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My first reaction to something like that is to yell an obscenity and throw something. Anybody else out there a "yeller and tosser?" I should be ashamed of myself. Once my wife came out  into the garage and said, "I thought building a street rod was supposed to fun." LOL!

yes yes yes!. I yell and throw things, but I wouldn't describe myself as a "tosser"! That has a whole other meaning down here....

Looks like something out of Terminator, no, come to think about it, something out of Monty Pythons "Holy Grail"....

I bid on a Electraglide last spring and  it didn't sell BUT.... I did receive a "Buy it Now" notice from the "Original Owner/Seller"   I was skeptical so I did the google search and it amost started to play out correctly.  I offered to fly to TX and pay cash for it and the seller declined and wanted to use an escrow account and basically refused to let me pick it up ( he would pay shipping to my door with a complete refund if i didn't like it )...I obtained the VIN and had Harley and run the ## and low and behold it was originally sold to someone in Tenn and was a different model....I have never heard form this guy again...I did the same thing with a bike in Detroit.... ran the numbers it checked out, flew to Detroit and figured if it didn't worlk out...I was just out the plane fare....the guy picked me up at the airport ( I had visions of getting mugged ) 7:30 am and by 10:30  I was heading back to CA on the bike...and everythig was cool...I guess you just have to go into the transaction with doubt and work on it from there......

Nice to see it worked out for you DV8. But moreso I liked the phrase "and by 10:30 I was heading back to CA ON the bike"! Sounds like a real win win for you: you got a bargain AND got to enjoy it the way it was meant to be enjoyed straight away!

pictures of the 1930 Hudson would be great.

Jeff

Here are some pictures of the Hudson at various events:
http://www.vicksburgcruisers.com/images/cfk04124.JPG
http://www.ms-sra.org/IMAGES/vet027.JPG
http://www.ms-sra.org/IMAGES/aceys05.JPG
http://www.ms-sra.org/IMAGES/bluesuedecruise05159.JPG
http://www.ms-sra.org/IMAGES/canton012.JPG

These came up for me just then.
AL

Thanks for your help, guys. Deeleting the "WWW" worked. And thanks 40chevy for the links. Interesting....

That's a very unique Rod: Looks like a Vauxhall coupe ute, not very common even in their day. I would say there is only only Rodded in oz.
I'll post it on the Ozrodders site.

To reply; I am no restorer either (or the Essex I am rodding would be running by now....) I firmly believe in 100+ years of technology, and I am always on the lookout for ways of improving almost anything, not just cars. All the cars I have owned have been modified in some way, either because the way they did it in 1955 or 1970 or 1930 has been improved upon since, or because I could justify "improving" it because when they designed it, they have to make allowances for varying driving environments, styles etc. Whereas I know how I am going to drive it, I know if I have upped the compression I will only drive it on Super fuel, or if I hear pinging I will back off a bit until I can adjust it further. And so on.
I would be first to go from installing an alternator to juice brakes, right on to chopping/channelling etc to update it and to make it a safer, cooler ride. But that's not what I am talking about. There is something about the car that they chopped up; It was as if it was 1927. The TV show, showed the interior and other parts of the car and it was as if it hadn't been disturbed since 1927, sort of in a time warp. Not "restored" but original.

reminds of a fellow at work  

as he was getting ready to leave he notices he doesn't have his car keys :?  
he enlists a couple of other fellows to help him find his keys
after a while one of the others suggests did you leave the keys in the car?
nope no way could i do that
so they keep looking
a while later they say lets go look in your car.
they go out to the and yup the keys are in the car and the car is running :(D)

we have never let him forget it :ha)  :ha)

later jim

I wouldn't be too hard on him. He MAY have left it running intentionally, in case he left the lights on, he wouldn't get a flat battery.......

The website above is not working. I have a 1930 Essex I am rodding and pictures of the 1930 Hudson would be great.

