Thread: New guy hoping to build Model T rod

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Keith, what style are you going for? Every car should follow some theme, be it traditional style (50's look), 60's showcar, modern T bucket, etc. The way most of us get our ideas is to go to car shows, read magazines, look on line, etc to find a car there that really excites us......then we build ours along those lines with our own touches. If you don't pick a particular theme the car ends up with different era parts and accessories. You will make changes along the way from your original plans, we all do, but generally you need to pick a look and stay within certain boundries.

For example, I build cars that I would have loved to own in the 50's and 60's, but I am not hung up on pure tradition like some are. I will deviate from things like generators and mechanical fans and put an alternator and electric fan on because I want to drive my cars a lot. So I use more modern components in certain places to give me modern day reliability.

You will find that as you get into the build the car will start telling you how it should be built. That might sound strange, but it is absolutely true. It will give you clues as it comes together about what the next step should be and what components you should use. Good luck with your project.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Keith, what style are you going for? Every car should follow some theme, be it traditional style (50's look), 60's showcar, modern T bucket, etc. The way most of us get our ideas is to go to car shows, read magazines, look on line, etc to find a car there that really excites us......then we build ours along those lines with our own touches. If you don't pick a particular theme the car ends up with different era parts and accessories. You will make changes along the way from your original plans, we all do, but generally you need to pick a look and stay within certain boundries.

For example, I build cars that I would have loved to own in the 50's and 60's, but I am not hung up on pure tradition like some are. I will deviate from things like generators and mechanical fans and put an alternator and electric fan on because I want to drive my cars a lot. So I use more modern components in certain places to give me modern day reliability.

You will find that as you get into the build the car will start telling you how it should be built. That might sound strange, but it is absolutely true. It will give you clues as it comes together about what the next step should be and what components you should use. Good luck with your project.

Don

Don, thanks for the advice,

I am in the process now of figuring what i think i want to build. I think you call it a T bucket? like this one here: http://forums.hotrod.com/70/7705967/...s-6/index.html

So building a hot rod is sort of like writing a novel by the process of discovery?