Bullybeef

Well the team and I did not get as much accomplished as we had hoped to tonight.

Thank you for the kind comments.

My comment was mainly about humour and was based on this thread. But I appreciate your tips. Thank you Craig.

Websters defines insanity as: : a severely disordered state of the mind usually occurring as a specific disorder! My disorder is drilling holes for spark plug wires… not only did I decide to use a Spalding flamethrower as an ignition source but I realized that requires 2 xtra holes! Now that may not seem like a lot of extra but when you take into account that the heads have 4 each so that makes eight and the spalding has four per side plus two extra for the coils(totalling 18( maths is fun)) you have to stop and ask yourself at some point is this really really really what I want to do? Well the answer of course is yes, because when you build a hot rod roadster it will quite possibly end up with out a hood and who wants to look at an engine devoid of an ignition source? I swear that the next 32 I build will not only have a hood it will have hood sides! I’ll build a gosh dang curbside, I will I swear. I only have teo pictures to show my work for tonight and boy was there a bit of work involved. firstly opening those old testors bottles can be a chore and these is only one way (in my mind) to open the darn pesky little guys. BRUTE STRENGTH AND IGNORANCE!! Lucky for them I did not have to break out a bfh! That’s it I’m out enjoy the selective ramblings of a near to mad man and the blurry out of focus pictures. ( they aren’t really(but I think my eyes need a rest after drilling all those tiny holes)).

Brute strength and ignorance is the only way!

Holy quacamole Batman! That is one long chassis. I like how you’ve pinched the brass tubes to look like standard a lot screws.

Well this does not look like much of an update but I have painted an thing! ?? This should not have taken as long as it did but sectioning the rad and getting the grille shell to the exact, and I mean exact height I needed took a lot of eyeballing filing and sanding, placement and more eagle eyeballing. I should really invest in some sort of device that will enable me to get precise…yeah nah! And the sharp eyed among you will see in the background a guest star appearance. @Ace-Garageguy I see your lefty and I raise you a Frank Zappa ?. I’ll yoink a page from your book of scale accuracy and try out a test driver. but once ole Frank took a seat he mentioned that the seat is too high and I’ll need to address that issue. And here I thought all the pre paint work was done. ☹️? dangit back to the cutting and filing and all that other great stuff that goes with it. Are ya havin fun yet??

My temporary desk

Took a time out from building for a couple of hours today to take care of some chores. Winterized the ole Burb, Gord don’t let me Downie is his name. I won’t bore you with the details of my chore list. Now back at the roadster, spent a couple of minutes with some brain lubricant (tea) to come up with a way to mount the rad and grille shell. Found that the front support has a curve to it and the bottom of the rad is flat (like the earth(just kidding)) but also I need to lower the grille shell to line up with the cowl height, got out the ole eagle eye and starting hackin plastic. Started with the front support and filed a notch/shelf/lip on both sides, you can see them identified with black marks, once those were there I concentrated on marking out the grille shell and rad to get them within working tolerances for the height I want. Some filing/sanding and some more sanding and bam! I think most of the prelim fitting is finished now it’s time to come up with some colour ideas…

I agree 100% with you David, torque is king.

That body stand is a work of art on its own!

Hiya Mr. Boyd!! ?? welcome aboard, let’s see if I can answer some questions. This particular olds engine came from the last release of Revells beatnik bandit( to be honest I saw the kit contents and went blargg ?(I was never gonna build that hot mess out of the box( my opinion))). I had earmarked the engine for a replica build of a friends 32 five window, but that build stalled heavily( like it was running on a Chevy!) I did some interwebbing after reading your comment about the olds kit( never knew it existed) and that olds rocket looks pretty sweet! Gonna havta keep the ole jeepers creeper where’d ya get those peepers open for one of those! Colour… whoa hold your horses there, we have not got this far out of the gate and still in the lets get it running not get it right stage! I have some in mind but nothing solid, there was a possible contender of a replica build but that fizzled like alka seltzer. Let’s get back to the matter at hand. I’ve mocked up the engine in the frame and thrown ( or in today’s vernacular yeeted) the possible troublesome accessories on, namely the oil filter housing and starter motor. Those happily will be non issues. Yay! Thanks for the info and tips Tim. So In todays episode of what the H E double hockey sticks is Bil gonna do now, we start looking at carbs, parts bin and kits on hand. So we have three contenders. 1. the carbs from the 29 roadster channeled rod( blobtastic and lack of detail get a nay from the jury. 2. the little chrome trio possibly from some amt kit, better detail but still lacklustre. 3. these fancy purple red guys, now these scream look at me I’m fancy! I have no idea what kit they came from but judging by the colour of the plastic I’m gonna guess a Tom Daniels monogram. They have undergone a dechroming by our sponser( wait do we have a sponser??) nope no sponser☹️. Well an honourable mention to windex. It’s kinda amazing the details that hide under older kit chrome. ok on to the pictures show, gotta get back to work. Stay tuned, keep commenting, and above all have fun, I sure do! edit: added some pics to show the inner workings to get the body channel to stay at the right height during mock up. They will be removed later. And the firewall setback compared to engine. ( might have to do some adjustments to get the carbs on)

