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Here is a picture of the original tunnel as delivered from Bebops for Itoldyouso.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Pretty interesting to see how the factories put in reinforing steel subframes. I guess we rodders tend to overengineer things when we do them.

I guess you cut out the original hump and made a smaller one? As long as you go back with pretty much what they had it should be ok.

Don

That is a great shot of how the body is put together, that looks to be very solid.

Well I'm not finished yet, but today I tried putting the stainless plate inside and using painted capscrews with small painted washers through from the front coated with a Duplicolor that is close to the body color and in fact you really have to look carefully to see the capscrews now that they are painted to match. Admittedly this has been a mess but that is about the best I can do and hopefully the half moon at the bottom can be painted to match by my body man. At least I did get the much needed foot room. I studied Brian's excellent buildup of his RPU but it was metal and I could have benefited from a build up of another roadster in fiberglass. C9X has been inspirational showing details of his Deuce, but I had to figure out a lot of stuff myself so far with more to come. Wiring is going to be fun, HAH! Maybe my foibles will help someone else.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

So far to date, Ive installed the mustang II front end, but I havent refurbished it yet. Im needing some tubular upper control arms to clear my fenders. I shortened my ford 9" axle housing yesterday, but havent set it up for rewelding yet. Im waiting on some plugs/bushings to mock up the ring gear bearings as so to keep my axle shaft aligned during the process. I already have the plugs/bushings for the axle bearings. The plan is to run a piece of 1 1/4" cold roll steel through the housing with the plug/bushings holding everything center and straight. I had to remove 7 3/4 from the housing to get it to the stock rear axle width. I'll be needing a 4link set up shortly to hang the rear axle. I also purchased a donor car, which is a 89 lincoln with a efi 302 and overdrive transmission, running on a new set of michelin tires which the lincoln will light up nicely. The grand total $700! So far to date Ive spent $865 total on the build.

The car - 1928 Hupmobile originally my great-grandfathers. My father gave it to me after storing it the last 25yrs.
Mustang II front end - $100 for the complete car. It only took a chainsaw (to cut it out of the woods), a jack (to get some tires back under it), and a 4x4(to drag it out), and of course a whole saturday.
Ford 9" disk brake rear end - $65 at the local u pull it auto parts.
89 Lincoln - $700

Say chicken legs Can you post some pictures??? Sounds like a neat project.

Heres a pic of the car before I began tearing it down. I have a few rolls of film that I need to get developed of the build up to date.




I spend most of today, working on removing the wood from the interior. Plans are to remake the pieces out of metal and weld the body together for better strength. I'll try to post more pics when I get them back.

Looks like a good solid project to start on. Keep us updated....

2dr or 4dr? Very cool looking car, I would like to see more pics, I have never seen one.

I'm late in reading all the various build ups & such, but regarding Don's firewall re-enforcemment,
I recall a recent issue of ( Street Rodder ?) doing a build, using a RADIO FLYER Wagon for the outside of the firewall.
Seems they cut it in half to strech, welding in a new center section , it had all the appeal of rounded & rolled corners too.
Enjoying the pictures & words of wisdon on this lengthy thread.
my two cents.,
jim

Yes it is and there is alot of great info within the pages of this thread too! Welcome aboard forty1, nice truck.
Do you have a pic of the frame itself yet chicken leg? I am curious how it compares to the chev and ford of the same year.

Hups where a working mans car, but offered more car for the money compared to ford and chevy. The Hup is a bit larger than fords of that era, and has a 6cyl motor which for the 28 model year was newly redesigned, and became known as the 'century six', the six cylinder of the century. Below are pics of the car from old family photos as well as some of the tear down pics.

Hupmobile, yes----and what about Star, Durant, Frontenac, Essex, Reo-those are all "off brands" that wouldn't have rated even a look 25 years ago, and now are valued as highly as the "fabulous Fords" by the hot rod set.

The Hup looks like a way kewl car to start with, and especially with a bit of history on the car!!! One of my favorite off brands is the Essex. Friend of mine has an Essex Sedan. Been trying to talk him out of it for the past 5 years with no luck. Sure would like to get my hands on it someday..... Good luck with your build and keep us updated...

It looks very well built and should make a great hotrod. I love all those old cars, I am trying to think of what an Essex looked like.