Projects Building My First Roadster in San Francisco

Good progress man

Does David ever drop the top on the roadster? Seem to see it up most the time, curious if it folds or lifts off.

 

O hoho! Good mail day

 

I've been in house jail of sorts which is actually quite mechanical and like working on Hotrods is pretty rewarding...

...I spent a bit of time catching up...you're on a pretty incredible journey Joey and you truly are going to have a pretty diverse set of rolling stock to chose from for time travelling...life doesn't get much better than that really...

...such positivity...It's great to be witness to it all...

 

Joey,

Excellent updates!!

I bought a set of water pumps from Mike at H&H. He has a few to choose from at the link below:

https://handhflatheads.com/product/ford-flathead-cast-iron-water-pump/

Hope this helps,

Brian

 

...Oh yeah...that steering arm and the upper zerk on the spindle...that is one of those little headscratchers...that's near identical to mine...I've got an elbowed stack of fittings to get grease in there...



I've seen the arms curved down following the axle which surely affects the angles of the pitman and possibly improving access to that nasty access point...note I said possibly...

...that just happens to be a place where grease is also hard going in on my ride as well just to complicate the adventure...I think the bushing might be off a bit sort the fill hole might be askewed but it does let some in...

Any thoughts, plans, on that not so great sum of Ford parts?...
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Joey, was the picture of your roadster in the part 1 of the photo shoot in front of a building in the Presidio ? It does my heart good to see the King Bee headlights on your roadster.

 

Well, you could take a few things apart. Drill a new hole in the axle king pin area in the middle of the seeing arm. Then tap it and use a 45/90 zerk pointing up or down, whatever will be easier to access. Plug the original hole.

Edit: I meant to add I’ve a similar set up on an axle for my ‘57, who ever put it together used a straight zerk, the knuckle head just needed to use a 90 pointing up or down.

 

I think pre sixties on Instagram just posted about pumps I’ll go hunt and see/message you what I find

 

Thanks Budget, perhaps I can find another 90 zerk that can get in there...they may not all be alike...the suggestion of a reposition is a great idea as well...I suppose that may entail a bushing rotation to align the grease hole or path...not sure what's in there...maybe both...

One good thing though is I see some grease coming out even though it seems difficult going in...and I do jack it up and move the steering to assist...

Actually I think the 90 went in there was a conflict with the grease head fouling on the space between preventing it from going on...

 

Sammy used to run one of the big rebuild outfits that supplied most rotating rebuilds to CarQuest, Napa, Grand Auto........ (later Kragen) when I was selling parts years ago. He got with their drop disgusted with their drop in quality and opened his own shop. They do it all, water pumps, alternators, starters, generators and very well. I used him exclusively for old stuff. He's is in Sacramento if he's still there.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/s-and-n-auto-electric-sacramento

 

Hey Joey just wanted to say that I; like so many others have been following along on your many journeys. Appreciate all your time and effort. Great work. Love the step by step progress. I know everyone will have their opinion on the pumps and that is fine. As an option I run a set of pumps from “Skip” Haney on mine. I have had great luck with them and would highly recommended them. Again appreciate all the work and effort. Keep up the great work.

 

I’ve never done king pins and bushing by myself, but bought new bushings for a shop to replace. I took everything apart and just took the axle and bushings in. I don’t remember anything other that the locating slot on the king pin though.
I was thinking, in your situation what might work would be drill through, tap, etc. then use one of those small curly looking deburring tools to clean the inside of the bushing up, through the new hole.
Man, I sure like making work for others

 

i was wondering what you are doing for mounting a master cylinder when i was building my spencer roadster i made a batch of aluminum mounts that bolt to the back of the 32 K member using holes that exist there and mounts either a two bolt or three bolt m/c also an arm that gets welded to the brake pedal . i have a few left if you are interested John Eder [email protected]

 

Joey, those clamps waited a lot of years to wind up in your hands. I honestly would not have sold them to anyone else on the planet. But when we were talking, I realized they would be perfect for your car and would be a cool little link between my truck and your roadster.

This is the bag, that they were in when I acquired them almost 10 years ago. It was unopened when I got them.



Seems fitting that they end up on your car. It's the little things that all add up to make a car special and I think yours is on track to be stellar!

 

That is one of the cool elements of the vast HAMB UNIVERSE, parts can sit on shelf for years, then voila, the parts find a noble project, and then the parts find their way to that project!
Good on you @Hitchhiker ( Matt )

 

@Stogy , I use one of these for the hard to reach zerks:

https://www.amazon.com/LockNLube-Na...50-b317-d81bb0d68e6f&pd_rd_i=B0779FK9CZ&psc=1

 

Fantastic Joey.

I’m about 40% threw hopefully the last painting I need to finish to buy the rest of the supplies to get my 46 back on the road. Seeing you darting around the city is really a help keeping me motivated to keep moving forward.

think this is the longest it’s been down in ten years!

 

And the beat goes on…

 

Nice save on the clamps, think you can save that plate? More great building moments, can't wait to see the start up, Carp!