Thread: Hot Rod Kits?

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Well of course I am sure most of you know that I have been looking for a hot rod to fix up and all but can't find one. I have found my most favorite truck for sale.... 1933 Chevy, but it's too expensive for what it's worth and not worth working on because a lot of parts missing that can't be bought and hard to make. What I am trying to get at is that I thought about it and am going to save up a ton of money and was wondering if there are any places out there that anyone can tell me about that sells frames and bodys to buy that aren't put together and build it all myself and that are 33's or something close to that?
Any info and sites on this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks a lot!

The sponser from the main page of this site has a nice selection of all the parts needed to build a "kit" style car.

I dont have any experiance with total performance but i'm sure some guys on here must be able to,and their chassis&body kits look like they are very complete.

http://www.tbuckets.com/

BG

forgot to mention...

pick up a STREET RODDER magazine they are full of companys that offer complete kits or just frame packages,bodies,suspension you name it..that would be a good source of info.

BG

Thanks a lot blowngoat. I thought that was just T buckets? I will check it out. Are they all steel or have that crappy fiberglass crap do you know?
You used some frame kit on your GTO didn't you?

Ok I just got your second post... must have done it at the same time I posted mine. Thanks again man. I have a few Street Rodder mags but mostly chevy high performance and hot rod.

Yup i used a chassis works eleminatorII kit on my GTO its more of a drag car chassis though because of the required cage and such but the frame itself was about $4500 with all the suspension and steering and such.

www.cachassisworks.com

Damn must be gettin late i keep leavin stuff out

As to the fiberglass......

My front clip/hood.doors/trunk are glass and theres really 2 different types of glass.

What i have on my car is considered "race wieght" fiberglass its not real thick and is much lighter for racing,i wouldn't drive it a ton on the street just because of the light glass being a bit more prone to crackin.

But most fiberglass companys also offer "street wieght" glass it is a bit heavier and more durable fiberglass that will hold up to street use so dont be turned off on glass parts by what you may have heard from some guys experiances with it.

BG

So would the glass last a really long time? I don't know about it though. Are there any places out there that use metal instead? I don't know, I wish I could just have everything on the body of something original but that probably won't be able to happen for a long time.

I was looking at all the kits from the T buckets.... way too expesive for me. Would it be cheaper for me to find a peice of crap thats all rusted (since every vehicle here is all rusted) and redo everything or what?

This is just my opinion and i hope this dosent get the whole glass-vs-steel thing goin but i like the glass myself,you never have to worry about rust with it and it does last if its good quality glass...just look at corvettes for proof.

Ideally yeah you would want to find something that is just rusted out because then you can work on it as money&time allow you to insted of having to but all the parts to get it going.

BG

$22,500 for JUST THE BODY??? now i know why i'm a muscle car guy and not a street rodder i can find me a good chevelle body for a 1/10th of that

Yeah I used to like the muscle cars a lot about 5 years ago but I don't know, I still like them and they are bad ass cars but you see them ALL THE TIME and I get tired of it. You barely ever see something like a 33 Chevy truck rodded out going down the street and things like that. It also depends on where you live but still, there are more things like Chevelles and Impalas out there anywhere compaired to something like... hmm I guess T buckets or something of that sort. But yeah I don't know, I don't know a lot about the glass, I think it would be cool for racing and all because it's light but I am not sure, it's hard to explain. It's just that I would at least wan't the body to be as original looking and all as it can. Like I said, it's hard for me to explain. I still need to look into this 33 Chevy truck though but my dad says that he thinks it's a total waste of time and money but he doesn't understand that I don't wan't a MUSCLE CAR and also a car that is already nice looking, plus he thinks that I should get something that has no rust a good paint job and everything and I told him that would be dumb as hell because it should be YOUR car and YOU build it all so that way when someone asks you about it you can be like "yeah I build basically everything on this car" instead of saying "yup I paid 20,000 on this car and didn't do nothing to it someone else did". I can't stand when people get a car already fixed up... to me it's pointless. If I do get this thing then I will have to make a really really hard exception of selling my dirt bike and one of my drum sets to get it. Not having a dirt bike is really hard for me.... and if I do sell it I won't get another one for a long time or never again and then I will have to cancle all my sponsorships and everything.
Well sorry I kind of got going there and writing a book but I just wan't this 33 so damn bad but it's hard. I am not even on topic but oh well I made the thing so will talk about whatever I feel like.
Again, thanks a lot for the help you guys.

just a quick search, i found a 33 chevy truck for 3,800 on www.traderonline.com There out there you just have to search

Here's some other sites you might look at, ( i havn't looked at them yet.

www.dealsonwheels.com
www.cars-on-line.com

awsum34... I know they are out there but if they are across the US or something then I can't go out there and get it. And about father knows best... I don't think so, you don't know him. He thinks a project car is one that's fixed up already and needs something like rims and a steering wheel. He doesn't understand that I don't like doing crap like that and that I wan't a project car not some car that's fixed up already. He is more into things like Chevelles, Impalas, and cars like that and that's not what I like.

...is the price of the toys! This saying is so true. No one said you had to by a complete kit. Sometimes it's just better starting out with the frame and add things (like the body) as time allows. Some places are starting to sell more than just Ford stuff. I'd bet you can get a rod frame with the mountings for your choice of suspension for under $4000.

Build the suspension and add a bodywhen time allows. If the place that sells the frame has body kits, all the better. Another way to go, though A LOT HARDER, is to get a set of frame drawings and making your own. This will require welding, jig, and fabrication skills. What a great way to learn.

As for fiberglass bodies, most are very good. I work as a insurance adjuster, and I don't usually so the cars until they're broken. But I looked at a '34 Ford Roadster last year with a Westcott body, fenders, hood, etc. The car had been professionally assembled at a cost (as I was told) of $130,000. Preperation is everything and the car was very well done. But the glass body was excellent in quality.

As for having missing pieces, that should not stop you. I have as must fun checking out swap meets as working on the car. The seach can be fun if you let it be.

Good luck.