1933 chevy tudor sedan aka Project Copper Tone!

[endicott_jb]

So, I got tired of dealing with the stiff steering issue that the shock absorber caused so guess what I did. I used the steering dampener from the Mercedes I hacked apart for my other build and mounted it to the axle and drag link. Wow, it looks so much cleaner up front now. And steering, yeah, it steers 100%%% better. Doesn't feel like driving a school bus anymore.









Heading to a show today so we'll see how she goes. At least I'll be able to have something to B.S. about lol.

 

[endicott_jb]

Woohoo

Well, another win for Coppertone. I love seeing the responses to her.

 

[willyD]

Right on! I get a lot of positive attention in my Willys down here but doubt a rat or patina rod will ever win anything at the shows. Too many yuppies with waxers around here I think.

 

[endicott_jb]

Right on! I get a lot of positive attention in my Willys down here but doubt a rat or patina rod will ever win anything at the shows. Too many yuppies with waxers around here I think.

Where ya at Willy? Because there are tons of shows all over Mt that have rat rod classes. My favorite show so far is Hot Rod Lewies out of Missoullas rod run to rock creek. Full on rockabilly weekend and I hear that burn the point in Billings is a kick in the pants. But I haven't been to that yet.

 

[peabody]

I missed this thread !!!
Wow!!
Nice car !![cl

 

[willyD]

I'm in Bozeman. My wife isn't into car stuff at all so going to much more than the local stuff is pretty hard unfortunately. The downtown show here is pretty good but there are usually only one or two rats out of 300 plus cars! Not sure why it hasn't caught on here. Only one prize is people's choice and all the others are voted on by people in the show so winning anything with a rat is unlikely. That's ok though. It's still fun.

 

[DozerII]

Really like your Coppertone ride. Congrats on the win.[cl[cl

 

[peabody]

Love your exhaust system! !
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The flappers are just too cool !![cl
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[endicott_jb]

Well, there's a show this weekend so I wanted to make sure she was running right. Okay, I lied, I just really wanted to take her for a spin. Decided to drive out to the bears paws mountains. It's actually just a bunch of hills in the middle of nowhere but really pretty scenery.

 

[bob w]

Nice pitchers.

 

[smallfoot]

Yup, nice pix and looks to be a beautiful day...

 

[NickFish]

Nice pics. That looks like a great way to spend a sunny day in Montana

 

[akatao]

nice looking country and ride !

 

[endicott_jb]

So, the more and more I drive this car the more I love it but, I feel like it's not proportioned correctly. Front axle just sits out way too far. Some angles it looks absolutely bitchin but straight to the side it looks off. So I think I finally figured out a way to do it to where I don't have to re-engineer the entire front end and frame. I'm gonna redo my hairpin mounts to where the heims mount directly over and under the axle and mount the spring in front of the axle. Sort of like a 35-39 ford front end. Should move my front axle backwards under the grill. Can't do it this week or next but maybe beginning of July.

 

[Bamamav]

So, the more and more I drive this car the more I love it but, I feel like it's not proportioned correctly. Front axle just sits out way too far. Some angles it looks absolutely bitchin but straight to the side it looks off.......Should move my front axle backwards under the grill.

I've always thought that, but I didn't say it because I figured it was built the way you wanted it. Not my place to criticize, just offer encouragement.[P

 

[endicott_jb]

Constructive criticism is always encouraged. Destructive on the other hand...

 

[Old Iron]

Now that the cat's out of the bag
I felt the same about the front and considered this was the way you wanted it too. Respect among the builders

 

[NickFish]

I feel you on the front end. If I could go back in time I would have made the wheel base on my car shorter, turning radius could be a little tighter

 

[willyD]

I'm with the others on the front end to be honest. I thought it was interesting and unique to have it hung out there so far and but not really my cup of tea. However, I figured if you liked it that why, that's cool!

The cool thing about these kinds of builds is that you can try all these ideas and change things up on occasion. Then it's almost like having a "new" rod again after you change stuff up.

 

[akatao]

my thoughts also I figured if you like it its cool