If you got em, post em... I try to get out there every day around 4pm or so to get updates, but I miss stuff at times... the headlights, for instance are already off the car.
[QUOTE="Acme Speed Shop, post: 11115383, member: 31177] Hey Ryan and Keith post up shots of the rear-spring hangers, the headlights, headlights on the bar...[/QUOTE] The headlights and bar are shown in post #142.
The headlights and bar are shown in post #142.[/QUOTE] Yeah, I'm going over the list... and I think John missed a post or two! In any case, today wasn't all that productive. The only bummer about working out in the country (and really, in Austin in general) is that getting steel is a serious pain in the ass. Today, Keith dealt with that pain... and got steel. In any case, John mentioned something about a headlight bar. Oh, and what about the rear spring hangers? These were one of my favorite parts of the chassis... But, some tests showed that the hangers were flexing if you put weight on them. That scared Keith, so they are gonna be cut off and replaced with something a little more conventional. In any case, this is how we stand right this very second:
As I was typing my last post, Keith got busy redoing those spring hangers with a more typical bracket... using 60 and 70 year old craftsman tools... I love that shit man.
The headlights and bar are shown in post #142.[/QUOTE] Yep, I saw that post too…. (142) I get almost daily phone photos of stuff Keith is doing and todays text had some really cool shots including some shots of the headlights getting worked (dent removal) and such. Thanks Boys!!
These are a few of the photos Keith has been texting me…..there is something about the informal "as it happens" shots that I like. I know these are only intended to keep me informed of his progress but I thought y'all might enjoy them too. Neat old set of Guide headlights I have been saving for a long time. All dent free and put back together. I prefer the early version like these with the round marker lights.
OOOOHH, that is just SO much buttered eye candy, but what, pray tell, is that pneumatic gizmo the diabolical Professor Tardel is using in this photo? Something evil no doubt...................probably something every pubescent hot rodder of youth would have wanted? Pneumatic leg spreader? Ankle Jack? Panty Stretcher? And are those ear plugs, or did you fire off a salvo of silly string?
Why is that Jet drill press still stinking up the joint? I thought the Estate sale Craftsman would be in service by now. Awesome cars coming out of that building!
Dang , I loved those prototype spring hangers. So unfortunately it's function over form. Awesome coverage guys.
Why are all new builds using front shocks without the dust covers? Remember the old airplane tube shocks and how cool they looked with their flared bottom? The rear shocks have the covers...inquirin' minds.
Exactly. The estate sale drill press is getting completely restored before it hits the floor. Afterwards, we will torture it with work. I did too... They were so beautifully made and they might have been fine. Keith just didn't want to take any chances. Personal choices man... We all have em.
I missed a shitload of progress while I was at the HAMB Drags... For one, the body came back from Miller Metalworks.
This is looking good, great stance. Too bad the first set of rear spring hangers didn`t work out, they were a work of art. I wish my garage was that big, and used for more than storage at the moment.
Hi Ryan and Keith: Great thread. John's Coupe is looking to be a high water mark traditional Hot Rod. As would be expected from a Tardel. Thanks. TEB
Got a similar build going and would love to see what was done for the trunk floor. Also is that a stock hood or did Keith cheat a little bit? What are the plans for the fan?
Second day of school today... Poor kids. It's always summer time here at the TJJ world headquarters though. Tardel has been busy as well. First, he got the hood tops to fit pretty decently: Still plenty of work to do on the hood sides however: But, the wood is in! And, so is the floor: Tomorrow, I'll present photographic evidence of how much damn work it can be to properly gap a '32 Ford door!
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