Projects My '51 Shoebox build

Hell from the picture you look low enough and you didnt even have the motor in yet looks great

 

Thanks guys.

I don't have coil springs in it yet Grinder. I've got a piece of wood between the control arm and frame for the time being lol

 

I was wondering what that 2x4 was doing. Old school wooden suspension!!

 

I used an EZ Wire harness on my last car and really liked it. However, Rebel Wire is a HAMB supporter and everything is made in America. I have one of their kits sitting on the shelf right now and its REALLY nice.

Contact Tugmaster here and he'll hook you up!

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I went thru tugmaster as well.
I recommend him also.

 

I really dig the color nice...I've used rebel wire their great...david tanner here on the hamb is a dealer...you get a discount as well

 

Used rebel wire in 4 cars, very nice harness

 

I've got a small update. Been working some OT the past few weeks, and the 95+ degree days sure aren't helping me get things done. I ordered a 12 circuit Rebel harness. I'm starting to put the dash back together and plan on running an oil pressure gauge and a coolant temp gauge in the dash. Any advise on gauges that somewhat match the factory ones? I'm leaning towards Autometer's Old Tyme black faced gauges.

 

Why not use the factory oil and temp gauges?

Rich

 

I'm wanting to run something (hopefully) more accurate and not have to deal with voltage reducers.

 

Running a ford motor, Rock on dude

 

I've been doing some work getting the steering together using the factory column and adapting it to a DD shaft to run to the s10 gearbox. It's almost a straight shot. I'm waiting for a firewall flange bearing to finish it up, so I cut the trunk up to fit a mustang gas tank. Now I'm stuck with the task of scraping off all the original tar crap. Talk about a messy job!

 

Super Siiiick man, I love it! Subscribed!!!!

 

I got most of the steering finished up earlier. Since I'll be running a firewall mounted brake booster, I patched the hole in the floor.

 

Bitchin

 

looking good man

 

Iran dash guages to so i took the speedo apart and blanked out the originals

 

Good idea Tedley. I like the way that came out

 

I've been looking for a steering wheel for a while that was in my price range(cheap), and ended up finding a 52/53 for $35 shipped on ebay. It had a few cracks, but was in very good condition. I used my dremel tool to widen the cracks and then filled them with PC7 epoxy. I sanded it smooth and waited a few days before spraying it with epoxy primer. It will end up being the same color as the firewall but with red metal flake.

 

comin along nicely. i love the gauges and your color choice so far

 

I got the steering wheel sprayed earlier. I added some red metal flake to the first 2 coats of clear, and then sprayed 2 coats of plain clear on top. I'm thinking of going back and adding flake to the dash now after seeing how good the steering wheel came out

 

Love the red micro flake on the wheel. Whats the brake master off of? Thanks

 

Thanks man. I bought the brake setup off of ebay. It's a 7" universal kit with the pedal assembly. The master cylinder is supposed to fit a corvette according to the auction.

 

Good work man! Keep it up!

 

Hooked cant wait on some updates.. I noticed the oil filter got replaced with a smaller one. I got the s10 clip on my 50 and I want to go with a 302 I have already. Any other issues with the ford block in that s10 clip?

 

I can't think of any issues other than changing to a smaller oil filter. The factory exhaust manifolds will bolt up and clear, and there's a ton of room between the oil pan and the front crossmember.

 

Looks Bad ass

 

I haven't forgotten about the car. I've been getting the dash back together. For a stereo, I will be using a mini amplifier mounted behind the dash powering a 6x9 in the factory location. I cut the face off the factory radio and mounted it in the dash so it has the appearance of the factory radio. Where the volume knob was, I mounted an aux input jack that I can plug an MP3 player into.


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Progress has been pretty slow lately. I stripped all the tar crap off the floors and covered them with sound deadener. The dash is about 95% wired up. I wasn't planning on running turn indicators, but ended up running an aftermarket unit mounted down low on the steering column out of the way. It's still easily accessible. The past few days I've been working on a trunk latch and stripping the tar crap off to get it ready to spray in bedliner.

 

Since we had some 75 degree weather today, I went ahead and seam sealed everything and sprayed the bedliner.