Projects 32 Ford 3 window build finish details

Looking good. On those spindles, I believe all early Ford spindles were forged, right?

 

Alchemy beat me to it.

 

Thanks guys I looked at the spindle and thought how could they have forged the letters in ? But after I posted it I thought no way could these be cast! I had casting on the mind‍♂️ glad you guys straightened me out!

Alchemy- glad to see you following my project, I know you have my back!

 

I just read through the entire thread, some great info throughout the years.
Great build and thanks for taking the time to share all your progress!

 

Robdski - Thanks for the kind words!

Hi Guys,
Progress has been a little slow lately. Having fun with our new RV Camper has taken some time away from the 32. Then to make matters worse the 32 has been not been playing well...
While I waited for the new length tie rod & drag link (which went really well ordering them from Speedway) I installed the fuel pump & fuel filter. Audi my barn cat inspected my work and the installation passed inspection, then things started to go off the rails!

The suspension turned out well with the new tie rod & drag link so I moved unto the brakes & wheels.

First thing was to paint more parts cast iron gray. The shocks painted great, the wheel hubs painted great and one backing plate painted great. The other backing plate looked like elephant skin on a hot day.


So I sandblasted & sanded the one backing plate and brushed on some two part epoxy primer.


Paint was still bad. So I went to the default "fix any bad paint job" by stripping it bare with paint stripper.



Then another fresh coat of two part epoxy.


Then another fresh coat of cast iron gray.


Finally I have both backing plates painted and ready to install.


A brand new set of shock came with the car when I bought it. I measured the extended & compressed lengths and they seemed perfect. I took off the stickers and painted them spray gray.


I goofed and didn't try them before I painted them. The dust shield interferes with the upper shock mounting bracket. So I had to "re-size" them by cutting off the dust shield.


Then some belt sanding to clean up the re-sizing process. I left a little on because I didn't want to affect the weld joint for the top of the shock mounting barrel. Once installed you can hardly see that. Of course now I have to repaint it because some of the paint didn't cover the shock where the dust cover was last time when I painted it.


Sometimes its the little things that can really take up your time. My wheel hubs look identical but one has a threaded dust cover and the other has a press fit dust cover but I didn't have the press fit dust cover. Fortunately I love a good treasure hunt and it was a long hunt to find the press in dust cover. I finally found it at Speedway but the P/N is not listed online but the gal on the phone found the p/n for me and it fits perfect. I need to go back & order a spare in case I ever lose it. If someday I ever own a bigger lathe I can machine threads in the one so they both match.


Now the front suspension is back on its wheel again.




In other news, my brake master cylinder decided to punish me for taking so long on this project and went on strike and totally seize up. It must of had moisture in it and simply rusted solid. It looked like a early falcon or mustang single cylinder unit. When I got the car it came with a nice new dual master cylinder so I decided to upgrade the system since with the body off this would be the best time to do it. Sadly my friend Rick who I bought the car from had done a very nice job bending all the lines for the single master cylinder unit and I just removed all that nice work. Anyways I installed the new twin cylinder unit, two new residual valves, a new proportioning valve and the surrounding lines. I still have more work to do. I have to paint the master cylinder & bracket for the proportioning valve, attach some new rubber coated clamps for the lines then add fluid and bleed the system. After the exhaust is installed I will need to design some heat shields.


Thanks for following along. Greg