Going to UN-r*t the Rod,27 chrysler rebuild

O.K. Boyd here's your update

After two tries(the first shot I couldn't have gotten more dirt in it with a shovel)It's kind of a custom mix of colors from some alkyloid enamel that I had and some of the same that I had mixed up but didn't like the shade with a little of this a little of that and a lot of the other I found a shade I liked and added some gloss modifier to dull it a little.

 

I salute you. Looks great.

 

hey. it wasnt that ratty to begin with...


But the new paint and body work looks great!

 

Neat stuff. The Phoenix is rising. Gary

 

The new front wheels just showed up to, I'm a little torn on front tires, Love the bias ply look but I sick of bouncing all over the road

 

What makes you think its a chrysler? It looks like a Buick, a pontiac, or an international truck to me.

 

Dude! Thats awsome!

 

The body is a chrysler 210 doctors coupe, but the grill is a shortened international truck grill

 

When I built it thats what rat rods were(hot rods without the fit and finish) But now it's changed into shock factor crap without anything truly interesting.

 

looking good

 

Man I hope this is a new trend !!!! LOL keep up the good work, I would love to see more pics of your tracer . Thanks Louver Dude

 

I did a tech week article on it, Here you go!
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=462365

 

Don t ya think thts gonna take alot of the fun outta the car?

 

I like where you're going with the car.

The Photochop looks great too.

 

Great redo. Kool factors coming on strong.

 

you could do a tech on your door frame and i would vote for it too!

 

X2 on the door frame tech.

 

Love that color on it! Are you still going to make a lift off hard top?

 

Oh yea, I'm going to get it going as a roadster as fast as I can so I can drive it this summer(and to get rid of the piles of parts laying around the shop) and then work on the coupe doors(they will be a little more involved)and roof.

The comments really are a motivator. Thanks Robert

 

Well time for a BIG update!!!!
I did some reassembly the last few weeks, nothing to brag about just bolting back together so I didn't take any progress pics just final results(at least curently) I'm Realy liking it It has taken on a real cometition look and new ideas keep coming.
































Friends Kids checking it out, They seemed to approve

 

Next was a grill I had been looking at maby buying some sort of premade perforated aluminum sheet but decided to take a wack at making one instead, The first try need a little mor thinking and less hole punching( I didn't like how it didn't have a patern on two axis's)



starting again with a little more thought




all shot full of holes




with the trim on I still desperatly need the lower trim piece that ties the bottom together.




before tear down the car would over heat during the hot august nights cruize, a few laps idling with the occasional burn out would send the temps over 220 degrees (why is there no degrees simble on a keyboard?)
and with the new grill probably being more restrictive than what was on it previosly I fugured a fan shroud was in order.

paper template




.060 aluminum bent to a 90



a little work with the shrinker




make believe template come real life














intalled the shell to find the center of the fan




like the look?




found center and drilled for the circle cutter(another home made tool)




presto whamo!



next I cut a 2.5" strip and formed it inside of the shroud and rivited the ends together(it was a little more than 48" so I actually had to add in some filler strip)

mounted on the bead roller with the tipping die, I wasn't sure this would work but it sounded a lot easier than the streatcher



yup....works




the shroud looked a little plain so in went a few beads to jazz it up.




Assembled it all and rivited with solid rivets, and gave it a brushed look with some scotch pads







Then doom and gloom set in I hadn't accounted for the frame rails being tapered in, I can't get the grill far enough forward to get past the fan, and I cant get the bolts in the fan after the grill is installed, sooo...... F$CK!!!!!!

I think I will rework the bottom of the shroud to be removable... It sounded like a good time to quit before flustration reaked havok.

all in all I'm happy with where it's going.

Thanks all
Robert

 

wow its coming alng nicley

 

nice work....too bad about the shell but you will figure something out and it will be as cool as the rest of your work!

 

That shroud looks great! You'll figure it out.
Tha whole project is coming along nicely. Well done.

 

Looks rad. Did it have a vibration? the rear pinion angle looks a little wacky. Glad to see the Progress way to go on the metal work on the grill shell

 

I like the new paint. The grill and shroud are turning out top notch.

 

On my Mac, it's option+0 (number zero at the top of the keyboard, not the number pad to the right) so it looks like this:

220º

On a PC, you might try the alt key plus the numbers up top, or alt+0176 on the right keypad.

-KK

 

It does look funky in the pictures, but it is the canceling angle to the joint at the slip yoke.

 

Hey Pat,
Hows the cabriolet coming along you should snap some picts and post the project. did you make a decision on a power plant?

 

Wow, that is really look great! I'm impressed.

Well, Technically (puts on art director hat), option+0 yields a Masculine Ordinal Number for Spanish and Italian. Option+8 is the actual degree symbol. º vs ° .