Trek to Rodney's

[Tom Kochtanek]

Had an opportunity for a quick turnaround trip to Springfield, MO to visit with Rodney Inman at his shop. This is the place where RussC and others have had quality prep and paint work for some time now. I am lucky to have a project in his hands, the workmanship is top notch .

Here's what you see when you approach Rodney's place:


A 1962 Belair Sport Coupe on the rotisserie. This one suffered a fire and you can see the distortion on that famous roofline. Big project.

In the background you can see Russ' "Obsolete Missile" once campainged by Donnie Schaffer . Here's a better shot:



A bit of lightweight parts and Z-11 top end .

Oh yeah, I did snap a few pics of my project as well:





Enjoy! TomK

 

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[Tom Kochtanek]

Here's a shot of Rodney himself (and my project):


Here's another 62 Sport Coupe on the spit:



This one belongs to Jeff Bartlett out of Washington State.

Enjoy! TomK

 

[1958 delivery]

He paints in there? I see lots of dirt.

 

[Tom Kochtanek]

Paint booth is out back. His work is immaculate.

This one has a set of your disk brake kits up front .

 

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[Iowa 409 Guy]

Rodney is an artist and what I've seen of his work, is a dying breed.

 

[benchseat4speed]

^^^I was just gonna say, I hope Rodney has an apprentice. That is a gorgeous 62 convert love that color

 

[Floyd Horton]

Did you find your convertible frame pieces Tom?

 

[pvs409]

Tom,
looks like your 62 SS convert is ready for the set of 62 impala taillights I was supposed to send to him.
plus the circuit breaker for the kick panel wiring ( for convert top switch and power windows if you have them)
I am too slow.
Paul

 

[Tom Kochtanek]

Paul: Not a problem, and yes it does have the power windows .

I need to connect up with you soon as I have some parts missing from the top mechanism as Floyd notes. I'll send you some pics of the part needed (actually one on each side).

Floyd: any chance you might have these missing pieces?

Cheers! TomK

 

[pvs409]

send me pictures of what is missing from your top rack
I might have access to extra top rack items that I sold to a guy in Council Bluffs
Paul

 

[Floyd Horton]

Travis and I took a top frame over to Rodney's but it was for a 59/60 and was configured differently, so no help. seems to be lots of 61/64 top frames on Ebay. Hope all is well with you and yours Tom.

 

[pvs409]

here are pictures of my top racks -the "curved arms" in my attached pictures - two of passenger side and one of drivers side are what I think you need
I have a pair of extra curved arms that mount to the body with two round head bolts.
Paul

 

[Tom Kochtanek]

Those are the ones we are missing! Thanks!

Paul was nice enough to source me a complete wiring setup for the 62. Along with a Tremec 5 speed with shifter/cross brace/drive shaft from his 62 Impala .

Woo hoo! TomK

 

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[pvs409]

Tom it’s a Richmond 5 speed with Hurst 5 speed shifter