The Jalopy Journal
This is a fair bit of work for a subtle change, but I like things to look right to me, so it was worth it. I decided to narrow the bottom of the...
Here I was thinking I needed to scratch up my nickels and dimes and buy a grill shell, just because the '30/'31 I have is too tall. I must have...
Here you go. Sorry for the crappy phone video quality. [MEDIA]
Well, new things arose. I'm not going to put up a bunch of pictures of this, since the process has already been covered, but in the spirit of...
So, this morning I think to myself: "Let's just pop that rear end under the car before we start on the front shackles. It'll only take a few...
Not a lot of progress this AM. I'm taking advantage of having the axles out to replace the spring shackles. Started with the rear end today. I...
@fourspd2quad, it actually got down in the high 20's last night. Hahaha. Seriously though, not having a frame table worried me a good bit, but I...
I spent this morning working on the permanent attachment of my front and rear crossmembers. The front was just about ready, I just had to drill...
Just for kicks I looked back for a shot I could compare it to. I'll do another one from as close to this angle as I can, once I get it back on...
Thank you, @simplestone. You probably have a pretty long wait ahead of you, though. I have been making progress on the frame, at least. Those...
I'm slowly reaching the evolutionary culmination of this rear end business. I decided to bolt those two upright ears on my angle iron bracket...
Engineering is a generous term for what I'm doing, Fabber. Haha. It's the damnedest thing, but I swear I sometimes figure this stuff out in my...
More blacksmithing this morning. I needed to unfold the middle part of the rolled edge of the crossmember. That side is the new bottom, and I...
@Fabber McGee, I have considered boxing that crossmember, even though this is going to be a lightweight car. Jury is still out in that. @62pan,...
At this point, the frame rails were sitting on the differential, at the ride height that looks good to me. [ATTACH] You can see the '37 main...
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The Jalopy Journal