My tudor.

At the moment I am a slave to this machine,every wakeing hour I think of it a least once and most sleeping hours I dream about it...... Basicaly I'm going NUTS! but I love it. This is my third pre 49 car and don't think I will be going to anything newer again. The possibilty for personal expression in Hot rods is endless and I feel really at home in my garage working away into the early hours of the morning. I suppose this would be similar to a artist or poet who really enjoy there work and emerse themselves totally into there creation.
My ideas for this rod are to build it in a traditional style of around mid to late fifties. I have not channeled or chopped. I was actually upset that I could not use the original firewall. I had it all asembled and then realized I had the body set back to far and the wheels looked a bit wrong. Hot rods a re all about details so off the body came and in went a smooth firewall. That is just but one of the time wasters. The list goes on.....anyway this is a great web site and I visit often so should you.

Andy

I like it. Keep posting as you work it all out.

Looks like you have a real good start on the A. What's the rest of the plans for the car???

Well, the plan is, as far as plans go, is to paint the old girl with a brush, now before you say hey "what a way to ruin a car" perhaps I will explain the whole deal. I want rod that will give me a persoanl appreciation of the original style of building, and a finish that will be hopefully not only pleasing to the eye but also practical. The era I am trying to emulate is the late fifty to early sixties hiboy. Some regs will of course hold me back and safety is a definate factor with two kiddies and a wife. What I am thinking is, and try to picture this, 1955 a young man who has recently left the military maybe with not a lot of money but a lot of technical skill and a desire to use it, finds himself buying a jalopy and trying to hop it up he ends up with a car that performs and drives relatively well, yet is considerably different from when he started, it has a concotion of different make parts and yet they all seem to mesh well, he also has removed any excees he deems not relevant. The result some may call Rat Rod, but I don't really find that name too appealing. RAT ROD In its original context which means (I think) a car made up of "ratted" parts, is O.K. It now seems as though some people use the term in a derogatory sense, bit of a shame huh?
The colour Matt Brown.
Engine 350 chev (of course I hear you say! well I am also budget conscious)
Four bar front and rear
Tall whites
push pull steer etc etc.

Get the picture?

Looks like you have a great start on your A. I think your ideas although different and great merit and I can't wait to see the finish car. Good luck!

gherkin350....

....here's mine in about the same stage as yours. :)

Mine should be done in about three weeks....:D

Daver.

Your A is lookin the goods! 3 weeks to go hey any big plans for the first drive?
I have got some photos sent to me by my wife they show how my A is looking sitting in the shed at the moment as you can see its a bit further than the first photo but still a ways to go, do you have all the specs listed for your build somwhere?