Suedes Car Club
General => Project Reports => Topic started by: Tom on December 11, 2006 4:49 pm
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Had the '28 on the road since '89, so I though it's time for an update.
Going to add splash aprons, cut the hood to aline it better and of course a little differens style wheel.
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Time to do a little watch repair on the ol Timex eh?
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How about the tried and true drivetrain? I'd be interested if you are going to switch to something different. :wink:
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The remodel will be cosmetic only. An attempt to make it look a little more traditional. As long as it has radials on it will never quite make it, even with a hood. As for the running gear, why change something that runs down the road all day long at speed limit "plus" , and give you decent mileage.
I don't know if you remember Jake, this motor has been tweaked. I remember you saying your's ran out at about 80 this one will still pulls up to 100.
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I remember well. I think the Hot Rod that I sent you the motor hop up article from is still laying here in a pile in this mess I call an office! :lol:
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So are you going to put some bias ply tires on the new wheels?
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Do it........
With all the damn wheel and tire combos you have you should have a set in there some where........and besides........
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Well I'm not makin as much progress as Eyeball, but I am getting some things done.
Got the wheels together, now to the untrained eye they look like ordinary wheels. :wink: But you know me, they have been modified. The front's were 15 x 5 1/2, are now 15 x 5. The rear centers were IH 15 split rims and the out side rims were 16" 3/4 ton Ford truck. Here is a pic of what helps me do this. In this pic I'm making the wheels I used on the front of my 4d Chevy.
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Got all the bondo work done, and everything is in DP40.
You'll notice my paint booth looks just like my shop. :( :lol:
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Drove the A to cruse night last night sans the hood, but had the new wheels and splash aprons on. One guy asked where the hood was, nobody else noticed. F#%kin STREET RODDERS!!!! I'll post a pic when I get the hood on.
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Looks good Tom....Thanks agian for letting me check it out a couple of weeks ago.
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Thanks Travis. I wasn't looking for at-a-boys. My point is if you don't drive with 20" bling blings they don't get.Most don't under stand the traditional look.
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The ONLY thing that matters is being parked at the HOP UP tent at the bend in the road on Monday night. :)
Lets see some pics already!
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Lets see some pics already!
Monday
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Most don't under stand the traditional look.
In my foolish inexperience i've tried explaining it to people. You can imagine how that works. Just yesterday, a guy was looking at my car and asked where the hood was. When I told him I wasn't running one, he asked if the car will work without a hood. Work meaning will the engine run. mmmhmmmm. :shock:
"Here's your sign."
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yeah, I get a lot of guys asking about the '32 "Doesn't the engine get wet without a hood?" YEP!
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When I told him I wasn't running one, he asked if the car will work without a hood. Work meaning will the engine run. mmmhmmmm. :shock:
"Here's your sign."
That's when I would start messing with them.
"I got a hood bypass kit for it." or "If you switch to synthetic blinker fluid and titanium muffler bearings you can run without a hood."
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The hood is kickin my ass. Painted it twice and still looks like shit. :evil:
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Wow it looks like a different car. Looks good, It also looks really low with the aprons on there.
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Hey Tom, your port-a-walls fell off!
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Looks gooooood Tom.
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Awesome Tom. Is it going to stay black? I hope so. its sweet
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i think it needs fenders ;)
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Well.... I got it together. Here's is a pic from this weekend at a tourist trap in South Dakota.
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Looking good.....do you have some more pics to share?
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do you have some more pics to share?
Yes I do. Is there a way to dump the pics right from the camera on to this web site? What I have been doing is loading them on to my pics and than attaching them to the post.
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If you hook the camera up via cable you can go to "my computer" and it should be there and just open it like your my pics folder.
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Well this is as far as it will go for this year.
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it takes a lickin and keeps on tickin....
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reminds me of this picture on my wall. Love the running board skirt thingys.
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RacerJ...you're never going to be a true hot rodder until you learn what those running board skirt thingys are called, and you learn an appreciation for the Big Daddy's fiberglass, and learn who Keneth Howard is. Looks good Tom- I'm excited to see it in person sometime! kool garage too!
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Splash Aprons!
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Well Mr. Pinstriper, I guess I'm doomed forever to be a fake hot rodder. How condisending and foolish that a person who has never built a driveable car in his short life would question someone elses passion. If everybody knew everything and felt the same way about every aspect of cars or the culture, we wouldn't need to form clubs now would we? We'd have nothing to share.
I apologize to Tom for my pride driven comeback, back to the remodel.
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Is this what Thanksgiving is like around you too? :D
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Haha, no, Thanksgiving is better. We're not allowed to talk about cars at (pinstripers) momma's house. In pinstripers words, we might as well bring mein kampf in the house. The two of us have to fight for our right to do the hot rod thing.
By the way Tom, when did you put a fog light on your car? Neat.
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Yea when did you put that on...... Looks great, I hope to run one on mine too but the ones I have look too small next to my 32 headlights.
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ding,ding,ding,.........Pete wins. It was a test to see who would notice. BTW only one person at cruse nights here in Bis asked about it!!!
Did it after I got back from Watertown rod run.