assembling a 30-31 roadster project

so i had a customer drop this car of that he bought. it was half ass tacked together and needed to be redone as well as some other work he is wanting done.

brookville frame that has had the rear x member cut off. going to "Z" it 3 inches in the rear



trimmed and rounded the rear section at the point of the new "Z"



the frame "Z"ed and the sub rails laid on the frame







cutting and re working the subframe

starting to get the sheet metal clamped onto the subframe. then all the bracing







angled the rear sub rail back down to get the body to sit level

That's some fine Canadian steel there!!!

Dude, you never cease to amaze me at how fantastic your metal working skills are.

I should fly you up here in the spring to help me with my coupe. I'll fill you to the brim with Tim Horton's coffee, back bacon...and real beer.

thanks man, if you want to fly me up there let me know lol

If we called all be half the builders that you and Bone are...........

Super nice Work!!!

so this car is going to take a little longer than anticipated. i was working on the trunk and quarter area and i was having issues getting the measurements to match the other 30 roadster i have in the shop. so i drove up to Brookville roadster to get some of the missing parts, and talk to the guys who assemble the roadster bodies. after talking with them the quarters that are on the cars are junk. Brookville verified that who ever tacked this thing up just got really bad seconds and passed it on as a Brookville built car. so i ended up ordering new quarters with all the bracing already installed and have all the other parts i need now, plus they gave me hand written assembly instructions on how to build the entire car, so that should make things easier, at least i hope so

Assembly instructions, what do they do? LOL Your work speaks for itself without instructions. I love the look of the blower motor truck in some of your other pics.

i felt i need some directions on how to assemble the body, since i have a pile of braces and the skins, with no holes for the bolt or rivets. i figured if i didnt get it right on it would throw everything else off.

Another awesome job, I really like how you did the sub-rails.

got back to this one today, started getting the cowl section put together the right way.

had to rivet the brass ram horns to the front door post





then fit the front door post into the cowl sheet metal skin and spot welded them together





tomorrow i am going to start fitting the cowl sides to the sun rails and the dash rail

got the sub rail extension attached to the cowl sides





then both cowl side bolted to the frame and sub rail





dash support rail was then riveted in





then clamped the gas tank top and fire wall in place

everything welded up ready to move on, going to start hanging doors tomorrow

started hanging the doors today, had to drill all the mounting holes for the latches and hinges





after some twisting, hammering, and fitting got the first one hung and fitting decent





ready to start laying out the holes to be drilled to hang the driver door



got the new quarters in from Brookville roadster



also got the front suspension mocked up

its been a little while since i have been able to work on this car, but here is some progress. after a full day of fitting doors, and panels, it is all clamped up ready to start welding the body up solid!!!

working on getting this one a full roller with motor and trans installed

tig welded the 4 link links up







got the rear axle mocked up on jack stands





bolted the mock up block to the trans, then mocked up in the frame. going to be fully mounted up tomorrow

more progress today, got the motor mounts tacked up







and got the 4 link and coil overs all mocked up

not much of an update but all the suspension, engine and trans mocked up. ready for wheels and tires to get it sitting on its own weight

over the past couple days i have been working on the floors of this roadster. trying to get my part finished on it in the next month or so, so the owner can finish it up for the summer

made all the floors and cleco'd them in place





removable panel to make it easier to fill the brake reservoir





all welded up









then started on the panels the will separate the passenger compartment from the trunk area

great

looks great[dr


now that ya know how the QP's go on, you can salvage the other ones and make a rat rod outta them since tolerances don't have to so close on a RAT (at least on mine[ddd)

that is a top notch looking job on that roadster[

Later

finished up the panels that go behind the seat and separates the passenger compartment and trunk area





moved onto the door panels and kick panels





the before and after



after, and before sand blasting and scuffing





and the driver side in