1946 ford tudor sedan build

hello

I'm Jurgen from the netherlands
and this is my build tread.
it's a 1946 ford tudor sedan.
I build it in my spare time,so it is gonna take a few years


this is the car when I bought it in spring 2009



the plan is to build it roughly up and then go for registration and duth papers (it has an US title)
the car must be 2/3 original at that time. the less customizing the better the chance for dutch papers.
after I got the papers I go for the complete restauration and channeling/topchop.

I took the body off


I removed the AMC Pacer front suspention thas was build under the chassis.


I also removed the original rear axle


I bought a jaguar Xj frontclip and this wil fit perfectly under my chassis.



after I measured everything I made mountingplates so I can bolt it under the chassis.


more progress later

 

I almost completely rebuild the frontclip and made new upper shock mounts.




in the rear I mounted a 3rd gen trans am axle with posi.
the horizontal arms are the same width as the ford chassis
so I made some mounting brackets.



I also used the 3rd gen torque arm.

to eliminate sideways motion I used a watts linkage because in the future I want to mount airride and absolutely no sideways motion.

I made a bracket on the axle so I can always remove the diff cover



because I want rear disc brakes I mounted disks from a BMW 5 series E39(reduced 1.5cm in diameter) and calipers that came from a audi 100.
remember this is europe and I have a job in the car parts business.



I had to relocate the springs to


this is the rear view for now


that it for now

 

than I began to mount the engine.
I bought an pontiac engine from a sideways crushed 2nd gen trans am complete with a TH350 and driveshaft.
there is not much room for everything



because I did not have any room for the original engine mounts,I made the in front of the engine.(after I took the picture I mounted them with hardened bolts)


then I rolled the chassis outside and get the body inside my garage.


I couldn't mount the body on the chassis beca use the spare tire storage thing came against the rear suspention (upper shock mount)
so I cutted it out


It fits perfect


very low because I cutted 2 rings of the front springs


me and my son testing the drivability

 

made a new firewall because the last "customizer'' that worked on the car totally ruinded it.

smooth!


mounted a steering culomn from a chevy pickup ?


and a brakepedal + master cilinder from a mercedes




steershaft and manifold clearance



also welded jaguar splines at the lower u joint


some welding pics:




and suddenly its 2011 !!!! thats it for now.
I must upload new pics from my camera first.

Jurgen

 

Looking good so far. Keep up the great work!

 

Nice work.

 

Nice work! I really like the Jag front-end work!

 

nice work Jurgen, keep on posting and working offcourse

 

this looks very familiar to me........

my build thread
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=421572

It's looking good.

 

She's gonna be a sweet ride when you're done!

 

Great work on a great car. She looks very solid other then the rockers and those are better then most.

I would suggest stiffening up the master cylinder. It looks like you use about 12 gauge sheet metal for the floors and I am assuming you used the same on the firewall. After a few hard presses on the brakes the firewall may want to tear. I have seen in mentioned before on other builds and I am just putting out a suggestion.

 

to stiffen up the firewall I made a frame of square tubing behind it.
the mastercilinder is bolted directly on this frame.
thanks for the suggestion.
I post some pics later

 

this is the frame I made.
on each end of the square tubing I welded a plate and tapped thread in it so I can bolt it from the outside. these bolts wil not be visible when the hood is closed.

 

I also installed the rear fenders and the front inner and outer fender.

does anyone know why I have two different inner fenders (I have a second pair)
one inner fender has a hump towards the engine and the other doesn't. !!!

 

I made a start with the frenched headlight kit I got with the car.
but I wasn't happy with the installation of the headlight in the bucket.
the mountinginstructions with the srews and springs doesn't work for me.

I bought 2 headlights from a volkswagen rabbit (first type).
these have a nice round mounting frame and they can easely be adjusted with srews.

the frames where a little to big for the buckets so I made them a little smaller and welded new nuts on it for the adjustment srews.

to mount the complete headlights and frames in the bucket I welded some nuts on the frame and drilled holes in the bucket so I can bolt it to the bucket. (pic's say more then words).

 

I also made some extra spotwelds on the bucket because it almost fell apart. it was badly put together.

 

Cool build using "European" Frt. Suspension and U.S.A. engine, trans, rear end, wheels, etc......

 

I've read good things about the jag front suspension swap. What yr/model jag did you use?

-Shifter

 

jaguar xj6 or xj12 series 2 or 3 (series 1 doesn't have ventilated disks)
serie 3 has an steeringrack like mine. serie 2 has the powersteering lines on the back.
you can also use your GM servopump.
your 5x4.75 chevy wheels fit also if you slightly trim the hub.
and it has 4 piston calipers.

over here you can get them for about 200-300 dollar complete with rack and pignon and brakes if you are lucky.

I also bought the wipermechanism from a xj series 3 they fit almost directly on my ford. (same width and cable driven. even my wiperarms fit on it)

 

Its refreshing to see a nicely built car with salvage parts and your workmanship is nice and clean. Nice job!

 

Nice work Chopped46. What are the plans for the body?

 

thanks for the nice reactions

I have a job in the car part business (I sell new car parts) so I have all the documentation if I'm looking for a part to fit. (and a very nice discount).
so I don't have to order much in the states or a speedshop.

 

the car must go for a technical inspection at a station for traffic approval.
and it may not have to much modifications in our country.

when I have the dutch papers and registration I disassable the car.
it's getting sandblasted completly
then I want to chop the roof like this:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=404597&highlight=chopped+sedan
and maybe I channel the body over the chassis.
and then a nice flat paintjob.

 

Looking good. Keep up the good work

 

looks good man!

 

Subscribed and rated. Great topic, great work!

 

thanks wilf.


a little update:

I installed a interior from a BMW 3 series e36 coupe
it fits good even the benchseat
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I installed a emergency brake from a VW Rabbit type 2
(I have rear brakecalipers from a audi)

 

I customized a jaguar wipermechanism to fit in the ford


I customized the wipermotor because the angle of bladesweep was to big.




this is the result:





more pics in a few days

 

Looking good! You are using some different parts on this car and I like it. Keep up the good work.
Don

 

thanks for the compliments.

this is the result I want to reach
not the color, but the chop.

I don't exactly know how they did it.

who does ?