Put the grill bar back in place and secure at each end with clear silicone. The rear end is supported by stands and the spring is in place on the axle. Powering the car is a Ford four-banger, but not the kind Model T restorers would recognize. Side windows roll up and down. On to the front end.
This site uses cookies to deliver its services, to personalize ads and to analyze traffic. Suspension is all So-Cal top of the line with Flaming River fully adjustable coil overs not the cheap ones a lot of guys use. The tires have never been burned out or donuts with. Paul tries to find something likeable and interesting about anything with wheels and thinks that the people, history, and culture of hot rodding are often as important to the story as the cars and events being featured. Clear Ohio 1926 Coupe title. Reversed, flaming river corvair steering box, hanger pedals with Chevy truck master, and slave cylinder, So-Cal 6 gauge set, new latches, and regulators. Email me with questions or for additional pics.
The cars in the back belong to my son in law. Bowling who owns and operates in Siloam Springs, Arkansas has this sweet 1926 Ford Tall Model T Coupe. I built it for a really good friend of mine and just an all round great guy!!! And then mark the outline of the body with a sharpie pen or take flat black paint and dust the body against the table to show the outline. He used polyester-base U-Tech paint to achieve the pure green finish. Overheating issues inherent to the Flathead have been eliminated with the addition of a custom radiator and dual electric fans.
The chop was already complete and Jack finished the chop on the doors and did all the rest of the body work on the car. This is where all good rods begin. Then I build a bracket that bolts to the grill shell brackets on the radiator and I mount the fan to that also. Shipping is the buyer's responsibility I will assist with the pickup. This car is driven regularly and dependable the buy it now price is substantially less than it would cost to build the car.
Now I can see how and what needs to be done in order to build a spring mount off the frame. Varnished wood headliner and door panels also seem more at home in a restoration rather than a rod application. Remember that the whole frame will settle down 1 ½ to 2 inches and then you still need to have at least 3 to 4 inches of clearance for spring travel. Steering box is American made Borgeson Vega attached to Vega style cross steer setup with panhard bar. All this does is transfer the rear motion of the brake pedal to the shaft and transfers through the shaft and moves the force over the required distance and continues the rear ward motion to the booster and master cylinder. Transmission is a fully rebuilt turbo 350 with a mild shift kit and Lokar shifter.
My favorite thing to do is park this car next to a shiny new Corvette or Mustang at the car shows and watch the crowd gather and completely ignore them! The car was built and reassembled fully from scratch, painted underneath and axles pinstriped along with the rear trunk and front hood. Original looking gauges and an aftermarket steering wheel finish off the dash. On the other side, leftover gases exit through Model T Shop headers. Frame and suspension are bare steel with a clear coat finish. If you mess up a hole and it is to big — take a small piece of wax paper , wrap the paper around the grill bar and scotch tape it together. This car is a daily driven hot rod, not a show car and is built to drive down the highway at 75-80 and get 18mpg all day.
It all came together very nicely. The paint is flawless and is painted Matte Black. We curate the most interesting hot rods for sale almost every day. Brand new never run Davis Unified Ignition, with advance curve designed around this projects weight and power expectations. He lost his legs in Viet Nam and wears prosthetic legs. Bowling has been involved with hot rods in one way or another over the last 50 years. Mark the upper then the lower , drill and hand fit.
They roll on skinny 5. Clear Ohio 1926 Coupe title. One of them is the presence of the supercharger sitting on top of the engine. Flaming River tilt column with Speedway nostalgic style wheel. When all is done and the rear hangers are on the pipes to the frame cut the tacks loose and you are finished. I use hiem joints for the two rods : two from the pedal to the bell crank and two from the other end of the bell crank to the booster.