Thread: One Way To Build A Hot Rod Lincoln

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The frame looks great, Ken! I've always loved the long front, short back look... Getting the proportion correct is the toughest part of any build. If it's right, it looks like a factory build, if wrong it looks like a hack job.

Thanks Dave, your right though, if you miss on that you have waisted a lot of work. The one thing that can help me is the length of the bed. I have the luxury of making any length I need.
Ken

Lots of polishing ahead! Tina, it's time for that vacation.....

Wow, looks really good, Ken. You are right, they always look so long before stuff gets bolted on, especially the motor, then the start looking ok. A T bucket is a perfect example, before you install the engine and radiator they look like the front end is waaaaaaaaay too long.

How are you finding working with stainless is different from mild steel?

Don

I can feel your pain Ken, Mine seemed a good idea at the time

WOW that's looking great!!

Jeez Ken, i been waiting to see this build. What happened to that bench with all the holes? That is just about the trickest chunk of steel i ever saw.
The 60deg configuation will help to get those fat covers inside hood, i still don't think that'll happen. Have you modeled it that far yet?
Hell'uva project. oj

Bob - Do you know this guy? He said his name is Guido

ojh - That table is still here, I use it all the time. It makes laying out so much easier. It's actually 4" aluminum. The truck won't have side panels, the frame is pinched to far. I'm still planning on doing the heads.
Ken

Looking really kewl Ken!!!!! Someday I'm gonna get done with everybody else's stuff and work on mine!!!! Going to be a totally unique project, for sure!!!!

Very nice, Ken. That frame table is the bomb.

Hey Ken, I figured you and Steve would get a kick out of this stainless steel car

the family portrait.....

Steve, don't give Ken any more ideas or we will see the first 32 SS body ever made. Those Fords were made in my old home town, Pittsburgh. Allegeny Ludlum Steel and Ford teamed up to build them as an experiment. Most of them are still around, I've seen one of the 36's at the Heinz Museum many years ago. They didn't go as far as Ken or Steve though, they only built their frames and all out of regular steel............PIKERS!!

I heard that two of the 6 original 36's were wrecked, but the last 4 still survive with a ton of miles on them. The car makers wouldn't like that concept at all, they would HATE only selling you one car that would last forever.

Don

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

the family portrait.....

Bob where's the Delorean?

Is the Lincoln and the T bird really stainless?
I haven't seen the '36 in person, but have read a lot about it. what a prize that would be to own one.

I got my whishbones today and I ordered a extra set of beams, that I will make the ladder bars out of. He makes these in a replacment length for So Cal hairpins and a set that are 8" longer. The ends with the slot are cast, then welded in. The tooling he has is extremly nice.
Ken