Diary of a Model T build

I have begun the process of building a 27 T roadster with the help of good friends.

Day 1:
Not that exciting to some right now but good to see things come together.
The subrails on drivers side were bad so here you can see where it was being patched and fitted..My buddy Jared, Hamb member Angry Frenchman, from the Alter Boys CC was slinging the beads.. ( damn fine job!! )













While that was going on .. lots of measurements torching and grinding on the 32 Chevy rails .. didn't get pics of the model A crossmember fab that was done .. but this will give the general idea.






At the end of the day, .. there is half a body put together.. and those subrails are bad ***!!

 

Day 2
Seems not much was done but alot of t******* the fat had to get done. Today i cut the remains off the rails.. there was alot of **** on there from the chevy that was sitting on them.... After cutting and grinding boxed up the cuts





Here is some of the stuff that was cut off.. there was plenty more..

Here is the crossmember that was cut and pluged to fit in the notched rails.

 

Camera ran out of batteries rather eary but got a couple shots off. Cross member is bolted in so it can pivot to correct degree. Back up on rails for more measurements. cleaned up Model A front cross-member and other rar quarter was put on. Next step will be to pinch the rails then install front cross- memeber and move horns bout 9'' back. ( and buy new batteries.. )

 

Keep it up.... I love those Model T builds!!!

 

nice

 

Look forward to more pics of the T !!

27

 

I will have more pics when i get back from NC. next week. But my bud will keep going strong with the build. Thanks for the kind words.

 

Wtf ??

 

Very resourceful! Looking really good PLUS, you can't beat Smithwicks!

 

Inspiring!!! Keep going man! I gotta' do this too one of these days.

 

Man there has been alot of cool builds popping up this year already!
Post more progress pics soon.

Norton

 

Any update yet?

 

So ive been in NC slacking off for work but got back to see my buddy Bob had made some great progress.. The pinching of the rails were done both cross members were in and tacked at the perfect angle. last night I bought Ch***is Engineering Front I beam ( forged) reverse eye spring with shackles, shock mounts, steering arm and some other ****.. ( model A spring bolt ..etc.. ) Here is where we are now.. I **** at taking pictures while trying to work.. so This weekend i will designate someone better to doc. this.. ( these pics are at the mocking up phase)

 

Dang that thing has the runs!!!

 

We were curious to see how it was being that it was a virgin motor pulled from a truck.. took the heads off turned it and we all went.. ewwww.. nothing but beer ****s come to mind.. we were pretty positive that it would have a 4'' crank but no **** luck, 3 3/4

This motor was just for mock up.. Did not use this motor, put in a '50 P/U 8BA Flathead

 

ive seen more flatheads like that than i care to think about,,,,hows that bumper jack trick work? not sure id trust it those springs pack a punch

 

that spring spreader almost made me p*** out
your lucky to still have an arm
tk

 

great thread - keep it updated. Looks like it will be awesome!!

 

You and me both... It actually had a real good hold on it believe it or not. Just keep your arms and body away from the inside and youll be ok.. Ill get some more pics up after tonight.. i belive we will be making the K member a****st other things..

 

Somebody on this board added safety straps that went over the spring and bolted to the spreader. It looked like a good idea to me.

 

What did Jared have bud mud!!!!

Pete-

 

Looks like fun, can't wait to see some more.

 

Nice.. lol.. beats me i was half in the bag..

 

Some more progress was made with the help of Bob Nulman and Jared.. Motor mounts, ****** mounts, crossmember etc... Picking up the lincoln backing plates tomorrow and hunting down some spindles and drums.. but here is a quick post of **** that was done last night.

 

Hey Pete, everthing came out O.K. and no animal or pets were harmed on the Job

 

Continuing on...

Last night we fitted a 40 ford tube to fit. Cut the back off and took bout 20'' out of the tube.. fit like a glove..










Sunday i got the Lincoln Zephyr brakes.. pretty happy about the condition of them. I tried to fit square spindles, round spindles even 32-34 spindles.. no such luck.. im going to put another thread out there asking if anyone has done this.. but here are some shots of what we got..




Best looking fit was round spindles with some modifying. But had issues with the king pin.






Once i get these spindles to fit.. tires will be going on . this build is going pretty damn fast thanks to all the help...

 

damn dude, you are rolling on this thing. you'll be driving it by the time we get up there to visit ya.

 

Man its going pretty damn fast.. but not fast as in throw together.. everything is correct.

 

Couple pictures from last night.. Ill be fooling around with the lincoln brakes to get it spot on .. but for now we ust put some throw-on tires and spindles and its starting to take a wicked form.. Body will be moved bout 1'' in the back.. tires will be 750/16 rear 650/16 front.. but for now you can get a idea of the direction.








Look at the burn out!!!.. sorry it was cold and my stanky breath got in the way..

 

Very cool build up so far. Please keep posting!



Duckus****us