Jeff

Without a doubt: both.
On a large connection like a battery terminal, by the time you get enough heat into the clamp to make the solder wet both surfaces, the insulation will have been frazzled.
Make sure the wire core is clean and tinned. Tin the inside of the clamp. Insert the wire core into the clamp. Crimp it. Then use the soldering iron, and some solder, to melt the tinning in the clamp to the wire core.
Don't use too much solder when tinning the wire as when you remelt the solder after you have crimped the joint, you will find as the solder melts, the crimp will loosen.

I have never used Ebay. Probably should as I have lots of stuff I could sell.
But, I do get emails "from them" saying I have account problems and should login and verify my details (one even asked for my bank details!)
I got one recently supposedly from an irate purchaser saying I hadn't sent him goods he had bought from me..... He even gave me an ebay item listing. To access this listing I had to login....
In all cases I have forwarded the bogus emails to the Ebay security centre and in all cases I have had a reply from them. Usually not an automated response, but an email from a concerned individual. One I replied to and got another individual reply, so they DO care about misuse of their facility.

I agree with you all in principle. It's better to start with a good, straight rust free body etc, but here in Oz, cars like the one Boyd destroyed are not very common, particularly in the condition it was. Also, my point is this: Boyd could go out and buy a much better body, build a rod (the body was all he needed, the rest was "thrown away") and build a rod which to all intents and purposes, would be seen as the same thing. Why waste a perfectly good running Model "T", when he could just as easily have bought new?
Yes, I know: rating$$$.

I know I may be at risk of offending some (all?) of my American brothers, but some of this will strike a cord..


Yeah, I know: What does Jeffa know...
I am watching the Boyd Coddington Show, formerly known as American Hot Rod on Fox.
They (Boyd) discovered that a mate of his had a Model "T" coupe for sale. They decided to go and have a look. They bought it. And decided to Rod it.
What's wrong with that? Well, this car was one of a kind. They DROVE it onto the trailer! It was PERFECT! Paint and all, even the horn worked. I've seen current street cars more worn than this was...
I can't, for the life of me, understand why one would "Rod" it.
Boyd said "We will probably use the body: it's so perfect, and throw away the rest"!. I will repeat: they DROVE it onto (and off) the trailer. Well, Boyd TRIED to drive it off the trailer. Couldn't work out how to make it go backwards.. As anyone does when faced with something they don't understand, he ridiculed it... This car was a lot older than Boyd, AND in a lot better condition.
Why not sell the thing to someone who appreciates what it IS and build a repro Rod. He is good at that.
As I am writing this, I am hearing: 'Lets rip the interior out of this..."
I really don't want to watch, but maybe there IS something "right" about that which they do... Can anyone explain?
More: as I am listening, they are saying that this car had NO rust. No bog, nothing. Even the nickel was perfect.
I am no "restorer", but why destroy something so original, AND functional, for the sake of a show? He makes a Rod out of it. No big deal, he is starting with a PERFRECT car. It's not very hard....
If it was rusted and banged-up beyond recognition, I would understand: He is recreatging something that once lived, into something that will live again. But this WAS living.

I must admit, it's something I haven't yet devised for my Rod, but I like the idea of a concentric coil spring around the master cylinder pushord. On my Essex I have a fairly long rod that pushes on the vacuum diaphragm so there's plenty of scope for a concentric spring.
But, for those with limitted space and looking for a neat solution, how about a torsion spring (like a mouse trap spring) that wraps around the pedal fulcrum/pivot. That would look neat and be very unobtrusive, also it wouldn't be subject to getting snagged on grass etc like a tension spring between the pedal and a bracket on the chassis etc.

I couldn't figure out what was going on so I zoomed in a little.
Still can't make it out be it musn't be anything too sinister if she's still smilin

I sent the original picture to my mates at the FBI. You know, the guys that helped in "Enemy of the State". According to them, Carps has three gold fillings (one that needs replacing), that mole on your left shoulder should be checked out, and,   is that a tattoo just like Choko's on your right cheek?
As for what he is doing, well, with the pedophilia laws like they are, I really can't say...

Quickest way to test if the belt is too narrow: the bottom of the pulley groove will be shiney. The belt should never ride in the bottom of the groove.