Follow me along and help me get a 34 roadster ready for a wedding!!

Looking good Chris ! see you at Early Bird !

 

Re: pics in post 237. It looks like you have some cloth wires held in with a metal hold-down - they need grommets of some type, or vibration will wear through the wires. Even smooth metal will eventually wear on through. Other places you use a metal hold-down on the cloth wire housing, that is fine, so you could maybe just use a bigger hold-down on the end of the housing, not on the wires themselves.

A wrap of old inner-tube material (just a hair wider than the metal hold-down) is traditional on wires, and a bunch of other things would work too.

 

I'm talking about the rurmble seat hinges. You said they were hogged out to fit.
Mike

 

Ahhh, gotcha. Yes, I need to do a little more clean up on em and will weld the holes up a little so no slippage can occure.

 

Well, had a couple steps backwards tonight. There was a steel plug in one of the temp sending unit holes in one of the heads. It was on the passenger side at the rear. I want to run duel temp gauges and it bugged me that this plug was there. I had tried to remove it before but it would not budge. It has a square shank and was starting to round.

Now, I could have just swapped heads side for side and forgot about it but I decided to do it the hard way. I started off by drilling a hole in the center of the plug, starting small and going larger. Got that done and still no budge so I welded a nut no the head of the plug and that cracked it loose. Got it out and have a couple stripped threads and also a small crack that needs fixed. Man, I wish I could TIG

 

That sucks, dude. Nothing like breaking something to get your spirits down. I am trying to get my dad's 33 3 window ready for the Roundup. I was installing the brand new tempered side glass and yep, bumped it off of my work bench and watched it fall and crack.

I just got up and walked inside and quit. I didn't go back in my shop for two days. Don't let it get you down and keep on trucking!!!

 

Thanks, yeah it sucks but not a big deal. My friend John has a tig, I think I'm gonna have him just fill the hole. It is not needed and would be a ton easier then dealing with junk threads that don't seal.

 

Sorry Chris that does suck....had a friend tell me a long time ago.....on Hot Rods "if you change one thing you'll have to change ten"..... happens every time I try to change one little thing...I end up have to change ten....I'm pretty sure it's in the "So you wanna own a Hot Rod huh?"...contract somewhere!......

 

Yeah, well...working with worn out 70 year old junk usually lends itself to loosing battles

 

Kind a set ourselves up don't we.........LOL

 

Keep your chin up- I love this thread!

 

I love this thread also!!






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Worked a little on it today, was out of town most the weekend. Starting to make the upper radiator hoses. Got some more trimming to do on the rubber hoses.

 

It's coming along great Chris! Keep at it, there are setbacks in a hot rod build. Hopefully it will be smooth from here

 

That engine bay is turning out sweet with all those little details.

 

Thanks! Waiting on some chrome pieces from my pal Jeffy James!!

 

Looks good. Keep up the good work.

 

Soon.....very very soon.

 

Im so stoked to see all that drizzling chrome!!!

 

Started working on the steering set up tonight. I heated and bent my steering hoop down a little. Measured how long my drag link and tie rod gotta be, my friend Darrell is going to help me make them as I do not have the L and R taps to do so.

 

I am using a later pitman arm that has a tapered hole at the bottom, not a made on ball. The pitman arms I have have the 4 wider grooves clocked in a different position. Did Ford make a pitman arm with the grooves the same as 32-34?

Heres what I have:

1932-1934




The later one

 

Never mind on the pitman arm, a few guys told me to just file the large keys...so simple

 

Yep, i just take my die grinder with a 1/4 carbide bur and grind out the wide splines on the pitman arm.

jeff

 

Not using the '32 Spindles with modified backing plates? Slacker.

 

No, I'm using good spindles with chrome backing plates. Looser.

 

Loser not looser. Looser is not firmly or tightly fixed in place.

I forgot you got that entire chromed front end from Speedway. That Mr. Roadster makes a nice piece. Awesome!

 

Yu no I dont spellz gud.

It's actually chrome-look-a-like powder coat. Shhhhhhhh...

 

Can I just say how this shot makes me weep.... 3 very cool rides there my friend.

 

I think you need a bigger garage my friend....oh and I hope you didn't quick cool that steering arm.......

 

No, I have a junk spindle that I use in a vise to bend these and I let em naturally cool...you can see the spindle in the vise between the pickup and roadster. Also gonna built a support to weld on it. And no matter how big my garage is, I will fill it with garbage