I tried to respond via PM, but found it was limited size-wise.

Since there are so many ways to go and tricks to do with roadsters - and coupes and sedans - I thought this may be a good way to go.

Feel free to chime in with questions or answers concerning solid axle, thin fender cars.

My car, a 31 Brookville body on a 32 frame done highboy style, but with bobbed rear fenders and yet to be installed cycle front fenders.
It's to the point where it's a roller, looks like you could drive it, but it needs a lot of little things finished before the drivetrain rebuild.




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I chose the Glide 50-50 seats so I could get them under the deck but ended up with a bulkhead there as I ended up putting in a double high row of 1" tubing for body strength. Brookville never fastened the quarters. I also have found that most rivets were not bucked enough and have welded most of them. The body can no longer move around on the subframe.

I'm not a real fan of the side mount gas tanks - are they the Tanks Inc plastic units? They usually hang too low in the front, become the lowest point on many cars - but it's probably no worse than my rear mounted '32 style tank
I spent quite a bit of time trying to come up with a battery mount below the floor, but I'm using a TCI '31chrome and stainless IFS chassis, so really am cramped for space.

Back home again late on Saturday night from NSRA Burlongton - heavy rain.
Too bad they limit these msgs to 1000 spaces


I plan to put a bulkhead behind the seat as well.
Probably something along the lines of what I say Jay Fjastad do at the Deuce Factory some years back.
He built what looked to be 3/4" square tubing inside a 1" frame that fastened to the Wescott glass 32 body.
Probably sheet aluminum on that and some weatherstripping or whatever to keep air flow - known as dust here in Arizona - out of the trunk.

What I'm liking about the trunk so far, I can carry a spare tire and set a tool box down in the lower part of the trunk floor right behind the seat.
Been running the 32 without a spare since 93 and so far so good.
Carried the flat fixer in a can and a jack though.

The Glide seats are very nice.
I found that the ChryCo van seat allows the seat to slide back into the trunk area if necessary.

I'm not doing the plastic "Tanks" fuel tank bit.
I understand they are a pain in the backside to fill cuz they fill so slow.

I'm making my own and so far it looks like I can have a filler under the rear license plate which will probably end up between the taillights or do a decklid area filler like I have on the 32.
Right now I'm leaning toward the rear filler and hinging the license plate bracket.
With a 10" drop and a fairly straight shot it should fill as fast as any stocker.
Trouble with the tanks filler in the rear fender is it has a sharp 90 degree turn right at the top.
Not to mention rear wheel travel is limited in that area.

The car I'm building is highboy style with bobbed rear fenders and cycle front fenders so the tanks will sit inside the frame.

14 gallons total doesn't sound like much, but as mentioned I have a 16 gallon fuel cell in the 32 and it gets me far enough down the road between stops.
Most times it takes 10 gallons and other times when it's really on the bottom it takes 12.
The foam takes up more room than most realize.

'Course, living here in the desert there are some long stretches.
200 miles between Needles and Barstow with only one fuel stop about 50-60 miles out of Barstow.
Which sold gas for $4.00 per gallon a couple years back when most gas was selling for $2.00 per.

Even so, better to pay that price than get stuck in the dez with a roadster.

We had street drags in town yesterday.
Good turnout, 250 cars running 1/16 of a mile.
Pretty good low gear blast for most, but some pretty good speeds were turned in by some.

From what I understand the drag race club has the money to buy the property for the strip once they find the right piece of land so a dragstrip here may be 1-2 years away.