Thread: One Way To Build A '32 Hyboy

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Originally Posted by Don Shillady

This is a super excellent build in a very well equipped shop! However seeing this kind of quality drives me near crazy as I ponder my cluttered garage and my favorite rat tail file! All I can do is all I can do but this sort of example is inspirational! Maybe I will clean up my garage this Spring!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Don,
Thank you, I guess I'm kind of anal.
Ken

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Really like those mounts Ken!!! Details like this are what separates the best from all the rest!!!!

Dave,
A lot of this stuff just comes from necessities. Thank you.
Ken

Well, here is where it gets tricky. I wanted this thing low, but not to low to drive. One of the things that I can't stand is to see some one lower here grill shell to make it look low. You can spot it easily, if they have a hood. The body line will be either drooping on the hood or it will be so high on the radius of the hood close to the grill shell. (I will apologize now if I have offended anyone that has there car like this).
So can you see what I have done to get my grill shell so low and my body line on the hood straight?
I'm going to make up a term because I don't know what to call it. I angle channeled my body 1". At the front it is 1" lower than it tapers to 0 right in front of the rear tire.

Wow, sure is good to see I'm not the only one who will invest 40 hours of sheetmetal work just to correct "the look"!!!!!!

As for a name.....hmmmm. It's not really channeling, nor is it sectioning..... maybe a channelsectionallabotomy??? got to be a better word....

Now it's time to mount all this stuff in the car. I cut the firewall out, and used a 2" strip of sheet metal and broke it 90 degrees then took a shrinker and made it fit exactly to the inside of the perimeter of the cowl. then put nut certs in it to mount the firewall to it then welded 7 threaded bungs to the back side of the oil tank and bolted that to the firewall.

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

As for a name.....hmmmm. It's not really channeling, nor is it sectioning..... maybe a channelsectionallabotomy??? got to be a better word....

Good Lord, now that's a mouthful.

Very cool idea on the oil tank. What's the plan to keep excessive heat from the passenger compartment?

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

Very cool idea on the oil tank. What's the plan to keep excessive heat from the passenger compartment?

Bob,
There is 1/6Th of an inch between the oil tank and the firewall. I use Hush Matt insulation, so there will be a layer between the oil tank and the firewall and another layer on the inside of the firewall.
Ken

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Wow, sure is good to see I'm not the only one who will invest 40 hours of sheetmetal work just to correct "the look"!!!!!!

As for a name.....hmmmm. It's not really channeling, nor is it sectioning..... maybe a channelsectionallabotomy??? got to be a better word....

Dave,
I think I'm the one that needs the Lobotomy

Originally Posted by Ken Thurm

Dave,
I think I'm the one that needs the Lobotomy

Naaaaw... They've been telling me that for years now too, Ken.... But I still keep chuggin' along!!!!!!! I always figured rational thought and sanity was terribly overrated anyway!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Naaaaw... They've been telling me that for years ............

"THEY" would be those voices only you can hear?

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

"THEY" would be those voices only you can hear?

What can I say Uncle Bob???? I've always been able to communicate with cars and dogs....much better then I've ever been able to communicate with people!!! It's a talent, what can I say?

PS--Now the scary part.... It's obvious to me that Ken hears these same voices!!

I've been waiting for this thread - and here it is. You never can understand how much talent goes into building any car yourself, but one that's like this is exceptional. It sure wont be a 1 (800) AHOT-ROD. Looking forward to lots of pictures and information.

Beautiful build and shop. Is that carpet on the shop floor?

Originally Posted by LarryH

Beautiful build and shop. Is that carpet on the shop floor?

We were just wondering that last night too. Maybe Ken is building this in his office. We finally figured out is is some kind of rubberized coating maybe???

Way too organized in there Ken, you need to kick over a couple of Pepsis and generally toss some trash around. I bet you can even FIND YOUR TOOLS when you need them.............what fun is that??

Don