Another build thread? Yep, my track-style T

[37 Caddy]

Another vote for option 2. It looks faster.

[oldrodder43]

Good Lord J.R. Those are just quickie sketches?????? WOW, what do you do when you get serious? Glad things are coming along. I haven't done anything on the Essex since November. Just too darn much snow and COLD, and no firewood for the barrel stove. So----------been playing with my little trains, keeps me sane, sort of. Regards, Perley

[Gastrick]

They both look good to me but I still like your original design the best.

[hotroddaddy]

I vote for #1! looks better to me.JMO

[J. Robinson]

It's been a while since I put anything up on this thread. Once I decided the roadster wasn't going to make it in time for Billetproof, I just kind of laid down on it for a while. I've done some minor regular maintenence on the coupe, painted the exterior of my house, went to Bikeweek, Billetproof, the Spring event at Daytona, and helped my wife build the set for her Spring musical at school. There are still a couple of things I need to get done, but I am finally ready to start progressing on the roadster again.

Since my last real entry here, I undercoated the inside of the firewall, painted the steering box and mounting hardware and assembled same.

The sprint car nose I have was originally designed for the triangular shaped insert with vertical bars (as in my drawings). However, I really like the looks of the rounder shaped grille with horizontal bars; to me it seems more like the ones I saw as a child when I attended sprint and midget races with my dad. Last week I decided to take a chance and ordered the '27 Track T grille insert from Speedway Motors. As soon as I took it out of the box, I laid it on the nose and knew I had made the right choice.

These things come "as cast", so my first job was to polish it. I used a D/A sander with 220 grit paper, followed that with 400 grit, and finally worked it over on the buffing wheel at school. It turned out very nice. I still need to do a little work between the bars with a Dremel tool, but I'll do that later. Next step was to get it to fit in the nose. A little trimming with a sabre saw was all that was needed. It is just taped in place for the pics; I will drill and bolt it as soon as I get some stainless button-head bolts...

[39Deluxe]

I like that grille better too.

Tom

[OFT]

I like that grille better too.

Tom

X2 good to see you started working on it again.

Earl

[stovens]

New grille looks great! Nice work on polishing the shifter.

[firebird77clone]

hurry up and finish, so I can make an offer !

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[vara4]

Wow J. Robinson that things really looking sharp.
Those honda coilovers working like you thought they would.
I'm gonna have to buy some coilovers here in the near future,
those ones would probably be to weak for me though.
I'm not sure how much a honda weights, my Ranchero
only weights about 2,000 pounds. Kurt

[Itoldyouso]

Chop chop, Daytona is only 7 months away. Looking good Jim and starting to get to the finish line it looks like. That grille really is going to make the front end.

Don

[J. Robinson]

Thank you all for the compliments.

Kurt - Those Honda coils are really stiff. I won't know until I drive it, but they seem awfully stiff to me. They may be too stiff for this car and I may have to change them...

Don - I know, I know... And time gets away so quickly... I was driving my coupe in primer by this time in the build (2 years) and I am yet to put "fire in the hole" with this one. Hopefully, when school is out I can make some big strides on it. Only time will tell.

[Itoldyouso]

I know Jim, we are pushing hard too, and 7 months flies by......it's already 4 months since Xmas.


Don

[Hotrod46]

J R

Glad to see you're back on the T.

That grille looks cool! It really sets the front off.

I won't know until I drive it, but they seem awfully stiff to me. They may be too stiff for this car

I thought my front springs and rear shocks were going to be too stiff, but they worked out OK in the end. Hope your's do too.

Keep up the good work.

Mike

[vara4]

J. Robinson; Do you know about what your weight is going to
be when you are finished with the car? Kurt