I've been staying busy on the car. Over the past week, I finished the oil lines for the filter setup, and ran the fuel lines from the pump to the carbs using some banjo fittings and NOS thumb tower clamps. The distributor came back from Baxter, fresh throughout and timed on their timing machine. I also got the dash tunnel assembled with a new panel, the gauges, and some '33 knobs. The dash light switch is now a dual axis toggle, that uses the left/right axis for the turn signals, down for start, and I still need to assign something for the up direction (maybe a toggle between high/low beam). The body leaves tomorrow for paint, so installed the Dynamat and Dynaliner so I didn't have to crawl over fresh paint later. And finally, here's a shot of the front spreader bar installed. I used some early backing plate bolts, and castle nuts. The thickness of the rail, reinforcement plate, and spreader bar plate were just right for the cotter pin hole to line up with the castle nut - now I just need to pick up some small stainless cotter pins.
Here's a few shots from the progress over the past couple of days. The pedal assembly came back from the powder coater, so I got that setup in the frame with the master cylinders. Then, I got the clutch assembled, and bolted the trans up to the motor before sitting them in the frame. The front suspension came back from the painter on Tuesday, so I began to assemble it. I still need to install the shock mounts before the front is wrapped up. If all goes well, this may be a roller but the end of the weekend.
Here's the Sunday night update - I pretty much finished up the assembly on the front suspension. After that, I turned to the rear and began assembling the quick change. Here's the car as of tonight sitting on it's own weight. Hopefully, I will be starting the motor in about a week.
Love all the finish choices. Nothing looks better next to fresh cast aluminum then shiny shiny black paint. Killer!
Stunning chassis and detail. You should be real proud of your efforts. Henry would be proud of your finished product. I want one for my sedan.
Looking good, makes me want to get going on mine (once I've won the lotto). Meantime can I just droll over yours
Here's a quick update on the car. I finished up the fuel lines, installed the gas tank, and mounted the radiator. I fired the motor for the first time today and broke it in. The carbs still need to be sync'd, but it's an idea of how the car sounds. I'll get a video with better audio later this week. The exhaust will come off now to get coated before putting it back on. <iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EUEBK3xsUQ0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe>
Quality work all across the board. It's been a pleasure following this thread so far..looking forward to more updates...
One more video with some better sound and picture. Ignore that passenger side radiator hose....I cobbled together that hose just for running the motor right now. I'm going to weld up some tubes this weekend and just have rubber couplers at the head and radiator. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5dg4pxjmx0E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Phenominal workmanship and a real cool vid to boot. The motor sounds sweet. Looking forward to updates.
Cory, I'm not a postoholic...I regularly lurk with much interest. That said, I just went through your whole build thread and capped it off by watching and listening to your video and felt compelled to write. The sight and sound of your flatty and chassis slapped a grin on my face from ear to ear. Thanks and great work!
Wow has it been that long? I better start getting something done Kinda proud to have one I did in such a choice roadster …. I wouldn’t change a thing if it was mine …. shes perfect.
Great video! Nothing like thE sound of a healthy flatty! Can't wait to see more Corey- let's see that body in paint!
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