The Stickman's Custom Cruiser Build thread

Did you notice that his wife is a key player on the Stick Coachbuilding/Racing Team?

 

Yes I did she's one very talented lady. I've discovered my wifes' weakness now...since trying to buy my project car I had mentioned a mustang I had seen and thought it would also look good in our garage......yep, she has a soft spot for the 'stangs. Old car collection might suddenly be looking good.

Mind you I think I did well to discover her weakness after only 20 odd years

 

The feminine mystique changes with every decade. sometimes every day.

 

Very short update. I got the trans cooler on. I will actually be running two The cylinder heatsink one plus this Perma Cool one with the fan on it. I think this one wll not only help keep the trans temp down. Not sure it was high to begin with but now that the trans is built up I don't want to take any chances. But it should also help with keeping the engine temps down due to the extra fan. I also got some work done to the fan shroud for on top of the radiator. But it's not quite finished.

 

Keep that up, the trans will become a heat exchanger and freeze you out of the car. Solid work.

 

Ok here is the top shroud I made for the new radiator. It needs to be polished but it looks pretty good I think. I may need to move the fans a bit closer to the rad but I'm not sure at this point.

 

Not worried about rubbing at the rad neck? The vibration would do some damage, without some thick-wall chunk of house, slit to slide over the edge of that new cover, me thinketh.

Sure cleans up the area nice, though.

 

No for 2 reasons. One the shroud moves with the radiator because of the way it's mounted. And second the neck is thick aluminum.

 

Looks good, very nice clean job Have you thought about putting a skin of alum to cover the rest of the rad support? I made pieces for a friends Monte a couple years ago, the alum running from fender to fender looked sharp.

 

gebuz Stick!!
you and the woman sure get a lot done !!
Kudos to the pair of ya

 

I'll keep that trick for the next time. Thanks.

 

FINALLY!!!!! I have all 4 seats in and mounted. Finally. And I have to say it makes the interior look great. I still need to put new carpet in and fix the headliner as well as other things but the seats and the way they are in the car really look cool. It has a theater style arrangement.

 

Buckets in the back, that looks really , Nice job!

 

Low-rider coachworks. Looks classy.

 

Ok time for a tiny update as I haven't done much. But I did a very simple cheap mod that I thought I should pass on. I thought the rear sat a touch higher than I liked and someone from another forum let me in on a secret. Seems G-Body rear springs work in a B-Body and lower it quite nicely. It gave me anoth inch drop over my Eibachs. Not only that but it slightly softened up the ride on the front suspension. I thought they would be too weak to hold the rear up and not bounce. But it worked quite nicely. Still have to see how it corners but the ride seems great.