Factory 5 '33 Ford at C&C Today

[scannon]

This is the first one I've seen other than online pictures. A father and son project over the last 2 years and 8 months. I was impressed with the quality of the kit and the workmanship of the build.

 

He invited me to sit in it and it is almost as difficult to get into as a Seven. Suicide doors help but once I got my butt in the seat and lifted my feet over the door sill I found I couldn't get my feet on the pedals without tilting the legs sideways and helping with my hands. Then my knees were jammed against the steering wheel, even with it tilted up all the way. No way I could have driven it even if he had offered.

 

The top is removable with a few clamps to make it into a roadster. The black paint has red metallic in it but not everywhere. It is an excellent paint job and the only thing he farmed out.

 

BTW, it was 14F when I left home and 17F at the C&C. Turnout was about 75 - 100 cars, a nice day will hit over 300 cars. I did drive home in my Miata with the top down as the temp was all the way up to 21F by then.

 

Edited February 6, 2016 by scannon

[super7guy]

Anybody else thinks that these are an XL version of our se7ens? more power, more weight, same concept and build style.

 

Interestingly, even the well builit, ridetech car, was not a killer at the Optima Street Car challenge.

 

Wayne

[mrmustang]

It's nice, but not as nice as the 427SC inspired roadster

[TurboWood]

Cool. Did you hear it run? It must wake up everyone in a 10mi radius.

 

Daniel

[scannon]

I heard it as he drove into the parking lot and again when I requested he move it out of the shade into the sun for photos. It wasn't all that loud probably because the stacks are pointing straight up. I didn't get to hear it on the street. There were other louder cars at the event.

 

There are a lot of rat rods with similar exhausts, none of them have seemed as loud as open 4 into 1 headers exiting to the sides of the car.