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To change the subject after that neat dash Dave has almost finished, I am attaching a picture from the CARnut site (before they locked their pictures) showing a very neat set of "windows" on a '29 roadster. I am about to drill holes in '29 roadster stanchions and I am reluctant to drill any more than for windwings so I would like to neglect all those bristling studs needed to attach side curtains. My inclination is to just drill holes for the windwings and get the rest of the car finished before worrying about side curtains with the option to drill the small holes for the studs later. The '29 shown seems to have plastic windows that extend all the way back so I wonder how the doors can be opened with these in place? Still the setup looks really neat and much better than cloth side curtains. About a year ago someone on this forum said they knew the owner of this roadster. Can anyone remember so maybe we could get the owner to send a photo of the side window installation?

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

I finally got some color going on mine today - '07/'09 Ford Valencia Orange (it's a screamer color !!). It isn't cut or buffed yet - still fresh and soft - hmmmmm.

I had put some of the paint I was originally going to use on the inside of my hood panels - great color if you like river bottom mud with some metallic

Dang nice color Dave. Are you going to use an accent color with it, or going monochromatic?????

IC2, Nice smooth coverage, but will it glow in the dark? Almost! Orange was my choice too but the wife said no to orange and lack of fenders so I ended up with metallic-wine-maroon but I like it. Maybe you could give a hint as to your plans for side curtain or other windows? It looks like your tank is a '32-type on the outside. I certainly agree that is a lot better than saddle tanks, at least for my rough driveway. Sorry to bother you guys but I am trying to psych myself back to work after a layoff so here is my internal "rumble seat tank". No need for paint since the whole tank is stainless but I will cover it with some sort of carpet. The picture is a little dark but I made a cardboard mockup and Rock Valley welded it up out of heavy duty stainless. IC2 I have missed a lot of your progress, how are you hanging the rear bumper? Does Brookville have an adapter for the rear tank or it is from somewhere else?

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Dave S,
I had some problem when I first saw the color in the can, but on - love it. The jury is out on any accent color but will probably paint the beltline accent a nice contrasting color. Might even do the fenders another color eventually, but that's later.

A note of warning - some of my Rage Gold came from a late 2005, early 2006 bad batch and I do have some cracking (only one was painted, and has to be repaired). Hopefully you don't have any of this stuff as it was a nation wide problem for bodyshops

Don S.
The color was my wife's choice - tho she now wonders why!!

The top is a custom cover that moves the side of it to just behind the door opening to eliminate seeing the irons and having the conventional 2 piece side curtains. The side curtains are zippered in place on the canvas and snapped at the door. They will need some further work for ease of access. I used LeBaron Bonney irons. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera the day I picked the body up so don't have photos yet. It kinda looks like a Bop Top.

I do like your tank though I did decide early on that I really didn't want gas "in the car" with me. This left me with either the plastic saddle tanks or adapting the '32 style to my A frame. Dagle's shop in CA, make a kit but didn't have one for a new style TCI chassis so I did my own design using a pair of shortened 24" frame horn repair pieces, a SS spreader bar, a pair of frame horn covers and about 30 feet of 1.5" x 3" rectangular tubing (and about 100 hours of labor). As far as rear bumper - TBD but a '32 rear will work with my modified frame. The attached photos are mediocre, but do show in general the mods

The frame mods look great, Dave, and that deuce tank really adds a nice touch to the back of the car! Super nice work!!!!!

As for the color, good to see someone stepping away from the norm on roadsters and going with something unique. I'm still kind of a red-aholic, but trying to break away from it.... Uncle Bob sez he was starting a 12 step program for us red-aholics but as yet he hasn't told me when the meetings are!!!!!! Maybe if I had a better eye for color I would be more daring..... Last time I picked colors other then red, my friends came over and took away all my paint chip books and told me to let them know when I needed paint and they'd go pick it out for me!!!!!!!! On my old pickup I got really brave and made it a two-tone, but of course the accent color had to be red!!!!!!!!! I can come up with all the wild frame, suspension, and sheet metal mods, but when it comes to color I usually just put it up for a vote and go with the majority opinion......

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

.... Uncle Bob sez he was starting a 12 step program for us red-aholics but as yet he hasn't told me when the meetings are!!!!!!

