The Rodding Roundtable
Motorhead Message Central => Rodder's Roundtable => Topic started by: donsrods on February 26, 2006, 11:21:57 PM
It looked like we were a little light on posts, so I thought I'd tell you what we got done on my '39 today. Hope you don't mind all these updates. If so, just let me know and I'll stop.
After getting the main part of the top chop finished, we decided to attack the bed next. We can do the door chop after the body is removed from the frame, but we need the body on to get the proportions for the bed. Once that is done, we will pull the body off and start finishing the frame and suspension.
Today we went to Home Depot, and picked up some masonite and firring strips to build the mocked up bed. We wanted to get the proportions then we will duplicate it in steel. After some measuring we got the look we thought we wanted, but after standing back and looking we have decided to narrow it about 1 inch per side, and also to make the main bed less tall, and to put a separate panel down below it to break up the height. We are also going to bead roll some rolls into the sides and tailgate, and have as many louvers as possible punched into the gate. The entire tailgate will not open, but we are going to make it look like it does, with hinges and raised edges. By shortening the height you will also be able to see the suspension, which I have decided to have chromed.
But, it is starting to take shape, and I taped off the area where we are going to build an aluminum hood, which will have a cut out for the tripower, and also be louvered to the max.
I'm starting to get antsy. Want to drive it by summer.
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Quote from: "donsrods"
I'm starting to get antsy. Want to drive it by summer.
I'm gunna have to take a short hop down Rt 75 and take a peek in yur garage. It seems like yur havin' too much fun down there... :D
Of course livin' down there where you are with all the retired folks, you'll have the only hot rod truck that goes 35 with the left blinker on... :lol:
Dang fine job so far. Keep it up, an' Git-R-Dun!! :D
I like the updates. I should do them too. I just forget to take pictures :shock:
This weekend, I made a radiator mount for this sprint car, and made new side plates for the radiator, so when it's recored, I can have the new core made 2" longer for more cooling. Of course this involves fitting the radiator to the nose several times with appropriate spacers to mock up the final size. I also made a clutch pedal, and started on a brake handle. And I spent some time on the steering box mount made from two connecting rods, and some steel plate. Of course there was sandblasting of parts, removing broken bolts, fixing stripped holes, and all the other stuff that goes with it.
Thanks guys. I didn't know if I was being a pain or not, and didn't want to overstay my welcome. But I know I love to look at pictures of unfinished projects (remember when Rod and Custom, or was it Street Rodder, had the segment "Garage Scene?') I would head right through the new issues to get to those pictures. They were great.
enjenjo, you've got to post some pictures of that sprint car. It sounds like it was an old race car that you are restoring ?
It seemed to me we were a little short on threads, so I felt it would be ok to post these.
Thanks, Don
PS: Rayvyn: I'm starting to worry about myself, more and more I find myself driving with the turn signal left on. I keep blaming it on the self cancelling switch, but I think the old age home is right around the corner.
OH, BY THE WAY.....while we were at Home Depot, there were these guys loading wooden fence sections onto the roof of their van. I had to walk up and take a picture, because it was so funny. We were taking bets how far they would get before the load fell off or crushed the roof in.
When we left, they were still stacking more sections on top. I wanted to stick around and see the fun, but had to go work on the car.
Here is the picture.
Don
Don't stop the pictures. I think it's great that someone appears to be accomplishing something. Now you have that big wait. Will you son call you at work and suggest you work on it tonight so you can go and see what he did to it til 2:00 this morning? I wonder if there's any significants to the "Left Turn"? GPster
QuoteI wonder if there's any significants to the "Left Turn"? GPster
Because Rayvn couldn't do anything "right" with help from his mother, and his exwife. :lol:
I enjoy the project updates as well ...but...I'm also guilty of not taking pictures as I progress on a project.When I get the 37 chassis reassembled....I'll try and remember to shoot/post a couple of photos.
Quote from: "donsrods"Thanks guys. I didn't know if I was being a pain or not, and didn't want to overstay my welcome. But I know I love to look at pictures of unfinished projects
TOO MANY PICTURES??? NOW YOUR JUST BEING FOOLISH :wink: :wink: :wink:
Mike
DON'T STOP THE UPDATES!!!
Nice work, you're going to have a very nice truck with zero "belly button factor."
