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Got the newest 1 in the stable Wednesday.
Started tinkering 2day.
Got the headlights where they belong.
LOOOOOOOW
Changed out the wheel and tire combp.
Narrowed a bench I had layin around and got rid of the "Streetroddy" Recarros.
Been a few years since I had 1 that ya had to "Row the boat" (Muncie M21 4speed.
This thing is a blast.
The front end looks Pete & Jake-ish. What have you got there? Steel or glass? Motor? Inquiring minds need to know.
Jack, good eye, yep P&J F/E, Glass car, bob drake grille, rootlieb hood 330 hp crate SBC, Vintage a/c goin to a m21 Muncie 4 spd 9" ford locker with 3:25 gear. Nice car. Tim's gonna do the guts in black or oxblood in 60's style t&r, not sure what color it's goin yet, leaning to a red oxide ss urethane with a 10%flattner in it. We'll see.
Damn. I wish I had something to row with instead of the 700R4. I grew up with manual transmissions, and have never gotten over them.
Nice car, and I'm sure it'll be nicer when you're done.
That is a sweet ride!
Update: Interior on it's way 2 bein done. Different and KQQL @ the same time JMO
Do you want to off load those recarros? I'm looking for something different for my Vette and those might just work out in it.
Already sold and gone,Quote:
Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe
How is the price comparison between dead cow skins and the good cloth material up in the USA Don ? I know down here some of the clothes are just as expensive as the leather these days.
Wouldn't know Mark, haven't used cloth since the 90's, hated it then and still do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whiplash23T
A good hide is $3/400
Don, a question and not being critical in any way as it may well be the camera angle. On the door panel it would seem to me that the back leg of the triangle insert would be aligned with the back door edge straight up & down, and the pleats would follow that same line, and the bottom would be parallel to the bottom of the door. The picture seems to have both the back line and the pleats canted forward a bit. Just wondering how it aligns in real life?
You are being critical Roger (The Engineer) there is nothing set in stone on how to do panels and things don't have to be symetrical. As long as it flows with the rest of the interior it's OK by me. Go look @ the interior of a Ferrari or Lambo, nothing is parallel or aligns to door . It's how it looks with the doors closed. JMO If they were alll the same this would be a very boring world. Workin on the roadster yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by rspears
I don't over think a project, I just build em.
Or still ingineering?
:eek::eek::eek: Wow, should I feel insulted? :(:(:CRY::CRY::CRY:Quote:
Originally Posted by DA34GUY
I clearly said leading in that I was NOT being critical, just asking a question. Sorry that being asked a question hit a nerve; and nope, I'm not working on the roadster much. In fact I haven't touched it for quite a while. Life keeps getting in the way, and I guess I still need to think about a few things yet..... :rolleyes: :LOL::LOL::LOL:**)
Tim the trimmer just called, interior is done , he'll do the trunk 2morrow. Set a pic of the seat. Look @ the lumbar and leg lift rise he built into it. Said it's like sittin on your couch comfy.
looks good don. got my expanded pvc board ordered , found some headliner patterns for the truck so i should be going after christmas.
Now that is exactly how I want the seat done in the T Roadster Don and I will be saving that photo with the one of the seat in the grey '32 Roadster Tim did for you so that the trim chap that gets to do mine knows exactly what I want. Interesting points also from you and Roger as I hadn't noticed so will go back and have a look but in saying that, Tim must have years of experience in the Auto Upholstery arena and having been your number one trimmer for many cars, I don't think he would want to place his testicles under the scissors by screwing up a trim job for you or anybody.
Thanx Mark.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whiplash23T
The trick is to get yer butt as low as possible, then kick the seat back @ a comfortable angle. Then cut the foam to support yer legs then do the back last for the depth (adding the lumbar helps also) Just remember yer not supporting your upper back but the lower. Sit in yer daily and you'll see that yer shoulder area hardly touch's the seat. Ole trick Ron Mangus (Probably 1 of the best custom trimmers in the US) taught me years ago.
It's done Pick it up in the am. Not bad for 8 days in and out
It's done and home ready 4 a new owner
I don't know about the rest of you guys, but kicking the seat bottom up at the knees like that cuts off the blood flow to my lower legs and makes them ache after just a short time behind the wheel, particularly with a manual trans. Worst stock seat to do that was a Corvair when I was a kid and I never forgot it.
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Thats U techinspector, I've driven x country many times in 32,33,34's with a seat setup like this and never had an issue. I'm 6'3" with 34" long legs size 12 shoe and 230LBs and as said never had a problem. R U short?Quote:
Originally Posted by techinspector1
6'-0" / 32 / 12 / 210
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That seat style thing really comes down to experience. I'm about the same size as Richard and find a thigh bolster more comfortable, but suspect that would depend on the rest of the seat configuration. For years I'd heard folks rave about a Tea's Design seat that has that same pronounced thigh bolster as well as a pronounced lumbar bulge. I finally tried a ride on one of them and found that the lumbar bulge started causing me grief after only about 20 minutes of ride time. We're each built differently, and maybe some have had other lifestyle issues that result in back "problems", so I don't take others experiences as replicable to mine.