Remember that jacket that had tricks up the sleeves? Well I dug it out of the closet wiped the dust off the lapels and evicted a family of moths. Let’s back up a little bit before we get to tricks… we now have the ride height and the engine placement set, so we plunk the body on and have a look at the firewall, yup we now have to channel the firewall to match the body going over the frame, but wait that’s not the only problem, we also set the engine back. Ok so the stock firewall as good as it looks will not work. So let’s change where the engine sits. Bingo now we have mm’s of room but now with the engine forward will we have enough room for radiator and fan??? Now comes the good bit! I dig through the bins as I had a recollection of a custom setback stock firewall from an amt kit that I got bits of way back when. It fits the bill, I can move the engine back under the cowl, still have room for a rad and fan while also still being able to mount headers!! Win win win. Here look at some pictures and I’ll get back to work.

Just read through this thread Bob, I love the colour combo on the truck, I’ve added it to the vault as a possible combo to use on a period hotrod someday. As usual your work is methodical and clean.

Oh heck ya! 68 chargers have a special place in my heart, I’ve had one in the stash for a while (same kit issue) and a built revell Bullit metal bodied one under my Tv for years being chased by the 68 mustang. I’m in for this one!

Now there is a kit that I never knew existed! Will you be keeping it stock Greg?

Thanks for that tip, so far I’m just at the mono leaf stage. I’ll check my height again and if I’m not satisfied I might just go ahead and try your way!

I think your list needs to be updated

Last one for the night! Channelled just right, bottom of body is dead even with bottom of frame, I’ll lower the front about an inch to have a little nose down rake. Just have to check the oil pan level and make sure I still have good driveshaft geometry.

A little nip a little tuck, a bend here and a bend there. And the floor pan is acceptable. I tossed in a half built chebby to make sure I had the right setback of the pan and proper clearance of the trans. I’ll have to temp assemble the rocket and test fit that. And of course the ride height will need attending too. But I have some tricks up my sleeve somewhere… now where did I put that jacket that had sleeves with tricks up them?

Great success! I found the piece I’m looking for! It will get some trimming and fettling but it was in the top box so I didn’t have to forage too far.

Well said Bob.

She’s a tasty looking treat Chuck.

Alrighty then! So I’m going to visit my storage facility tonight, I need more parts so that means I’ll have to canabalize a kit. The floor pan from New roadster has the shifter gate in the floor for a very rear set shifter. It won’t do so we will toss that… well maybe we will save it for something else. So iirc I have multiple 32 ford kits and parts to choose from( hopefully the box is not at the bottom of the pile) so I think the 5 window floor pan is pretty plain so I can plunk my shifter hole down where it’s needed. as for actual work I decided (as should anyone using the 29/30 kit) to toss the metal axle pins in the trash and to use some good old 1/16 rod to affix the wheels. So once I find my low tack fun tack to affix the wheels temporarily I’ll be able to get the frame and suspension up on wheels to check my ride height. I had a thought to make a highboy roadster( it was short lived) I’ll most likely end up doing a nice wedge channel. The last pic is not quite where I want it yet… I just sat down and placed some parts to get a general vibe for the car. Lastly a question: as the external dimensions of the engine are quite similar between the engine sizes should I build the early 50’s rocket in green, the red rocket or the golden rocket? I have it in green atm but that’s only a quick dunk in the purple pond to rectify. lemme know your thoughts . The car is a blank slate I have not even looked at a colour yet.

Thank you Bob, I got caught up on some of your build projects, you’ve put some nice work in. Thanks Bill I’ll do my best to keep it worth watching. Hahahahhahhah Chuck. You know I’ll be as entertaining as possible.