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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by rsss396, Sep 17, 2018.

  1. rsss396
    Joined: Aug 30, 2009
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    Thanks Lynn! It is the typical mid 60 to seventies manual steering box mopar used on allot of cars but I did machine the end of down to slide into a bracket I made and had chromed that sits on top of the frame. I had to cut one of the mount hole areas off to do this. I then also had to build a bracket that mounts to the inside of the frame and pics up the other factory mounts on the steering box. mopar steering box.jpg [​IMG]
     
  2. Rsss396
    Kool,I only really spotted the firewall because I did the same with mine to get that extra couple of inches for the Cad motor,except for the widening.
    Your car is pure class,
    Chris.
     
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  3. Hollywood-East
    Joined: Mar 13, 2008
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    Acorn nuts on manifolds is Neat! (.)(.)'s
     
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  4. I'm speechless...

    The custom touches as never seen before.

    Absolutely stunning!

    Looking forward to seeing pictures with hood.
     
  5. pwschuh
    Joined: Oct 27, 2008
    Posts: 2,827

    pwschuh
    ALLIANCE MEMBER

    I think you can look at the engine and then look at the rear tires and then answer this question for yourself. :)
     
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  6. Malcolm
    Joined: Feb 9, 2006
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    Malcolm
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    from Nebraska

    Turned out very nice -- Well done!
     
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  7. rsss396
    Joined: Aug 30, 2009
    Posts: 130

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    thanks Chris, the exact reason I did it. I did not want the hood getting to long because of moving the motor to far forward. even though I could have probably moved the motor about a inch farther forward than it is right now.
    I just played it safe because of a few unknowns I had with the water pump/timing cover clearance that did not get sorted out until after painting.
     
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  8. F&J
    Joined: Apr 5, 2007
    Posts: 13,222

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    ...I don't know about the rest of you...but I'm seeing like 20 years of hard work. Geebus!

    .
     
  9. AHotRod
    Joined: Jul 27, 2001
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    Your Coupe is Perfect!
     
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  10. wackdaddy
    Joined: Nov 11, 2015
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    Outstanding!!!
     
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  11. classiccarjack
    Joined: Jun 30, 2009
    Posts: 1,465

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    OMG!!!! Your car is bad ass! You did an amazing job. Hats off to you sir! I hope to do half as good as you did on my 1936 Dodge...

    Sent from my Moto Z (2) using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
     
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  12. classiccarjack
    Joined: Jun 30, 2009
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    Great idea. I have a couple of these boxes and have considered utilizing one to steer my 1936. This really helps me out. Thank you for sharing!

    Sent from my Moto Z (2) using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
     
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  13. Tim
    Joined: Mar 2, 2001
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    Tim
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    from KCMO

    Man that thing is great! Nailed it!
     
  14. 51box
    Joined: Aug 31, 2005
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    51box
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    from MA

    Very nice work, that Hemi must be a blast
     
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  15. general gow
    Joined: Feb 5, 2003
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    general gow
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    This car is gorgeous. Dang.
     
  16. 40ragtopdown
    Joined: Jan 13, 2015
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    I also saw your car at Kalamazoo was my favorite. I especially like what you did with the rear window sure has to improve visibility.
     
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  17. Atwater Mike
    Joined: May 31, 2002
    Posts: 11,625

    Atwater Mike
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    Familiar stuff here...My '27 T roadster was on Deuce rails, ended up with Mopar steering box, 354" Chrysler with Horne intake, four 97s. To see a similar 'recipe' is "wow stuff"!
    Your total finish is outstanding! Rear window is a First, fit is perfect.
    Everything in the right place. Dash fairing into the doors is amazing.
     
