Recent content by BangerMatt

Unless you want to replace the hood and/or radiator.

I have a pair of 4" military seatbelts in mine. Heavy duty and look vintage.

The kit that I disassembled just had something like a welting material in between. Nothing substantial. The rear plywood had been cut to allow the hump of the rear crossmember through.

Speedsters are fun, here are some pictures of a couple that my father and I have built together. The first was a partially built Rootlieb kit where the folks building it "lost some parts". We took it apart and redid it the way we wanted to, using a '40 Buick hood for the tail. The second is...

I got most of my stainless hardware for my project from West Marine.

Busted gears and worn bearings.

If the service rods are "too long", it means that other parts of the brake system are worn.

On a lighter note; Tore down a partially built speedster to the chassis to redo the body. Got the stuck valve freed up and took it for a test spin. Notice the lawnmower gas tank. My only suggestion is to somehow hold the steering column steady. As I turned the car the push rod for the spark...

That head came on one of four engines we got from a guy getting rid of some of his old spares out of CT. Babbit was shot in all of them, but got some nice parts out of it, including a B cam! :D