Dual Quad 428 in a '31 Pontiac coupe
 

I would like to say a big THANK YOU to Spotts Performance for the awesome job he did building the engine for my '31 Pontiac hot rod. It's a dual quad '69 428 and it looks and sounds great! I wanted a vintage-looking engine and am very happy with the finished product. Now to get the rest of the car finished (got a long way to go).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofJAFJ58U6A!!

That's going to be FUN!

It looks pretty doesnt it?

Updates?

Air filters, exhaust manifolds, oil filter adapter, driveshaft installed. Had the car outside for the first time in 15 years for the Pypes ( PY ) show in Hatfield PA today.

Love it. Been wanting to build a old Pontiac Street Rod for years. Good luck and keep posting pics and progress.

Some progress. Cowl is installed and nailed to the wood. Floors from under the seat back to the rumbleseat are also installed. The body was stretched over the wood from the rear forward and also gets nailed around the perimeter. Headlights, grille, and hood are just set in place for mockup. Getting the doors to fit and installed is next.

Awesome build so far. Who did all the woodwork? I've got a '30 that needs all the wood replaced.

Thanks. I bought a complete wood kit from Autowood.net. Everything was pre-cut, and I coated it with epoxy before I assembled it. I wanted a chopped roof and they cut the wood according to my specifications. Most people building cars like ours fabricate metal to replace the wood, but I like the sound-deadening qualities and feel of a wood- framed body.

Car looks great!

I have a few questions.

How much did you take out of the roof for the chop?

You mentioned in your last post: "I like the sound-deadening qualities and feel of a wood- framed body."
I understand how the wood would affect the sound deadening qualities, but since I've never ridden in a wood bodied car, I'm not sure what the feel would be like, so if possible, could you explain it?
The reason I ask is I'm helping my neighbor with a '31 Chevy coupe. He's just starting to put the wood frame together, and I'd like to pass along your observations

Thanks!

Thank you.

We removed 3 inches from the windshield and 2 1/2 inches from the rear window for the chop. I looked at a as many chopped '31 GM coupes ( mostly Chevy ) as I could find online and at shows before determining those dimensions.

The "feel" I referred to was the solid "thunk" ( if that's the right term ) you feel and hear when you close the door on a wood-bodied car. I guess it could be duplicated in a steel-framed body with enough sound deadener.

I myself have never ridden in a wood-bodied car either, but I am anxious ! !

All four doors of my unrestored 1917 Buick touring car "thunk" fine. Too bad the chassis does so much twisting/flexing/creaking/clunking. Not to mention the noise and vibration of an engine with no counterweights on the crank!

[I apologize for intruding on this thread]

no wood in mine and my doors thunk real good

Thanks for the info!
I think you nailed it with the chop. Just enough to give it better proportions, not too much to make it look cartoonish. Slight rake front to rear - well done.
I look forward to following your progress!

Any updates?

Both doors are finally fitted and on the car. Redesigned and installed front shock mounts. Modified and installed electric windshield wipers from Newport Engineering.
Next are the door handles, latches, etc., and then its time to sort out the seating, steering and brakes.

How do you like the wiper set up from Newport Engineering. I need wipers for my 34. Thanks Jim

I like it very much. It is a sturdy, well-built unit. They don't make a system for GM older than 1935, which is the first year the wipers were below the windshield, so I bought the kit for a 1931 Ford Model A and adapted it to fit my '31 Pontiac. Hopefully I will never need to use them , kind of like the snowblower in my shed!

Been a while since I posted any updates. For reasons unknown to myself, most of the pictures I try to post show up turned 90 or 180 degrees and I am unable to correct it.
I've made a lot of progress, but still a long way to go.

Now all you need is one of our Bathtub tunnel ram intakes!Tom

I'd love to build a 31. Is so cool!

Looking really nice! I’d like to do a ‘35 Pontiac coupe. Post up more pics, if they come out upside down or sideways, I’ll turn them for you....

Here are a few detail pics, fabricated steering column drop and 3-piece fan shroud, power brake booster mounted inside the firewall, and the interior with 1955 DeSoto gauges in the original dash, homemade "accessory" panels under the dash, '61 Pontiac ignition switch, 1955 Cadillac brake pedal, and 1959 Pontiac gas pedal.

Modified original headlight bar and spreader bar made from a Model A brake bar, 1966 Austin-Healey seats, '58 Bel Air taillights.

Turned as needed . . .

https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...1&d=1645030506

Looking great!

https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...1&d=1645030632

Thanks for your comments and for the help with the pictures! Hope you find your '35 coupe, they have a really cool art-deco style.

Engine sounded good in first video. Steady progress, year after year. I know very little about cars from this era and these custom builds. But I know what good craftsmanship looks like! That's going to be one special car when it's done.

I found some '64 Cadillac dash AC vents at Spring Carlisle last year and my brother and I made the housings to place them in the car.

I fabricated a housing for the wiper switch. the "wiper" bezel is from a '60s Bronco and the chrome arm is from a mid-'60s Pontiac convertible top switch.
Sorry, pics are sideways again.

NOS Hollywood license plate light and '60s VW backup light.
Another sideways pic! This site is so frustrating !!

New stainless gas tank arrived, but we had to do a few modifications to make it fit, including relocating the hole in the gas tank cover for the filler stub.
More twisted pics!!!!

Some recent pics.

Such a cool build

It’s looking good! Don’t worry about the pics, just keep posting…..:)

i designed and fabricated a battery cover and also installed
my gauges that were converted from 6 to 12 volt. Again with the twisted pictures! Attachment 620388

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Speaking of spotts I was looking through some old racing stats form the 69 or 70 season and saw Jim spotts. Is he related ? Paul helped me out w some info and questions I had on a build I just did and I really appreciate it . Seemed like a really good guy, this was before I bought some parts from him. No pressure to buy anything just happily helped me out w info.

Idk if you’re going to paint that it looks great either way. But if you wanted to you could wrap that car w vinyl. I used a blue Diamond from Avery on my airplane and it came out amazing! It’s like a bass boat or an old bumper car w crazy metal flake. .

https://youtu.be/rrn6PWyh5Kw?feature=shared

You’d never know it wasn’t paint. They have it in white, blue, red , silver you only see the Diamond sparkle in the sun.

Dash looks great!