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....and i call it tetanus!
« on: August 24, 2010 10:50 am »
hi everyone, i finally figurd out how to post on here, so here it goes. this is my 1929 A special coupe. I have almost got it done, just a ew things left to wrap up. wantd to take it to sabin in july but money and time got short. still need some ideas for tail lights for tetanus, so open to suggestions, but dont want the run of the mill tail lights. ant something different for it. for those out there that r going to rumble about the motor being a chevy, sorry it was in the donor car i got and "thats all i got to say about that" plus i think the manifold makes the car. this is the first rat i have built, kinda different for me and dont know the ins and outs of straight axles yet. please bare with me.
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RE: ....and i call it tetanus!
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2010 7:30 pm »
Neat car, I like your dash and the rear radiator setup. The whole package looks mean. Nothin' rat about it (the term is basically forbidden anyway), its just not finished yet. You're little more than a paint job away from a badass drag coupe! The intake would "make the car" on a first-gen Camaro vintage Trans Am racer. You need some deuces man, and lots of 'em!! Or dual quads? Lookin' Good!
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RE: ....and i call it tetanus!
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2010 4:59 am »
It looks great, I like the intake too. The body on your coupe is so nice it is a shame not to paint it. Your front wheels are my all time favorite.....some day I will have a pair of them.

Looks like you are running a Model A axle? and what rear is in it?
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RE: ....and i call it tetanus!
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2010 10:58 am »
yeah i am using the axle that came with the car but i have to redo it. the rear end is out of a 80 malibu. i used the arms, coil springs and shocks from it, it was my donor car. dont know if it is any good still yet, or if ratio is what i am looking for, havent took the cover off yet to see. the whole painting thing is up in the air but if i did body patch panels then i would have to paint it then i would have to worry about stupid people dinging it up and scratching it. plus the licsence plate says tetanus on it. I got a 30 sedan also and that is going to be painted. this is for driving and the sedan is for shows. this will keep me from driving the sedan. i sold my 69 pick-up cause some idiot teenagers went and shot it with a bb gun years back 3 days after i got it painted.

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/photo.php?pid=79742&id=1678800624&ref=fbx_album        - my old truck

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/album.php?aid=3988&id=1678800624                 - my sedan
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....and i call it tetanus!
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2010 2:02 am »
how about some hudson taillights you dont see them too often.
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« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2010 10:01 am »
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how about some hudson taillights you dont see them too often.


those would go good witht he horn i picked up from back to the fifties this year. what kind of hudson were they on?
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....and i call it tetanus!
« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2010 1:38 pm »
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how about some hudson taillights you dont see them too often.


Well if they are not repoppin them I can see why. :wink:
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Hudson stuff
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2010 3:45 pm »
Todd, I think I got a funky Hudson air cleaner to go wit them taillights...
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RE: Hudson stuff
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2010 4:20 pm »
I think those are 1949 or 50 Hudson.  I've had a set on my shelf for about six years now, just waiting for the perfect application.  I've seen them on A's before and they do look nice.  If I remember right, the contour on the back of the surround doesn't quite match but it is easily fixes with a little grinding.  Or I always thought they would look nice frenched in a couple of inches.
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RE: Hudson stuff
« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2010 4:27 pm »
Nice coupe by the way.  I really like the front end setup.  Any plans to chop it?
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Re: RE: Hudson stuff
« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2010 10:11 am »
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Nice coupe by the way.  I really like the front end setup.  Any plans to chop it?


i havent decided yet been working on it from the frame up to the roof. so if there is room then it will get a hair cut. i am going to put the wood back in the top so i dont know how much room that take up yet. we will see...
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Re: Hudson stuff
« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2010 2:28 pm »
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Todd, I think I got a funky Hudson air cleaner to go wit them taillights...

those aren't my taillights i just got that pic off the web
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Hudson stuff
« Reply #12 on: August 27, 2010 3:50 pm »
Ha, I cant remember but I might even have some of them taillites too...
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RE: Hudson stuff
« Reply #13 on: August 28, 2010 10:12 am »
any other ideas for tail lights out there?
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RE: Hudson stuff
« Reply #14 on: September 07, 2010 4:31 pm »
just a quick update... got the brake master clyinder in and working. also got the shifter made and operating. so close yet so far away, hope i can drive it once this year before the dam snow comes.
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