Here is a link to pictures of the raw material for my '26 Chevy roadster build. I can not seem to actually get started on it though I have been working on components for years. Bear with me and I'll talk you through the plan and likely beyond. The main inspiration is the early version of the Spurgin/Giovannie roadster. I'm not into clones the original is still out there and has been restored. Actually ultra restored beyond it's former glory as restorers often do. I'm going for an early look but won't tie myself to an exact place in time. In the early '60s I ran across a '25 Chevy roadster that had been raced on the dry lakes probably at the same time as the S/G car. It was in pretty rough shape but I could have bought it for $175. By the time I was able to sell my '40 Ford sedan delivery it was gone and I never heard of it again. I'm still looking for it and the '40. My thought here is to build this roadster like I might have done that one and what it might be like if I still had it.
https://picasaweb.google.com/sixpics/26ChevyRoadsterBuild?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCLLTucjOnozEBA&feat=directlink So here's where I'm starting. A really nice '26 Chevy roadster body, a slightly modified '27 frame, 19" wire spoke wheels with 4.00X19s front and 4.75/5.00X19s on the rear. That is about a 30" rear tire. The front suspension will be a MOPAR tube axle on Chevy style leaf springs. It will have Chevy AD pickup front spindles and brakes. A Ross box from a Jeep will steer it unless I come up with a good early Chevy box. The rear suspension will be a combination of 1/4 elliptics and triangulated 4 bar. It will hang a Dana 44 limited slip with 4.27 gears. The engine is a '62 153 Chevy II 4 cylinder bored .040" with a 181 Mercruiser crank. (175ci) It has a lump port head, built by Tom Lowe, with 1.86 intake and 1.60 exhaust valves. It's shaved .030" and with the forged flat top Ross pistons the CR will be around 9.5-10.0 to one. The cam was custom ground by Erson, nothing crazy but stout. I'll run big block roller rockers unless I find a good deal on 8 1.75 to 1 Chevy six rollers. The ignition is an old Mallory with a 2 piece cap that I modified to fit. It was for a Pontiac V8. Fueled by 2 Zenith single barrels on a modified 3X1 Offey Chevy six manifold. The tranny is a BW T86 OD from a Studebaker with a floor shifter from a Jeep BW T90. Gauges came from a '55 Studebaker Speedster. Radiator and shell are '28 Chevy truck. Still lots to work out but that's enough to start. I hope to make progress this winter.