Thanks guys for the nice words. I do like to look at other peoples progress shots, and it is nice to see a car moving along. I used to put an album on my roadster seat at cruises and car shows, with a big PLEASE LOOK written on the outside. It was pictures from when it was just a frame, all the way thru when it was done. It always surprised me how many people actually would stand there for a long time just looking at all the pictures.
As for my Son working to surprise me with the work he is doing, I think there is an ulterior motive. I'm getting older, and I think he figures I can't last that much longer, so the car will be his one day, so he had better build it the way he likes it. :lol: :lol: :lol: (JOKING)
As I mentioned, I have twin Sons, and one night years ago we were sitting having a couple of beers together, and my one Son said to me " So Dad, when you pass away, who gets the roadster, me or Dan. " I told him, "neither one of you, I'm being buried in it."
As for the rest of you, I think all of us would love to see those pictures you've got stashed away. Please post some.
Don
Quote from: "donsrods"OH, BY THE WAY.....while we were at Home Depot, there were these guys loading wooden fence sections onto the roof of their van. I had to walk up and take a picture, because it was so funny. We were taking bets how far they would get before the load fell off or crushed the roof in.
When we left, they were still stacking more sections on top. I wanted to stick around and see the fun, but had to go work on the car.
Here is the picture.
Don
Don.....................if you see those guys again, tell them I have some post holes for sale.....cheap, and cheaper if they get a truck load at a time. :lol: :lol:
John :)
Judging from what they were trying to do, I think they would buy these holes from you.
What was also funny was the guy on the roof. Everytime his buddys would hand up another section he would pull it in place, and step on the front roof section of the truck, almost falling off the front each time. Some guy who was also standing there watching asked if I was taking a picture just before disaster struck?
It was one of the best laughs I've had in a long time, and they ask "where are the next "Laurel and Hardy" coming from? Wish now I had stuck around to see the finale, especially with them using that Home Depot twine to tie it on.
Don
I like to look at pictures of car projects too! Have you visited my website and seen the build-up of my '40 Chevy? http://www.astreetrodder.com/1940_chevy.htm is the link to the page. I need to update it with some newer information and pictures. But it does show the progression throughout 3 years until it could be driven on it's own power.
I enjoyed the shop tour we had a week ago in a town near me. The link is in the post called "Shop Tour" and it works now. While we were on the tour, several of the guys kept saying that it's a wonder how much they get motivated to work on their projects just before a shop tour when their project is on it.
My '40 still needs paint & body work, interior, and I just bought some rear fenders and running boards for it that need to be put on. I am enjoying cruising in it like it is...going to do that next weekend as the car show season is getting cranked up around here in the South. There I go again bragging about going to a car show where the weather is expected to be Sunny with a high of 73 and a low of 50. Sure I don't get to see snow but once every 7 or 8 years...did see some huge flurries the other day though. They were about the size of a Quarter. At first we didn't know what they were...thought someone had lost some trash or something.
AL
You are doing exactly what cars were made to do.....DRIVE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
Great pictures and lots of them. You started off with a nice straight car, and it shows in the final results.
I'll bet she is a comfortable cruiser, and dependable, too.
Thanks for sharing.
Don :D :D :D
Yes, it is a dependable ride. I had a lot of help from my friends on this one as it was my first street rod. I have learned a lot, but there's still more to learn. Besides good tools, friends are about the best to have around when building a car and I have bought more tools and met more friends with the car!
The car was in pretty good shape when I got it. I saw pictures of it on the internet up in Chicago and bought it just from looking at 2 pictures. It was in original shape (had not been rodded yet). As I started going through the car, I noticed some rust spots in the floor. Then after getting it on the road, I washed it and found out why there was some rust on the floor...the windows leaked. I also put a tube on the bottom of the cowl vent so if any water came into the cowl vent, it would exit the car instead of landing on my feet. The a/c unit is in the car, but it has not been completed yet. I am keeping the cowl vent for days when I don't want to run the a/c. I bought one of those electric cowl vent openers last time at Louisville so I will see how that works out.
Right after I started driving the car, I had a couple of my friends to ask me where the stereo was at. I told them that I was just keeping my mind on getting down the road and will deal with some tunes later on. I was enjoying hearing that 350 making it's own tunes. But after a few years went by, I bought a stereo at Louisville last time and put it into the car. So much for that idea...need some insulation so that the stereo can be heard while cruisin' down the road!
AL
I know what you mean about the stereo. The only time I could hear the one in my roadster was at red lights. But, like you, the sounds from the engine are SWEET MUSIC.
Don