mainlandboy wrote:
Great to see someone else building a Miata based pseudo hot rod!
Y'know, it may not be all that pseudo...I know there's folks who think it's not a real hot rod if it doesn't have a flat head V8, but hey. If you want a hotter Miata based hot rod, go to flyinmiata.com and click on Turbochargers.
mainlandboy wrote:
I'm having second thoughts about making a completely scratch built body.
Ya think? Stinger is doing an amazing job, as is Limeykid, but I'm just not that devoted.
mainlandboy wrote:
I'd love to find an early 30's steel 2-door sedan body to use to expedite the build.
Now you're up in the realm of the V8 flatties. One reason I'm sticking with Ts (the '23 T-Bucket as shown, and a '27 Track T on the horizon) is they pre-date the V8. People were hotting up their four bangers--heck, people were racing them--long before the Deuce came on the scene.
mainlandboy wrote:
Where did you get your fiberglass body? looks like a Phaeton body style.
It's a Speedway Deluxe 1923 T Roadster Body. You can find this body and many others at...
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Shop/T-Bucket-Bodies/15.html...and if you decide to get one, please order it from me because I get a bit of a discount, plus it'll help my reputation with them; last winter I convinced them I could develop a Miata-based T kit using Speedway components, but I kinda dropped the ball, schedule-wise, with this surprise relocation.
Speedway makes good bodies at great prices, and that's one wheel I don't want to reinvent.
I'm using the Deluxe body for this first prototype because my GF wants a door. Go figure.