Thread: Project "Left Overs"

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great news Don! so what is left?? It doesn't sound like too much now

Nice loppy cam sound! The rivets on the doors look great!

Originally Posted by stovens

Nice loppy cam sound! The rivets on the doors look great!

Sounds kool,Don..Looks as good..Lotsa detail in there,must have spent some hours doing the interior..

Beautiful. It looks like a Monogram or Revell kit from the '60s that somehow became real. Congratulations to Dan on a job VERY well done. The only thing is, that big torque-monster Olds engine will burn those skinny rear tires off about every other week. Don, you better put your slicks under lock & key or I know where they'll be shortly...

Steve, you're right, I guess my pride shows a little, huh? I've been really blessed with two Sons that I can't imagine what my life would have been like without. Seeing them is the high point of my day.

Jim, I've thought the same thing about hiding my slicks. Good thing he is running 16 inch wheels or my 15 inchers would be bolted on for a "test fit." He has an extra pair of 16 x 4.5 40 Ford wheels that he is considering having widened so he can run 16 x 8 inch slicks. The Billetproof Drags are in October and it would be fun to see him get to make a few passes with it.


Don

It's been a hoot watching Dan evolve his tastes and talent. It's probably added to the frustration of the build to keep changing (frame, body, etc.) things, but in the final analysis he's built a car at the leading edge of his peer group.

While many young guys his age pretend they "know" what real hot rods are/should be, he's built a car that melds the timeless and the practical. A well done blend of traditional notes from 60 years ago with finish, attention to detail, materials and styling/function elements (alternator, fan shroud, etc.).

A few years back we here were talking about the "rat rod" craze and how the young guys who embraced it were a mix of crappy to somewhat better builders. It was speculated that a few of them would take the hobby to heart and improve their cars as their skills grew. Danny is one of those, though he never intended to build a true piece of rat crap. I suspect Pop's influence and mentoring had a lot to do with that higher level of vision and achievement.

Though I have a couple flathead powered cars, I'm not in that "if it don't have a flathead, it ain't real" crowd. The constant criticism of the SBC (brand loyalty aside) over the past decade or so has bordered on hysterical. I notice now that some of the other young guys that share the leading edge with Dan are beginning to embrace the older SBC's (265, 283, 327) as they become aware that that engine IS part of the tradition of REAL hot rod history. Some of them are replaying in a way what happened in the mid '50s. Others, like Dan, are creating a combination of that era with little bits of later eras. The evolution continues. Good job Danny!

Thanks Bob for those very nice words. Like you, I look back on what he was doing 5 or 6 years ago, compared to now, and he has come a long way. I don't know how much of that is due to me, both he and Don have surpassed anything I am able to do........both in the car world and in their professional and personal lives. You always want your kids to be better than you and now I find myself going to them for advice and guidance. But every once in a while the old man still comes up with some solution that makes them get a surprised look on their faces. (Of course I have to take a nap afterwards)

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

......... (Of course I have to take a nap afterwards)

Don

You're wise to play to your strength...............................................

If I'm going to have to find 3 cars this year, we better meet at Hooter's friday night across from the track.
BradC

This is the year, Brad. I'm going to make it a point to finally get to meet you. Hooters sounds great. (and the wings ain't bad either )

We got a little more work done on Dan car yesterday but Saturdays are usually not as productive as Fridays because we are too wiped out from working on it so many hours. Both of us were sore and tired, but we got his shift linkage sorted out and he got all the brake hose measurements so can get those ordered Monday.

When he gets home from work tonight we may go there to just do a few small things to keep the momemtum going. One of those things might be to put his driveshaft back together. We had to remove the U joints when he had it powdercoated. We may have enough energy left to do something like that.

Don

Hey guys,
Does anyone remember portawalls from the 50s and early 60s? They were a rubber white insert that you put on the tire before it was mounted on the rim to make a black wall look like a white wall. Does anybody still make them? Just a thought. Maybe a new old come back in the works.

Jack.

Originally Posted by Jack F

Hey guys,
Does anyone remember portawalls from the 50s and early 60s? They were a rubber white insert that you put on the tire before it was mounted on the rim to make a black wall look like a white wall. Does anybody still make them? Just a thought. Maybe a new old come back in the works.

Jack.

We ran 'em with tube-type tires. Don't know if they would work with tubeless tires. The main problem with 'em was that....at speed, the air would get between the port-a-wall and the tire and stretch the paw material so that it looked like a bunched-up mess. As long as you were just runnin' around town, they were fine, but stay off the high-speed roads.

And that's why we call them Flappers over here.