Thread: The Roofus Special

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Originally Posted by stovens

That's alot of rubber biscuits!

I plan on using them as body mounts on the Dodge pick-up too. I ordered enough of them that it brought the shipping charges per part down to a reasonable level. I am more than happy with the find.

Somebody on another forum asked for dimensions of the mounts. I thought I'd post up here too.

small one p/n 2122 diameter: 1 1/2" height: 7/8"

big one p/n 2123 diameter: 2" height: 7/8"

I didn't get nearly as much done over Christmas shutdown as I had planned. Having a chest cold for about a week put a big dent in my plans. This made matters worse. ...the temp is 30 degrees in the shop.



I did manage to get the passenger side i-beam welded up. I quit before it made it to A-arm status.

You need some heat out there, bro! It's a lot more fun when you're not freezing to death.

Originally Posted by falconvan

You need some heat out there, bro! It's a lot more fun when you're not freezing to death.

That is the downside of dad having such a big shop. It is not practical to heat a 70x70 with 32 foot tall ceiling

Since I pushed the wheelbase out to 109", I'm thinking about moving the motor forward and gaining some gas pedal room. (engine was moved back when I was shooting for 100" wheelbase).

What's cooler...foot room or the idea of engine set-back?

I went looking through my early pics....when I did my original mock-up. My feet were completely behind the bell housing. Now they are beside the bell housing.

I lost a lot of foot room with the engine set back.



Looks like I need to try sliding the engine way the hell forward again and see how things look.

I don't know if it's any help, but I have the blueprints for the famous Watson Indy roadsters. They had a 96 inch wheelbase. I realize that they are from a different era, but the cars from the 30s through the 50s were similar in size. In a Watson roadster, the driver's seat back was very close to the rear axle and his feet were beside the bell housing...

Originally Posted by Flipper_1938

That is the downside of dad having such a big shop. It is not practical to heat a 70x70 with 32 foot tall ceiling

Wow! That looks like an old airplane hanger. I see your point; the heating bill would probably take all your car building funds.

How's this for inspiration. I may change the shape of my doors.

Time to get on with beefing up the front so it can handle A-arms being attached. Started making boxing plates for my "front framerails". ......More cop car roll bar kick panels to the rescue.

Realized I forgot to go back and trim the front a little more. Did that.





With an a-arm.

And the Jag spindles. They look like drop spindles from the factory.









Got another outer piece made for the passenger side. Not 100% sure about just having the flat sides between the arch and the firewall. The 6.5" framerail height looks very truck-like. I'm thinking about bead-rolling something in the side or something

The tall flat frame is bothering me. What do you guys think about running one exhaust pipe out of each side of the car....through the frame rail? Rear manifold would go out the left hand side. Front one would go under the engine and out the right hand side.

The tall flat frame rail would not be a problem if you cover it with a belly pan as used in the Mallory special (see above.) Many of these racers used a faired in pan as an aerodynamic device and the frame rails do not show. Also, IMO, these cars look better with the higher exposed exhaust.