Customs My shoebox chop

That's true but it is only painted so i can store it in a unheated aeria.

/Stefan

 

AHHH! Cool. Car looks sweet.

 

Thanks for the coments

I have made little more on the mufflers



/Stefan

 

Always enjoy your updates. Great stuff!

 

Theres a whole lot of great ingenuity, and creativity in this thread! Thanks for sharing!

 

Dude, you're a freakin rocket scientist.

I've been watching the full life of this and I have to say its really good.

Lots of technical feats have been accomplished on that car.

I'm looking forward to seeing the car all back together and tearing up the street across the pond.

 

Stefan, you are a Freaking Fabricating Fanatic!!!

(See what your translator does with that)

 

Thanks for all coments.

I have painted little more today.



I need to take them out from the garage and put them on the heyloft over the garage
So i can get more space.

/Stefan

 

I don't post much, but you're work is amazing, I'm always excited when you have new post up.

 

Thanks for the coment

Her's a little update of the muffler build



I have begin to weld the ends of the mufflers

/Stefan

 

Excellent!!

 

total fabricator

 

alot of work good job

 

Thanks for the coments



I have painted the out side of the hood
It is on drying with a halogen light on it

/Stefan

 

Merry Christmas Stefan..

I just went back an re-read this entire thread. Whew!
27 pages of pictures and comments.
A lot of work you have done in a short time.

One of the best build threads on this forum ever. Thanks for doing it.

 

... and it makes a pretty cool picture too !

 

Thanks for all the coments i have get this year.
And Happy New Year to all readers.

And a little update of the mufflers



Now are they ready welded.

and only surfis treatment left and maybe hanges.

/Stefan

 

I have put some parts on hayloft



I have begin to look on put in the hood hinges in the hood



My hood is a 1949 one and i shall use 1950-51 hinges insted.

/Stefan

 

More parts on drying after paint



The door are now primed



I are puting in the 51 hood hinges on the 49 hood ao it fitts my 50 shoebox

/Stefan

 

Looks good,are you going to use 51' hinges with trunk too?
Keep it up!

 

Good job making progress during winter. Brrrrr!!!

 

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I have a 51 trunk lid to my shoebox with home made hinges in 51 style





The hinges have gassprings from a BMW to balance the lid

/Stefan

 

There was in best case 2 degree C [34 F] in the garage to day.

 

I just went through this entire thread. Stephan you motivate me man. I appreciate all the hard work you putting in to that shoebox. Keep it up!

 

Stefan - truly awesome build - I salute you for having the vision and skill to save that car

 

I just found this thread today and have been totally and completely mesmerized as I read all 27 pages of it........Stefan, you are truly off the hook! A magician with metal and a wizard with an English Wheel.... I am going out to the garage now and burn my Fiddy One Victrola........ I am sittinig here with my jaw on my desk looking at this work........thank you soooooo much for sharing your unbelievable engineering and fabricating skills with all of us.........you Scandinavians are truly *balls to the wall* hot rodders.......

I will be avidly watching the future posts.......

CB

 

Thanks for all the coments




I have begin to look how to fill the gas tank
I have three diffrent thougts about it. One is to fill in the left rear light. Another is to
fill in the left side panel or the last is to fill in behind the trunk lid.
All of them have some problems.
Behind the light is not so easy to do.
I the left side is not so good looking the filler neck must turn little to mutch for easy filling.
Fill in behind the trunk lid is easy to do and looks good but east to spill in the trunk an is poseble it smells gas in the car.
Witch is to prefere to do??



I have begin to restore the hinges and it was necesary to drill out the screws and the hinge pin on the first of them.

/Stefan

 

I like your project. That's A LOT of work, and it comes out real real nice.
About the filler: I would go for filler in trunk...

 

If you run a vented cap you will have the same gas smell problem also.

Tank vent to the fender well. Run it out and up towards the top of the inner fender, and coil it up. One or two loops is sufficient. I add a piece of rubber hose to the end with a large carb jet stuck inside. The idea is to vent pressure not fumes. Gas fumes equals evaporation which equals loss of fuel. I use some copper or aluminum tubing.

I like the ideal of filler in the trunk. I did one with a stainless "pan" around it. So it didn't stain the carpeting and It had a small drain hole. I could wash it out if I spilled some.

Just a thought.

 

Behind the light. You can do it, Stefan!! Besides, we all want to see how you will get that done!!