Projects 26 T Roadster Pick Up build Thread

Sorry Fred I like Houston but I think I’d have a hard time with the extra humidity over the Dallas area.

 

Are you sure you don't want to hang that exhaust with some straps to allow some movement?

 

Lived here most of my life and I'm still not used to it. But I'm into roadsters. Go figure.

 

I’ve seen plenty of exhaust systems mounted the same way with the high temperature grommets that I used.

There’s no room for things to swing around everything is pretty tight running the exhaust through the frame and tucked up like that.
If I used straps it would be hitting things and rattling all the time

My buddy did his T exhaust the same way over 20 years ago and it works fine and is still working.

 

Similar to me here in Alberta where we have almost 6 months of winter (it seems like at times.)
And here I am with motorcycles and a roadster

Then I’d like to move to the rainy west coast
But I did have a top built for the roadster

 

I think that in my next life I'm going to live in Alberta in the summer; Houston in the winter; and central Missouri spring and fall.

...now back to this exquisite build that I've been following since day one...

 

Blue, it’s looking amazing! Detail, detail, detail.....

 

E-brake cables cut to length and connected adjusted and secured
Rear tires can go back on and then I’ll start with the brake plumbing.

 

Brake lines bent and installed from the master cylinder to the adjustable proportioning valve.

Mounted with the small 3/16” made for you line clamps.
It was quite a job figuring all that out

Then I made frame brackets and installed the rear brake hoses.

 

Looks outstanding, Blue!

 

Dig those clamps

 

Very, very tidy, Larry. Are you the new Mr Fussy? JW

 

What Fred said!

 

I’ll admit I like things tidy and detailed.
I guess it’s the tradesman in me and a lifetime of construction work where pride in your work at the end of the day meant something.

 

Very nice indeed, the results are outstanding and show that it is worth the extra effort!

 

If you show you RPU you will need mirrors as you cant leave all that work hidden away. JW

 

Absolutely first rate work.

 

Beautiful ,beautiful work. Show winner there for sure Blue. Bob....................

 

Great build and info. If I missed it I apologize but could you please post info on where you sourced your Marmans. Thanks!


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The auction site
https://m.ebay.com/itm/MARMAN-FLANG...735754?hash=item3d3259914a:g:5yEAAOSw44BYD6LR

GBE Mandrel Bending, US made.

 

Wow
Your truck is a work of art.

Things are really looking good!
Bobby

 

I wanted to use a mechanical fuel pump on the Y Block so I went out and picked one up.

Initially I had planned to mount an AC Delco fuel filter inside the frame rail underneath.

Surprise, the fuel pump has a filter built into the bottom of it.
Another surprise, it has the exact same threaded filter canister and uses the same filters.

The canisters can apparently be a real bitch to remove once they have been in service, it seems that using a regular strap style filter wrench can collapse the canister, not good for something you don’t plan to replace.

I did a little searching and since I couldn’t find the appropriate wrench I decided to make my own that fits nicely into the 3 small depressions
in the bottom of the canister.

Filter changes will be easy.

 

Good job, looks like it will work well, just don't forget where you put it, I have a bad habit of doing that and can't find it when I need it.

 

Smear a bit of grease on that gasket before installing it, it will help you remove the filter later by preventing the gasket from sticking to the filter base.

 

Where did you find that frame mount filter bracket? Me likey...

 

Amazon has them listed AC Delco GF62P.
https://www.amazon.com/ACDelco-GF62P-Professional-Fuel-Filter/dp/B000C9TU0U

Or
https://www.ebay.com/p/ACDelco-GF62P-Professional-Fuel-Filter/1037972121

 

Fun fact about Marman joints. The company was started in the '30s by Zeppo Marx, of Marx Brothers fame. I've been working in the exhaust industry for 25+ years now and we use those for testing (emissions, flow benches, etc) but not so much in OEM applications. The off road equipment guys (Caterpillar, etc) use them I think?

Anywhos, yeah, Zeppo Marx. The clamps are used for a lot more than holding exhaust systems together. The military used/uses them to secure cargo, including stuff like nuclear bombs. They're also used on spacecraft for things like holding the stages to rockets together (automatically releasing when needed)

 

Love to see them coming back to life

 

I wanted to run my front brake lines through the frame and searched for a set of through the frame bulkhead fittings.

Everything seemed to be equipped with #3 AN fittings on the brake hose end.

I finally found a set from SSBC with 1/8” NPT thread on both ends so that I could use NPT to inverted flare fittings using my rubber brake hoses.

I took my hoses to the local brake shop and had the female frame tab fittings cut off and some 3/8-24 male swivel ends crimped on.

It all worked out nicely and now I’m ready to run the brake lines.

 

I "liked" it, but I couldn't see beyond all that damn CHROME.