New Old (not stock) Guy

[ChopperDave]

Hi Guys, My name is Chopper Dave.

I live in the Yakima Valley of Washington State. (the dry part) Been a Hot Rodder and Harley guy since the late 60's and have built a few cars & bikes.

I recently (Jan 2010) bought a Herman's Fast Glass body. This is my new project a nineteen-nineteen Chevrolet Series D or 490 "T" Bucket style Roadster... It will be very low as you can see from my inspiration picture, am working out an airride system for it...Blown Big Block Chev instead of the 426 Hemi and a soft top instead of the fiberglass fliptop that Scott made. Airbags so it will (hopefully) lay frame rail.
Pics here: at the bottom


This idea of building a "T" Bucket came from experiencing this car firsthand in about 1980

Even though I have built a bunch of Repop Duece Roadsters over the years the desire for a bucket has never diminished.
In November of 09 I upgraded the engine in my dually to a Vortec 7.4 and have a good 454 sitting on my stand.
So I decided to build a car around that Big Block Chevy... In my searching for a stretched body that I could actually fit in I came across Hermans Fast Glass.

Eureka! Is it just me or does that cowl look kinda Chevrolet?

1919 Chevrolet Series 490 Touring.

A plan was hatching: Build it as a Chevy rather than a Ford. Something a little different...

Then I found a 1919 Radiator Surround out in Iowa:



Bought one of SoCal's new Forged Drop Axles:



Fabricated some Tapered Rails:




And laid it out on the shop floor:




This is the latest mock up:








I am on a couple of other forums and found you all thanks to Don, yes I read all 200+ pages of the 3K build