Suedes Car Club
General => Project Reports => Topic started by: 2.3Turbo on May 12, 2010 5:43 am
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Fresh from the state of Texas.............
New project Im working on. It seems never-ending. Dont they all? Theres alot of one-off stuff on this one.
Its a lil roadster based off a 27 touring rear section, hand made cowl.
Its going to have....
reverse suicide spring setup
friction shocks (maybe)
cowl steering
handmade front/rear wishbones. The mounting points for the rear are parallel with tailshaft of the t5. Sunofagun should hook like a mofo! It is adjustable to 4 different ride heights in rear.
Special clutch setup, Im waiting for it to be running and rolling before I post more.
Handmade dash and center console.
Fabbed intake
It uses multitude of model year parts
27 touring tub
29 essex windshield
40 front axle
80s 9 inch
34 type dash
51 spindles
48? saginaw steering box/column
73 brake rotors
93 5.0
88 t5
39 wheels
1919 gauges
93 seats
65 radiator
32 grill
26 headlights
more stuff Im leaving out
Maybe I should have cheated and just bolted together a kit!
But wheres the fun/aggravation it that?
It all started with this lil gem I scored off craigslist....
(http://i44.tinypic.com/ic0f1c.jpg)
Bought some 2x4 tubing and laid out the master plan that was rattling in the old brain bucket
(http://i44.tinypic.com/2cwqssi.jpg)
Threw the tub up to get an idea. Sorry its for the fuzzy pics.
(http://i42.tinypic.com/hu106e.jpg)
(http://i44.tinypic.com/nq8uqf.jpg)
Framing up the new cowl
(http://i42.tinypic.com/6yz2gp.jpg)
Sheetmetal for the new cowl, any ideas what its from?
(http://i42.tinypic.com/e5ia0w.jpg)
Initial mockup pics
(http://i44.tinypic.com/1sf489.jpg)
Old school reverse steelies
(http://i39.tinypic.com/11c49ee.jpg)
Fabbed up some wishbones
Front
(http://i44.tinypic.com/2cgfuau.jpg)
Getting idea for my carb placement
(http://i43.tinypic.com/1torv6.jpg)
(http://i41.tinypic.com/23mu3yv.jpg)
More to come, hope to have it a roller by the end of the week.
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Sheetmetal for the new cowl, any ideas what its from?
Ford Super Duty hood, what do I win?
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\what do I win?
The respect of your peers! :) Good guess.Most people just stare. If it didnt still have ford paint on it, it would be harder. Some never get it.