Hot Rods A new project - 1941 Ford Shop Truck

F100 backing plates and hubs...

 

All done...

 

She's a roller...

 

^^^ I always add self adjusters to those brakes. They make life better

 

Looking good! Keep the updates coming.

 

I have many ol cars with bolted in front crossmembers. The bolts dont fill the holes like the rivets do. This leaves the crossmember loose and as it wiggles around, it eats up the shank of the bolts and wallows out the holes

 

I plan on welding it also.

Rich

 

smart man

 

I didn't want to rebuild the steering box unless it really needed it.

I was pretty sloppy, but I following the directions here....

http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/flathead_steerngear_adjstmt1937-48.htm

I removed two shims to tighten the worm shaft endplay.

Then, I turned two positions on roller shaft adjusting screw.

It's pretty darn tight now, and smooth, lock to lock.

 

Good info Rodster! Van pelt Sales site is sure is chocked full of info that has helped me out several times.

 

I love that grey! Looks good!

 

I wanna watch too! Looking great!

 

Brake lines ran.
Fuel lines ran.
Gas tank installed.
Rear shocks installed.
Motor mounts installed.

 

Inner and outer cab corner patches.

 

Getting ready to paint the bottom.

 

Theres an AMC master cylinder that is just like the late 60's mustang, except the ports are on the other side... which would have been easier to plumb, I used the same MC as you. I didn't find out about the AMC until after I was done.

 

That would have been nice to know.....

Rich

 

ow it's really coming together.

 

Cab mounting wood glued and sanded.

 

Nice pictures of the wood installed. I didn't realize how much wood was used to mount the cab.

 

Bottom side painted and undercoated.

 

Did I miss something, is this a modified tank or a new one??

 

Brand new.

I just couldn't get all the rust out of the stock tank, and a new one
was only 199 bucks.

Rich

 

I pulled a muscle in my back last week, so I decided to work on gauges this week (light duty)

This Frankenstein cluster is composed of 85 Ford truck gauges, a brand new
Stewart Warner electronic speedometer, and new vinyl decal gauge faces.

The NV3500 transmission that I plan to use only has electronic output.

I'm embarrassed to say how much time that I have wrapped up in making
everything fit/work, but I think that the final result looks really nice.

 

^^^Wow! That looks really nice!^^^

 

nice job on the gauges

 

Excellent work on the gauges.
This is going to be a nice truck.

 

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