Projects 51 Henry J gasser build

Love it...J's are awesome....I miss mine...

 

Things are kinda slow. I dislocated and tore a tendon in my right thumb doing body work on the rear quarter panel. Kinda hard to do anything until it heals. Dr. says about 2 more weeks with the cast and then into a splint. Shouldn't have to have surgery as long as i don't over do it before it heals.

 

Sorry to hear about the injury. Give your thumb time to heal properly. The Henry J's not going anywhere. It will still be there when your hand is back 100%.
Take care.
Baron

 

Well i have finally started work again on the HJ. It has been awhile. The thumb took way longer to heal than what the Doc said and it is still not what it use to be before the damage. Don't think it will ever be 100% again. So here are some pics to up date you all.
I had some help from my son one of his friends and a good friend of mine, setting the body back on the finished frame i then started the metal work on the passengers side. This included removing all the dings and dents, two lower patches on the door, front and rear patches on the quarter panel, lower patch on front fender, extending the bolt flange on the rear quarter, and cutting the front edge of the quarter to reset the door gap. All i have left to do on pass. side is finish the radius on the quarter and make a new mounting bracket for the lower front fender to be bolted up. I have posted more pics of the progress in my album. Hope you all enjoy!

 

Nice metal work!

Scott

 

No offense but Im glad to see you are not doing a remake of the altered wheelbase, even tho it does have a coolness about it with the mid engine.
Lookin good!

 

Nice work!....cant wait to see more

 

Nice car...I wish I still had my old one

 

Very nice work on a way cool build. Thanks for sharing your detailed pictures.I got to hang around a guy that raced a '51 Henry J in the gas classes, B/G and then as we got it lighter A/G. After the class was eliminated he ran in B/A, competiton eliminator. Had and injected Ford Cammer in it. Please keep us posted, thanks

 

Nice looking, can't wait to see it all together and making a pass.

 

any updates?

 

Here are the latest pics of the sheet metal work that has been done on the drivers side. It has been about 3 months and a lot of hammer, dolly, slappin and shrinking but i am just about to the end of the metal work. All that is left is to finish mounting the outer rocker on the drivers side and finish the flair extensions on the quarter radius's. I will post more pics of the hood and front valance this weekend once i get them down loaded from the camera. Hope you all enjoy!!!!!!!

 

A few more of the metal work on the drivers side.

 

Wholy crap is that a sweet J
Nice work

 

Really Cool!!! One more vote for YES.

 

Hey Dirty John,
Is that a vote YES to paint like dads car?

 

That's some nice metal work, it's looking great.

 

Sorry! My yes is for painting it like your dads car. That and just a general "yes" because I like it so much that is all I can get out of my mouth. haha

 

there is no better compliment than painting your car like the car that inspired you to build the car, added by probably the man that inspired you to get into cars to begin with. I 'm for painting it the same as your dads for sure . awesome metal work too.
henry J's rule

 

You do impeccable body work to say the least.

 

THANKS you guys for the compliments. I went to see a friend last night who is building a 34 chevy coupe. It has been awhile since i have seen the car. He told me that what inspired him the most to work on the car were the comments that people have made. I would have to agree with him. The more time i spend on here and read what people say to each other about what ever it is they are doing just make it all the better. So i say to everyone. "What ever you are doing in life enjoy it to the fullest" and have a great weekend!

 

More pics of late nights and weekend work. As you can see before starting on the hood it looked like somebody was learning how to dance. It was the worst body panel on the car.

 

More pics!

 

Was that all hammer n dolly work on the hood ?

 

It was a combination of a hammer, dolly, slapper, large stainless shrinking disk and metal body files. I worked on it off and on for 3 different weekends. It took a lot of time to get it straightened out. This is the first car that i have ever done this kind of metal finishing. It has been fun learning as i go but the finished product is well worth the extra time.

 

Any updates on this sweet project ???

 

What Great Metal Skills You Have !! Going To Be a Sweet Ride!!

 

Not yet. Should have a few pics by the end of the weekend. Working on getting the hood on the car and setting hood to fender gaps. Once that is done body will be all together and ready for final body work and primer.

 

Ok, spent all day yesterday trying to get the hood to fit and open. When i bought the car there was only 1 hood hinge. So i bought a pair off ebay. They looked to be a very nice set. Well after 4hrs of trying everything i could think of. I finally change the Dr. side hinge. Amazing the hood almost fell into place. Set the fender to hood gaps and installed the radiator and grill.
Here are the updated pics!
Hope you all had a great Easter weekend.

 

Looks great, what front axle did you use ?