Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

Tweet

Where's the spoiler to complete the shopping cart look?

OMIGOD!! Would you look at that!?!? Man I haven't laughed so much since Ma jammed her t*ts in the mangle. That's truly GROSS!!!

Now you've done it, now you'll see that at a show with someone building one somewhere thinking it's cool!!

Thats rich, I always knew you where into the Bling Bling Don!!

Yo yo yo, wasup??? Word, and all that stuff. Every time I look at that I start to laugh. Really funny Mike.

My buddy came over tonight and we mapped out a plan to get my car then Dans into his shop for paint. He can get it in about two weeks from now, and that is good, as it will allow me time to do a couple of little things to the body first. Then he will have it for about two weeks he says. Dan still has a little more to do before it can go in, so possibly his can go in when mine comes out in a month or so.

We have just under 4 months til Daytona, so it looks do-able at this point. Now I can really start hitting on the chassis and get it running and ready to drop the body back on as soon as it comes back.

I think I have decided to do it gloss black with the orange scallops.

Don

Sounds like a good plan.I think the scallopps are goin to look real nice.Now lets see it painted.

Can you get 24" spinner to fit the front Don
Brad

Originally Posted by BradC

Can you get 24" spinner to fit the front Don
Brad

I don't think I could afford them. My buddy was telling me tonight he is doing a Lexus for some rapper, and they are putting 24's on it. The wheels and tires alone cost $ 10,000 !! I never realized they were that expensive. They are also doing those flip up doors, and he is having fits getting them to work right.


Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I don't think I could afford them. My buddy was telling me tonight he is doing a Lexus for some rapper, and they are putting 24's on it. The wheels and tires alone cost $ 10,000 !! I never realized they were that expensive. They are also doing those flip up doors, and he is having fits getting them to work right.


Don

Just wait a few month's and you will be able to pick up a set on craigslist for $500. It seem's after a few broken leg's from trying to reach the ground and hold their pant's up the 24" novelty wears off.

I was hoping to see a picture of you car at night so we could see how the neon look's.

Ron

Don wrote:

That is why I left Pennsylvania to come here. (try explaining THAT one to your wife....."Honey, we are moving to Florida because we don't need fenders there." )

Don - They changed that law here in 2005, now you can move back. To make it easy for you, I'll swap houses with you.

Originally Posted by mopar34

Don wrote:



Don - They changed that law here in 2005, now you can move back. To make it easy for you, I'll swap houses with you.

That's really good news............now if you can only do something about all that white stuff that covers the ground half the year, I might reconsider.



Man, I am totally stoked today. I needed a grille shell for the T, and the TP one just didn't look right on this radiator. I could have modified it, but decided to sell it on Ebay and look for another one. I wanted a steel one, if possible, because we can cut it up and weld to it to make it fit perfectly.

Problem is, they no longer make any steel ones. Speedway and TP told me the same thing.......the dies to stamp them got old and fell apart, and nobody was reproducing them. Several model T suppliers confirmed that story. So, I had to try to find a used one.

Anyway, I posted on the National T-Bucket Alliance that I needed one, and a member, NH Ben, came back and said he thought he had one that he bought years ago, and didn't need. He went to all the trouble of digging it out, sent me tons of pictures, and only wanted what he paid for it years ago (a very good price). He then boxed it up extremely well, took it to the shipper, and sent it to me Monday. Best part, he didn't want any money first !!! He put his name and address in the box and trusted me to pay him when I got it.

Today it came, and this thing is MINT........no, make that SUPER MINT. It is perfect for what I am doing, and I don't think we will have to do much to it to get a good fit. It really reaffirms your confidence in people when something like this happens. Hot Rodders are right at the head of the class when it comes to good people.........Thanks Ben.

Here is a shot of the shell. As you can see, Lucky likes it too, and is no longer that little kitten we brought home.


Don

Great story and an even better part Don, that baby is going to look very very good!!

That is super mint Don, hope you don't have to cut it up to much, shame to waste such a nice part. Well your not really wasting it on the that slick little T of yours. LOL
Brad

Yep, I couldn't wait to get to the shop and try it on for fit. I'm happy to report it fit pretty well right out of the box, and it looked like just a few changes would make it work perfectly. Dan was nice enough to come over after work tonight and we just got home (2 am). He spent the whole night cutting it up and welding it back together for me. I pretty much stayed out of his way and handed him tools........he likes to think these things out alone pretty much.

The shell was mostly rivited and spot welded together, so the first thing we did was remove the bottom portion. I am probably not going to run that section, just the top and sides. The shell was slightly too short and had mounting ears in the wrong places, so we cut those off and built new mounts that will be skinned over with some 18 gauge filler pieces. We spent about 7 hours and still have a few more to go before it is done, but the hard part is at least finished.

Something tells me this is not a Model T shell. It has no Ford script embossed, and the shape is different than the Total Performance glass one I have. However, that makes me even happier, because it gives the car a funkier/ different look. It fits the radiator like it was made for it.

Here are some shots of where we left off tonight. We put the headlights back on to get the full effect, and seeing the black grille has convinced me the car is going to be black.

Don

Don, Your T is looking great, It really is coming together...

Harmon

Thank you Harmon. I appreciate that.

Don