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Simon and I are back again, having a browse of the Showcase forum for interesting things, couple of really stand out ones this week:
Hope you enjoy. We've got another run of Simon's illustrations next week, and some new video ideas we want to try out.
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stealthstylz
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I love both of those equally. The Minor is superb. I completely missed it at the Weekender so it's probably more of a Q car than how it appears when you've got photos and a spec list so you know what to expect. The roadster is spectacularly well proportioned. Model A roadsters are quite dumpy, whereas that one looks very sleek, almost as much a sports car as a hot rod. The monocoque style welded floor was so he could get rid of the stock chassis crossmembers and then sit in it, rather than on it like a lot of channelled cars suffer from. A large proportion of channeled roadsters look ace until somebody gets in to drive it, then they look like they're sat on the bog. Quick comparison of stock body s metalshapes creation.   |
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Wow.
Thanks for the nice words, guys.
To answer a couple of the questions in the Video,
I was born in the Netherlands and moved to Arizona in the early '90s.
The scrubline measured on the side matches the tires exactly 6.5" and 5" ( for the 750X16 and 600X16 bias ply tires).
I didnt plan it that way ( I was more worried about the legal windshield height ), but the top of the rear tire had to be a certain height in relation to the beltline to look good, and then I dropped the front until I thought that looked good.
The only thing sticking out is the bottom of the grilleshell.
But that is an original 1932 shell, and I didnt want to cut that because they have perfect proportions as they are.
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