Just saw this. Both the 32 and 34 have been in limbo with business taking priority. Both of your cars are looking great!
I’ve been getting some good shop time on both projects. Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing all the details about your work! Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
any chance you could post the interior wood shot you got off ebay? i have been looking for that also, thanks. roadster project on hold?
Here is the picture that helped me out. Once I figured out I had the tack strip with the loose parts that came with the car I was all set. Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
More progress What the rust didn’t get someone went after with a torch when they removed it. Here is a before Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
thanks for the photo, sadly not of use to me, i have the window and package shelf, but no idea how it hooks up to the B pillar. must be something to support the ends of the shelf so it not just hanging on the drain pan
This is the closest I could get...there is a notch cut in the b-pillar for the rectangular wood block (picture 2). The package tray is screwed from below similar to the 5 window (picture 3) Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Incredible Craftsmanship. This thread is old...but who I am to talk. Been messing around with my bucket-a-bolts forever and a day as well. You can't rush perfection...Right?? Thank god, we have a cool hobby to keep us busy, during this "lockdown" JT
Thanks, this one has been on the back burner for a while...got more interested in the roadster project. Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Finished repairing the perimeter, still have a few bullet holes and other in the field to address. Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Got the drivers side subrail fit and tacked together. Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
My Dad was a outstanding college professor,dept head at a very major university in Texas for 36 years and I was a gearhead early Ford and flathead fancier.Needless to say we “clashed”. He did not like cars——anytime our car needed some repairs,he would not have them repaired—-our family just bought a NEW ride. Count your “lucky stars” you and your Dad enjoy some of the same things such as refurbishing an old Ford.my oldest son is an attorney in NYC,age 35. My youngest son is a semi professional musician and a computer programmer age 32. They were never interested in my hot rod Fords(I have 55 years of hot rod flatheads) and they don’t change their own oil and I am not sure they could change a flat tire.I am jealous of those parents who made their children mostly aware of their dads true love and the kids grew up with an appreciation for older simpler iron. Flatheads Forever!
Finished up installing the subrails. I drilled a hole in the top every 2 inches and then welded and ground smooth. I then got sidetracked identifying what holes are used for the seat. I went ahead and mounted it to check fit. Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Temporarily installed the quarter panel supports and the below the decklid panel. Welded 3 nuts on the outside of the supports, this allows the bolts to be blind installed once the quarters are installed Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Pressed the 4 d-nuts into the rear end of the floor pan Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Got the body bolted to the floor. Four small bolts, but they are connected. Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Sins of former owners: The first picture is the “subrail”, it’s no more than a piece of angle iron with half an inch of bondo welded between the cowl and the quarter. This next picture is the wheel well...galvanized sheet metal brazed with a few screws for good measure. This is of course after sand blasting all the bondo off. Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
i am curious about your tool for crimping D nuts, did you make the die, or buy it? never seen one before. i usually tac weld them, but it would be good to have a real tool for it. great progress on the coupe, lovin the reports
It’s a “ball joint press”. Normally I use the 20 ton press, but couldn’t get the floor in it...I did have one of the d-nuts spin, so I was more careful with the rest. Once I got them pressed, I used an impact driver to remove the press. Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
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thanks for the photo, its the only one of that area on the internet i believe, and i have spent lots of time searching. interesting stamped metal brace i have never seen before. did you make it, or is that how they are? is that a loop for the drain hose on the lower wheel well?