1937 lanchester hotrod

1937 lancheste rod most fun project yet! Plan is to channel the body over the chassis, change it from a 4 door to 2 (lengthening the front doors to keep the proportions) get the engine working, registered and on the road.... simple.
its been sat at the farm for a while but basically it was found in this state a few years ago-


first problem was getting it strong enough to move around, interior was made completely out of wood, including all the strengthening around the sunroof and doors, floors etc
small bit of welding to the roof using donor rover metal









welding in a few supports so we could remove the body, this bit was very important, the body will come on and off a few times over the next few months while we play with the height and later on when we move the door pillars back.

not bad



into the shed to weld the sills back on a few inches higher



test fit

plan is to lower the body to the ground and then raise the whole thing back up just with the new wheels and tyres.

next thing to do- widden the rear axle so wheels sit out from the body



new (higher) sills and floor sections have gone in both sides and started on the rear wheel arches.

afternoon yesterday- the bad side


the good side


yesterday evening- both sides




you can really see how small its gonna be inside now :cool:

attacked some of the rust today

good old rover came in handy again


rust out


rover in :grin:


the curve was near perfect from the rover roof section (and we're keeping it british)


mmmm


gonna try and get all the rusty bits around the sunroof finished tomorrow.