Re: New member new project

Posted by Mike Bartrom On 2016/10/11 15:57:31

My plan for this boat tail speedster is to break the project into 4 sub projects:

- body
- frame and suspension
- engine and driveline
- paint and final assembly

The body project will include rust repair, fabricating new doors and the rest of the body. I am going to replace the rotted out wood with steel tubing and sheet metal. Of course anything that I can find reasonably priced I would buy instead of building, like doors. For the boat tail deck I need to find a similar model to get measurements off of, any guidencec here old be great. I have no windshield posts... so I am thinking about building a Duval style windshield. The downside will be the loss of the cowl vent.

The frame and suspension project and the engine and driveline projects will be more restoration back to original. I may take some liberties when it comes to improvements that can increase safety and reliability.

I have been traveling for the past several days so I'll be back in my shop and back to work on the cowl

I have also posted some YouTube vids I will share