The scheduling of the Procrastinators Club meetings has gotten in the way.......................I'll let you know later.

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

The scheduling of the Procrastinators Club meetings has gotten in the way.......................I'll let you know later.

Ok Uncle Bob..... Guess I'll just call you if you have any questions....

Never put off til tomorrow what you can ignore indefinitely....

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

The frame mods look great, Dave, and that deuce tank really adds a nice touch to the back of the car! Super nice work!!!!!

As for the color, good to see someone stepping away from the norm on roadsters and going with something unique. I'm still kind of a red-aholic, but trying to break away from it.... Uncle Bob sez he was starting a 12 step program for us red-aholics but as yet he hasn't told me when the meetings are!!!!!! Maybe if I had a better eye for color I would be more daring..... Last time I picked colors other then red, my friends came over and took away all my paint chip books and told me to let them know when I needed paint and they'd go pick it out for me!!!!!!!! On my old pickup I got really brave and made it a two-tone, but of course the accent color had to be red!!!!!!!!! I can come up with all the wild frame, suspension, and sheet metal mods, but when it comes to color I usually just put it up for a vote and go with the majority opinion......

Thanks for the good words Dave.

The Deuce tank seemed to be the only way - with the Tank's Inc 6 gollon plastics the only other alternative and to keep some trunk space (sorry Don).
Thos plastic tanks hang too low in the front, at or below the scrub line and didn't seem safe. At least if you get hit in the back and there is a fire, you have some chance of survival. If you get hit in the side, one of you might not make it out.

It took lots of counselling for me to break away from red as well. I still have relapses but have a semi-understanding wife(with her second red car in a row) who tends to keep me on a reasonably straight path. She was actually the one that picked the color though I did find one called Orange Crush - but it had too much pearl for a first time user (and was $200 more a gallon??).

Bob, I'm concerned that the Procrastinator's group took priority over Dave S's counselling. I know, someday.......

Dave W the color is great i was at the car nut yesterday and not many of this shade and the one's i'd seen did catch my eye for a longer look. Pics never bring it out right with lights and flash going on upclose i bet its a sharp color .

The tank placement is a real headache , i too decided inside passenger compartment is out .

Originally Posted by bluestang67

Dave W the color is great i was at the car nut yesterday and not many of this shade and the one's i'd seen did catch my eye for a longer look. Pics never bring it out right with lights and flash going on upclose i bet its a sharp color .

The tank placement is a real headache , i too decided inside passenger compartment is out .

The color is bright and I'm sure there will be some comments, good and otherwise!!

Here ya go with a tank kit for your 'A'

http://www.dagelsstreetrods.com/gas%20tank%20kits.htm

I see they now have one for my chassis - oh well

Dave W i have looked at this as a great way to fill the open void between the rear fenders also . Sedans are just to open in the rear and do need some type of filler .

Well, I wasted some more time on my pickup. Decide I should have an H-pipe in my exhaust. I'm building the whole exhaust system out of some mandrel bends and straight pieces of aluminized 2 1/2" tubing. Well, I looked at a few sources and decided that $100.00+ was waaaaay to much to pay for an H-Pipe. I got out my trusty 2 1/2" whole saw and made up some really low buck fixtures and here's the results. I have a total of about 3 hours of my time, including coffee breaks and time spent playing with the dog along with some leftover pieces of tubing that were laying on the floor by the bench.... Oh yeah, they're easy to build, but don't let some half blind old geezer like me do the welding on them!!!!! Mig welding by the Braille method is really tough!!!!!!!

Now when I get the rest of the system installed, all I have to do is determine the length of the tubing that goes between the two "T" pieces, cut it to length and weld it in. No idea if it will make much noticeable improvement in power or sound, but it was something to kill a few hours with on a Friday afternoon in the shop!!!!

Don't laugh at my welds, someday you'll be a half blind geezer, too!!!!!!!

out of site out of mind , and nothing that can't be cleaned up Dave . If it weren't for grinding wheels i'd be in alot of trouble . I would weld till i know there not going to leak . How many pounds is this roll of wire again.

MIG = MY ITS GLOPPY

And I thought I was the only one that made pigeon dropping MIG welds on H pipes

(I'm even older and blinder then Dave S )