Salvage rod #3

Here are the parts picked out from the salvage yard. The turtle deck is the first mod. Grafted onto the body.

Added a rear kick up to an old Ford frame.

A big Chev engine was in dire need of some TLC.

After some changes, the frame fits a little better.

Today, I made a low profile spring for the front end.

I'm likin' this one already

I am lost in the magic already, LOL,where did the yellow frame go ??
Great motor choice.
Cheers Eh!

....you've got me inspired to build a quick rat rod too, with stuff I have lying about.

Looking good Clay. The big block looks like it was meant to be there from the start. Looking forward to this one.

Oh, yeah. This is the track nose rod. I don't mind accenting the distinct valve cover design, but I'm waiting for the overall look and colors. Thanx!

Looking good, Clay. Great way to show off that beautiful 348/409 motor.

This morning was spent setting up the rear end.

BTW, The front crossmembers were different on the two frames. This one seemed more suitable to a suicide front end..... if I decide to go that way.    

Awesome Clay !!

Sweet project!

Love it. You don't see many of the "W" series Chevy engines being used in hot rods anymore. Nice choice.

I have a friend in Hoquiam that is building a Fiat Topolino as a street legal Gasser. He has used and old 409 "W" series engine but it now makes close to 500 cubic inches. Not sure how he pulled it off but it has to do with using a 427 crankshaft and an over bore. I think he said it was 494 cubic inches.

   External rear shocks.

Made flanges for the spring reliefs in the turtle deck and did a little work on the track nose. Not too sure how that's going to work out yet.

Loving it. That Track Nose really looks good. It will rock when finished. I showed it to Butcher Bob yesterday ( He was going to make one using 2 1940 Ford hoods) I think it changed his mind. he really liked it also.

Zbuckster wrote:Loving it. That Track Nose really looks good. It will rock when finished. I showed it to Butcher Bob yesterday ( He was going to make one using 2 1940 Ford hoods) I think it changed his mind. he really liked it also.

Thanks, Buck.
Had a guy on DPMCC say that it looked thick. I explained ton him that I had built up the opening and that was Bondo curing. Have worked it down some and it's looking a lot better. Using copper wires for a grill opening. Etching soda can aluminum didn't work out for me.

I was thinking the guitar strings might make good grille bars.

The other day, I bashed up a pair of radius rods.


Yesterday nothing seemed right. The frame was twisted a bit and I discovered that I had the rear end crooked! So I disassembled the whole thing !
 


Today, I think I have everything squared away and the front end assembled. Now, I may be able to go ahead!

Clay: Your scratch building talents continue to amaze me. You are second to none my friend.

Thank you.
Went out again this afternoon. Installed a firewall, fit a dash to a tufted interior, and looked at some tops.
 Someone modified this brown one and the thought of a Carson top struck me. I started on it, but, there was a lot to overcome.  I seen a lot of stuff I had to do before I could modify it. It had to be narrowed and chopped, and there was a boatload of bracing on the inside where it had been narrowed by someone else..


So I dug around and found this baby. Still a lot of work. I have removed the rear window, (it'll have to be fit to the top once I have that narrowed. Looks like fitting it to the back of the seat may get interesting.

And, I'll have to form some side windows, and make a new front edge.

This is coming along nicely Clay.

Well. I said this might get interesting. I might as well let y'all in on the ordeal.
I split the top and reinserted the rear window. Trying to figure out how to match it up with the seat.


I should have set the window piece in higher. I have to cut some off the bottom. And I found out that I should have tapered my section job to be wider in the rear and I had to add some material to the bottom of the window opening to be able to take more off of the bottom of the top to get it low enough.




This is not going to work! I resplit the top and have widened the rear to be the same as the seat back. Going to a boat load of fitting still!

Clay, I think it might look better without the top.

Keep after it Clay, but then again Sam could be right. I can't believe I said that.