Projects '29 Ford Roadster PU Project - in progress

UPDATE

hello all. so who all went to the Puyallup swap meet? and who's going to the Portland swap meet that's coming up in April?

here are some more progress pix:


the output for the rear-end is three degrees up. we measured the carb at zero degrees first. 2.16.09


the output for the trans is 3 degrees down 2.16.09


cutting split 36 wishbones to weld bungs onto 2.16.09


grinding 2.16.09


bung tacked on for more support on split wishbone 2.16.09


welded on bung to split 36 wishbones 2.16.09


rod-ends welded into rear split 36 wishbones 2.16.09


chuck got me a new speedo. thanks chuck! 2.16.09


mock up. new position. 2.16.09


THANK YOU'S

Mark Anderson - for being patient and helping me out so much / parts / ideas
Bruce Donelon - for using your space
The Beggars CC - support / ideas / parts
Trevor Robinson - support / radiator
Frank Adams - grill shell inserts
Chuck Emery - speedo / parts / support
and many others to be added as time goes on!!

lauren

 

I was in Puyallup, talked to Mark for a minute. What part was brought from Spokane?
I will be in Portland, too buying all the worthless shit.

 

the back cab panel for the pickup body

 

THANK YOU

Lenny (Spokane) - picking up my back cab panel over from E.Washington from John Gonzalaz

 

UPDATE


we made our own brackets for the rod-ends to fit onto the removable k-member (cos i'm broke and it's cooler and i get to learn more) 2.19.09


we positioned the rear-end at 3 degrees up (since the tranny was at 3 degrees down) and made the brackets the correct length to tack on. 2.19.09


me tacking in brackets 2.19.09


weld it! 2.19.09


brackets tacked onto removable k-member. (the bolt is temporary so we could line everything up. we'll get one a correct length sometime..when we get to it) 2.19.09


rear split 36 wishbones with rod-ends & bracket tacked onto k-member 2.19.09


heating up headlight bar to bend in vice (this was fun!) 2.19.09


2.19.09


had to heat a certain area til it was bright red so we could bend 2.19.09


bent both sides like this 2.19.09


using bandsaw to cut & make shorter headlight bar 2.19.09


cutting 2.19.09


new pieces ready to be welded together for headlights


ready to weld....for next time. 2.19.09


ran out of time with my short 2-3 hour work slots for the truck. hopefully i'll get more time next week.
lauren

 

Ohhhhhh that You should thank me, he would have forget it if I didn't throw it in the truck HAHAHAHA!!!

 

haha well THANK YOU!! so much

 

Man that's a real old style build. Never seen a lady do this type of work. Good for you.

 

thank you. it's all really exciting seeing it come together. i can't wait!!

 

holy s#*%!!!....NIce build, I need to get my ass in the garage and start building, keep up the good work!!

 

Those shock/headlight mounts are gonna look GREAT!

Nick.

 

I saw your RPU a couple of weeks ago in real life. Looks even better in person

 

UPDATE

If you remembered last...we left off with this...


..being ready to weld together for the headlight bracket. 2.19.09


so i heated up the headlight bar to bend so that it would properly line up with the frame to bolt onto as well as being in the proper position by the grill 2.22.09


heating it up. 2.22.09


super hot,bent headlight brackets 2.22.09


making sure headlight bracket lines up with frame so it can be bolted on.
2.22.09


welding bracket for headlight 2.22.09


throughly welded on 2.22.09


grinding off excess weld and making bracket smooth 2.22.09


brackets ground down 2.22.09


2.22.09


mocking up front with new headlight bracket and shocks 2.22.09


mocking.... 2.22.09


mocked up. the headlights are temporary. smaller ones will be replace and slightly lower once found. 2.22.09

DOOR HINGES


this is what we have to work with...cos i don't have much money and it's better to learn than to already have it finished
2.22.09


before shot. 2.22.09


after shot. we cut straight across and flipped the bottom piece over, re-welded it and ground it down. good as new! 2.22.09


that was all before work...and i got up at 6am. yikes! haha..but got some things done. working on it again today after work. summer is coming soon boys!
lauren

 

Lauren, I like your style, GREAT work as ever! Keep at it, at the rate you work at it won't be long till your feelin' the wind in your hair! Its great makin' stuff rather than just buying it from a cataloque, shows that you've put your heart into the job at hand.

