, is that a new frame or the original?

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The Wade model a coupe, the early build was done by Bass THE WADE MODEL A COUPE: BUILD THREAD Rex Rods has done a great job finishing.

 

That frame is the original to Tweety. They are completing a lot of cool cars. You can go on instagram and listen to that hemi run. Friday I'm headed to Tyler Texas to pick up aCaddy motor

 

Hey if anyone has pictures of Tweety or the Purple Turtle it would be great to post them anytime

 

The frame really needs to be relieved so the A pillar braces do not push the cowl bottoms out. The doors never fit.
Also plan on big spacers between the frame to subrail at the B pillar. You can figure out how much by fitting the hood.

 

That's awesome that the original frame is being used to resurrect. Looking at the frame in the photo, it looks to be in REMARKABLE shape, thinking it might have been new. I'm in the same situation with my own. Jim must be in heaven hanging around in such an awesome hot rod shop!

 

I'm not sure if it's already somewhere on this thread, but Tweety appears at the 55:50 mark of the video posted on the '77 ST Paul Nats threads: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/who-was-in-st-paul-in-77.1088815/#post-12340443

 

Just saw the video, Tweety does appear! It's an hour long video, so you're better off taking your mouse and click on 55:50 to see her briefly.

 

Thanks so much for adding this info to our site!!!!!!! Here's the pic taken on that trip and you can see all three Rods in that footage at the Hotel.

 

Dropped off the 1951 Caddy 331 this morning. Things are rolling!!

 

It was great having Jim at the shop today,


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Looking good, guys ... but let's get those shoes on right ....

 

Is Jim working on an Olds rear?

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Yes, it's the Olds rear end that goes in Tweety.

 

A few more pics of Tweety Thanks to George

 

Any updates of Tweety's build in the shop?

 

Is the cream colored coupe sitting in the shop a Model A with a 32 windshield? Please advise. Looks killer.

 

For the countless time on this thread, that’s the “wade coupe” do a search for it, Brian bass built it, it’s a 34 windshield surround and you can watch him do it on you tube.

Also the car is Porsche white

 

Just left Rex Rods. It's all ways a pleasure to see the evaluation of Rods they are building including Tweety. The mock up of motor, tranny, exhaust, and a few other things made it possible to tack the motor mounts in. The Wade Coupe sounds great with the heart now in it.

 

Never saw a magneto like this one before - what type is it? Same for the Edelbrock 4 deuce manifold on a Caddy motor, reminds us of the Man-a-Fre setup on a SBC (American Graffiti). Progress is moving along!

 

That's a Spaulding "Flamethrower" dual point distributor.

 

Seriously, that is one unique distributor, didn't look carefully enough to notice the tubes for the plug wires - really NEAT!

 

Its great to see progress being made. My only question is, when do we get to see some footage of the Wade coupe running???

 

Just another reminder that the sides of the frame need too be cut out for the A pillow braces. The doors will not fit right other wise.
The frame also need to be pie cut at the firewall or the back of the frame shimmed so the front of the frame is square with the firewall. The hood sides are not tapered like stock.
The car had a large amount of shims between the frame and the body at the B post.
The angle of the engine will change so it needs to be looked at.
I owned the car for 10 years and know it well.

 

Going through most of my subscribed threads and wanted to see updates on Tweety...

 

Hey not to nit pick here... But it's been over a month since the last pics of Tweety were posted. Any more progress at all??

 

Just a few pics from a photo album from the 1950's