Thread: 1928 model a roadster

Tweet

Definitely looks like you have a bit of everything. This is going to be a killer little roadster. I see a blower sitting on a SBC back there too don't I?

I do like that 4 carb set up and I'm a little envious of it. Did you get upto Carbine Road, Mt Wellington, Auckland for the tools Mark ??

yes whip-i had an interesting truck trip to auckland!!!that tool place(machinery house)is a little mechanic boys (like me!) paradise
i really really really wanted to cut loose in there with the credit card but then i'd have to face the wife an life as i know it would be over!!!

ryan - i have 6-71 blown 350 to be reassembled some day and that is earmarked for a austin a-40 pickup-semi gasser style

Heck yeah, that will be a sweet ride!

Do you have guards for the A 40 mate?
'Cos I saw one (complete, but a bit of a rust-bucket!) sitting in a field just out of Thames the other day...

i have all the bits i need thanks johnboy-just waiting for the sponsered fibre tilt frontend from the taranaki fiberglasser

Originally Posted by sharpmark

i have all the bits i need thanks johnboy-just waiting for the sponsered fibre tilt frontend from the taranaki fiberglasser

Heheheheheheheeee....

been doing some work to this
pulled the fueltank off to clean the inside out-kero and some chain and alot of effort but it came up well with no sign of leaks.
finished assembling the motor and decided to install it in the chassis with the reco'd t350 auto so i can finish the steering/exhaust etc.
was going to build an engine test stand to start it but decided to do it in the chassis.couldn't remember if i had, had the torqueconverter checked so decided to get it rechecked so i don't wreck the auto-so at the moment that isn't installed.
will go down and take some photo's and post soon.

.

up date on this - still not allowed to do much work because of the hip replacement but I'm feeling that good that I rang the surgeon this morning and told him to try and bring the other side replacement date forward.so hopefully I can get it done and dusted.
been pottering down in the workshop and took some photo's of whats been achieved since I last posted
engine is fully built and ready to fire - just have the old oilbath aircleaner to mount to the carb and the exhaust to run.





still trying to find a radiator to fit the cutdown 32 grille and I may have to bite the bullet and get a new one built.
had a 65 mustang one( which some people use ) but it doesn't look good and needs some modification around the bottom pipe area.
driveshaft is made and found some old cobys (nz equivilant of smithys) for the exhaust and ready to pull the diff and mount a recon diffhead with 3.0 gears and put the new currie drum brakes on.



also been playing around with the little blower -figuring out how to make a simple v-belt driven drive with an old splined shaft I had lying around and some exhaust pipe!!

The 283 looks nice. Good to hear the hip is healing well. Good luck with it!

a few pictures of some more progress
did a big cleanup in the workshop and lifted the body off so I could change the diff head and mount the master cylinder and brake lines.
I have my second hip op on Monday so I wanted a bit of organisation down here so I could spend more of the rehab time down here in the garage doing some smaller bits and pieces.

ran into a problem with the fact that I supplied an old smlblk and t 350 to the chassis builder and then built this 283 and had another t350 recond but didn't realize there was a short shaft and long shaft so of course the chassis crossmember suits the short and I spent my money on a long shaft - bugga.
thinking of either cutting the whole top pipe out and rebending a new one or cutting out the centre bit of the pipe and welding in a curved piece of 50 x 6 mm flat bar - decisions , decisions ?





.

Nice big garage and a real steel body with lots of good parts! I always wondered if the steel body was as tight around the distributor as is my fiberglass '29 but it looks the same on yours. An HEI distributor won't fit unless the firewall is modified so I ended up with the same distributor you have only with the electronic conversion. Best wishes for a good recovery with your hip!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

thanks for that don.
with regards to the dizzy , I still have to trim the lip around the top of the short firewall and the same little bit in front of the fuel tank so I can actually get the dizzy in and out with the body on.
good fun tho and I can't wait to get back into it.

Have you called the trans builder to see if he can swap that trans over to a short shaft rather than cut up your frame? Good luck with your surgery too!