Nick.

 

I think those lights look good, but you're right, lower is better. Truck looks good. I had to do the exact same thing to a door hinge to save having to buy a set to get 1 part.

Tony

 

UPDATE


finished up the door hinges this evening 2.23.09


door hinges 2.23.09


thank you boys from Spokane, WA for bringing the back cab panel for the roadster PU.
2.23.09


channeling 4" from back cab panel 2.23.09


cutting... 2.23.09


fits like a glove... 2.23.09


closer shot of the cut. 2.23.09


grinding down a welding area for next time 2.23.09

that's all for tonite guys...more to follow soon.
lauren

 

This is wicked, a hot chick who works on hot rods! Fuckin awesome!
I just came in from my shop, was workin on a '29 RPU too. Yer doing killer on that thing. Keep it up. I have my daughter in my shop every day. hope she turns out like you! Shes only 4 but is already asking me if I can show her how to weld. I'm gonna sit her on my knee in the morning and show her this thread, she'll freak out! Thank Lauren!

-Shiny

 

Lauren, Thats a rather fancy set of ear defenders you have there!!!!!
Ain't cutting shit up GREAT!I love the smell of grinding in the morning, smells like victory!

Nick.

 

oh u like those! yah, they're pretty special to say the least haha. use what you've got!!

 

Lauren, They sure beat the SHIT outta my old manky ones, I ''aquired'' from a building site 20 plus years ago!Gotta wear ear defenders or you end up with a poxy ringing sound in your ears, I know!

Nick.

 

UPDATE


we used sheet metal butt clamps to clamp down back cab panel to tack into place -
note: that while i was doing this, i had to be aware of the metal buckling in the corners. had to grind down areas that were getting too close with not enough welding room. 2.26.09


tacking...moving clamps as i went along making sure both surfaces were flat 2.26.09


tacking into place
note: the sheet metal clamps were moved accordingly into place and before and after the welding area to make sure the metal didn't move and to keep flat. 2.26.09


partial mock-up of back cab panel on frame. not fully tacked together. 2.26.09


carefully grinding down high weld areas 3.1.09


closer shot of grinding down welds 3.1.09

TODAY....

i attempted to hammer out the high spots of the back cab panel to make it flat. there was a bulge in the panel so we proceeded to heat-shrinking the metal....



we moved onto heat-shrinking the back cab panel cos there was a bulge.

he heated a small area very quickly (around 7 quick seconds), with the tip about a 1/4" away from the metal and then with a very wet towel, quickly cooled the area down.
we continued doing this in a pattern to shrink consistently.
3.1.09


cooling down hot spot... 3.1.09


we finished heat-shrinking two panels of the back cab panel - as well as hammering some of the larger bumps out.
i used the rubber end of the hammer and hammered onto the sheet metal, holding a dolly underneath, so it shrunk the metal (or really just kept it the same width).

mind you....this really won't be seen by anyone and is going to be hidden, so it doesn't need to be perfect, but still...


got one of the doors / hinges on today too.
Thank you to: Trevor, Johnny A, & Marcel for figuring this all out / bringing the new doors over
3.1.09


view inside...needs to be moved over 1/4", but good enough for mock-up. 3.1.09


side view of new door on & hinges in place 3.1.09

That's all for tonite.
Lau

 

Well look at you go! I'm stoked to see the finished product when we come down for Billetproof this summer. I had to work on my daily this weekend, so needless to say I'm behind on my coupe!

Keep up the good work, Lauren

 

Cool project and thread. I'm going to have to show this one to my daughter. Might get her out in the shop. Nice work!!
Jeff

 

thanx dyce! thanks for checkin it out!

 

Awesome hands on build! I bet you are really learning alot. You probably know more about building cars now than half the guys on this board. It's gonna be a great feeling when you take your first ride!

 

Killer project

 

thanks guys. more to come soon...

 

Looks great! Keep it up!

 

Just found this thread and WOW! Great ride coming togeather there. Keep the pics coming. I'm pretty much going through the same chassis process now with our roadster project. You go girl!!