Thread: Un-streetrodding a 34 tudor

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I attempted to calm my nerves today. I went down to the garage and worked on the soft top for a couple of hours. I took lots of internet pictures with me. I have been unable to get anyone with a real 34 Tudor to give me accurate dimensions so I said F%@K it and just winged it. I measured and measured and using painters tape have it all laid out. The wife gave me a hand. Stretching the tape out over an 8 foot span is pretty tough to do alone. I used a 7" cutoff wheel to form the front corners and a 9" cookie plate to form the rear corners. I put a slight bow in either side because they didn't come straight from the factory. Then I came upstairs and remembered that I have a 1/25 scale model of a tudor sedan. I'm going to pull some dimensions and see how close I am. I kinda like it where it is so I may just start drilling holes. The nicest part was a couple hours of total bliss not thinking about anything but the car and my sweetie by my side.

What's the plan? Will this be a faux piece sitting on top of the roof that's there?

Originally Posted by 34_40

What's the plan? Will this be a faux piece sitting on top of the roof that's there?

Yup. It's a Juliano's soft top kit.

I suspect it may be late, but if you would still like the measurements from a steel car I could measure mine this weekend. Phil

Way to go Figure8, Now you're participatin'!

It's good to see you here too.

Nice lay out work!

Wow and he, Figure8, joined way back in October 2006 and now has 3 posts. Welcome young man and hope to see your name pop up more often. Does the Juliano's top kit not have dimensions for where to drill the holes ? Shame on them if not as I could imagine some people drilling heaps of holes until they get it to fit.

Jim, I'm confused. The Juliano Soft Top Insert Kit is not a faux top insert, it's a full blown kit for filling the hole in a stock top coupe or sedan - Soft Top Insert Kits - Juliano's Hot Rod Parts & Interior Products Now that's not to say that you cannot install it as a faux insert, and I'm hoping that you're not actually cutting the top out of your body, trying to make it look more original. None of my business, but guys with steel bodies go to a lot of pain to fill that hole.

Originally Posted by rspears

Jim, I'm confused. The Juliano Soft Top Insert Kit is not a faux top insert, it's a full blown kit for filling the hole in a stock top coupe or sedan - Soft Top Insert Kits - Juliano's Hot Rod Parts & Interior Products Now that's not to say that you cannot install it as a faux insert, and I'm hoping that you're not actually cutting the top out of your body, trying to make it look more original. None of my business, but guys with steel bodies go to a lot of pain to fill that hole.

Good reading right here. 1932 Ford Victoria Juliano's Interior Products Top Insert - Rod and Custom Magazine
The Juliano top is used for both purposes. Filling an existing hole or making a filled roof look stock. Sometimes a poorly filled roof or a very old (Cracking) filler roof is easier to cover. I would never cut a hole in the roof and ruin the structural integrity of the car. I already feel bad enough drilling 300+ holes for all the rivets. The only down side is the Juliano top sticks up more than a stock roof and some guys complain it looks like a mattress on the roof. These are the same guys that call glass cars Tupperware. To me it looks just fine.

Originally Posted by BIG-JIM

I already feel bad enough drilling 300+ holes for all the rivets. The only down side is the Juliano top sticks up more than a stock roof and some guys complain it looks like a mattress on the roof. These are the same guys that call glass cars Tupperware. To me it looks just fine.

And since you're paying the bills - you're the only one you have to please.

Originally Posted by BIG-JIM

These are the same guys that call glass cars Tupperware. To me it looks just fine.

There are haters everywhere, especially when your car looks better than theirs, gotta ask them, where is the cherry '34 sedan you have located at! If it looks good I don't care if its made of styrofoam it just looks good. Many of us have built both & both types have just as many but different obstacles, I am perfectly happy with 'glass! Real car guys like just that "cars"!

Originally Posted by figure8

I suspect it may be late, but if you would still like the measurements from a steel car I could measure mine this weekend. Phil

Hoping it's done by then. Thanks anyway

So, my 34 is not only a 'kit car,' it's 'tupperware?'

Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

So, my 34 is not only a 'kit car,' it's 'tupperware?'

Apparently...

Plastic fantastic I believe it is called. I remember when New Zealand first challenged for the America's Cup and the bloody storm that created with Dirty Dennis Conor because we had built our yacht using fibreglass and they still used alloy, well we won that court case hands down and we ended up with a much faster boat too. Absolutely nothing wrong with Tupperware for strength, lightness and speed.