Thread: Starting to look like a car.

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what do you mean starting to look like a car, it is a beautiful ride!

Looks great Jack!!!! All them long hours on Gibbons mistakes were really worth it... Tires and wheels are sized perfect for the car, too. Yellow and fast have always been one of my favorite build combinations!!!!!!!!!!

Nice..VERY nice.

You gonna have it at the Boardwalk show this spring?

Jack

Really looks good Henry.

Color, paint, stance, overall flow.

Ya done good.

WOW i love it...

Make sure you keep a flyswatter in the trunk
A buddy of mine painted his dang near that color and every car show we go to the bugs flock it..I park a few cars away now

Tru Dat! I have noticed that bugs definitely like a yellow car. Maybe you could get a Gecko or a Tree Frog on a leash for when you display it!

Pat

Ditto that on the bugs.

My pal's yellow car really brought em in.

Some nights it would be covered and I'd get 3-4 on my black car.


Useta ride dirt bikes, learned not to wear yellow jerseys after swallowing a coupla flies.

Gets tough to keep up with the fast guys when you're choking to death....

I I I I I I I I I liiiiiike it & in one of my favorite colors too......joe

Wow, I wish my project was at that point. Want to trade?

I have to agree with everyone else. That is a beautiful car! Love that color too! Im going with the same wheels on my T but 15X14 on the rear. Just curious though, did you put the door handles in that location or is that where Gibbons had drilled for them? Cant wait to see it finished.

The door handles are a little lower and to the rear of the stock location. It apparently was necessary in order to clear the bearclaw door locks. They take up more room than Henry's originals.

I would have shaved the doors, but Virginia requires outside door handles. I guess they need to save me if there's a problem. Odd, though. Most new cars have the doors lock automatically when you start moving. The outside door handles do no good on a new car, but they require them for inspection.

Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

The door handles are a little lower and to the rear of the stock location. It apparently was necessary in order to clear the bearclaw door locks. They take up more room than Henry's originals.

I would have shaved the doors, but Virginia requires outside door handles. I guess they need to save me if there's a problem. Odd, though. Most new cars have the doors lock automatically when you start moving. The outside door handles do no good on a new car, but they require them for inspection.

That sounds like one of those crazy OLD laws from back in the day. It should be pettitioned to strike it from the law books. Like you said, makes no sence nowadays! Yours still look great! 34 fords have always been my favorite and Ive built several in the past thats why I even noticed. Most proly wont even see the differance.

Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

Bob,

It's been on a trailer five times already - and I can't even drive it yet. It really should go in the Rat Rod Talk forum. Isn't that where all Gibbon rods go? (For the newbies, that's an inside joke.)

I never knew that a Gibbon body could look that nice - keep it up

Jack/Henry, it looks great. I guess I missed the part where you channelled the body, so I appreciate what might have been tricky to do. Maybe sometime I can visit next summer since I am not far away. I am amazed by guys like you who do good work AND keep your garage clean. My garage is in a state of desperation!

Don Shillady
Retired SCientist/teen rodder

A clean garage is the sign of a sick mind!!