Thread: 27 T tudor Hot Rod build

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Been lurking now and again you have made some great headway . Like this build not being slammed down to the ground . Keep up your great work .

That's great to hear that you got the T to run
under it's own power! Hopefully I'll get to that
point on my T before this coming spring.
Once again great looking car!

Thomas

Here we go, some more recent pics. Not too much has been done to the car it has been too cold. I have just been
putting the engine back together, installed the fuse block (need to wire still), put on front shocks (not in pics), old
brackets cut off the rear end, installed the radiator, and put on the radiator shell.

Tom, it's looking REALLY good.
I've been farting around with mine, need to get a winshield in it, driving it is just too damn cold, I haven't even made it into 3rd gear yet, just ben tonkering, got the tail and brake lights wired, will probably do the headlights next. Once that is done, and I get a horn in it, I can most likely get a one-day moving permit, take it to the CHP, and have them finish the paperwork so I can get it registered.

Thanks Dave!
Sounds like your T is in the home stretch. I bet that thing will be a blast to drive on the highway.

Looks awesome! Do I see a Chevy emblem painted behind the Blue oval on the grill? Also I see a sweet new Challenger!

Originally Posted by FMXhellraiser

Looks awesome! Do I see a Chevy emblem painted behind the Blue oval on the grill? Also I see a sweet new Challenger!

Thanks, getting anxious to drive the thing! The spot behind the blue oval is where the old emblem was and it protected the plating from weathering,
just haven't painted over that spot yet
Lol, yeah the Challenger is my moms. It's an SE with the V6. Still a lot of fun, it gets a lot of looks and people asking if it has a hemi.

How is the T coming along, Thomas?
Haven't heard from you in a while..
I had a small disaster, my original windshield frame got a little butchered by our local auto glass guy, he's trying to make it right, so we'll see how that goes.
I'm wiring all the gauges now, I guess you have to have an LCD light to make the electric speedo work, and I'll be darned if I can find it in the box, and TPI gauges is closed right now, I guess it's Martin Luther King day, or something....I have the speed sensor that goes on the trans, but the website shows some little red calibration button, that I don't think I have, either...
Oh, well, I guess that's what hot rodding is....

I just read this thread 68chevelle and I have to say the car is coming along nicely, I like the look you have going so far, very cool.

Hey Dave, yeah I haven't made much progress on the T lately. The most work I have done to it this past month and a half is paint the edelbrock carb a translucent bronze color to make it look more like a stock carb and strengthened one of the rear radius rods. I guess you could say I have been slacking off.

Wow sounds like you are having a hard time with the windshield frame. There is a stock one on ebay that goes off in less than a day if yours can't be repaired. The reproduction aluminum ones are said to warp when they are open so if yours has to replaced I'd stay away from them. Hopefully the guy will do right, it seems like stuff like this happens more than it should

Hot rodding does have it's problems but when you get the wiring figured out it should be rewarding.
Good luck and keep the updates coming.

Originally Posted by brickman

I just read this thread 68chevelle and I have to say the car is coming along nicely, I like the look you have going so far, very cool.

Thank you, I really appreciate it. Seems like Ts are not really done in this style too often. It's a very fun build so don't forget to pop in every once and a while to check out my progress. It has been kind of slow right now because of the cold weather.


Thomas

Thomas, I just searched ebay for a '26-'27 closed car windshield frame, even searched completed listings, and didn't see one.... The glass guy has the frame now, he cut the little "L" shaped brackets that hold the facia together, because he couldn't get the front-mounted screws out. I had them out, along with the 2 on each side, less than a month ago, and the frame has been in dry storage since. As well, he made the glass too big, so there is a good-sized gap and the, for lack of a better term, "miter" at the top of the frame. I took it back, and asked him to please take the top part of the frame off, and sand down the top of the glass, so the top portion of the frame fits the "miter" better... he said he would, but it was going to cost me more money...WTF??? I paid this dude over 100 bux to get the glass in right, and all he can do is make the glass too big, and cut the frame apart? And then wants to charge me more $$ to do it (semi) right?? And he is a "Professional" glass installer.....I think when the time comes for the side glass and rear window glass, I'll find someone else...

It's been raining here, with 60mph winds, we live 500 feet from the Ocean, so it's been really miserable weather the last week (plus, we had an earthquake last week, not like Haiti, but right off our coast, near Eureka) and more rotten weather is expected all this week. I did manage to get the dash back in, and all the gauges working except for the fuel gauge (just ran out of time last night) Gotta call TPI Tech and find out what the reason is that the tach fogs up from the inside...?? The rest of the gauges are fine, just the tach... and I have had the gauges so long I have no clue where the receipt is now...
Oh, well, any progress is better than no progress...I am hesitant to post photos, because they always come out super gigantic, no matter how small I make them....

26Tudor -
I was wondering what the effects of the quake were up there. I went to HSU back in the 90's when we had three separate quakes all 6.0 and bigger, in a 3 or 4 day period. The last one raised the tidal pools on the beach in Petroila 14 ft in the air. I was studying Marine Biology at the time, and went there to study the effects on ocean life.

If you need a good glass guy, we have a few down this way, I was going to use Redwood glass to install mine, plus we have a few Santa Rosa members who probably have a few good shops closer to you.

Sounds pretty frustrating to have to pay the guy more to do the job right, that he should have done in the first place!

stovens, I'm in Crescent City, so we barely had any damage at all... I guess Eureka suffered some damage to some older, non-earthquake retrofitted, buildings in the old downtown area, but as far as I know, only a few minor injuries, and no fatalities, not at all like the quake in Haiti.
I may have to take you up on the glass people, there is a guy in Brookings, OR, about 20 miles North of here,so I may give him a try.
I am going to be doing something kinda different, in that the back side windows, which used to roll up, will be stationary, and I am going to TRY and use some left-over "Cal-Look" VW window rubber for the back window and the back side windows...I only ended up with two usable window regulators, they are the same front and back, so I plan on using the good ones for the door glass, and just using the left over window rubber for the two back side, and back, windows.
So, I am going to have to take some very careful measurements, include the width of the window rubber, and make a template, and do 1 at a time, until I get it just right. I've installed countless VW windows in my day, but never anything like this....the lip on the body appears to be pretty much the same as what I am used to on a VW Bug, so it should (keyword SHOULD) work....

Originally Posted by 26Tudor

stovens, , and I am going to TRY and use some left-over "Cal-Look" VW window rubber for the back window and the back side windows...

Oh Great!

Now I know "why there was a shortage" of WHITE Cal-Look window rubber since the 1980's. Kafer Dave moved it to Northern California. LOL

My son-in-law lives up in Gasquet 26Tudor and his wife works for a doctor there in Cresent City, it's a small world isn't it? That is the most beautiful country there, we were out there last year and I love it.