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That's like a voice rumbling down from out of the clouds!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by techinspector1

That's like a voice rumbling down from out of the clouds!!!!!!!

If you look CLOSELY the 1932 3W sits a little higher than the 1932 roadster ...

They both have the same spring, same axle ... same tires ... everything is the exact same .... EXCEPT ... the 3W has almost no miles on it ... so it has not yet settled down any.



The roadster settled down about 3/4 of a inch after 500 / 600 miles. It now has 52 thousand miles.

Good grief - bolts of lightning are coming out of the sky.

1. I built the chassis per the TCI build sheet !
2. This isn't my first car ! I'm not a newbie - honest!! (tho it's the first from this many bits and pieces)
3. I feel like I'm in trouble with that piece of tin
4. I'm gonna try to raise it a bit. If I can't, then the splash shield will become history - one way or another !
5. I do have an oil pan souvenir from an earlier car that weeps oil from a speed bump scrape - so am all to well aware of ride height
6. I did take my fancy deep trans pan off BEFORE it became aluminum scrap - it was even lower.

You guys are mean !!!!

I'd have to measure for sure, but I think my front valance on my 34 is about that low and I have had no problems other than my own stupidity (like rolling into a parking lot concrete tire bumper )

Originally Posted by mopar34

I'd have to measure for sure, but I think my front valance on my 34 is about that low and I have had no problems other than my own stupidity (like rolling into a parking lot concrete tire bumper )

Yeah,Bob, but I recall that you live in PA where the DOT is so good that road kill has center lines painted on it. Here in NY the roads are bad and since our "good" governor will be giving the pink slip to 9000 state workers, they wont get better.

Comeon Dave, man up!! My ol' '39 Chev only had 1 5/8" at the bottom of the grille! Sure, had to avoid man hole covers and speed bumps, take drive ramps at an angle.........but hey, Praise the Lowered! Every worm for himself!!!

Dave, NY can't be laying off 9000 DOT workers! Their the only essential employees that the state has.

PA highways didn't get the reputation of being the worse in the nation by the Association of American Truckers for nothing, ya know!

You could always keep a FEW splash aprons painted up ... just in case.







As low as my pair of Deuces sit ... I have to keep 3 or 4 splash aprons all painted up and ready to go. Thankfully ... I have gotten better at being careful and have not had to change one out in over a year.

Originally Posted by Deuce

You could always keep a FEW splash aprons painted up ... just in case.


Thankfully ... I have gotten better at being careful and have not had to change one out in over a year.

Deuce - why did I know that you would have 'THE ANSWER'!!! and even tho I have raised the car a bit, I know that it will settle and wing the splash shield. When I do, I'll then buy two and paint to match,