Projects the '27 Roadster saga

I read somewhere the average American male has 12 pairs of shoes..
women a little more than double that

why is it then that we rarely have more than one or two sets of wheels and tires for our cars?

love those Mercury caps!

 

Screwed up American priorities, hahaha!

 

I just spent a couple hours reattaching the pictures to this thread,
trying to get motivated on this project again.
allot has happened since we left off here,
life takes precedence over projects I guess..

had to let a couple of favorite projects go this year,
got a good start on a couple new projects, but
I really want to get this one on the road next spring.
'just need to give myself a swift kick in the ass..

 

Thank you for doing that, Paul. Seriously...thank you! It's really frustrating how many threads have broken pic links. I know it's a pain to re-link, but so many threads are all-but-pointless without their pics.

I followed this one closely while you were working on it, and for most of that time it was one of my favorite projects on the hamb. Very happy to see it return!

 

Paul, this is in my top 3 threads on the HAMB. Proportions are just right. Looking forward to seeing some progress over the winter.

Hell, I think I would be happy with just some pictures of the car in its current state, no progress needed. You should pull it out and snap some pics, I bet it would get you motivated.

 

Paul ,I had a the same problem with the starter, but I took the field coils out and drilled and tapped 4 new holes and just rotated the solenoid so I can replace it if I needed to. Just another way to skin a cat.

 

please start kicking soon... diggin' this build

 

great looking roadster man!

 

I've read this entire thing from front to back. Great info here Paul. Alot of this is going to come in handy when we start on our 27 Roadster in 2 weeks

 

Thanks man,
glad you like it

 

Hi Paul, did the kicking work? would be so good to see some little progress on your wonderful build!

Thanks, Carsten

 

life got complicated..
suddenly raising five grandchildren...
that and I got distracted with another project that has taken what little time I can steal away..

prepping a J2 for an A Coupe..

 

That mill is almost too pretty to use.... tough to stop staring at it!

 

Hey Paul, still have the glass pattern? I'm at that stage on my 1926 Roadster build and if you've got it, I'd purchase it from you.

Hope all is well!

 

I will make a paper pattern tonight.

 

Thanks, Paul! Very cool.

 

Thanks Paul for share all the pics and story , your built give me more than one idea .
I love the Turtle deck next step for me is to buy a good restoration basic .

Incredible work Paul !
And Sorry for my bad English :-(((((

 

I will have to stop by when I get back in the area.

 

Absolutely

 

wow , that engine is nice... way to go Paul... looking nice

 

I may have missed it somewhere but what did you use for a steering box Paul? I've heard a 48 Ford F1 is a good donor

 

Paul, this is my go-to thread, lately. I appreciate how you've documented this build, for sure.

Anyway, odd question, do you still have any decklid pieces left? Particularly, the panel above the decklid. My decklid needs one. It's now the worst part of the car...

Now, to go look back at the bus seat, I think that's what I'm going to run in mine.

Thanks again for the template, too!

Brent

 

No fair getting yours done first!
If it looks too much like mine I'll have to sell this one and start something else!
I'm so frickin slow it happens way too often

 

Oh, sorry all the scraps were sold off

 

No, it's so much different, there's no worry there.

 

Right now the roadster is my only real project, got a couple days off coming up, maybe I can make something happen, the next logical step, as it has been for a year or more now, is to blow it all apart, blast, final weld, paint, plumb and wire...

 

That might take all of your days off.

 

So glad your back on this Paul, I've been away from this and missed it. Thank you for putting the pictures back up for us all to see...I love this car!
Any more progress pictures for us to drool over mate?

Jay

 

well, this sure turned out to be a longer project than expected.
six years running now and as many other cars and projects in between.

I retired the first of this year, been "thinning the herd"
and taking care of life's obligations
but now finally have some time to work on this one.

rebuilt the rear brakes,
rear is a Rodsville center with late bells and '50 Mercury axles and brakes,
shoes and hardware are common and used in many makes and models,
turns out the '70 +/- Bronco drums are a perfect match dimensionally

drilled the "40" Ford front backing plates and rebuilt them all nice,
basic stuff there.. brakes, bearings etc.

had the spindles bushed and honed with new king pins

new tie rod

going with a firewall mounted Ansen swing pedal setup with Chevy pickup master
so 'made a bracket to carry a clutch slave, this one is an International Harvester unit,
same dimensionally as the Chevy except a little longer bore,
and it was on the shelf.

modified and mounted a pair of '50s big car horns

mounted a remote oil filter

and a few other little things here and there.

'was at a yard sale the other day and picked up a cheapo band saw and started cutting up mandrel "U" bends for the exhaust
'was looking for a chance to use HUSSEY's tech thread tube cutting jig,
and started putting together the exhaust.
jig works like a champ, I always just free handed the cuts with whatever tool was handy,
cut and grind to fit but this system is so nice I don't know how anyone would want to do it any other way.

I'll have to dig through my photos to see if I took any in progress of the recent work
but here is what the chassis looks like now.

today I will start adding flanges to the pipe so it can be broken down and removed in pieces.

more updates with pictures as work progresses

 

Nice!
That's some good progress.