jipp
New Member
hi guys, its almost cool enough to start my project.. drugged the Ibeam axle and springs from the shed to start wire brush/sand the surface rust off and clean them up.
after thinking about my needs.. im gonna have to build my body im gonna go ahead and use wood
since that's what i have the most experience with and a shop full of wood tools.
been using google looking at all the wood body car projects from the last 50 years..
looking at all the documentation i can for model T's etc.. which there is a crap load of drawings with dimensions on. at any rate, i want to use a cowl section probably fiberglass or metal my guess glass would be easier maybe..
not decided if i will go bucket it or roadster, i just know its gonna have
suicide doors, little longer than originals so i can get in and out of it with easy ith my bad leg
it only bends so many degrees.. and of course im six foot 4" so im gonna stretch the body some so it will fit two adult men with out feeling we are a sardean..
im confident i can make this look cool too.. will everyone like it, probably not
and im sure ill be told im doing it wrong, and im ready for all the negative cristisem since this is h ow and only way im gonna be able to build a hotrod.. besides i love pretty wood.. not sure what ill use for the body yet.. but something that i will enjoy looking at for hours.
so with that can you guys help me find a cowl section? i figure ill use a cowl, and whatever year cowl i get ill use the same year of a rad shell.. so i can call the car that year. hah right or wrong i dunno but its better than says its home made and the year is unknown.
thanks for your help.
chris.
after thinking about my needs.. im gonna have to build my body im gonna go ahead and use wood
since that's what i have the most experience with and a shop full of wood tools.
been using google looking at all the wood body car projects from the last 50 years..
looking at all the documentation i can for model T's etc.. which there is a crap load of drawings with dimensions on. at any rate, i want to use a cowl section probably fiberglass or metal my guess glass would be easier maybe..
not decided if i will go bucket it or roadster, i just know its gonna have
suicide doors, little longer than originals so i can get in and out of it with easy ith my bad leg
it only bends so many degrees.. and of course im six foot 4" so im gonna stretch the body some so it will fit two adult men with out feeling we are a sardean..
im confident i can make this look cool too.. will everyone like it, probably not
and im sure ill be told im doing it wrong, and im ready for all the negative cristisem since this is h ow and only way im gonna be able to build a hotrod.. besides i love pretty wood.. not sure what ill use for the body yet.. but something that i will enjoy looking at for hours.

so with that can you guys help me find a cowl section? i figure ill use a cowl, and whatever year cowl i get ill use the same year of a rad shell.. so i can call the car that year. hah right or wrong i dunno but its better than says its home made and the year is unknown.

thanks for your help.
chris.