Right on, well hopefully you get to enjoy it sooner than later

What are you thinking for wheels on this one? Do they need to be larger diameter to clear the brakes?

Steel artillery wheels -- painted / powdercoated in a contrasting color..... Bigs and little style.... hoping to get away with 17's and 16's -- but I don't know that CHRA has looked at the brakes and rotor sizes yet to determine the offset and all of that stuff.

I know they'll have to massage the front wheel opening to get me some turn radius AND some stance! I had The Roadster Shop build that chassis with a 1" longer wheelbase ---- so that will push that front tire into the wheel lip. They'll have to cut to cure! LOL

Greg, that's gonna look so damn awesome too. I love those wheels. Please tell me yours will have the baby moon in the middle.....please.....?

Thats a terrible pic but that's not a baby moon. Looks to be a 46-48 Ford cap. Baby moons are the plain,ugly caps that come on PepBoys chrome reverse wheels that retail for 38 bucks a piece....

Greg, I know you said steel artillery. The cast center and billet center Artillery wheels from WheelSmith have a much better look than the stamped ones. Just my unsolicited opinion.

With adapter to run small cap.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...8-jpg.2618698/

With large cap in 17/18.
http://www.2040-cars.com/_content/ca...350634/006.jpg

YEP --- You nailed it Donny!! I was being lazy with my response.

Salt Flat wheels wouldn't look bad either.

I did Salt Flats on my Brizio built '33

Gaetano has Salt Flats on his Nova. :action-smiley-027:

Hey OH! That right there is funny...:hello:

They make that wheel with the Ford logo's too. I just didn't post them. May not literally be a "baby moon wheel," but I was just sort of referencing the baby moonish type center cap in the middle of the wheel. I've heard them called that before. But, the other wheel is so similar, it's basically the same thing to me and is just as sweet.
https://s19.postimg.org/c2eakt9tb/art_3.png
https://s19.postimg.org/6fhxnc7an/art_4.png

Dang are we ever going to see pictures of this mystical creature or what? I keep checking back hoping for some pics lol.

I posted lots of pics --- but they're all on that hosting / third party Photobucket -- who -- after all these years - now wants a minimum of $10 a month to host my pics..... and since I only had Photobucket because of Lateral G....... I don't need them for any other place.

Guess what --- I guess I will post ZERO photos here anymore -- because I'm not interested in paying those bozos just for that. I'd rather throw $10 a month in the street.

That sucks. I should look into other ways of hosting pictures too. My photobucket is still working to post pictures, but for how long I'm not sure.

I'll post this here since this forum doesn't compete with lat-g.

Lee Stewart has posted probably 20,000 images here.

http://www.highdefforum.com/car-foru...972-a-904.html

I left PB to use the FREE hosting service he uses.

Fast

Easy

Free

https://postimages.cc/

https://s20.postimg.org/pcr106z31/IMG_5675.jpg

At least the new builder still enjoys IG.... :underchair:

I might have to get a new Instagram account so I can see how my truck is coming along! LOL

I don't get it. You can upload pics directly to this site.

Agreed. I haven't used photobucket in many years. I uploaded directly to my thread from my iPad for the last year of my build...much much easier.
Greg, I started an instagram account about the same time you deleted yours. Start another and post there...and here. Would love to see progress pics of Stella's new truck.

Oh really? You mean like this??





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Now thats funny

Lol!

Not to worry Greg, a birdy told me they now have the perfect tool to figure out the wheel fitment situation!!! Hope all is well my friend!

YES!!! I'd heard they had one on order!


XOXO

Thanks buddy!

More done on the old pig.....


One of the biggest "issues" was the position of the steering column -- which was done by Pinkee's -- kinda obviously without an actual plan to connect it somehow to the transmission and the steering rack. The fix is to modify the valve cover for clearance - as well as reposition the column slightly..... and moving the coils off the covers etc.

And then to machine off the Chevrolet script and add a Ford Blue Oval off a 1934 Ford Pickup.


The rest of the photos are running fuel lines.... and brake

https://lateral-g.net/forums/atta...1&d=1500053992 bias adjuster from the firewall down to under the frame.

Not sure why the photo is turned like that -- because it's fine on my computer but when I upload it -- it gets flipped.... Oh well.... you'll get the drift



https://lateral-g.net/forums/atta...1&d=1500054250

They've also removed the bed and cut and welded the proper spacers needed to make the bed level and square to the cab -- and also cut and drilled the rubber pads it sits on.


Also welded up a bunch of holes in the back of the cab etc that Pinkee's hadn't done.... so the cab is pretty much buttoned up now.


They also - sorry - no pics yet -- figured out a hood latch system and made the brackets and got that welded up and mounted.

Step by step she's moving forward. More done on it in the last few weeks - than in the last YEAR.... and at 1/4th the cost. Lots of hours for sure -- but real actual hours! Huge difference!

Happy to see it's progressing and I am also happy to see the billing is under control.

I like how i did the 70 as it was mostly a driver build and each step/stage was done at a shop and then came back home. I also had a chunk of the work done close to home so I could easily stop by and see the progress and of course take pictures of the progress. Since photo's are time stamped I can estimate the hours worked on the car if I really wanted to but the guys at High Speed, BBT and that Kenny Guy are all pretty much straight up and I never felt that there invoices where out of control.

Glad to hear there's a lot of work getting done now, plus the piece of mind just knowing it's moving forward has to be a relief. Now you can tend to some of the fun stuff .

Truer words were never spoken Wayne!! Progress is so glorious!


I just want it done so I can go enjoy having a hot rod again. Being carless (other than the track crap) sucks! I truly don't know how people spend years looking at their cars and not having them done. I'd go crazy.

I get the "having a hot rod again" thing. Mine's been garage blockage for two years now. Renting go karts at the track down the road kind of helps with the adrenaline kick, since I don't have a Porsche in the garage, but living on a super-awesome road (Google Salmon Falls Road in Pilot Hill/El Dorado Hills) creates a need situation that can only be fixed with a real car that really gets it.

So we say soon . . .

Dude, we have the same gas tank!

Catching up on this thread after a few days...

Artillery wheels will look bad ass! Those Salt Flat wheels are really nice too.

Hijack regarding that truck photo from Speed is the New Black: I love what CCS did with the '62 'vette on the Roadster Shop chassis, except how they painted every part of the engine that glaring red.

Your's is coming along very nicely! I love it!

Funny about the gas tank -- since I didn't order it (one of the downsides to having stuff pro built) I don't know what it is.....

Progress is always a good thing. My car has been gone since mid 2014. I drove it a handful of times before we tore it apart. Can't wait!

This build is really movin' along now. :thumbsup:

https://s20.postimg.org/r4p598pst/IMG_5834.jpg

I wonder why Charlie took so long to get you a spot at CHRA ...


:P

I have an eight year old granddaughter that was not born yet the last time it was on it's wheels!

Pictures.........We need Pictures....................

:lmao:

Greg I just saw this and thought of you and had to post it!

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/HrPENY.jpg

He's all jazzed about that racecar and this has fallen off the horizon again....