1951 F16

[idrivejunk]

Matt, that may happen. I'm thinking and looking.
O&S mounted the right running board and removed the camber locking tab from the front end while the truck was in the air. I could see by looking that it wasn't right. I covered the upper door panels in black vinyl. The arm rests and panels are installed. I went out and did the speedo setup and filled the fuel tank. I put around 20 miles on it. It handles like a big go kart. LOL. I have lots of items to finish but it's about to go to the shed and my wife's car is going into the garage. The video is with the timing set at 10 degrees. It runs better at part throttle than full throttle. The wind noise gets loud past 65 mph. The door seals aren't good enough to stop that.

I don't know which is tougher, you or it.  Bad to the bone, Bill. Wow!

Great pics too.

[kb426]

I went back to my spreadsheet and looked over the time line. 1-4-21, I removed the cab from the chassis of the F6. After that, the front crossmember was cut and welded back together. Months went by with little or no work. 6-4-21, I went and picked up metal for the frame. 6-5-21, I started disassembly of the 5.0 engine. From that point on, I worked most everyday except for car show days. Some days I put in 8 hours, some had 4 or 5. So as of 12-7-21, it is drivable, several items left to finish, not including body work and paint. When I started welding the frame up, I thought I would have it painted by now. Boy, my time predictions are really bad. LOL.

[chimp koose]

Dont feel bad , when I started my T I figured 4 years at a relaxed pace as I was going to just buy parts and slap it together . It will be 10 years in January since I started and I am probably 70% complete It would probably be a lot further along if I could just buy parts and use them but every time I see stuff I keep seeing how I could make the parts myself and have something a bit better . Good thing I enjoy the build process . I have not had a streetable toy since 82 . The drag racing bug took away any streetable vehicles I had as every car had to get faster and less well mannered .

[kb426]

Light afternoon at O&S. The ac fittings arrived so I could finish the hoses. I'm not going to charge it until the distributor is changed out. The suction line is not in a friendly place. I adjusted the tops of the doors in some. That improved the wind noise but didn't eliminate it. I put another 20 miles on it after doing a little work. I went past the scales and weighed it. 3240 lbs. It is lacking the bed floor, the dynadeck floor mat which weighs around 20 lbs. and whatever I use to finish the headliner and back of the cab for the interior. If I use abs again, it will weigh less than 10 lbs. I need to make a shifter boot but unless something goes wrong, that shouldn't weigh much.

[chimp koose]

That is less than a new mustang weighs by quite a bit as I understand .

[jaybee]

That is less than a new mustang weighs by quite a bit as I understand .

About 600lbs. They're not small cars, that's for sure.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

I took the liberty of edit the thread title to 1951 F16 since you recently named the vehicle that.

[kb426]

Tony, thank you.

[idrivejunk]

Is it pronounced F sixteen or F one six?

[kb426]

sixteen.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Are you testing with the short tig weld video on youtube?

[kb426]

Tony, that's my back up welder that I put up for sale. It's been under the bench for 2 years. I don't think I need it as much as I did.

[kb426]

O&S was surprised by both the fedex and ups drivers today. I now have the hyperspark ignition. I knew that I would have to change gears on the distributors. I knocked out the roll pin and put the distributor in the press and removed the gear. I did the same with the new unit. What I wasn't expecting was the new distributor has the old shaft size. It's the difference from .468 to .532. They make a gear to do that but I didn't want to wait 4 or 5 days for it to arrive. I had an old cam sensor from the 5.0 that I put in the 32. I removed the shaft from it and chucked it in the 4 jaw chuck. I dialed it into zero and cut the stub end off from it. Then I machined a bushing out of part of the shaft. I pressed into the gear and drilled it for the roll pin. Then I used a spacer to match the size of the bushing and pushed the gear on the shaft in the press. I have the distributor in and was looking for a good place to mount the control box.  There are no flat places on the inner fender so I guess I will have to make a mount for it. I was getting tired so I quit before I messed up something.

[kb426]

O&S completed the wiring on the hyperspark today. The control box is under the hydroboost on the left inner fender. I had a buyer for the welder and we spent a couple of hours talking hot rods so speed was not part of the day. After going through the re-configuration, it instantly fired up and started the learning process. I took it out drove it for a few miles. Yes, Tony, it will do a burnout. Twice as a matter of fact. No video, though. The stronger valve springs are doing their job. It will rev to 5500 easily. It has 50 miles on it now so most of the break-in is accomplished. I put the trim back on the hood. I thought that would make it easier to not lose over the winter. The truck is not a rocket but the engine is only 225 hp in stock configuration. I don't know if the different intake manifold and the sniper add any power or not. It has excellent throttle response and runs like it should now. If the reliability is there, I will be happy with it's performance.

[chimp koose]

What color of metalflake will you be using on this one ?