Customs My shoebox chop

It comes

update when i start aigin with the shoebox

/Stefan

 

Well !!!!
Just spent 4 hrs caching up on Mr Stephan's "build". Time well spent.
I can't add anything to what's already been said
over and over , Compliments Galore.
Engineer ? Right ! .........Ideas plus The Engineer
part. "Imagination Station".

Updates Soon I hope, Thanks Stephan.

Too

 

Thanks

/Stefan

 

I have bigin to work with my shoebox aigin

it will come pictures later

I have removed the body from the frame and now i'm working with the frame

/Stefan

 

Sorry the pictures links are not working anny more

but a here is on re dericted one or more







Hope it works

Link to the most pics

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/media/albums/ford-1950-shoebox.11778/

/Stefan

 

Good to see that you are back with shoebox project.You got the vw done?

 

New pics from yesterday



Body off



Frame



sorry for the qulity the are taken with a cell phone



I have taken litel more pics with a real good camra but i will post the tomorow

/Stefan

 

Well, boy howdy! Look who's back? (Translation: great to hear from you again, Stefan)

 

Thanks

I hope i can stay on work for a wile but i will not be home next week
there will be no progress then

/Stefan

 

As i prommis yesterday

I have pics that are better



There was some need of more welding on the supports to the rack & pinnon steeering gear
My sister son is helping me for he welds nicer than i



The rear beam was to rusty and hurt so it need a replace mentone



The front suspension on the shoebox frame is removed



one more view of the rear part of the shoebox frame



The body of the shoebox



There is more fun stuff in the work shop
This is my sistersons oval beetle body in roling frame



The parts that was removed from the frame



My sisterson take a look on the welds on the frame

 

Her's pics from today and yesterday
The last post was from wensday



I have made a extra hole to the second exhaust system in the beam under the rear seat
And i have made the original little bigger for better clearance for the 2½ inch system that
was thinked to have



Her's the new rear beam to the shoebox frame
It's weld in as replcement as the old one that was bouth rusty and some hurts and cracks



I have put the ford 8 inch rear axle toghter so i can send it to sand blasting



I's sealed with gasket silicone. I didn't find the original nuts to the rear axle
So i need to buy some new ones they cost my a forturne $31.5 for 10 pcs.
Ther's not so easy to buy UNC or UNF hardwear cheap here i sweden
I was neasary to go to a spare part store for farming euqipment thre's no one ealse near
my place that sell that type of hardwear and the hage only nylock ones at home today

 

I have relink the most of the pics from page 29 to 33

 

I worked little more on my shoebox frame



I have change the both diagonal beams in the rear part of the frame

/Stefan

 

Now have i relinked page 27

 

Stefan, been gone a few days, just caught your post. Glad to have you back with us. Doing great work as usual...Jim

 

Thanks Oldman to find my project aigin

As you and all other see i have begin with my copped Ford 1950 shoebox

I have now relink the page 26 so the picturs work on that

I will not do annything before sunday on my shoebox becase i'm on vaccation for the monent and not home

/Stefan

 

Page 25 to 33 is now relinkt exept from some of pics of the intake manifold it will comes when i came to them in the treads

 

I have relinked page 23 and 24

 

Even page 22 have now relinked phots

 

Have the fun to say that page 21 is now fixed too

 

Page 16 to 33 is ready with pics relinked

 

Little more pages are now done
there will not be more pages updated for today

page 11 to 33 is fixed
i hope that most linking is ok

 

Hello evrybody

Now have i relinked all pages and j hope it's corect done
if there some faults so are they not so big

So now can you enjoj my thread of my shoebox chop again
And my miss spelling and my other incorct english grama ect.

/Stefan

 

Looking very nice Rog MN

 

Thanks for the coment

I were in my garge abd worked a bit on my shorbox
It was beach weather to day so it were better to be indoor than outdoor



I have taken down the body



I have put on old pillows from a scrapt cautch



And i roll it over to the side and it was easier than i thinked and i did't by my self and no helper
I was supricesed that was so easy



Seen from the front i have a support on the roof edge



After some work
I have take a way öot of diffternt skit on the bottom of the body and grind some welds and change little
more sheet metals in the floor

/Stefan

 

I've always heard "where there's a will there's a way", nice job on the roll over...Jim

 

Thanks for the coment

I worked little with the floor the afternoon



I have weld some pices in the floor suport on driver side

I think or not to change the big part that are not changed jet
We se what i will do if repare them or change them totaly
Have tryed to weld little in some small holes but it don't feels so good
See tomorrow what i do

/Stefan

 

Amazing work.

 

Nice work so far! That engine looks killer and I know how you feel working alone you definitely have to come up with some alternative ways of doing things.

 

Thanks for the coments

Some update



I made some new pieses to the floor
One is ready the other one is only half done

There was dam hot today so i tryed to use the air/air heat pump as AC



We normaly use it to heat the garage on the winter and it worked well as AC



The tool to made the rails in the floor parts



I have here cut out the bad parts of the floor

/Stefan