Vintage racer build

[Sam_Fear]

Sounds great! What a work of art. You need to find a camera guy that has a focal plane shutter camera to take some pics of you driving - so it'll get that classic speed distortion. That would be... uh... classic.

 

[BigIrish]

...looks great outdoors. Looks smaller...

Most things look smaller with a 6'5" goon standing next to it.

Rainman - no paint! Maybe a brushed look and a clear.

Thanks for the kind words as always guys

 

[masterpoop63]

i just joined and randomly clicked on this topic,im glad i did,nice work[[cl

 

[roddguy1]

Oh that is just waaaaaaay to cool. I love it. [cl
This is a very inspiring build. Thanks for sharing it with us.

 

[PA41]

That little walkaround was great! Got me smiling..

Love the sound--I can imagine it at speed--a long up hill sweeper...

I wish this was as easy as you made it look--I have thoroughly enjoyed the trip.

Thanks for the show...

PA41

 

[earthman]

!0 out of 10. Excellence !!

 

[jfg455]

!0 out of 10.

Wow! A 0 out of 10? I would place it at least at a 9 or a 9.9......

 

[Johnson]

Nice. Not my usually style, but I can dig about anything with that much work and skill in it. The fact that you used a Ford six on a vehicle that is considered a Ford is just a plus. I hope you enjoy driving it(it would be a shame to spend all that time building such a work of art, then leave it in your garage where it can`t be fully appreciated).

-Johnson

 

[SugarRay8]

Just watched the video, looks and sounds great! You’ve done some awesome work, love it. [cl

 

[BigIrish]

Thanks again guys.

Now on to some home-made upholstery!

I bought a couple of decent quality exercise mats that I'm using for the padding, about 3/4" thick. High density stuff, works great. Doing single thickness on the seatback and double thickness on the seat.

Pretty simple, cut to shape, glue to the seat back, wrap in vinyl and staple from the back. I'll do the bottom part the same, as soon as I get the floor covered in aluminum...

 

[Snake Farm]

Cool use of the exercise mats[cl Man this thing is turning out nice![P[P

 

[BigIrish]

I got the rest of the interior finished. I nailed aluminum sheet to the hardwood plywood with small copper plated nails. Also finished the seat. Pretty comfortable, for short distances anyway.

 

[BigIrish]

FINALLY got my Brooklands Aeroscreen in from the UK. Jeez, took like 7 weeks on backorder.

I like it. Hopefully it cuts down on the wind a little

 

[jfg455]

I think you need a wood rimmed steering wheel to finish off the look. The wind screen is cool. I like it!

 

[bob w]

Another enthusiastic "thumbs up" for the wind screen. The whole speedster, actually.

 

[Flipper_1938]

FINALLY got my Brooklands Aeroscreen in from the UK. Jeez, took like 7 weeks on backorder.

I like it. Hopefully it cuts down on the wind a little

Did you just order one?

 

[BigIrish]

Did you just order one?

Yeah I ordered it from englishparts.com on 2/9. The manufacturer was having issues (too many tea breaks and too much Boddingtons most likely).

I checked today and the price just went up by $20. I guess they are in high demand.

 

[Flipper_1938]

It looks pretty sweet.

When you sit in the car, do you get the feeling that it is actually big enough to keep you from getting smacked by bugs?

 

[BigIrish]

It looks pretty sweet.

When you sit in the car, do you get the feeling that it is actually big enough to keep you from getting smacked by bugs?

Well I drove it today, and it definitely deflects alot of wind. I think it would deflect most things from hitting you directly in the face, but I think you'll still get some swirling around it.

 

[Sam_Fear]

You drove it, you're talking about it, BUT NO PICTURES!?!?!?

You need to do yourself a photo shoot.

That windscreen tops it off.