Hot Rods 57 FORD Build #2... Glutton for Punishment.

Swing by and pick me up on the way!!!

 

Starting to look like a car again.

 

I'm liking what I see. You may get me to pull the cover off the one I have resting if you're not careful. It's not that I don't want to build it, just stuff in front on the to do list.

 

Getting the front tin on my car took 2 of us to get it right. I just loosened everything, test fit the hood and jockeyed everything around until it was perfect. I took the hood off 2 years later to wire the electric fan and fix the rust on the hood. But drilled some 3/16" holes through the hinges while it was together. It made putting the hood back on a 5 minute task.

 

Yep, I learned the trick about drilling small holes through hinges to pin them about 30 years ago when I worked for a custom paint and body guy. We spent quite a bit of time (hours and hours) adjusting the doors on a mid-year vette coupe and once we finally got it perfect, we drilled holes so we could blow it apart and get it back together after paint. I have been doing that with adjustable body panels ever since.

 

what is that stray wire i see? might wanna look at that. also, is it just me or is part of the front sheet metal missing...

 

Coming together nicely Jeff...the open road inching closer by the day...nice playground too...oh yeah...the shoes do fit the ole beast in a handsome way as well...

Perfect time for some extra hands too...

 

As a few other guys have said, that car has the perfect “patina” or wear on the paint. It just looks badass sitting there.

 

Who's putting the glass in?

 

Great hood/fender/door alignment, nice grille, standing on new rubber, and you noticed a stray wire????

 

A spray bottle of soap and water will help ease the pain as well !!

 

ahh, that makes sense, with how these cars are it looks to be a pain to line up all the panels.

 

Jeff, I hope the painter is a miracle worker. Curved glass is the only thing I haven't done on my projects my whole life. I have no help and they're easy to break. In case you are unaware, start at the bottom pulling the rope. Gravity will help you. Best wishes.

 

I must admit I've more than once considered making my hood rear hinged. The front hinge 57-59 Ford hood makes it tough to do much w/o removing the hood and then the 2 person job of putting it back.

 

Sorry to ask a dumb question but can someone explain the 'drilling a hole on the hinge' to me. I think I understand just want to make sure.

Mike

 

Got it. It is what I was thinking about. How and where did you drill for the hood alignment? Just through the rad support or through the hinge itself as well.

Mike

 

It would have been nice if they would have added that nice feature the Mopar pickups like @57 Fargo have front or rear open...that would have meant a bunch more scratching heads in the design department though...would be tough to reach up to close it too...

I wonder if the tilt forward was a safety deal for the accidental opening situation we read about every once and a while...

 

I just always used a scratch awl to outline the hinges or whatever. This way if you had to replace a hinge or something later on it was easy.

 

I guess these remedies are only good for the same hood and hinges. As soon as you change either the recipe has been altered as no two are alike I'm ass...uming...

 

They always seemed to be the same. Hood or door. If you just droll the hole you loose the hole if you end up having to replace the hinge then it’s back to square one.

 

I first did it with the doors in 2015 before I painted them and the jambs. I went 3/16" since I had a bunch of appropriate drill blanks that size. Anything skinnier may bend under the weight of a door.

 

There doesn't seem to be headlights in there either. Might check on that too.