Project Rat Royce - '34 Rolls Royce

[SnazzyQ]

Damn that looks like quite the project.

If this is anywhere near as cool as your mercedes build I will come to your shop and give you a high five.

[dineno]

Got around to taking the pile of stuff off of the car and assessing the frame some more. One side is completely intact and solid and the other side is almost totally gone. I jacked up the car from various points to try leveling everything out and my welder came over to start planning the fab work.

[dineno]

My dad used to be in a car club with guys that had prize winning examples of cars like these, sometimes I do miss Fairfield County...

What part of CT you located in now? I'm up in manchester

[MrJereMoose]

My dad used to be in a car club with guys that had prize winning examples of cars like these, sometimes I do miss Fairfield County...

[dillon7]

Making 20k while building two badass cars.....life goals

[mikey G]

I still have 7 massive boxes of parts to go through that I haven't even opened yet. Since the body is coach built with wood framing and I would have to have it rebuilt to chop it anyway I found a local place that rebuilds these bodies from scratch and will be doing that. Then my welder is coming to look at the frame since that's the biggest priority. in the meantime I'll be continuing to disassemble it and inventory parts. The stuff I don't need I'll be selling which will fund both this project and the rest of the mercedes with like $20k left over after that for the next project.

I know these cars are valuable. But goddddd damnnnnn.


Also That steering wheel is fucking insane! Are you going to refurbish it and get the ignition advance, speed load and the fuel mixture lever working again? That really is the sickest fucking steering wheel in existence! Probably worth more then my car

[dineno]

I still have 7 massive boxes of parts to go through that I haven't even opened yet. Since the body is coach built with wood framing and I would have to have it rebuilt to chop it anyway I found a local place that rebuilds these bodies from scratch and will be doing that. Then my welder is coming to look at the frame since that's the biggest priority. in the meantime I'll be continuing to disassemble it and inventory parts. The stuff I don't need I'll be selling which will fund both this project and the rest of the mercedes with like $20k left over after that for the next project.

[dineno]

I've definitely been thinking about the V12 idea.

Also here's a couple more shots. The original UK plate and probably my favorite steering wheel of all time.

[DER E30]

At the very least, I think this needs a big inline engine, like a Pontiac flathead straight-8 or something of the sort. V engines are for suckers

This. unless a v12... The bmw v12 idea is solid.

Does maserati or alfa make any neat motors? Jag v12?

[Oh Damn, it's Sam]

Please put a 6BT in this thing! I want to see this thing belching black smoke and roasting tires.

Fuck the concerns about weight - you're building a rat rod out of a Rolls, you can figure it out!

EDIT: At the very least, I think this needs a big inline engine, like a Pontiac flathead straight-8 or something of the sort. V engines are for suckers

[P78]

Was the rest of the body in the truck bed?

this

or that is one hell of a rebuild

[dineno]

Yea I laid the doors down on the frame and put the rest in the bed of the truck

[speakerboy]

Was the rest of the body in the truck bed?

[dineno]

So last minute I took the trek up to Upstate NY to pick up my lady. Left at 3am and got hit with some snow but I got it loaded and on my way back to CT.

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The lack of updates on this is killing me