Thread: 27 T tudor Hot Rod build

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Thank You, Dave, off to the Summit site I go.....
<adit> okay, I'm back.
I guess I should have mentioned that the engine is a Chevy V-6, 4.3 roller lifter motor, I do not know the year, or what it came out of.
I was looking at the remote coil setups, just in case the extra firewall clearance doesn't allow me to get the cap off, as it was, there was NO WAY to get the dang thing off.
Thanks for the help, Dave, as John Palmer can tell you, my field of expertise is NOT American cars... I have been a VW guy since the late 60's, and this is my first real foray into the cast iron engines.

Originally Posted by 26Tudor

Thank You, Dave, off to the Summit site I go.....
<adit> okay, I'm back.
I guess I should have mentioned that the engine is a Chevy V-6, 4.3 roller lifter motor, I do not know the year, or what it came out of.
I was looking at the remote coil setups, just in case the extra firewall clearance doesn't allow me to get the cap off, as it was, there was NO WAY to get the dang thing off.
Thanks for the help, Dave, as John Palmer can tell you, my field of expertise is NOT American cars... I have been a VW guy since the late 60's, and this is my first real foray into the cast iron engines.

OK Dave, Your car is looking GOOD. But how many exhaust ports are on a V6 Chevy? Looks like a few too many tubes on those Lakester headers, lol.

I drove my roadster, pulling Troy's tear drop trailer to The March Meet this weekend. Won a "Best of the 30's" car show plaque. The best part was "I did not freeze to death" going over the Grapevine and the car made it home.

Yeah, one pipe on each side is a dummy, the guy that had the engine in his 31 A Coupe actually glued 2 extra terminals on the HEI cap, and had dummy plug wires running down to... nowhere... he was trying to make it look like a (small) V-8, I guess, but as soon as you hear it start and run, you know it's not a V-8, so...

Okay, I finally got the firewall out, clearanced it enough to get the distributor cap off, got some paint on the firewall, insulated the wires running through the firewall with rubber grommets, replaced the piece of coat hanger wire with a real throttle cable, and now...

it's raining.
I'm not a wuss by any means, but driving in the rain with a fenderless car with no top, missing 5 of the 6 required windows, just doesn't sound all that fun to me...

Dammit !!! I thought I had this file size thing figured out... guess I don't. Sorry for the "Vista Vision" again, folks...

Lookin very nice. That storm is blowing in here too!

No rain today, FINALLY.
Had to take it out for a spin, cold as hell without windows or a top, but it sure beats getting soaked.. I'll TRY to post a photo that doesn't turn out super Ginormous...

Hey 26Tudor,

That Firewall looks really good. I had to notch the one on my 26 Coupe so that the valve covers could be removed without pulling the motor. With the distributer on the front of my little Buick V6 I didn't have make room for that too. The attached picture shows the notch (pictured is Dave Severson putting on the fenders).

I haven't done anything on the coupe since last summer; finishing my basement takes all my time.

Question.... how loud are the pipes when they are open. I was planning to Lake style headers and put baffels in them and not run mufflers.

At one time Speedway sold the four pipe headers for the Chevy V6 to fool people.

Tom

The headers are way loud uncorked, maybe with baffles they would be okay, I dunno.
LOVE the coupe, looks awesome !!! I hope to full fender mine in a year or two, have the fenders (or at least enough of a few to cut and patch and make a set) up in the attic of the garage..

Dave Cormack

I finally found the stuff I wanted to use for the floormats, a place called <www.ironcompany.com> has it in varying thicknesses..I went with the 1/8", and it was easy to cut..I guess they actually use it for gym floors and weight bench floors and such... but it's 1/2 recycled tires, so it's going to be durable, and when it gets dirty, just yank it out, pressure wash it, and it will be good as new...
PS you DO NOT have to buy a 25 foot roll, as they show on their website...I got a 10 foot roll, and have enough left over to actually do it again...and they provide free UPS shipping...I worked with a person named Blair Gannam, great to work with, timely responses (within 2 hours, like their website says. wow, what a concept, do what you say you will do, when you say you will do it...

Well, last weekend we finally had some decent weather up here Behind the Redwood Curtain, and I was able to stretch the chicken wire, the muslin, the foam padding, and the Vinyl, over the top of the Sedan... it's not a professional job by any means, there are a few nails that barely show, but considerig I had never done this stuff before, I think it turned out good.

Looks great buddy! Show the pic of the radiator change!

Hey Brian, look under the other thread, I didn't want to double post, and this thread was actually started by someone else, and I ended up kinda highjacking it...


http://www.clubhotrod.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45056

Well, not too sure how many have followed my model T hot rod build but I am still at it... There has not been too much progress as life had found a way to distract me from the project Things have seemed to settle down a bit and I have managed to wire most of the car and am currently fabricating the clutch and brake pedal assembly that will end up hidden behind the dash. As soon as I get access to my camera there will be some update pics and hopefully a steady stream of progress pics as I once again attempt to build a hot rod

Happy St. Patty's day!!!

Ya I've been distracted BIG time...... finishing my basement... told the wife I'd have it done by the first of May... Last year, be this year I'll have most of it done. Last week she told me that I had to paint the bathroom; just finished it a couple of hours ago.
Next project is to build a Storm Shelter in my boys basement. FEMA has Free plans: 2x4 studs, two sheets of 3/4 inch plywood and 14 guage over the top. Went out into his backyard and found 8 4x10 sheets of 1/16 inch plate... I'll weld them together and use it instead of the 14 guage. Will also be cutting a 2 inch slot in the floor and put T shaped anchors 16 inch on center.
AND then maybe I can get back to the coupe. I found some perfect doors FREE but can't get the guy off his duff to go get them.