Bob, have had a bad back since the 70's (had a car fall on me) and after Ron Mangus showed me tricks to set a seat up I've never had a problem with comfort on the "Long Hauls". I do agree a Tea's seat is all wrong for the long haul.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter
I would think that the placement of the pedals, transmission hump and whether the floor area has a foot rest for the left unused foot all comes into the it. I like the seat and trim job that Tim has done and in those last photos, one can see how the door card is finished to break a flat area with the insert. Looks damn cool to me.
I agree with the above. With a chopped top the seat needs to be designed with visibility over the hood for a given driver. Comfort for the long haul is one consideration but visibility for a given height of the driver is also important. My Chrsyler-desgned minivan middle seat is quite comfortable and the right width for an early Ford body but the critical height has to do with being able to see traffic lights at an intersection with just a 2" chop as well as long range view on the highway. This compromise is critical for a chopped top and will be different for every driver unless you have a very fancy adjustable mechanism. Your seat (and the rest of the car) looks GREAT but is the visibility optimum near and far?
Don Shillady
Retired Scientst/teen rodder
Very well stated Don. @ 6'3" my line of sight is right in the middle of the windshield (where it should be) no problem seeing out across the hood or traffic lights. If the traffic light visibility is an issue you can always put a prismatic @ the top. In a roadster makes no difference unless the top is on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Shillady
I always thought you just put a small fuel tank in the uncomfortable cars, makes you get out and stretch more often while your filling up the tank!
32/33/34's are NOT uncomfortable if ya set em up right. Have logged over 1/2 million miles in em over the years, and yes usually have 11 to 15 gallon tanks. Do the math 11 gals @ 19 MPG = 209 miles, so around 175 ya stop and top off. That's about 2 1/2 hrs drivin. Hell I get outta my new Dodge truck to stretch after about that far. So what the big deal with guys wanting a big tank in a hot rod? It about the journey, not the destination in a Hot Rod.Quote:
Originally Posted by Matthyj
How many on here drive their Hot Rod more than 5000 miles a year anyway. Not too many I suspect. Most are "ZIP code Hotrodders" to me.
Your "ZIP code Hotrodder" term makes it sound like it's a negative thing. Just like seat structure and comfort, there's a lot of different circumstances and it's not a one size fits all world, at least in my opinion. What fits for you might not be right for another guy, but that doesn't make the other guy wrong, again in my opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by DA34GUY
I must admit to being a tad offended by that crack.Quote:
Originally Posted by DA34GUY
We've had the '47 on the road about ten years now, and she's coming up to 80,000 miles. An average of 8,000 miles per year.
The bus has been on the road a little over twelve months, and has done just over 6,000 kms, around 4,000 miles.
The Morris Minor has been on the road for about fifteen years, the odometer has gone around the clock, and now reads 63,000 miles.
The Cobra has not been on the road for quite some time, and the odometer stopped working a long time ago, but it too reads over 30,000 miles.
So there's some of us as pull our rods out and play with them...
I was only teasing with the small tank comment, with my '32 I only wish it got 19 mpg, the seat is comfortable but the shortness of the cab keeps my legs bent and I do have to get out more often to strectch, not a seat issue but the shortness of the cab. I have a 11 gallon tank and 6-71 blown 350 mileage isn't one of its attributes!
I don't really consider my Vette as a hot rod,but as long as it's running it's on the road. Right now it's down for an engine rebuild, I threw a belt and didn't shut it down when I should have and it got a tad hot. That's allright, I've wanted to try the 30-30 cam in it any way and fix the tranny leak.
Thumbs up to ya Johnboy.Quote:
Originally Posted by johnboy
Got this in my 40 Delivery and if I'm not into it can get a respectable 17 to 19 MPGQuote:
Originally Posted by Matthyj
My comment was more to the guy who may have a righteous hot rod, but also has obligations or commitments that make it all but impossible for him to hit the road for even a long weekend in his hobby car - the guy that's working a job that gives him Sundays off (if he's lucky); the guy who's working a second job on weekends to help his family have more than he had as a kid; the guy who attends his kid's sporting events every weekend of the year when he's not working; the retired guy who's income doesn't support long road trips, or who's the primary care giver for an elderly parent; or the guy who just may not like sitting around in a lawn chair at a big national/regional event. Some folks are simply not able to, or may just choose not to do the long road trip in a hot rod, but that's not a negative thing to me, and it's not a reason to put them in a box. The comment just struck me wrong, and I'll get off the soap box.Quote:
Originally Posted by rspears
Great mileage! I have hit 16 mpg without my foot into it, on a 60 mile jog I passed one car (rapidly) and I checked my mileage and it was arond 9 mpg, I have to look at it as I am not driving a blown rod for fuel mielage I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by DA34GUY
As for Rogers comments, I agree 100%, I don't get behind the wheel as much as I would like too thats for sure, but the list you made (dang near all the above) keeps me from it. You forgot to mention the guys that spend the time in the shop building these things instead of driving them, I have spent my umpteen thousands of hours working on them thats for sure for many years, maybe it doesn't qualify me as a rodder in some peoples books but keeps me happy. I talked to a pro bike builder a few weeks ago, he builds customs everyday, said he has got to drive his less than a day in the past few years and has magazines waiting to cover his builds before he is done, idoes that mean he's not a biker?
Surprised you still have the delivery:3dSMILE:
It ain't goin nowhere soon KenQuote:
Originally Posted by reborn55