Thread: 27 T tudor Hot Rod build

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Originally Posted by 68Chevelle

Strange, for some reason I want to go out in the garage and start working on the tudor again...

Thomas

Yeah, I have been having a sort of "race" between me, and my neighbor down the street, with a 31 full fendered Tudor Model A. He drove his the day after Xmas, but with no front brakes, no seats (front OR rear) and other things. I'd say we are about even right now, for a while he was waaaay ahead, but I have caught up to him. Best case scenario is we BOTH win, or tie, and get to cruise the seaside and the redwoods together.
I know it's cold, but get out there are get busy on that Tudor, Thomas, it won't hotrod itself, ya know...

Both cars look absolutely Awesome, especially in VISTA VISION!!LOL!!! J/K I really like both cars guys you both have the stance going on, well done and keep the pics coming.

T is looking great . As said the stance is right on .



Been racing my self here They are a slow process . Hopefully I can fire it in about a month . But some more work is needed to the frame to button it up and plumb . Maybe you should bring him on here .

Headed down to the CA DMV today- have my insuarnce papers, all the registration BS, all set to go, a few more $$ and I'll be able to drive the car anywhere, without having to skulk around back roads, and park the thing right in front of the Sherrif's Office if I want to.

It' legal. I can park it and drive it anywhere I want to now.
I spent the day trying to program the electric TPI speedometer, guess I'll have to call them tomorrow....

Well, I'll have to wait to call TPI gauges now... I got motivated and yanked the firewall out, to make more clearance for the HEI distributor cap. As it was, there was NO WAY to get the distributor cap off, without removing the firewall (bad planning, I know...) so while it's out, I'm gonna cut some more room out of the firewall, so if I ever need to, I can change the cap and rotor without going through all this again.
Does anyone know if an HEI distributor, with the coil mounted in the top of the cap, can be converted to a regular cap and rotor, and remote mounted coil?
Thanks !!

Originally Posted by 26Tudor

Well, I'll have to wait to call TPI gauges now... I got motivated and yanked the firewall out, to make more clearance for the HEI distributor cap. As it was, there was NO WAY to get the distributor cap off, without removing the firewall (bad planning, I know...) so while it's out, I'm gonna cut some more room out of the firewall, so if I ever need to, I can change the cap and rotor without going through all this again.
Does anyone know if an HEI distributor, with the coil mounted in the top of the cap, can be converted to a regular cap and rotor, and remote mounted coil?
Thanks !!

I think MSD sells a conversion kit to run the plain cap with an external coil...??? OOps!! Just checked the Summit site, Mallory and Taylor both make the cap, didn't see one from MSD...

Thank You, Dave, off to the Summit site I go.....
<adit> okay, I'm back.
I guess I should have mentioned that the engine is a Chevy V-6, 4.3 roller lifter motor, I do not know the year, or what it came out of.
I was looking at the remote coil setups, just in case the extra firewall clearance doesn't allow me to get the cap off, as it was, there was NO WAY to get the dang thing off.
Thanks for the help, Dave, as John Palmer can tell you, my field of expertise is NOT American cars... I have been a VW guy since the late 60's, and this is my first real foray into the cast iron engines.

Okay, I finally got the firewall out, clearanced it enough to get the distributor cap off, got some paint on the firewall, insulated the wires running through the firewall with rubber grommets, replaced the piece of coat hanger wire with a real throttle cable, and now...

it's raining.
I'm not a wuss by any means, but driving in the rain with a fenderless car with no top, missing 5 of the 6 required windows, just doesn't sound all that fun to me...

Dammit !!! I thought I had this file size thing figured out... guess I don't. Sorry for the "Vista Vision" again, folks...

Lookin very nice. That storm is blowing in here too!

Originally Posted by 26Tudor

Thank You, Dave, off to the Summit site I go.....
<adit> okay, I'm back.
I guess I should have mentioned that the engine is a Chevy V-6, 4.3 roller lifter motor, I do not know the year, or what it came out of.
I was looking at the remote coil setups, just in case the extra firewall clearance doesn't allow me to get the cap off, as it was, there was NO WAY to get the dang thing off.
Thanks for the help, Dave, as John Palmer can tell you, my field of expertise is NOT American cars... I have been a VW guy since the late 60's, and this is my first real foray into the cast iron engines.

OK Dave, Your car is looking GOOD. But how many exhaust ports are on a V6 Chevy? Looks like a few too many tubes on those Lakester headers, lol.

I drove my roadster, pulling Troy's tear drop trailer to The March Meet this weekend. Won a "Best of the 30's" car show plaque. The best part was "I did not freeze to death" going over the Grapevine and the car made it home.

Yeah, one pipe on each side is a dummy, the guy that had the engine in his 31 A Coupe actually glued 2 extra terminals on the HEI cap, and had dummy plug wires running down to... nowhere... he was trying to make it look like a (small) V-8, I guess, but as soon as you hear it start and run, you know it's not a V-8, so...

No rain today, FINALLY.
Had to take it out for a spin, cold as hell without windows or a top, but it sure beats getting soaked.. I'll TRY to post a photo that doesn't turn out super Ginormous...

Hey 26Tudor,

That Firewall looks really good. I had to notch the one on my 26 Coupe so that the valve covers could be removed without pulling the motor. With the distributer on the front of my little Buick V6 I didn't have make room for that too. The attached picture shows the notch (pictured is Dave Severson putting on the fenders).

I haven't done anything on the coupe since last summer; finishing my basement takes all my time.

Question.... how loud are the pipes when they are open. I was planning to Lake style headers and put baffels in them and not run mufflers.

At one time Speedway sold the four pipe headers for the Chevy V6 to fool people.

Tom