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  18. rsss396
    Joined: Aug 30, 2009
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    Thanks everyone I appreciate all the compliments! I tried to bea little different but its tough when just about everthing has already been done to these cars. The rear window wasn't planned it was oh crap I need to fill this big hole I cut out lol, It just so happen to come out pretty cool. One thing nobody has noticed on here or at the shows is the drip rails are from a 66 ford galaxy 4 door, the rear of the drip rails are actually orig the front of the galaxy, they just so happen to have the same radius in the curved section. The reason used them was I thought it might be kinda cool to have a stainless trim on the drip rail. But after painting it I pretty much gave up on that idea but it is still possible since all need to do is snap it on. But what a pain it was making that work out! Ihad to do allot of metal work to blend all that in.
    I have to admit my rear bumpers are kinda cool and turned out better than I thought they would but I narrowed and chopped those vette bumpers allot and there was a whole lot of guessing going on lol.
    The rear tail light are pretty cool to even though just look like 50 Pontiac lights, the pattern in the trailer light glass makes them pop so cool at night.
    The Buick dash also worked out probably a little better than I expected when I first started. Again you keep taking small cuts at it and it seams to take forever to get something fitted, and while it initially mocked up pretty easy I did have to slice up the dash and level out the gauge holes and make the cornes of the dash flow into the door pieces that were grafted together with the stock model A door piece and the buick door piece Then I had to make cut outs that would allow for the inside door handle pulls. The one thing I had to give into was power windows, I just could not figure out how to move the stock model A crank to the spot where the Buick crank hole was, which by the way was actually for the wing window not the door glass crank. I used the switches that allow factory cranks so its tough tell they are power. I am not proud of it but sometimes you just have to make compromises to make a look come together.
    The gauges were a real pain, the speedo was pretty easy to mount but it is driven by a Dakota digital electronic to mechanical cable box since my trans has a electric out put for the speed. Works pretty good but seams the accuracy drifts from my phones GPS some but not allot, but never did have the speedo calibrated so not sure what blame.
    The tach was a old SW not sure if it worked or not but basicly overlayed the SW speedo face over a speedway tach installed in a SW housing.
    The Pontiac gauge were the hardest part because I wanted them to also have a SW bezel to match the tach and speedo. well the Pontiac gauges themselves are much larger than the SW gauge housing and for the oil pressure I had to cut a relief slot in the side for the Bourdon tube that moves the needle as it expands. I eliminated the amp gauge and replaced it with a voltage gauge. the temp gauge works decent but the new elect sending units available today don't seam to have the same temp curve on the voltage feed back like the old units the gas gauge works but needs a little calibrating to be a little better. I have more money in these old gauges than if I bought some darn nice new gauges, and its funny how many people do not understand how hard and expensive it is sometimes to make some of this old stuff work. but honestly I looked at allot of these new gauges and I don't think they look half as nice as mine.
    I attached some pics of my taillights lit up I think they are pretty cool! IMG_3371.JPG IMG_3373.JPG
     
  19. Gray Ford
    Joined: Oct 18, 2008
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    from Illinois

    VERY nice car ...The more you look, the more little details you find ....Again..VERY well done ...VERY nice work ...
     
  20. brigrat
    Joined: Nov 9, 2007
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    from Wa.St.

    And the air cleaners??????????????????????? Marine?
     
  21. rsss396
    Joined: Aug 30, 2009
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    E0E2082E-EB88-4DDD-884D-796E7424381B.jpeg
    No they are open scoops with mesh filters, a guy on ebay was selling them from Australia not sure if he still does or not?
     
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  22. KoolKat-57
    Joined: Feb 22, 2010
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    from Dublin, OH

    Seems like a shame you couldn't have done a better job! LOL
    The A stands for awesome!
    KK
     
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  23. rsss396
    Joined: Aug 30, 2009
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    5863FCC6-B2D3-4FCB-9EBA-6323A4163336.jpeg 686D85AA-DE82-4F77-8165-3F7D6410D34B.jpeg 45B01C19-2CA1-49F6-BEC0-496D80D6DB98.jpeg 2A94B14A-C532-4880-B784-7EC6B9C0CFA8.jpeg 0A1170B8-AB52-479C-B9D7-012CA5EF5748.jpeg 5C361FF4-E0D4-4891-A1D8-CC8E94D2111C.jpeg F6FE20EA-F422-470C-AE82-819342A6B594.jpeg B9B674A2-69B2-4D1C-A503-2BC74CE286C1.jpeg Had some asking about mopar box and what I did to make it work. Basically the hard part for many may be machining the housing. There are 3 factory mounting holes but you must remove the mounting hole closest to the end of the output shaft, i sawed off most of it then I used my milling machine with the output shaft chucked up in my rotary table to machine the case so it was round. Not the best way to make a perfectly round shaft but it worked well enough for a good fit in my custom top of the frame mount. The inside of the frame mount picks up the 2 steering box mounting points.
     

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  24. Petejoe
    Joined: Nov 27, 2002
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    from Zoar, Ohio

    Wow. Outstanding detail and work. You have my respect.
     
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  25. LOWDUG37
    Joined: Jan 31, 2007
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    Just another black model A? I don't think so!
     
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  26. Rich B.
    Joined: Jan 23, 2008
    Posts: 761

    Rich B.
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    from Portage,IN

    What a beauty, very original thinking really sets it apart !! Hope to meet up
    some time I'm located in Portage.

    Rich
     
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  27. J. A. Miller
    Joined: Dec 30, 2010
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    J. A. Miller
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    from Central NY

    Sweet, sweet coupe! I looked at the pix for a long time but as I read the thread someone would mention something I missed and I would have to go back to the beginning and look. Damn nice Hot Rod!
     
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  28. rsss396
    Joined: Aug 30, 2009
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    Thanks and yes I hope to catch you at one of the shows or cruise nights
     
  29. 2NDCHANCE
    Joined: Sep 11, 2007
    Posts: 997

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    Beautiful Car.....You just gave me Model A fever all over again. Gary
     
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  30. Slopok
    Joined: Jan 30, 2012
    Posts: 2,919

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    I'm a Custom guy and dig the hell out of it!:cool:
     
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