Projects 30 Model a tudor build first build ever

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He's making engine noises! Varooooom


Dude those rear wheels are sick! What year are they? Are they for sale?

 

so had a good weekend. started with getting the front boxing plates to match the sweep in the front rails, then welded then in. started on making the brackets to attach the rear radius rods to the rear axle. have a good weekend coming up with couple of friends coming to help out and try to get the frame to a roller

 

Keep up the good work, me and Nick will be by Saturday to get that joker built into a roller.

 

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lol was going to update today but seen its been done lol thanks yall deff enjoyed the help and sure as hell wouldn't be where I am with out yalls help

 

Pics, more pics! More frame porn...

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couple more pics to make this up to date

 

well seen I was missing some pictures from making the wishbone mounts and center cross member so here they go

 

Well heres little update, made brackets to mount rear radius rods to center cross member, got the rear axle squared up and all tacked together next will be adding 1in tubing on top to make ladder bars like the last picture

 

Nice build so far!! Where in NC?? I'm in Greenville, about 1.5 hours east of Raleigh.

What did you do with the fenders?? I may be interested....

 

thanks im in Jacksonville NC. 1.5 hours south of you. I still have the fronts and a spare front with spare tire hump. the rears are worse and bent I can Pm pictures if you would like

 

Hey Jarhead,

Let's see some more progress pics!!



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so its been a damn long time since I had and progress or updates. been Fun year this year with life, but got some garage time in. Now I have never done body repair but have been reading and watch some stuff. so what better way then just getting into it so started with the quarter got it marked and old cut out. bottom of b pillar was shot. got some metal and @moparob happen to be coming by to check up on my and see how everything was going. he helped and walked me through the best way to fab the lower part I need to replace. last we got the body on the frame table! so until next update here's couple pics

 

Hmm, looks like he was, umm, framed


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well few weekends ago same great buds came back out to help me get a jump start and motivated on getting this damn car built, didn't get any pics of all the action but we got the body squared and held in place to get it on the chassis to see how it would look, I got the body where I wanted it and started to repair the b pillar bottoms. in the pictures the front of the body was not where I wanted it.

 

looking good. keep going.......

 

Update been a while. Got the subframe started engine/trans back in started to flip the fire wall and picked up a seat so on to the pictures

 

slow time still but had a bud pick up a nice passenger side door for me. got it back to the house and got the old door off. the pins didn't want to move at all so on with the drilling. got the door back on. just need to adjust it a little and it will line up perfectly. now I can move on to the rest of the body work and patch panels.

 

So it's been 5years or about since I have started this project. I'll admit I bit off more than I could chew with body work.I have learned a lot. I have set a goal to have this done by next summer. I found a new body that is in great condition so it will help the goal tremendously. So here is a couple pictures from this weekend trip to get it.

 

So along with the new body I have had a change of heart that will put the Tudor on a better path to hot rod material than the 351w and t5 engine and transmission combo. Welcome the 364 nailhead and Muncie 4speed.

 

so had some free time so we pulled the 351w/t5 and started to get the 364/Muncie set in to see how she looks. have shorter water pump on the way. also need to find a 57-58 364 nail head water pump pulley. and sort out mounts. once engine is in place new body will be going on.

 

Had a good weekend. Me and the girlfriend got the nailhead installed and mounts welded in and braced the old body a little to add some support for removing

 

So have a great update for the build. thanks to my bud @nickk for his knowledge and use of shop and everything else and to my girlfriend for all the help she did as well. this past weekend started with packing everything up and getting ready to get it to the shop. once there got started on the channel and getting the body mounted to the frame. on to the pictures

 

Still here! So with this whole social distancing me and the ol lady got some more done to the Tudor. Made and tacked in place pedal mounts and pedals, removable transmission mount, and shifter mount bracket to bring it back some what center. Also made up the piece for the insert for the firewall. On to the pictures.

 

Had good couple of nights getting some long over due work done on the 30. We made templates of how we wanted the floor and started cutting out and making the passenger side and figuring out where everything's going to go.

 

Looking good Eric!!! im on the fast track to get my model done for Next ONSI. cant wait to see you yours in person. might have to make a road trip with Rob down to check it out!

 

Had a great fun and productive weekend with some great friends! Big thanks to my buddy @nickk for giving up the space and time to get it done. And a big ass thank you for everyone that came out and helped big time in getting the floors done!! The tudor finally has floors!!! Still have bunch of work ,but would ya just look at it! @moparob and his beadwork got to love friends and garage time!!! On to the pictures.

 

Little update hace been welding on the new floor

 

little update. I have been knocking out the floor. everything is tacked in place besides the rear crossmember hump. also got a set of headers off my bud that changed his up some. Also had the 671 nailhead manifold come in for the 401. on to the pictures.

 

A tad chilly in the shop it looks like.