Thread: Hello, my name is Bob.....

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Well Whip, if you don't like my grille, you're probably not going to care much for what I actually have planned for hood sides. And part of why I'm going this direction with the grille is because I agree with you that the Deuce grille has just been done to death.

But now, here's some irony for you. My next installment (part wise) on this thread will be a pile of parts that will be the start of a hiboy A coupe. My first preference would be the '28-9, but if the right body comes along I'll even take a 30-1.

Here's some inspiration for you. (us?) Now all I've got to do is get my buddy kenny to "enable" me again with a good coupe body.

And Whip, just to pound on you some more, here's a different angle on your "favorite" grille.

Here's some inspiration for you. (us?) Now all I've got to do is get my buddy kenny to "enable" me again with a good coupe body.[/QUOTE]




i want a 4dr sedan to build only a 28 or 9 , i would like a restored car to start .



i found a real nice 30 5 window last week at the local swap meet , runs and drives , 8k . and another body only 2500.00

Originally Posted by oldrodder43

Uncle Bob, you got wayyy too much time on your hands! Perley

And your point............?

Originally Posted by roadster32

29 roadster body on 32 rails, the original hotrod, lovely

Yes Steve, exactly why I've always wanted one......and now have two! Okay, so one's a '30, but.......

Originally Posted by lamin8r

Yeah,whip,I thought that looked like Lindsays koop...Very nice little car,,apart from where I left the drool marks on it..
Yeah,I will rattle Whiplashes cane basket..keep the grille shell,looks different uncle Bob..Ya might just start a trend..dont tell anyone what it is..apart from me..

That first coupe was built by Richard Graves down in Long Beach Ca. Long time, very skilled rodder. What's particularly notable about that car is the way he made the body and frame absolutely conform to one another. We mere hacks do the easy way and let the body hang over the frame. It's that extra detail that separates the truly outstanding cars. As for the grille the picture below will clarify it some I'm sure.

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Uncle Bob that grille doesn't look so bad from the front, what is it,I have been trying to read the name down the centre piece,(Commer) is it from an early tractor and what does the inserts look like?????.

Here's a picture with the original grille insert which I like, but I think I'm going to play with the notion of a stainless, woven wire insert as well. I'm going to have to widen this one just a might to get the hood fitment I want, so I may have to do something with that center bar, and that lump going over the top needs to be scaled back some. And then a rolled "chin" underneath to obscure the front cross member and visually fill the void left by the flat bottom. There will be a bunch of little tweaks necessary to get it to it's best. As for what it's from, you should be able to read the logo better in this close up. It's a RARE factory option......

Bob,never ever seen one,,must be showing my lack of age...obviously[I hope] a truck grille,,you will have to fill us in on the details...totally different,but thats what makes hotrodding enjoyable..Looks good,in fact to start with thought it might have been mid thirties Mopar...

Heck Uncle Bob, I have been caught out this time about the grille havn't I ?
Is the lettering stamped into the centre piece? I do like the inserts too as they are not over powering on the eye. So please accept my humble apologie for my first comment, so sorry Uncle Bob... Will you be running a full hood or bonnet for us southern chaps. And what motor etc will be making home between the rails?? Heck I am a nosy person ain't I ??

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Heck Uncle Bob, I have been caught out this time about the grille havn't I ?
Is the lettering stamped into the centre piece? I do like the inserts too as they are not over powering on the eye. So please accept my humble apologie for my first comment, so sorry Uncle Bob... Will you be running a full hood or bonnet for us southern chaps. And what motor etc will be making home between the rails?? Heck I am a nosy person ain't I ??

Hope ya put ya knee pads on for the apology,Whip...Was going to say,that if Uncle Bob wanted to,he could throw that roadster in a small box,and heave it down here,so I could take some molds off it,and the grille shell too....

Now that is an excellent idea Robin as I have done some research and there doesn't appear to be anyone down here building 28/29 Model A roadster or coupe bodies. I know that rodder in Auckland brought in the steel brockfield roadster to sell and that guy in Nelson has bodies also but,yeah the big BUT, I have to finish the bucket before I start on the next project or all my words of wisdom I have and still give Steve Phihps about too many half completed projects in his garage will be thrown back into my face eh.