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Hi Tuck.Great pics of the family.Thanks for posting.St Cloud is my Moms old stomping grounds.She was born and raised there(1906).A bit before your time.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

Nice job on the axle fill.

 

Love the gold and pearl white. You do dang good work and write a great thread. I like the kind that has so much detail, that it takes me a while to read through.


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Got this little guy all trimmed up with castle nuts-



I decided not to drill this axle- or anything else. I keep looking trough the little books.. the bulk or majority of my FAVORITE hot rods don't have a drilled axle, hmmmmm.

I'm practicing restraint.
This axle is so pitted it'll get lightened up enough by the time I'm done filing and sanding.

 

Missed this- yeah I'll trim the bottom up (-;

 

Miles of welding today... a bit of filing and grinding and a list of supplies to order like sand paper, belts for the small hand held belt grinder-

heads up to anyone wanting to chrome bones- when you grind off the weld you need to weld it again- the weld is mostly external so if don't weld them they'll split, I usually cut it open at the seam a couple inches tack tack and cut a couple more and tack tack again- otherwise they'll end up wavy.

There is usually a lot of corrosion in these seams so it sometimes helps to blast the open seam- other than that there is not a whole lot you can do about it-

I finished the welding on the other side of the axle too and started to fill divots etc- not going to get too crazy on the axle just jet most of this type of stuff I can do in the garage at home after school starts.

Both of the bones are pretty much identical- and the shock pockets are pretty much mirrored on each- fine tuned the notches for the shocks and some other detail work but overall really happy with the progress.

I think I'll jump back to the pedals and steering and fine tune some of that next.

(-:
Tuck

 

Anyone seen one of these before? It's a Speed Products "SP" adapter to turn the filter parallel with the block instead of sticking straight out! Picked this up on eBay- kinda neat!

 

Every part of what you see in the above pic is getting chromed! (-;



You're looking at the bottom of the frame, tack welded the sleeves in place that hold the U-bolt steering box assembly.

 

I'm liking the front fender scoop/vent pieces.
Don't forget to take your kids back to the junkyard, saw your girl having a meltdown on IG, and it's the cutest thing I ever saw.

 

Here is Speed Products oil filter adapter with a '55 canister- can't wait to chrome the canister!! It's cool it tucks it up and in a little it's not 90 degrees exactly it gives it a little more clearance- so cool!

 

Man you always find some cool parts for your builds

 

School's started and I have a couple new classes that I started that are consuming all of my time.... all of it.

But... I've been wrestling with the idea of simplifying the shifter by going to a top shift lasalle and adding the olds short shaft to it. I found one for sale just need to go pick it up... maybe this weekend if I can work it out.

I really really really love the Hurst Shifter- but maybe it'll find itself in my coupe or the Ranchero... by getting rid of the hurst I would give myself more room for my right leg and spoon pedal- the shifter linkage is another thing thats sort of in the way-

I realize that I can problem solve my way out of it and use the Hurst... but at the end of the day if a top loader is available and its a good solution and simplifies the chassis I think its a win win.


Here's what I'm gonna do----> Good little piece by @Paul
Lasalle Conversion by Paul

 

good idea,
it's a little more involved than the linked thread with the '37 but very doable,
couple things to watch for;
tapered pins in shift rails,
and the cluster shaft is a smaller diameter so that shaft,
it's bearings and gear need to stay with the '37 case.
get a copy of '37-'38 Cadillac shop manual to walk you through it,
just use the Olds parts when putting it back together.

here's a quick teaser thread of one I did a little while ago: '37 LaSalle gets short shafted

 

Thanks @Paul stoked to get it in there and see what it looks like. Hopefully I can pick it up Saturday.

 

FUN read - sub'd
beautiful family
amazing car
skills of a wizard

 

Looks sweet so far. Love mags and whitewalls.. .... awesome work.. going to be a cool ride.

 

Tuck, I have some parts for the 37 lasalle but no 1st/reverse or synchros. FWIW
Walt

 

Love the yo-yo.

 

Nice, hope the inside is as cherry as the outside looks!

 

^^^^^^^X2

 

He said he bought it in 1972 for $165 from a Cadillac restorer! It looks like brand new!


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Holy shitballs that's cool!

 

Very Cool

 

That's unreal. So awesome.


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Impressive!

 

What is that tail housing in your hand?
'looks different than all the '50 Olds' I've seen.
'37 looks super clean, like fresh assembled and never run, I'm jealous!