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You're building one hell of an amazing car here, Jeremy. Keep up the nice work!



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Too much chit chat and not enough pics!!!!

 

Actually, there's as many as eight in there at one time! Rad club house for equally rad dudes! Go Jerm!

 

There is more awesome work being done!! Just waiting on an update with pics

 

The car is looking killer!

 

I have totally let this thread fall apart! This time of year is extremely busy for me at work so I haven't had the time to get any major work done. Lately I've just been plugging away at the wiring.

Here's a picture that JJ took this past weekend when he stopped in to hang out a bit





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Bigger!

 

Where are those taillight pics?!

 

Thanks Jeff! Your pictures always turn out way better than mine!




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Very nice, Studebaker caps look good.

 

Thanks man!



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Love it! Kudos Jeremy.

 

I love the HAMB, what a great car, thanks for sharing!

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Any updates on this build?
Been a month.

 

x2 great choice

 

I wish I had more to update guys! Ive been swamped at work so progress has been limited. I'll do a better update in the near future.... When I actually get something done worth talking about.

Thanks for the interest!


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But I thought you guys had the winter off?

 

Incredible work...you should be proud of your accomplishment!

 

Glad I found this thread, I've love the few pics I've seen on Instagram. Keep up the killer work.


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Hahagaha funny guy! Daytona nearly kills me every year!

Thanks man I'm definitely trying

Thanks dude!




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Awesome craftsmanship. You are an artist.

 

She is a beauty.

 

You're going to GNRS? Cool. Me,D, and Keith Dorton leaving at 6 am tomorrow. vic

 

Just checked in again. It's looking good!

 

What a terrific build!

Love seeing the pics of Curt Rs car also. It´s refreshing to see a Merc sitting level and with no skirts.

 

Well I have been seriously slacking on my build thread and lately it seems that I take one step forward and two steps back!

I fired the engine and got everything tuned In. She fired off ez and broke in with only minor issues. The entire time we had a noise deep in the engine that we were hoping would quiet down.... Long story shot, piston to wall clearance was off and it was find a new block and start over or have custom pistons made.
I couldn't afford a set of custom pistons so i had I start from scratch with a new block.
That gave my dad a good reason to head south for some good father son shop time he could pass the opportunity to help me yank my car apart... Especially since he was miffed that he wasn't here when we fired it off for break in!


Anyway! Enough with the downers!

While the motor was out for rebuild I decided to pull focus back on the sheet metal work.

I had some poor quality repairs that were done by a "professional" on the quarters that needed addressed so I started cutting...


After that was addressed it was time finally weld it on. The other quarter is still fubar and is requiring a fair amount more work...I hope to get to it this weekend.
Here's the the finished passenger side quarter and the process

Fully tig welded, ground down and then leaded.

File file file and more filing




That pretty much gets this thread back up to date. More to come soon!