That's a really nice detail around the gas cap. Awesome piece of work! Thanks for sharing the pics too...
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That's a really nice detail around the gas cap. Awesome piece of work! Thanks for sharing the pics too...
Pretty crafty way to make a right sized sanding disc apparatus...........
You had me confused for a bit with the glass on the outside of the body, but I think I maybe I understand. You used the body as a form, laid a panel on the outside to get the contour and thickness you needed, then drilled a 1/4" locator hole through both. The new internal piece got a smaller hole for the neck, and flattened out some to give the mounting surface you needed, and then was glassed/glued inside the body after drilling the 4" hole in the body. Is that right? I really like the way it turned out, and I kind of wish I had done something like that for mine to eliminate opening the trunk to fuel up.
That was a clever idea on how to get the contour. I have placed that idea in the grey matter file for future use.
are you going to use straight cut quick change gears???or the helical cut??
Very Nice!! Would love to do one like that some day.
Thanks, i am pretty proud of it even if i do say so myself.... thanks againQuote:
Originally Posted by 34_40
Thanks Bob, i really can't take to much credit for it... I followed a guy on the web a few years ago who built a '33 coupe and he did some pretty nice things that i just used... flipping the hole saw over and putting a sand disc on was one of them... don't know if many people saw it or not, it was call Project '33..Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter
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Originally Posted by rspears
Sorry about messing with your mind Roger, but you pretty much nailed it on how i did it.. just put some good duct tape down and laid the glass over it then moved it under and glued it with corvette panel glue. and like you said i did it for two reasons, first i like the SS gas cap look and second the gas cap was in the trunk on my last Roadster and like you had to open the trunk to gas up...
Thanks Lynn, i've used that a few time and seems to work fine each time..
Jerry i put the helical cut gears in... 3.54's Had a friend put the straight gears in his Model A sedan and his wife had to wear ear muffs so she could ride in it...Quote:
Originally Posted by jerry clayton
Thanks, hang in there it'll come someday...Quote:
Originally Posted by WGS53
What a great classic style 'Hot Rod' ! You really nailed it, love the wheels!
What is the width on your front rims, and tire size? I'm looking to possibly
go to a smaller size in the front, and those look good with a nice tread
pattern.
Take care, Rich
Rich glad you like the look, it was the look i was hoping for when i started... the rim's are 6" wide and the tires are 145sr/15's made by Michelin.Quote:
Originally Posted by RichB
The body at the door frame didn't completely cover the steel support and just didn't look finshed off so i added glass to the steel and tied it into the glass body and rolled it around so that the interior would cover it when installed.. looks a lot clearner now after the paint is on.
For heat and sound control i shot lizard skin all though out the car top to bottom... no pictures yet but i put hushmat on top of that..
The quality of the craftsmanship demonstrated in this build is just flat awesome. I am continually amazed at the talents and gifts demonstrated by many on this site in everything from Pat’s ability to build engines that could be at home in an art museum as they’re so detailed and beautiful to the paint we’ve seen from Hotrodpaint that absolutely defies the laws of nature in depth and beauty! The time and attention you are putting into this project can only come from someone who absolutely loves hotrods – there is no other explanation. The little things that won’t even be seen, yet you doing because it your creation and becomes a genuine expression of your vision for this car. What an encouragement to all who read this post. It’s a love story pure and simple as demonstrated in your ability to transform your ideas into fiberglass and steel.
Big or small, elaborate or simple, fast or “nice-and-easy”, we all have passion here and I for one really enjoy these threads as it’s what the hobby is all about.
Great Job Mr. Parkwood!!
Glenn
I had a few extra engine stands so i made some brackets and hung the doors on them, made working on them easy and you could spin them over and work on bottom while standing up.. picture of night shot just because i thought it was cool...
More great fab pics, keep them coming!
Thank's for the reply on the tires, those are available at Cokers? I'm
running 205 65 R15 Michilin's on the front (25 1/2" tall). I went with
these for the xtra engine weight I'm running, but really like the look
of the smaller tire (24 1/2" tall).
