Recent content by Rustbelt A

I recently purchased, what the owner thought, was a 28 pick up. It’s in bad shape, and reduced to pieces. I can’t seem to match up the door bead profile to anything. The vehicle may not have been a truck, in a fairness the owner said it was his fathers and he last saw it when he was a little...

Is there any reason a sub frame should be riveted, other than for originality? I’m putting a new one together and would think welding is easier and stronger...with that said, I’ve learned a lot of things are a specific way for a reason. Anyone else just weld it up an go?

I'm assembling a 28 roadster. How do the quarters mount to the subframe at the door openings? Are there braces there? I'm not sure if I'm missing anything or what stiffens the quarter at that point.

I just painted my rims. I had a hard time finding paint. Mix up my recipe and see how it fairs. It looks great on my wheels and it matched the color of my rims extremely close. I'm not 100 percent sure my wheels weren't repainted in the past, but I don't think. Since you have a comparison...

I'm going to,use original steel as spatters, so the proportions would be the same. I suppose interior space could be an issue, now that I think,of it. I've read anyone over 6' tall has space issues in a roadster. I'm only 6'2" but I'm afraid it would be tight.

Coupster is a good idea, but I'd like to,be as original style-wise as I can. Besides, a Coupster has no roof. I'm in Canada where a roof is sometimes a must. How much smaller is the interior? I didn't realize it would be tighter.

I'm taking on an ambitious project. I've decided to build a 28 roadster with my 28 sport coupe as a working model. I shelled out cash on rusted out quarter panels as a template to fabricate new ones from. Well, I didn't do enough research and unfortunately bought 1930 roadster quarters. I...

My engine had the accelerator linkage removed and it looks like the bolt holes have tons of crap in them...... Probably happened over time. I need to find new bolts and also chase the threads in the block but I don't know the size. Anyone familiar with these?

Thanks guys, that solved it.

When I got my accelerator linkage it had a broken spring. I've got a new spring but can't figure out how this thing goes together. Which way does the linkage arm go? When I line up the holes to,put the new retaining pin in, the arm is either facing the back of the car or forward and up. It...

As someone who investigates frauds everyday, I can tell you that Cherque kiting is very easy to do. A bank may legitimize a check as being valid, but the chain of accounts it's written on may not be. Unfortunately that's not discovered until your car is long gone. There's also the issue of...

The coupe body was completely disassembled by myself when I got it. Someone tried a very unsuccessful attempt at making a subframe out of bar stock. Basically the body was ready for the scrapper. I'm a glutton for punishment, plus, the idea of scrapping it suckered me into buying it. It also...

I think I'm going to go the huckster route. I wonder how much extra weight it is compared to a standard body? I've reached out to wagon works for plans, but being in Canada I've got to make sure they'll ship outside of the states. It's a shame really because I was just down in Florida. I was...

Hi All, I'm at a point in my project where I can go two different directions. I have a 28 sport coupe in need of lots of metal work. I can do it, and had every intention to until two weeks ago. I saw a thead on hucksters. I had seen then before but didn't realize how much I liked them. So...

Is there any way to modify a coupe firewall to make a huckster from it? I can't figure out the difference where the wood attaches to the firewall.