'23 Roadster Build

cooter · Mar 5, 2015

I cant do flip in shop cause of workin on roads.

dcmalone · Mar 15, 2015

Had a great day yesterday. My Dad came up from Alabama and we took a very rainy ride from Nashville to Kodak, TN to pay a visit to Ron from RPM. Had a great conversation with Ron and picked up a truck load of great stuff. My Dad is the guy wearing the Street Rodder hat and my son is the one that has already decided the car is his. He just turned 16 in December, so I now have three teenage drivers. I could probably build a few buckets for what I pay in insurance. The engine I'm using is now at the house. All is good in the world. Photobucket is giving me a fit tonight so I"ll have to attach some very large pictures. I'll try not to make a habit of it.

PotvinGuy · Mar 15, 2015

Titling: http://www.dmv.org/tn-tennessee/other-types-of-vehicles.php#Custom-Built-Cars

Good luck.

dcmalone · Mar 26, 2015

Thanks PotvinGuy. I'm hoping to get back in town this weekend so I can actually work on this thing.

bobs66440 · Mar 27, 2015

dcmalone said:
Had a great day yesterday. My Dad came up from Alabama and we took a very rainy ride from Nashville to Kodak, TN to pay a visit to Ron from RPM. Had a great conversation with Ron and picked up a truck load of great stuff. My Dad is the guy wearing the Street Rodder hat and my son is the one that has already decided the car is his. He just turned 16 in December, so I now have three teenage drivers. I could probably build a few buckets for what I pay in insurance. The engine I'm using is now at the house. All is good in the world. Photobucket is giving me a fit tonight so I"ll have to attach some very large pictures. I'll try not to make a habit of it.

Looking like a good start so far...and I LOVE your old pickup! '55 is it?

dcmalone · Mar 30, 2015

Yeah Bob it's a 55 2nd series. I pulled it out of a field about 4 years ago, and drive it almost daily. It would be a great shop truck if I had a shop.

dcmalone · Mar 30, 2015

Got the rearend brackets all welded up, next step...put it under the frame. Slow progress but progress none the less.

cooter · Mar 31, 2015

dcmalone said:
Got the rearend brackets all welded up, next step...put it under the frame. Slow progress but progress none the less.

Your RR brackets in different place from mine. Lookin good dude.

dcmalone · Apr 1, 2015

cooter said:
Your RR brackets in different place from mine. Lookin good dude.

Where are yours?

cooter · Apr 1, 2015

dcmalone said:
Where are yours?

37" apart

cooter · Apr 1, 2015

I think? Ill measure when i get home

cooter · Apr 1, 2015

45" apart. Shocks are 37" apart

cooter · Apr 1, 2015

Maybe we have these things done by christmas parade.

dcmalone · Apr 4, 2015

It'll be done by the Christmas parade, can't promise which year though. My Radius arm brackets are 32 1/2" center to center. Coilover mounting holes are outside of that so I can get a wrench in there. The arms will channel inside the body so to speak. The shocks are at a 15 degree angle. The only issue I'm having now is that I have zero "in" adjustment on the bottom tube of the radius arm. I'm contemplating cutting about a half inch off. Everything is lining up, I just don't want to wish I had done it after I paint.

cooter · Apr 4, 2015

dcmalone said:
It'll be done by the Christmas parade, can't promise which year though. My Radius arm brackets are 32 1/2" center to center. Coilover mounting holes are outside of that so I can get a wrench in there. The arms will channel inside the body so to speak. The shocks are at a 15 degree angle. The only issue I'm having now is that I have zero "in" adjustment on the bottom tube of the radius arm. I'm contemplating cutting about a half inch off. Everything is lining up, I just don't want to wish I had done it after I paint.

I prolly cut some off bottom on mine also. Same problem

cooter · Apr 5, 2015

you got that rear axle under frame yet?

dcmalone · Apr 5, 2015

Believe it or not I do. I'm going to cut about 1/2" off the bottom tube of the rear radius arms like we talked about. Too much thread showing on top, none on the bottom, and none up front. My drag link appears to be too short. With the spindles oriented like you were driving straight and the pitman arm at a 90 to the ground I coming up about 10 inches short unless I'm totally missing something.

cooter · Apr 5, 2015

dcmalone said:
Believe it or not I do. I'm going to cut about 1/2" off the bottom tube of the rear radius arms like we talked about. Too much thread showing on top, none on the bottom, and none up front. My drag link appears to be too short. With the spindles oriented like you were driving straight and the pitman arm at a 90 to the ground I coming up about 10 inches short unless I'm totally missing something.

How did that panhard bar work out. It should work on mine

dcmalone · Apr 5, 2015

cooter said:
How did that panhard bar work out. It should work on mine

Not sure yet. I replied on your thread about 2 seconds ago. Apparently we're doing the same thing tonight. I don't think it's going to be level.

RPM · Apr 6, 2015

dcmalone said:
Believe it or not I do. I'm going to cut about 1/2" off the bottom tube of the rear radius arms like we talked about. Too much thread showing on top, none on the bottom, and none up front. My drag link appears to be too short. With the spindles oriented like you were driving straight and the pitman arm at a 90 to the ground I coming up about 10 inches short unless I'm totally missing something.

Looks like we gave you a drag link for a Vega box instead of the Corvair box, I'll get you one on its way today.

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