I wonder how many times Iv'e bought multiples of the same item till
I got it right! LOL
Take care, Rich
I used 195 65 15 vr rated tires on the front of Robins 33 for the speed rating and braking -----I thought that the narrower tires got scarry for hard braking------------------
And now I got a couple ideas for a few of those 20 engine stands around here!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes Rich i believe they are. We had to wait for months to get them because they only make a run of so many. I just put my name in with a friend in So. Calif. and we ordered two sets and just waited... hope you have better luck getting them faster than we did..Quote:
Originally Posted by RichB
WoW Glenn not sure what to say to that... i just do the best i can like all the other guys here.. Like my dad use to always say '' jack of all trades master of none"... I can do almost everything but am also amazed at some of the work these guys can do here and other sites i've been on... like lay a weld bead with a tig that looks like you stacked a roll of dimes so perfect it looks like a drawing. Or a paint job that looks like you could fall off in and drown...Quote:
Originally Posted by glennsexton
Like you said things are getting done that no one will every see but i'll always know their there.. that just gives me piece of mine..
So glad you like the work getting done... My signature just about says it all for me, i found that in a newspaper ad back in the '70's and thought it just fit so well that i copied it and have hung in my garage wall since..
well i think you would call this about half way there, or as i like to say "i see light at the end of the tunnel but i think it's the train coming my way".. got it all it full mock up but wiring. time to blow it apart and do all the little things that keep adding up.. but at least i get a feel for what it should look like when done.
Just one more thing that i wanted to fix was the inside window frames. When i put them on i didn't like that when you walked up on the outside you could look right down in the door.. I've never liked that on any car so i had to make a cardboard the shape i needed it and tape it to the frame and lay down some glass.. a little sanding and a little more glass to fill in some spots i missed and now you can't see down in the doors... plus i now have some where to put a fuss strip on the inside..
Of course a coupe has to have air... but getting it to fit and look good at the same time isn't always easy.. as you can see i ran the air and heat line down the rail and had to make a bracket to hold them away from the header.. the good thing on the '33 inter fenders there is a bubble and i tucked them back up in that as far as i could and put a heat shield in front of that to help keep the heat away.
Of course you have to have some way to get the air out, i put black vents in because i didn't want them to stick out being polished... can't hardly tell can you? I also didn't want the turn and high beam lights out on the dash so i put them up under the roll of the top of the dash and when they are working they shine off the top of the chrome dash and i'll be able to see them..
getting the exhaust install, i bought some clamps from a company called Deeds. They are a flange style that are held together with a SS band. They work and look great and makes it easy to install or remove the exhaust... have a great guy and his crew close by who have installed all the exhausts we've had put on cars or trucks we've worked on..
One more thing i didn't like the looks of and that was the front of the inter fenders where they meet the grill shell... running fenders would cover this part up but since i wasn't i had to do something to make it look a little better.. used up a lot of cardboard making different ones until i got one that i thought would work..
Parkwood I have to say like earlier said , you have done some very fantastic work on this build
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Thanks alot bluestangQuote:
Originally Posted by bluestang67
At this point it was time to take it all a part and get ready for paint. I was able to use the lift to remove the body and put it on they stand i have for body's. it makes it so easy to spin and work on the bottom..
Once the body was upside down i was able to fill in the lower edge that wasn't quite finished off.. I fill the void first with thin wall elec. conduit and bonded that in with corvette panel bond. Once that set up i glassed over it all and smoothed it out and shot some primer on it.. Made the edge much stronger..
I bought a portable garage from California Car Cover and made a paint booth in my garage. wired up some lights and cut in some filters to drawn in some good air..
Got the body in the booth and painted the bottom, once it was painted and color sanded and rubbed out i covered it so as not to get over spray on the bottom while the top was getting painted.
After the bottom was painted i started on all the small parts laying around..
Getting the frame ready for paint, i cut in a c-notch for the front spring.
Frame got some paint on it..
Getting the drive train painted.
The rear end with paint on it and the frame starting to come together.
A few more pictures of the frame coming together