Projects Swedish 34 Ford Fordor

I have painted the inside of the body with epoxy primer and put body sealer undere the body.
On the chassis I have started with the brake system.

 

Finished the brake system and started with fuel lines and exhaust system.

 

More pics of the exhaust system and the parking brake cables are also routed.

 

Some more pics of the exhaust system and the gauges I have chosen is Stewart Warner 3 in 1, I dont think I have seen them in any car before but I like them. Have done the ash tray cover plate or AC vent cover and AC and heater bulkhead.

 

Last pic of the chassis assembled will soon tear it apart for paint. Have decided where to put the drier for the AC and made some hard lines for the evaporator and made a bracket for the brakelight switch.
I will paint the chassis and suspension parts in my backyard on a sunny day, not this day.

 

Some backyard painting the color I have chosen is a 60s Porsche slate gray.

 

This is the most masterful rebuild of a 34 that I have seen, although there are some real close seconds
on the Hamb site. Much of what you pictured here brings memories of my build, especially the frame boxing and rework. I'd love to start another, but deteriorating health issues prevent that and so I have to live vicariously thorough the work of others. Hope I'm still around when you post the final pictures.

 

Good stuff indeed...

 

Wow Thanks for your kind words this Covid 19 summer has given me time to work on my car that I normally would not had time for, so hang in there and I will work as fast as I can.

 

Carefully starting to assemble all the new painted parts, a really nice job.

 

Great work.

 

More parts put together on the chassis and painted more parts black.

 

Finished the brake system, fuel lines and exhaust system soon time to put the body on the chassis

 

Tom it all looks great, exhaust looks fantastic, my favorite exhaust materiel SS. An observation though, I think the exhaust around the MC area is going to retain a lot of heat IMO. Can you shield it from the heat? Like I said "just an observation"

Pat

 

Thanks Pat I have know that there might be a heat problem but I will give it a try and see what happens

 

exhaust wrap /cheap fix

 

I am soon ready to put the body on the chassis for ever I hope, have painted the gas tank and firewall and glued rubber insulation on the frame rails.

 

Now is the body on the chassis for ever I hope, I also dont like that you only has a lock on the passenger door therefor I have modified the driver door latch and adapted a Volvo 544 door lock. Have welded a pipe to the doorskin that holds the lock cylinder .

 

I have been putting on bondo, sanding and spraying filler in my backyard when weather has been OK
That has been my covid 19 summer

 

More bondo sanding filler and I have started to testfit the doors.

 

Checking that the door latches and locks work and it is fine, the outer door handles are the original ones just a little polishing. And made a new metal part under the radiator the old one was very rusty it was easier to bend a new one.

 

Next thing is to assemble the hood pieces they where not attatched to the car when I bought it so lets see if it fits.

 

I have removed and installed the hood many times now trying to make it fit , changing the position of the radiator adjusting the brackets the mounts the grille to radiator. It is a 3 man job but now I am pretty satisfied.

 

looks great !

 

Thanks

 

Installed the gas tank and the steering column and u joints. Have also made the last fuel lines. My 3rd member did not have a fill hole so I drilled and tapped one.
Now I will assemble the engine,transmission and 3rd member

 

The engine is a Chevy 350 with a .040 overbore and decked.It has Probe forged pistons Eagle crank and Procomp rods. The cam is a Competition cams hyd roller and Howards lifters, Edelbrock Performer RPM heads and Performer EPS intake.

 

hi thomas are your engine numbers machined off the block

 

Yes they are

 

thanx