Bu Bu Bu Bu Butcher...Ouch......Not uncommon in the depressed good ole days where it just had to work and be affordable and didn't need to tighten anything. Nothing else has gotten in the way of moving forward. Braze really complicates things. Cut out and replace involves multiple layers. Whats @dumprat's fix?
I did some things then that I would not do now. Many of us had very limited tools. A torch set was a big deal. Brazing was easy and plenty strong for most things. Never welded any hinges though. We had a little access to the metal shop in high schools stick welder and the like.
Well after shimming the body to get the alignment of the door right i pushed, and pulled and beat and pried the door into place. The overlap gaps are not awesome but it lines up and doesn't hit the drip rail anymore. On to latches, hinge screws and dovetails.
If you mean the door hinge to cowl screws..... metalsmith "flop".... has pix of those screws laying on the roof of an A coupe... he welds onto the slotted end of each screw... when he gets about a 3/8" lump he welds a nut to the lump... not only do you have a good grip but you have heated the screw red hot... I would let it cool to cold as the metal has had some carbon baked out of it and will shrink.... should come right out...
Sloppy. They actually braised the screws into the body after they broke the heads off. All fixed now. Waiting on the right screws, temps are in to get latches figured out.
Bust chasing kids to play dates and things, but managed to spend some quality time garage sale shopping and found a local guy who buys up tools from estate sales. He is a wood worker and has little use for mechanics stuff or body tools. So I picked up a few bits from him to round out my collection of hammers. $70 Canuck bucks for two proto, a snap on, a real nice old dolly, a new vixen file blade, and a snap on 3/8's ratchet. They all need some touching up but are all serviceable.
Interesting tidbit. The dolly is a "jobborn" made in canada. The company went out of buisiness in 1951.
Old tools rule! Oh yeah so does you truck. I won't care if it's in that yellow primer when it makes it to Colorado. Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
I am still on the hunt for a proper tach drive. Sill be looking hard at the swaps in the spring. Wayatt. The cab should go out for blasting within a month. And if get our usuall Indian summer I can fill and sand after that. If not it will sit in epoxy until I finish the frame boxing and final. And if I have to brush paint it black I will.
Talked to the wife about the hillclimb. She will likely pass. Will make for great reason to pull Tommy out of school wor a week, I am sure that will break his heart.....
I have been following along. Here is a ratty Gen ,maybe off a power steering unit of a 58 Chev. They drove a hydraulic pump off the gen. It turns but needs some help. It is yours if you can use it. The spline drive could be adapted. Thomas
Thanks for the offer Thomas. I may just take you up on that. I have a 12v Chrysler genny that I need to have tested. It has a little tin plate on the back that I should be able to make a drive to replace. That is a little ways down the road.
While one part of my twisted little brain is searching for 34 roadster parts I am still fiddling away on truck stuff. If you have been following along the original latches were hacked out with a torch sometime in the past. I have the latches installed in the doors and have been working towards getting the posts attached to the cab. I have it figured now and even just tacked up the door closes tighter than the wife's Beamer.
The bends are larger radius than the stock manifold and the long runner box plenum has been done before. Hope to have it running next year. It's not about how fast you go, it's how you go fast. Sent from my SGH-T999 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
That is a score. very nice dolly, hard to find multi purpose with superior heat treat. I wonder why they went out of business, or were they absorbed? What's the sellers info
Looks like you've lost some weight.....take some time to have a bite now and then, don't work so hard.
I certainly hope this is a joke, not reality! I have personal experience with complications from surgery for gastric cancer and while it is effective for weight loss I certainly don't recommend it!
One of those jobs that seems to take forever and doesn't look like much. Fitting the Plymouth pedals around the ford floor and getting a pedal box built. Once complete it will be held on with stainless screws and have rubber boots around the pedal shafts to keep some of the water off the carpet inside.
Hi @dumprat another vintage setup...no cheap ass but available... link below... some other pics and info at link He also has a dumptruck with another well used dual carb setup also not cheap ass but another somewhat rare item. https://www.kijiji.ca/v-engines-and...up/1313069339?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
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