Thanks. picked up a decent set of fenders a few months ago and traded a set of top irons for some new running boards. Going to be full fenderd. Got a couple other projects going on, but hope to be fitting them by the end of the year
On my way back from Hershey…got some great parts for the car and future projects. The thumbscrews are for the roadster and the castings will be patterns for reproduction to go with the cabriolet top irons I’m making. I’ll post pictures of the whole haul
I have been real busy these last few months with a few other projects. I’ll be back working on this car now. I have been eyeing a some ideal aircraft levers on eBay to use as door safety latches for some time now. I’ve seen a couple people use them, and they look great. The main problem is they want $275 each . I found these levers for a fraction of that and made a fixture to mount them. I drilled out the pivot hole for a shoulderd bolt and mounted it to a threaded bung that I welded to heavy gauge sheet metal. The lever is spring loaded with three positions indexed and sliding in another part that came with the levers. I drilled holes in the levers for clevises that allow a rod to swivel in a pillow block.
looks nice, but a bit undersized. single shear 3/8" (?) is pretty strong, but this is not supported fully at the stress point. I see it bending and pulling under load. https://www.mscdirect.com/product/d...",can be found within the Dowel Pins category.
Impressive work, and how something latent like this involve so many hour's of craftsmanship. I respect your skill.
Made a few patch panels to replace rusty metal on the decklid inner. Going to end up being fore patches to get it all
By golly you sure are good at making the dies to stamp out the correct shape part. I'd like to see the trunk die for fun. For the audience, I bought some parts from Elvis, the lower cowl feet, they are beautiful.
I’m not sure where the dies went for the decklid, probably back in the scrap bin. Here are some others I have made. I’ll cut a positive and negative leaving some room for the metal bend
This is an amazing thread. Lots to learn here. Did you make the front door edges with the multiple steps that fit into the jamb or can they be purchased from someone? Thanks
I had a set fabricated. I believe TomBay is making them now, I know he is doing the door tops. I made the bottom 6 or 8 inches from multiple pieces on several doors. On the next set of doors I’ll make them out of one piece.
Built a cart for the rear end. This will help with rebuilding it… next big project I’ll be working on after the new year
With the Halibrand rearend now going in the 33 I had to rebuild this stock 34 rearend for this project. Got it all disassembled and inspected. Happy that the gears were good and with a nice surprise that they are 3:54 ratio. I have all new bearings and will have to replace one axle. The threads are buggered up. I made a jackscrew to push the pinion gear and bearings out.
All day cleaning disgusting sludge out of the rear end. I also got the backing plates put back together
That early style thumbscrew is rare and hard to find. I think they were used in '32 and '33, possibly as late as '34. The more common are the bell shaped. Good find!
I’m planning on casting a few in bronze and having them chromed. Just need to find the time. I did end up getting a few sets of the cabriolet header mounts that came with the thumb screws machined from stainless steel
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