Some older pics added

I Thought I would post a few pics of my 41 businessmans coupe that was recently sold to make way

for the 5 window coupe and current 31 roadster build.

 

I bought the 41 years ago when it was umpteen colours of ugly (at least three different faded paint jobs).

It had 89,000 miles and hadn’t run since 1973.  It took several months to reasearch/find rebuild kits and parts for things like the generator, starter, carb and fuel pump. Total cost to get it running was about $125. Which included $67 for a new battery. It smoked a little but after 500 miles the rings re-seated and it ran fairly well.

 

 

This car would actually lay rubber.  ((The things is 50 years old when I get it and What do I make It Do))?? 

 

 Sure miss that thing, I loved the coupe body style – so round.   It was a nightmare to try and back up in a straight line what with no visibility and tiny little "peep" mirrors. Although It spent its days here in grey swuede, It still would attract alot of attention at cruises and shows,  with its original flathead v8.   In my part of the country, you don’t often see flathead V8s anymore. Most flattys were pulled out and scraped in the 60s thru the early 90s. Now those same guys that put newer v8s in are lookin to get their old flatheads back. Built Flatheads are the ‘real hotrodders’ way to go these days. But in most areas, they are hard to find (not built since 1954) and demand a fair price. Rebuilding can get pricey too. And that’s a huge deterent.

 

Still there are some old gearheads out there that prefer the original Hotrod motor, I guess I’m one.

(there’s about a dozen V8s in the garage hiding in nooks and corners, most of them are the 1949 to 54 model flathead)

 

You ever notice that there are lots of old Fords at carshows? Mostly with the hood closed? It’s because

the owners are literally embarresed to show their engines off, they aren’t the original flatheads. The newer style v8 that most people instal are currently refered to as "belly button engines", everybodies got one

On the up side of things, I was informed today that the boss has ordered my radiator for the roadster build.

 

Although this is a 31 build up, I’m using a 32 grille shell, whch is pretty traditional and is by far better looking.

 

So the radiator will have to be a custom brass unit designed to mount to a 31 with 32 grille and 50 merc motor.

 

It sounds more complicated than it really is. The price is pretty steep though, lucky I get the ‘working at the rod shop’ discount.

 

The rad will be custom built by http://www.thebrassworks.net/

especially for my build. Hopefully it will ship in 6 to 8 weeks.

 

BTW, the 35 in the background of these pics is a really nice original 38,000 mile car. It has also been sold as I have so little room in my shop.

 

Time to find a new garage to occupy……….

 

Happy hotrodding,

 

On another note,

When I first started fooling with the idea behind creating moe’s garage, I googled the name to see if moesgarage.com was taken, low and behold it was not. But some ahole cyber squatter followed up on my search for moe’sgarage.com and went ahead and registered the name. Now this Ahole expects me to pay big $$$ to purchase the moesgarage.com domain name. What kind of a world do we live in where people steal your ideas and then expect you to pay big money for them? You will find the real idea behind moesgarge.com right here. Even though some ahole has stolen the name moe’sgararage.com, this is were you’ll find the real thing.

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