Thread: Moving ahead rebuilding my '27 roadster.

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About a month ago it dawned on me that I was trying to get the wrong car done in time for the Billetproof Drags in October and Turkey Run in November. I had been working on my 30 RPU but it still needed a lot of fabrication work and welding, and I really didn't want to pull Dan off of his own project to do any welding for me. However, sitting there waiting to be refinished was my '27 roadster that I tore down for a rebuild almost 9 years ago. It was a running driving car that I drove almost daily for 7 years, and it just got tired and needed redone.

Most of the car is fine, and the biggest thing that I need to do is repaint everything and build a fresh motor for it. The purple paint was ok in 1988, but had worn out it's welcome with me over the years. First thing I did was DA the entire frame, then hand sand it. After that I shot a couple of coats of epoxy primer on it and finally painted it black. When I looked at it the next day I wasn't really happy with the finish, so I sanded it again with 320 and scotchbrite pads and shot it with more black that I had added some flattening agent to. This time it came out ok.........not perfect but fine for what I want it to be.

I also took a bunch of suspension stuff to the powder coater and should have those back Monday or Tuesday. Tomorrow I am going to paint the rear end black also. Plan is to have most of the car black with maybe an offwhite grille insert and interior. That isn't set in stone yet and I won't be sure until I see the frame and suspension sitting up on wheels.

Biggest change is going to be in the engine. The car always had a 302 Ford in it, and I had considered building a 347 stroker for it. But after doing some thinking I am going to go with the 30 over 302 block, add some Scat internals, and a set of decent aluminum heads. It had ok power the first time around, but I want this one to be more radical. For sure I am going to run an X cam because after hearing Don's and also the way Dan's idles, I can't let them outdo me.

Here are some pictures of the frame as the purple was starting to go away, and how it looks now in black.

Don