Update Her's one of the new floor parts put in place for welding Her's both in place and spot welded there is left ready welding and grinding I will try to do it tomorrow And it still dam hot here in Sweden it's realy beach weather /Srefan
Update Now was it time to roll the shoebox over other side Her's it down on the floor before it will rolled The new changed parts of the floor Pillows under the side of the ford 1950 body the shoebox body is rised on high lifting jack on the passenger side Now have i rolled it over to laing on the driver side I did by my self this time to and it was easy to do it Her's a view of the bottom of the body from the rear the big hole in the trunk is for the volvo 140 tank that are fitted in the trunk floor A roof view of the choped shoebox body /Stefan
Thanks for the comment nice to here that you take a look on my shoebox build I have some rost in the wheel house that need a ittle change of sheet metal And now it's filled up with new plate and welded and grinded /Stefan
Update time for roll back as usally old cars they are brushed up on the road down down on trollys so i can take trip on the garage floor /Stefan
Time agin for a update I had to weld little more on the floor so i need to lay the shoebox bod on the side so i can grind abd weld from the bottom Down on the floor agin I have grind little more on the welds on the side and the roof For the moment is the frame out doors on a old tractor wagon It shall be sent to sand blasting after the vacation period The wagon is bult from a Chevy 1938 axles and wheels and if i heared right was it built in 1958 /Stefan
Update Now was it time to send the shoebox to blasting loaded on car tranport read for a trip to blasting in Veddige we need to secure the body and the frame before we start the travel /Stefan
Thanks for the coments They have scadule do the work in week 36 or 37 so i hope to getting it back in 3 weeks /Stefan
Thanks for the coments i have done more than i post so now will i do a post loading the shoebox on a trailer The shoebox body and frame and some more parts that was not blasted is now ready and shall home on a trailer /Stefan
next post the shoebox is back home it need to be moved on the floor so now it's up on wheel trollys it's time roll the frame is now on trestles
upate (next day) black paint on the frame is not bad and on some more parts and in the trunk more pic on the frame to tha shoebox thing that need black paint disc bakes and spindels from my balljoint conversations kit from jamco that have bought for some years ago /Stefan
Now is time for todays work on the shoebox the body floor is now dry and all the other things that was painted yesterday too the lower control arms from my jamco kit is screw to the frame the hard wear that was delverd with the kit was to short so i have to use longer screws the stabilations bar from the kit the screws to adpter pates was only 3pcs insted 6pcs so i have to use difrent screws to them to the long screw down to the a-ars are in shortes model so i shall cange them when i have fix 2 longer ones insted of the ones yhat was in the kit my sister son Andreas is helping me with assemble the front suspention to the upper arms there were not all screws to them so i have to use diffent screws here too The most of this front suspention will have metric screws insted of the UNF/UNC screws the front suspention on the frame The jamco kit looks nice but the hardwear that they deliverd was not right to it /Stefan
Stefan, I love your build, I am hooked on the Flathead ..... Great to see a update.. Its September here, is the snow flying there yet ?
I live in south west of sweden so here is still leafs on the trees and to day was it 17-19 degree C so it was ok heat outdoor and 10C now in the evning /Stefan
Thanks for the coment and hope your frame is blasted and painted soon Now over to my shoebox The leafsprings and my ford 8" rearend are now in place for the monent the spring assembel with the old shackel and rubber part becase i have forgoten to buy new ones!! The brake servo and brakecylinder assy is on place bur the need little paint but not today Rear discbrakes is good to have The brake kit is summits own kit and the calipers is SSBC so i belve it same kit as SSBC's kit but with lower price i hve a summit rear dicbrake kit earler on my Oldsmobile Cutlass 66 and is verry satisfid with it, but is tricky to fitt on the olds I will buy renault handbrake cables Wy not Centerline rims!!!! The calipers is now in place on the front discs Now is the whees on the rearend old Volvo PV rims last year for this type of rims was 1964 /Stefan
Thanks for the coment Update The master cylnder and the brake servo is painted black now is time for brake pipes I have made complet new brake pipes to the shoebox The pipes is copper and all is now installed and clamped to the frame /Stefan
Stefan, I am loving the fact the car is finally getting paint and starting to come together for the final time.
Thanks for the coments I have made a fuel line in 10x1 AISI316L /1.4404 piping Good to have to E85! /Stefan
I have done some more on my shoebox As i sayed before i have to buy Renault emergency brake cables and now are they in place togher som new small brackets I have some problems with my daily driver It took some of my free time to work with my Ford The turbochager need a replacement on my Peugoet 207CC 1,6HDi It was a chinees copy the old one and the @¤¤€£ turboshaft was brocken after only 40000 km [25000 miles] since i replace it last time. So this time bought i one frome the junkyard insted Back to the Shoebox insted I have let made som adpters to the steering joints so they fit to the Granda spindels without anny problems Her's the Saab R&P in place in on the frame The frame on is the wheels The old Volvo wheels is for drum brakes and don't fit without some fix I have grind little on the inside of the rims and put on 5 washers on each studs all for this sunday I think it maybe time for the flathead and the BMW tranny next time /Stefan
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