LumenAl
Member
Well, as I get ready to do my 100th post on this forum, I figured that I might as well do an introduction and tell ya a little about my self. Professionally I’m an architectural lighting designer… I know… what the heck is that…
Anyway I’ve spent a whole lot more time on a Harley Davison and riding around all over the west coast since the early 80’s than I have around hot rods or the street rod scene. I had a 1990 fatboy that after 120,000 miles, was completely torn down and customized.
Stock:
After build:
Anyway, I entered it into the Seattle Roadster show, semi-custom class where it took best of show… while at that show, I ran into an old buddy, a major car guy that walked around the entire show with me telling me all kinds of stuff about cars… we came upon a T-bucket and I told him how I’ve always wanted one… he said to me, “well, you should get one!” Well that started weeks of thinking, pondering, surfing the net and such until I found this car in Kansas City… I figured $8,500 plus $1,400 for shipping and I was in the game! Here are the shots of the car in Kansas…
Well, turned out it needed a lot of work just to make it safe to drive, So I spent eleven months fixing all kinds of stuff that needed attention:
New rear brakes
Replaced all the rear lugs
New Duel Master cylinder (old was single)
Added proportioning valve
New Polished SS rotors (old ones were rust tone)
New Polished Airheart calipers
Re-fabricated mount for steering box (was loose as heck…)
Three new polished SS tie-rod ends for steering links
Straighten steering link
New Electric fuel pump and regulator
Rebuild the radiator (leaked like a sieve)
Rebuild pumpkin – had 4:11 gears, a lot of chunks came out… (Yukon3:35 posi-traction).
New front Hallcraft wire wheels and tires
New chrome Pro front shocks
and some things I did that I wanted to do....
New headers (old were rusty and rattled)
New Unilite distributor
New tunnel ram (sent out to polish)
New carbs (Edlebrock 500 CFMs)
New Lokar kickdown braided cable
New Lokar throttle braided cable
New gas and brake pedels (total performance)
New Old school Edlebrock valve covers
New sparkplug wiring
It ended up looking like this:
Well then I discovered the knocking in the engine was getting worse so my buddy and I tore down the engine and found this:
Yep, supposed to be straight.. well, that started what would ultimately be a whole new car, and don’t even ask what I have invested… way more than I ever thought was even possible! (see link below for detail on project on Hotrodders.com)
But this was it at last years Roadster Show, it’s depute, it took best of class… spent last summer driving it 2400 miles and then did some work to it during the winter, some of which I posted here.
What I’ve enjoyed the most is the camaraderie I’ve established with so many people, the “gang of three” that gets together almost every weekend to work on Dave’s 37 Chevy truck we’re building from ground up, or his 67 396 BBC Camaro we’ve done a lot of work on, or another guys 67 Nova SS we spend 4 months on redoing and prepping for the Roadster show (it also took best in class) or the many wonder folks I’ve “met” on forums like this or the NTBA that I look forward to meeting someday face to face. This in addition to joining a local car club here called the Legends Car Club… put on two shows (200 cars and about 500 cars), raise money for charities with proceeds and am currently vice director… next year is the hot seat!
Anyway, enough about me!
Anyway I’ve spent a whole lot more time on a Harley Davison and riding around all over the west coast since the early 80’s than I have around hot rods or the street rod scene. I had a 1990 fatboy that after 120,000 miles, was completely torn down and customized.
Stock:
After build:
Anyway, I entered it into the Seattle Roadster show, semi-custom class where it took best of show… while at that show, I ran into an old buddy, a major car guy that walked around the entire show with me telling me all kinds of stuff about cars… we came upon a T-bucket and I told him how I’ve always wanted one… he said to me, “well, you should get one!” Well that started weeks of thinking, pondering, surfing the net and such until I found this car in Kansas City… I figured $8,500 plus $1,400 for shipping and I was in the game! Here are the shots of the car in Kansas…
Well, turned out it needed a lot of work just to make it safe to drive, So I spent eleven months fixing all kinds of stuff that needed attention:
New rear brakes
Replaced all the rear lugs
New Duel Master cylinder (old was single)
Added proportioning valve
New Polished SS rotors (old ones were rust tone)
New Polished Airheart calipers
Re-fabricated mount for steering box (was loose as heck…)
Three new polished SS tie-rod ends for steering links
Straighten steering link
New Electric fuel pump and regulator
Rebuild the radiator (leaked like a sieve)
Rebuild pumpkin – had 4:11 gears, a lot of chunks came out… (Yukon3:35 posi-traction).
New front Hallcraft wire wheels and tires
New chrome Pro front shocks
and some things I did that I wanted to do....
New headers (old were rusty and rattled)
New Unilite distributor
New tunnel ram (sent out to polish)
New carbs (Edlebrock 500 CFMs)
New Lokar kickdown braided cable
New Lokar throttle braided cable
New gas and brake pedels (total performance)
New Old school Edlebrock valve covers
New sparkplug wiring
It ended up looking like this:
Well then I discovered the knocking in the engine was getting worse so my buddy and I tore down the engine and found this:
Yep, supposed to be straight.. well, that started what would ultimately be a whole new car, and don’t even ask what I have invested… way more than I ever thought was even possible! (see link below for detail on project on Hotrodders.com)
But this was it at last years Roadster Show, it’s depute, it took best of class… spent last summer driving it 2400 miles and then did some work to it during the winter, some of which I posted here.
What I’ve enjoyed the most is the camaraderie I’ve established with so many people, the “gang of three” that gets together almost every weekend to work on Dave’s 37 Chevy truck we’re building from ground up, or his 67 396 BBC Camaro we’ve done a lot of work on, or another guys 67 Nova SS we spend 4 months on redoing and prepping for the Roadster show (it also took best in class) or the many wonder folks I’ve “met” on forums like this or the NTBA that I look forward to meeting someday face to face. This in addition to joining a local car club here called the Legends Car Club… put on two shows (200 cars and about 500 cars), raise money for charities with proceeds and am currently vice director… next year is the hot seat!
Anyway, enough about me!
