Thread: My first rod!

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Thanks for the complients on the garage too! That was my last year's project. I agree I wouldn't have built it with that windshield either, but as you can see, i really don't have a proper facility to do any paint work, and have a nagging feeling that some serious paint repair work will be needed when i pry that windshield off the fresh black paint on the cowl... makes me sorta cringe to think about hogging up the paint on my new car the same week i got it home... I'm wondering if i can make some sort of top header out of aluminum or stainless to sorta "frame" the windshield and make it look a little better... not sure where i can get some U shaped channel that would work, but its another thought i had as an option to not prying that glass off the cowl.

Hey, while i got you guy's attention...another thing i'd like to do is put a false hinge cover and nose emblem on the shell...its a 3 piece hood, but I think it would look cool with some stock trim on it... I've seen pics of cars that have this trim on the 3 piece hood but wondered how it attaches... never actually saw one in person. (the pic below shows what I'm talking about.)

Also, is the trim/ford emblem that goes on the peak of the grill shell able to be used on my 'glass "filled" shell, or should I scrap that idea too? I really DON'T want to have to paint anything, since that's gonna require the car go into someone elses shop. Sorry ifI'm asking too many questions, I am just in awe that such a cool website exists for deuce owners, and I'm like a kid in a candy store!

Joey, good looking roadster!

I like the idea of putting on the stock windshield posts and chopped stantions, so before you give up on that, take the car to a good glass shop and see if they can suggest a way of ungluing the glass from the cowl.

So-Cal sells the grille shell emblems and they are formed for the Brookville shell but they are stainless so you can bend them to fit most any shell.

Not sure how to attach the center stainless strip to the hood though, Perhaps if you called So-Cal they may have a suggestion. They also make a stainless spear for the cowl, that looks real good, if you have a filled cowl vent.

Mick

Originally Posted by lurker mick

So-Cal sells the grille shell emblems and they are formed for the Brookville shell but they are stainless so you can bend them to fit most any shell.

Not sure how to attach the center stainless strip to the hood though, Perhaps if you called So-Cal they may have a suggestion. They also make a stainless spear for the cowl, that looks real good, if you have a filled cowl vent.

Mick

Do you know if the grill shell "bullnose" emblem needs the shell to be drilled to attach it, or if it uses double sided tape or something like the stainless spear for the cowl? I really don't want to drill my shell out in case i change my mind later on... anyone have this trim on the nose of their fiberglass 32 grill shell and could tell me how it is attached?