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bob, the car is looking really good! Now that the weather is warm I am going to have to come look. You can roll 5052 nicely if you aneal it first. I'm thinking that cool intake manifold needs 3 carter 318 carbs turned sideways so the ports line up, just my 2 cents. Tator

120 octane: Yes you can drop the frame rails down to lower the car. The cross member should be level with the ground. the top hats for the springs will be tipped to the rear, when looking from the side. Put the level on the cross member, not the top hat. Ifyou want to check the ride height...

Doooooh!!! I might have to call Bob W. for more speed tricks....tator:

this is a heidts super ride in a 29 studebaker with a square tube frame, the front end from heidts is actually for a 32 ford, the lowest front end they make.

Cool pictures so far, lots of good ideas. John is thinking the same color as the car Terry's thinking the color of rally wheels, kinda silver gray, is it possible to show this with your computer program? Thanks. Lee

use a shrinking disk, they work like magic. Go on e-bay and click on "shrinking disk", I think there is a u-tube link on e-bay.

On this build, Bob W. not only took these pictures, he also did all the math on the weight, HP, gear ratio, tire size, and suspension. Everything needed to run in the ll second ET's. 1160's is not bad for first time out, so he is not as crazy as he seems! Kodo's to you Bob W.! Terry and Lee...

**** or tator There was much discussion on what to put on the side of the studebaker, didn't really want to be a "****" so 'tator was decided. Your such a good roving reporter, we just bend tin, but I do have the build pics of tator in my computer, I could post them I suppose.

My husband and I own a small welding shop in St. Paul, MN ...been there 30 years. We do hot rods to kitchen chair repairs, whatever pays the bills, and in Minnesota the heat bills are high, so even that 747 plane we'll do if you take the wings off :). The reason we are 'tator is we built a...