Not another RED Streetrod!

Roadstar · December 01, 2004, 07:46:36 PM

Just though I would show a pic of the latest Rod out of my garage.

I like it, the owner likes it, and you should too

It's all Ford, 351 Winsor/C4 with a 9 inch rear.

Long story....15 year build, three owners, actually started with a Amall block chevy. The last owner said I hate chevys and had me put the Ford drivetrain in it.

Hey who am I to argue. And my Roadster runs sweet with the engine that came out of the 36.

enjenjo · December 01, 2004, 08:24:24 PM

Looks good Rudy. What shade of red is it? I got sticker shock today, went to Painter's Supply, got two quarts of paint, no red LOL, a can of hardner and a gallon of reducer. $150. They did throw in a couple stir sticks, made in Bangladesh

kb426 · December 01, 2004, 08:58:40 PM

Off the tread, you might try Kirker automotive for paint. They only have 40 colors, though. I buy it from smartshoppersinc.com. The red urethane is $71 for 3 qts and 1 qt of activator.

Pope Downunder · December 01, 2004, 09:28:08 PM

Quote from: "Roadstar"Just though I would show a pic of the latest Rod out of my garage.

I like it, the owner likes it, and you should too

snip:

I like it; well done Rudy.

I must admit I find this whole 'brand loyalty' thing a bit strange. Some people look at my pickup, and put me down because it doesn't run a Ford engine. Some seem to get quite passionate about it.

Apart from the brand, a SBC/SBF have more in common than a SBF and a flathead; smilarly with a 'babbit pounder' Chevy six. In most respects a stock SBC is superior to the Ford equivalent, $ for $. The heads are a good example.

After all, we are supposedly building the rod for better performance and appearance; to meet our personal prefereces, so does the engine brand really matter.

56ngirl · December 01, 2004, 09:41:41 PM

Quote from: "Pope Downunder
I must admit I find this whole 'brand loyalty' thing a bit strange. Some people look at my pickup, and put me down because it doesn't run a Ford engine. Some seem to get quite passionate about it.

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"What do you drive?" they ask
"a ZR2 Jimmy" I say...
"Oh, you're a Chevy girl..." some say/sneer/whatever
"and I own a Dodge Monaco"
"How can you be in to Mopar when you drive a chevy" they say with a raised eyebrow
"and I have three fords"
"That doesn't make any sense; then what kind of car person are you?"

"I'm a car enthusiast." I smile.

EMSjunkie · December 01, 2004, 09:42:29 PM

SWEET!!!

Vance

Charlie Chops 1940 · December 01, 2004, 10:37:00 PM

I'm liking that! Red's good.

Charlie

47wood · December 01, 2004, 11:11:25 PM

Sweeeeet ride ...nice clean job! That looks like Torch Red, or as we say down here "resale red." Thanks for sharing.

Roadstar · December 02, 2004, 12:00:48 AM

It's Viper Red

Sean · December 02, 2004, 06:49:18 AM

Good looking car. My favorite year for early Fords, but my Wife thinks they're ugly. For that matter, she thinks all the older cars are ugly, except for '69 Camaros...

C9 · December 02, 2004, 08:21:46 AM

Quote from: "enjenjo"Looks good Rudy. What shade of red is it? I got sticker shock today, went to Painter's Supply, got two quarts of paint, no red LOL, a can of hardner and a gallon of reducer. $150. They did throw in a couple stir sticks, made in Bangladesh

You may want to take a look here.
I'm leaning toward black (right now) for the 31 and their prices look good.

Someone here on the RRT or maybe the HAMB used this and recommended it as very good paint.

http://home.att.net/~brer/products.html

C9 · December 02, 2004, 08:34:20 AM

"I must admit I find this whole 'brand loyalty' thing a bit strange. Some people look at my pickup, and put me down because it doesn't run a Ford engine. Some seem to get quite passionate about it."

Me too.

At one of the summer A&W rod runs in Visalia, one guy was almost frothing at the mouth cuz I was running a 462" Buick instead of the popular SBC.
That was a strange experience.

Next time out, the same guy was there, but he stayed away from me until I got ready to leave.
(One of the good parts about the A&W rod runs is that the police put in a presence there. They usually had a plain black cop car parked on the side street (the A&W was on a corner) and most participants knew about the cop car.
A few muscle car driving souls got busted when they did a burnout past the place. That was ok with us cuz there were lots of pedestrians and kids at these functions.)

Anyway, I fired the roadster and was waiting for some people to walk by when the frothing guy came over and insisted I do a burnout.
I mean, really insistent.
He knew there was a cop car there and probably would have enjoyed me getting busted.
Some people find their humor in strange places.

When I left - no burnouts, just easy and careful driving - I could see frothing guy turn and stomp off.

Never saw him there again.
I think he got arrested for being terminally stupid....

Dirk35 · December 02, 2004, 09:01:33 AM

Jay, if they could arrest people for being terminally stupid, Oklahoma would be a ghost state!

HeHe, nah, Im sure everyone thinks that while their driving.

enjenjo · December 02, 2004, 09:12:26 AM

Quote from: "Dirk35"Jay, if they could arrest people for being terminally stupid, Oklahoma would be a ghost state!

HeHe, nah, Im sure everyone thinks that while their driving.

So which jail do you think you would be in?

purplepickup · December 02, 2004, 10:23:16 AM

You do good work Rudy. The car looks nice and functional without unnecessary geegaws or sloppy work....very sanitary. I like cars that are cleanly detailed....like your '40.