Bantam Street Rod - A Parts Box Build

I recently started a Bantam street rod conversion from a dragster body I picked up at the San Antonio IPMS meet last February




I found an Interior in the parts bin that will fill the bill with a little hacking



The frame:

Very interesting Chris, looking forward to seeing what you do with this.

Me too!

Great start, Chris. This should be interesting - and cool.

I'm all in to hang around and watch this come together ......... Be even better if Al shares the chicken !!

A kindred soul !! This is the way I like to build also !

Skid wrote:Me too!

Thrice.

Super, Liking this one a lot.

Very interesting idea! All Bantam models I've seen were extreme drag cars. This could be a real beauty!

I always enjoy Clays work, so Im in for this Chris, these conversion builds are great to follow.

This could be fun to watch.

I remember applauding your rescue of a body section and building something from it, so

It looks great in the last photo, though just a piece of the rear and the frame it already has a feel to it. Looking forward to seeing this one develop!

Thanks for all the comments and support. It keeps you going. I've made a little more progress and here is what I've assembled together for the build along with a mock-up. One of these day's I'll get the firewall to engine spacing down; but, I'll press forward with this one. Key components I need are headlights, a wind screen, and a dash.









Thanks for looking,

Chris

Great work Chris, very enjoyable build.

Nice work.
Looking good !

Nice! There's already a strong 'personality' to this build - can't wait to see more

I like where you are heading with this one Chris.

If you can find one, may I suggest a Duval windscreen? That would look way cool.

Looking good Spanky.

That looks like a great project.

Mockup looks good. I really like that engine.

Chris, whatever you and Clay are drinking, could you please pass the bottle.

Excellent. Great concept and work.

My hectic schedule only allows me to build in small snippets of time. Here is some of the progress made on the Bantam. For the plug wires I used a heavier gauge beading wire then I usually employ. I usually use a radio shack wire that is more to scale and is easier to shape to how you want it to lay.

Keep it going looking good.