The Ruler... Salt Flats Speed Shop

Here are some shots from Salt Flats Speed Shop. The coupe is back under the knife. I've got a great feeling about the progress so far. Chris, from SFSS, is quite an impressive metal man.

As I now understand, chopping the car this way allows for less distortion by keeping the welds near the belt line.

Here's the inside, unfinished.

I was a little skeptical of using after market sheet metal parts, but this lower panel from Mac's fits pretty good.

Here's the relief cuts that'll make the pieces go where they're intended.

I've got an original 1932 tank and a lot of times original pieces don't fit perfectly in an after market frame. I've heard about guys having to grind some of the frame rail to get them to fit properly. That's not the case with the Ionia frame... the tank dropped right in and the only thing keeping it from lining up was the steel tubing coming out of the pickup, a pretty simple fix.

Once the chop is all welded, then it's on to filling the roof.

Inspiration at The Roadster Show

The L.A. Roadster Show ruled.

I could've snapped a thousand pictures but the truth was I was having too much fun to stop a moment and take pics. Here are a few of the pics I did take.

I finally got to meet the guys from Ionia Hot Rod Shop.

Here's their booth (and my frame).

An amazing 35 Roadster. They're pretty high on my wish list. This one was super-clean

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Love the Casny Coupe...

The only thing missing on Father's Day was my dad. I'd love to get him to fly out with me next year. If you'd like to see more of the show, this man took TONS of pics.

Teaser...

It's been a little while since an update.  It's a shame, I know.  Life, however, is always life-ing and the Coupe hasn't had any attention.  

I spoke with Matt from Ionia Hot Rod Shop today and we talked hot rods for a few minutes.  In the conversation he slipped in how incredible the frame looks since they hand polished it and have been treating it with Gibbs.  I can only imagine what it looks like.  Seriously, that's all I can do until Linh and I head out to the L.A. Roadster's show on Father's Day weekend where I'll be able to snap some pics of it before it comes home.  It'll be in Ionia's booth on display --- that alone excites me!  I've never owned anything that's been displayable but these guys rule and I'm sure it'll be amazing.  I cannot wait to see it.