The Build-Up has Begun!
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Builder.........................................................Tucci Hot Rods, Marcy, NY
Body & Paint work...........Steve’s Restorations & Hot Rods, Marcy, NY
Body...................................................Newage Motorsports, Monroe, CT
Motor & Trans............Nordstrom’s Factory Performance, Garreston, SD
Chassis..........................................................Tucci Hot Rods, Marcy, NY
Front Suspension & 9” Ford Rear......Lucky Seven, Milton, On, Canada
Steering.............................................................Flaming River, Borea, OH
Hydraulic Clutch & Brake Pedals................................ECI, Vernon, CT
Wheels.................................................Dayton Wire Wheels, Dayton, OH
Rear Coilover..................................Aldan Shock Absorber, Carson, CA
Fuel Tank.........................................................RD Fabs, Port Byron, NY
Exhaust............................................Cone Engineering, Los Alamitos, CA
Paint....................................................DuPont Hot Hues, Wilmington, DE
Aluminum Ceramic Coating.......Central CT Coatings, East Hartford, CT
Gauges................................................Whites Auto & Speed, Cicero, NY
Wiring...................................................American Autowire, Bellmawr, NJ
Brakes...............................................Wilwood Engineering, Camarillo,CA
Powdercoating.........................................................UltraCoat, Utica, NY
Radiator..................................................Wizard Cooling, West Falls, NY
Lights.......................................MAC's Antique Auto Parts, Lockport, NY

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Ed Ostrosky of New Age Motorsports of Monroe, CT supplied the slick body for the project.
Give Ed a call for all your street rod needs. 203-268-1999 or check out their website
www.newage-motorsports.com  They specialize in top quality early Ford bodies and chassis.

The complete front and rear suspension is from Lucky Seven out of Milton, Ontario, Canada.
Lucky Seven can supply you with 1932- 1940 Ford chassis parts or a complete roller for your ride.
Call 905-876-0632 or website  www.lucky7ent.com

For a little something different we got a 2.4 liter Pontiac Solstice four banger with a 5 speed
 gear box from Nordstrom's Factory Performance in Garretson, SD.  They have a wide variety of
motors with low or no miles.  They send the motor with all the wiring in place for the computer.
Call 605-594-2211, ask for Russ.  Check their website www.nordstromsfactoryperformance.com

Again Tucci Hot Rods in Marcy, NY is building the project.  Dave Tucci and his very
talented staff will pull out all stops to have the car rolling for the Syracuse Nationals in July. 
This should be one neat ride.  Call Dave at 315-733-9615 or website www.tuccihotrods.com




The staff at Tucci Hot Rods are hard at work on the Track-T.








The chassis, body, motor and transmission on the jig as mock up starts to take shape.




Motor mounts in fabrication stage.




Chrome front end from Lucky Seven will give the T a nice ride. 




Completed motor mount.




Trans mount in place for the 5 speed. 




Radius rod mount fabricated at Tucci Hot Rods.




Kick up at the front will put the "T" in the weeds. 








Complete chrome front end from Lucky Seven 






9 " Ford rearend and radius rods from Lucky Seven




Coil overs from Alden Shock Absorber in Carson, CA. will give the "T" a nice ride.
Panard bar will go on next.




Third generation fabricator, Dom Tucci, of Tucci Hot Rods puts the
finishing touches on the rear radius mounts.




Rear bulkhead and floor "boards " are installed using 3/4" marine plywood.

Mike Maida , of Tucci Hot Rods,  cutting the header flange 






With quality pipes, bends, cone and baffle from Cone Engineering
the staff at Tucci Hot Rods builds a unique exhaust system.




















Stainless steel wool wrapped around the baffle should take a "little" bark
our of the four banger.








Aluminum cermaic coating from Central CT Coatings, East Hartford, CT
is next for this slick header/exhaust system.






Subframe for the nose and radiator mount.














Four wheel power disc brakes from Wilwood  Engineering will bring the T to a sage stop.






Transmission and drive shaft tunnel under condtruction. 












Front shock mount fabricated to work with the track style nose. 




Dave Tucci mocked up the gas tank out of cardboard.  Ryan DenHaese
of RD Fabs of Jordan, NY will build the tank the tank using 14 ga. stainless. 






Cast aluminum grill needs some smoothing before paint. 




Completed tunnell.




Hood side panels under construction.  Tucci Hot Rods specializes in custom metal shaping.












Jason Lounsbury of Tucci Hot Rods cuts the final hole in the side panel for the headers. 










Dave Tucci and Jason prepare the hood template in cardboard. 




Dave runs the template through the shaping rolls. 








Cardboard template is transferred to aluminum and ready for shaping. 












It looks easy in these photos but don't try this at home.






Next comes the leather straps and buckles that will secure the hood
and give the "T" that nostalgia look. 




Tucci tabs manufactured and supplied by Welder Series.




Dom drilling tabs for removable interior tube structure.












Mounting area for interior tube structure.




Clutch and brake assembly from Engineered Components Vernon, CT 860-872-7046.




Ryan DenHaese of RD Fabs in Port Byron, NY works on the custom fabricated fuel cell.






























Bending over the bottom edge of the dash.




Mass air mount.



Removable brake assembly (this mounts to the under dash structure).















Cutting a temporary glass to see which design looks best.












Cutting up a aluminum Duvall windshield frame.





















Finishing off the upper edge of the body. 



Gas Tank,  from RD Fabs, mounts getting started.









The gas tank mounts all done.



Mike doing some final metal finishing on chassis before it goes to paint.






Flaming River column installed.



Flaming River steering box and joints getting mocked up.












Cutting out the nose for the grill.











Here are the parts ready to go to Ultra Coat Powder Coat.











Mike getting ready to glass the underside of body. 





The body heading over to Steve's Restorations & Hot Rods.



The motor getting cleaned for paint.
 


Components back from powder coat.





Exhaust back from Central Connecticut Coatings Inc.  Looks awesome!

 

Just arrived at Steve's Restorations & Hot Rods for bodywork & paint.



Bob from Steve's Restorations & Hot Rods applying the fiberglass to finish of the upper edge of the body.



Fiberglass is finished & ready for bodywork.



Bodywork is underway.






Custom painted by Dayton Wire Wheels to match the body...AWESOME!




Final fitting windshield frame.




Bob Brown at Steve's auto working on the tunnel opening.














Steve's Restorations & Hot Rods hard at work.




















(Center) Winner, Bob Good of Waterloo, NY
(Left) Dave Tucci, Tucci Hot Rods
(Right) Steve Hale, Steve's Restorations