Projects Project 29 Phaeton

Fitted...Getting a bunch ready for weld so I can clean My "welding table" and get comfy later

Mock Up - Thinking of "forging" a bracket & use Existing Bolts.
Running Lights / Horns will be mounted higher up - inside the hoop.

Wifey said "Too High"...Good Taste!

As Low as it can go.

~2inches clearance at the closest point...(Can't turn the wheels with the 2x4's)
I'll Slide it in 1/2 inch forward 1/2 inch...Should be 3+...?









8:33pm - My Wife on the way out the door says "Do You need anything from O'Riley's?".......Me "Nope!"
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Wait Now - Did She Just Say What?.....................................

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Welding Table "restored"
Exploding Cutting Disk and Shorts
Tacked Nuts Piclup Hose Trimmed (slight tension so it doesn't rattle)

Two Down - ONE 1/2 to go!....Lucky it's a long weekend...(Kamehameha Day)

 

Two small pinholes! easy fix!...

Fricken Sending unit flange is crooked!!!...leakes like a siv! - Not Happy!

Battery Boxes arrived today...fit's like a glove! - Happy again!

 

nice welding table, I like the grounded vise........... good idea

 

Lowered n' tacked...


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Just in the Mail...


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Tank Bracket - will be welded to roll hoop with Tabs. Padding on the tank up against the seat back + Straps or Belts will hold tank "in place".

When I built the sub-frame i started with steel strips bolted to the frame nuts...
Holes are exactly the same size as bolts....(Some off by / 1/16 inch!)
Tried to finagle the frame in to place...No work.

I'll have to lift up the body and enlarge the holes a bit....3/16" bigger.

Dash board mock up -

 

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Hand Brake Brackets.

 

Matches the Cowl Curve in the back...

 

I was going to do another pie cut on the bottom to remove the peak.
Instead I tacked the center & hammered and dollied the double edge straight
and the bottom edge B4 I finish welded it.

 

Vacations over ... back to work!

Model A Bucket Bracket - remove the spring and cut out the "hump"

Graft Model A "Swivel Humps" on the Pacard Buckets...
Now i can work on the light bracket...

 

Rear brackets...attached to shock bolts

Some bending +
Another support will go forward and hold a cross bar for horns and fog-lights.

 

They're a little off....can't tell when it's on...gives it character!
They were even...still needed a 1/4" adjustment/
They're Solid & No more holes in my painted frame!

 

I've been following this thread for a while and it's really coming along great! Thanks for the comment on my stanchions, they aren't hard to make, just time consuming.

How much did you chop your windshield?


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The "replacement lenses" are so shallow that,

Even though there slightly recessed in the bucket
the bulbs still stick out past the Glass Lens!

32 Packard Glass lenses are Straight!

 

Trying to find SHORT 9007 Halogen Bulbs...
ANY IDEAS?

Not too keen on LED's (they're shorter ~1/2")
may be the only solution....FOR NOW?



- Not sure i can use 'em? - LED lights not listed...!

Hawaii §286-26.5

 

Found SHORT Yellow Halogens!!

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S'more Blacksmithing....
2 morrow bending / welding!

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Ran out of Acetylene at the last bend!! Phew!

Biggest problem is to get it all aligned, level, straight, flush.... All tacked in place...
May have to stick "a sock" in the horns if it's raining...

Soldered new wires to to the bulb centers.
Found Amber W97's on the web!! All yellow will look good!

 

Nice to see some progress again.

 

Hi Anders...

I agree with you Man....
Sometimes Life throws a bunch "other things" in the mix that you gotta do...

 

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Had to make "hand cuffs" to hold the locks in place...(bad groves) other than that they're good lights.

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Wifey help me polish last night.
They look awesome...some small dents here and there....character!


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Strain relief - (can't find one, make one!)
Cork gaskets from Steve Frisbee - Mahalo
Installed

If these lights were perfect...couldn't do all this crap to 'em...and couldn't afford 'em...perfect!

Headlights Not aligned yet -

Just gotta paint the horns and put'em on.

 

watching paint dry?...watching paint stripper is always strangely entertaining...!

Look - I dunno....Good for now?
The wires go through the original bolt hole...

 

Rub nuts

The VW guys doesn't ship to Hawaii ... so i made my own "cable shortening kit"



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RIV NUTS.!....(my phone is spelling for me )

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