Projects 1934 Ford 5W Build ~The Apple City Coupe~

Cowl Feet!

 

And more parts showed up today. LOUVERS!

 

Holy Cowl!!! Haha. We bought this new rootlieb hood last year at Charlotte swap meet at a great buy and had the top louvers punched by don McNeil in Monroe nc. Super nice job by a super nice guy. $1.50 per Louver, quick turnaround too.


Posted from the TJJ App for iPhone & iPad

 

The project is coming along! Very nice!

 

More new parts. Sure gonna miss restoring the original one.

 

Looking good y'all.

 

Good work !

 

You need to drop by sometime BrerHair.

 

Cowl feet work.

 

You have to m***age the parts.

 

Some tweaking, bending, cutting, grinding, re-welding may be required.

Nice work, and a lot of it!

 

Damn, this is gonna be a great build based off of how its going so far. I hope to learn some metal working skills soon for my project. I'll be watching this one. Great job so far!!

 

Good stuff!

 

Great work! It's really coming along.

That hood makes me jealous!!!

 

The modified feet. The base.



The extensions.



The curved cut out at the front.



Getting in place.

 

Swap meet find.

 

Feet in place, heres the last pics I saved.







Brace for rear. The last few pieces of the bunk bed put to use. On to the rear inners.

 

I admire your tenacity........

 

Great updates consistently!!!! This will definitely help those who are in a similar situation.

 

Cory says thanks yall.

 

That would be me
I've been keeping a close eye on this build. I need to do amost all the same work to mine soon.

 

Those rear wheel patch panels look like those sold by Steves and Howells but actually made by Tom Bay. What did you think of the quality and how close was the curve of the outer bead matching the original Ford body? I had heard the curve was not right on them. Nice work by the way.

 

The nice work continues! Keep at it, will be one cool coupe!

 

Well, the p***enger side fits pretty good contour wise, but it is really about a 1/4 to 3/8 to short lengthwise putting it up to this original body, I will have to lengthen it in the front or back, I don't know which yet. The drivers side bead is off a bit contour wise, but I can fix that since I will not use the whole bead around the wheel opening, I can bend it to shape. As far as the length, I haven't got there yet , maybe today. But the stamping isn't exactly the same on both sides like maybe to different manufactuers? But none of this will stop the build. This is the way it always is with parts. But no, they are not perfect, lol.Thanks gearhead1952.

 

Hey gearhead1952, turns out this side is twisted. Maybe too much. Executive decisions will have to be made. The bead is not like the Ford bead and the curve is not exactly the same. 3/8" too short. But Cory can deal with that. These panels are not what you would need for a good bead but ok for an inner fender.

 

HOW did I miss this thread?!?! Great work, keep it up! I like the pic on the first page with the 34 and shoebox.... guess they go together, here is a pic of my 34 and my old shoebox.