Projects Project 29 Phaeton

THE SEATS ARE AWESOME!!!

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Big Mahalo to Airhead Roadster (HAMB) on Kauai...
Killer Deal! I wanted Seats from Kauai...He wanted Wheels & Tires from Oahu...Worked out Great!
He's got a Killer Build Going On!!! ...check it out!
https://airheadroadster.wordpress.com

I need to cut down the bottom frames pretty good ...

 

More welding to make the body solid so I can lift it off.

Cut out the cross bars in the trans tunnel.

Down?

Straight? (looks faster / flows better with the body)

 

More welding / supports


After adding Grade 8 bolts for the body , the Passenger door didn't line up anymore!
Thoughts -
Cut the support structure and re-weld it.
Cut the front pillar / post.
Cut the inner structure of the door and extend it....

The front bolt was tightened, and pulled everything out of wack.
Ended up shimming the front mount (That's what Henry did!) and it all lines up again.

 

Bracket for the cowl / steering hoop.
The Twisting of the steering wanted to lift the whole sub frame...Now it's solid!

Added tabs with nuts welded in to hold the cowl to the hoop structure.
Everything's starting get solid...i.e door alignment is holding up

Just Do It!
Since it's my first Hot Rod Build & my body was missing the whole subframe + 6 inches up...
I had to build a "Subfame" from scratch to fit the altered frame...
I couldn't picture how to build everything...So I just got started with one piece at the time...
Lotso Lessons learned for the next build!

 

I vote; faster looking!

 

Worked on the Windshield today (after replacing brakes, fixing doors and stereo on Wifey's car)

Upper Dash filler and posts...

 

One of the tubes blew up inside one of the tires...better not drive on these tires!!...looks good from far but tires full of cracks!
Met a guy who's altering wheels in his shop recently....NOW I'm thinking 16" wires in the front and widened 18" in the back to fit dirt track type tires.
Everything's lining up...even the doors!!
Going to cut loose / re-weld / adjust the tube below the doors...just a tiny bit!

Didn't cut the windshield post ends yet...til I figure out how to mount /make the top attachent.
Take evertyhing apart, cleeco it back together and drill Bolt Holes for all the panels.

It's starting to look the way i pictured it!

 

It really starts to comming together now.

 

Cut loose and re-welded the under door tubing...

adjusted to line up with doors / Cowl.

Brake Cykinder Door.

Instal brackets to Main frame for seat belts.
Hoop behind seat for shoulder belts.

 

Looks awesome dude. Keep it up!!

 

One of the lights have a second bulb inside...and a screw in the center of the tip in the back.

My first plan was to twist the lenses 90° and bolt'em through the radiator shell.

45° plan B

Steerin finaly works as planned.

Weld some sheetmetal in the gap.

Full Steering!

Front steering joint will be replaced with Ford Steering Joint like the bones.
Loose to much steering if I put'em on the Tie Rod. (Ford did mix n match)

 

Model A Blinker (Ign. Advance) & Windshield Wiper (Throttle) On/Off Speed Controls.
(Not much of a windshield but it is one of 8 Requirements for Street Rod Registered Cars in Hawaii)


5/16 locking collars welded to cams.

Trying to figure out how to keep them "at rest" with a spring....?

 

Works...

 

it's mounted this way in the car....I think it'll still be "Lucky"

Threaded holes for switches....
Transfer Punch Set = Must Have Tool for fabbing stuff!

 

Wiper speed control...

paint...........

 

WOW; that wiper/turn signal setup is crazy (good crazy), I really like your idea of using the model a column/levers etc..... also love the steering box setup etc....

 

Time to make the sloped windshield fit...(2nd.time!)

Easy Cut & Weld...

NOT! The metal moves like crazy...Lotso fun keeping it in place while welding...NOT!

Luckily I just made these tabs to make the center section & side posts removable.

 

Building a "shelf" to hold the Body while I'm finising up the chassis.
Wife was on the beach with friends and I had to move the tub back in the garage.
My Hot Rod buddies was bragging about hernias...don't want one of those...!
So made a new tow bar...out with the tow truck!...

Should be easy...bar slid off and the tub is coming towards me...w. new radiator up front...
Managed to line up the tires and stop it!! Phew.................!
ended up here...
screwed some brackets on so it wouldn't slid off again!
Then "tow truck" runs out of Gas!...in the middle of the street.
Grabbed a spare tank and a wrench...crawl under the Duster and pulled the plug out of the sump..
Tank is full!!! Some gas ended up in the tank..
No Hernia though!


Naked

Time to start working again!

 

Profile looks great.

 

Finish Welding's begun!...

Poor man's "rotisery"

 

Come home from work..no can make noise... so i laid out of 1 inch holes...

 

Speaking of hernia's . How do you get that body up on rack?

 

The front and rear beams slides on the 4x4's.

Used the Cherry picker w. straps to the new sub floor to lift the body off the chassis...
rolled the chassis out...placed the body on the front beam / rear beam...
Lifted the front with the Cherry picker...

In the back - Small scissor jack from my ex's Honda...Moved the (Green" wood block up..

Everything's held up with long Woodlock screws.
...AND Whoa-la... No Hernias!

 

cool!

 

Where there is a will, there is a way. Good job.

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Now Poor Mans Rotisserie on Wheels.

Almost done welding the frame...(all the spots I missed earlier!)

Can't get to all nooks and crannies by the front and rear cross members...

Have any one used a sealer (Maybe Seam Sealer?) for areas like this?
PAINT! Watcha Guys used on your frames?...
There was an article here on HAMB that said POR 15 goes on better on surface rust...?..
If so I'm ready to go after a de-grease pressure wash...

 

Old cars and Hawaii-don't know which I like better!

 

I like Driving Old Cars in Hawaii....
.....$#!t rusts fast in the Jungle though...

 

Finished welded the front bonez...

Reinforced + they really needed a last Puka (hole) Didn't have the right size pipe B4.

Added 2 more body mounts.

When i got the shavings out I even managed to get the illusive "lost nut" out of the rail...

Frame is clean...welded up ~30 holes in the bottom of each rail...

Time to get some Paint!