Thread: Anyone built/building a Shell Valley roadster???

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Bob, thanks for an excellent observation about the deuce shell. While we are on that topic, I will have to face the same question soon. I have always wanted a Deuce shell but as this example shows it is possible to mess it up and I have seen a lot of Deuce shells without the proportion you mention. So, what is the proper height for a '32 shell on a '29 cowl? One article I read said to get a '31 A radiator from Walker to get the right height for the deuce shell on a Model-A but that may still be too high for a '29? The cop out for me would be to just install a chromed stock appearing '29 shell and achieve a resto-rod look for a '29, but maybe I can squeeze in a slightly larger radiator with a Deuce shell AND maybe the Deuce shell offers just a tad of aerodynamic streamlining on an otherwise non-aerodynamic '29 body. However it is all too easy to just hang a Deuce shell on the front and end up like the Shell roadster. In your experience what is the correct chopped height of the '32 shell for a '29 cowl. Maybe Dave Severensen has also thought about this. In the absence of a comfortable feeling about the proportion of the outcome I will just go with the resto-rod stock '29 look.

Best Wishes,
Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder