Folks Of Interest Clutch Popper Wednesdays

[Jalopy Kid]

Originally Posted by marccustom

Great story as usual,Lee! looks like a good time was had.In front of your shop is a 51-52 F1 Truck,looks like my old truck .Black cherry Mercury with a flathead,any chance you know its history?Been looking for it for years,sold it in 1991 or so to a guy in Hinton.Thanks
Marc

The one in front of the shop is a customers. I don't think it's yours as this one is a ford not a merc. But it is for sale if your interested.

Originally Posted by gonzoengineer

I love this thread! The weekly updates and personal spin make for an enjoyable read. I have to admit I'm a bit jealous. My friends are dogs; despite the years I've helped and continue to do so with their cars and bikes, I'd be lucky if they'd lend a wrench let alone a hand in helping with any of my projects.

What's the story on the 64-65 'bird sitting on the lift? Is that one of your projects or a customer car?

Does Johnny an Fat Dave's band have a website? I'd like to check out their music.

Yeah I've had friends like that. Keyword ""had".
As for the Tbird, I'm building it for my Dad. Once the roadster is a little further along I plan and getting started on the T-Bird again.

As for O'l Smashy, I'm not sure if they have a website. Johnny would have to answer that for you.

Originally Posted by MitchellDeMoor

No way they actually clip on, thats rad. Would the '53 Caddy caps on an ambulance be the same?

I think they are, but I'm no expert. You'll have to find an ambulance and steal a set to find out.

[Jalopy Kid]

So while most of Canada was watching some hockey game, and the west coast of Canada was destroying their city because they lost said hockey "game", us Clutch Poppers were hanging out in the shop working on my roadster.

As most of you know my offenhauser heads kicked the bucket in Calgary on the weekend, so tonight we decided to fix the problem.
Over a year ago I acquired some NOS still in the box Edmunds heads, and it took me over a year and a half to finally decide if I should use them or not.
In fact I even did a poll...
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=598788
It was a damn hard decision, but I finally decided what to do with them.
To start out the night we went over to Tokyo Express for some more of their great food. I sure love Japanese food.
Back at the shop Johnny, and Charlie started taking the old heads off, while I went digging for that old box.




Instructions and warranty paperwork!


There they are! NOS!




While they were taking the old heads off, I went to the back and gave them a buff with some polish to bring back that shine they had 60 years ago.

And Dave grabbed the Edmunds intake I had hanging on the wall, and fixed up the broken generator mount.










Checking the new heads for clearance.


Just then, CDNflatlander aka Greg showed up!. Turns out he is town for a few days so he came to hang out. Greg took the headlight stands off to clean them up, and give them a fresh coat of paint.


Charlie torquing the new heads down.


Dave welding away.

[Jalopy Kid]

Johnny taping on of the water holes for a plug.


Greg standing around again....


Dave making some progress


Okay I guess Greg was just waiting for some paint to dry. Here is the headlights back together now.


And look at that! One NOS head ready to be used and become worthless haha


Yep, just an old empty box now.


Dave cleaning up his welds on the intake


Dumping some coolant in. Those heads are definitely worthless now! Whats even worse than coolant in the heads is, afterwards we fired it up and drove it around the block. Oh well, they were NOS haha


Dave still cleaning up his welds


And the finished intake! Now I just have to polish it to match the heads!





And there we have it, that was what we did while Vancouver was having a riot. Hockey fans are weird, even weirder than car guys!

[El Gordo]

Originally Posted by Jalopy Kid

Hockey fans are weird, even weirder than car guys!

You said it Brother!

Make sure you frame up those Edmund's Instructions & Warranty - not like you see that every day.

But I think you voided the warranty

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[tb33anda3rd]

i play hockey, am a hockey fan, and a car guy...i must be really weird. glad you used those heads they were made to be used, not collect dust. the box and instructions are probably worth something.

[K13]

Cool Lee. Nice to see you used the heads. I have never really understood the theory of buying vintage parts and have them sit on a shelf or hang on a wall.

[Little Terry]

Fred doesn't look impressed with Daves welding!

[Jalopy Kid]

Originally Posted by K13

Cool Lee. Nice to see you used the heads. I have never really understood the theory of buying vintage parts and have them sit on a shelf or hang on a wall.

Neither have I, yet I have an entire room full of vintage parts hanging on the wall, or sitting on a shelf.
For the most part though, all the parts eventually will have a home on something I own.

[K13]

Originally Posted by Jalopy Kid

Neither have I, yet I have an entire room full of vintage parts hanging on the wall, or sitting on a shelf.
For the most part though, all the parts eventually will have a home on something I own.

LOL well it looks like you have taken your first step towards recovery. Admitting you have a problem is always the hardest part.

[Jalopy Kid]

Yea, best night of the week again! Tonight Charlie joined us again (he sure is getting in the habit of hanging with us, good thing we like him) as well as Fat Dave!

Johnny bought us some pizza and wings, Charlie and I took the roadster to the store for a round of slurpees (thanks Charlie!) and we got started on the T Bagger Coupe.


Last time we worked on the T we were trimming the 39 ford X member to fit. Tonight's plan was to finish it off.








Daves task was to finish up the rear spring mounts. So him and I went out to the shed and dig up a 39 ford spring.


Dave taking the old bushings outs


More X member fitting


Charlie builds race motors for a living, so we figured it's probably a good idea to let him take care of Johnny's 283. I'm not 100% sure what Charlies plans are, but I heard him and Johnny talking about a 327 crank, .100 over domed pistons, solid lifter cam etc...




More X member trimming

[Jalopy Kid]

More bushing


One of the many expressions of Dave.
Dave could have his own thread, just on him alone


More X member fitting




Once I had the X member fit and tacked in place, we flipped it over and Dave pie cut the 6" X member to fit the 4" frame rail.




Johnny and Charlie got the entire block stripped down by the end of the night. And in the process I got hit with a crankshaft. Literally





Underside of the X member. All fit and tacked, just needs final welding now




Yea I know how to push a broom....


And at the end of the night, we managed to get all the cars squeezed back inside.

[tb33anda3rd]

love the stroker motor! good choice.

[Jalopy Kid]

I think so also!

[sinks88]

My fav. thread!
Im really happy to see a group like you guys! its very rare!

[Greezeball]

Nice! 283 with a 327 crank is a classic combo and they scream like a fuckin' banshee. That T is gonna be one sick lil hot rod!

[tb33anda3rd]

the one i built for mine is a 327 with a 283 crank=302 the hard way, i have a 3speed with '57 chevy rear with 456 gearing. it will scream!

[K13]

Another great update. I've got to get my ass down there one Wednesday night. It must be way more fun that what I did last night, put eavestroughs on my garage.

[BloodyKnuckles]

I love you guys





BloodyKnuckles

[Jalopy Kid]

Yes Wednesday night has come and gone again. This week was Dave's night, and we had a few guests again. Fat Dave and Charlie joined us, as well as Colin.
We started out the night by chowing down on some Chinese. A shit load of it at that!










After supper we tackled the "Agenda" Dave made for us.
As you guys know Dave had some trouble with no oil pressure when he attempted to drive the car to Calgary 3 weeks ago. Dave ordered a new oil pump last week so Charlie being the "engine guy" got the job of pulling the pan.




Colin and Johnny took Daves Dr Suess Mufftrupmet exhaust system off to clean it up and give it fresh coat of high heat paint.






Fat Dave and I took on the wiring tasks. Dave bolted the horns on and wired them up. A new longer wire from the coil to the dizzy was made. I pulled the dizzy out as Dave bought a new one, and it needed to come out to change the oil pump.






Somebody was spying on me as I was "wiring the horn up under the dash"


About the time we had that done, Charlie got the pan off and found the oil pressure problem.




Looks like Dave fancy speedway beehive oil filter came apart and plugged the screen for the pick up tube.

Charlie pulled a main cap off, and found more bad news. The crank feels like a crappy old brake drum!


And the rod bearings are toast also!


Daves rod bearings have officially made it to my "Offerings to the Gods of Speed" shelf.


So now the "new" motor is coming out. We found a 261 for $100 that "may run" so were gonna try that route just to get it going for the summer.


In our high hopes of Daves $100 engine working out,we bring you this video. Hopefully the guy selling it is not Ralph Williams!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rpZZHqrR0I

[modelacitizen]

Love this thread