1930 Model A on deuce rails

Haha I just read Ryans breaking bad thread. Aperently hallock windshields arent cool anymore......but it would have looked good with the red wheels and flat black paint

Oh well forging on.

 

Made some more progress on the pattern, material has been added to compensate for shrink when casting. Also shaped and smoothed with body filler.







Now it is boxed up and heading to the foundry.

 

Nice project! And as a guy who likes to make patterns and cast things, I'm looking forward to seeing the windshield when it's back from the foundry.

 

Just curious, did you make the windshield slightly larger to account for the shrinkage when casting? If so, how'd you account for it when making it? It is looking great!

 

Just went through the whole build to date and am very impressed with your workmanship. The V8 in the firewall is KILLER along with your brake & clutch with gas pedal.

 

killer craftmanship, coming out really nice.... i dig the firewall....

 

Thanks. Here are the pedals in the Hot rod deluxe parts with appeal. I should have the ones that will be for sale in a couple of weeks. I have added some features and upgraded the finishwork.

Yes that is why it looks a little loose in the pictures. It should **** up tight after casting. I just hope it goes as planned.

 

So in anticipation of the windshield coming back I finish welded most of the issues in the cowl and installed the new LR Brookville quarter panel. It has some fitment issues but will get there. I had also ordered a new inner fender well from Brookville for the RH quarter but when it arrived it didn't have the step in the front, it was just a flat panel with the beads and the beads were not shaped correctly, decided to chunk it and reordered from Howells





Kind of a dark photo but the sub floor spacers worked well.



Perfect timing, look what showed up.







Looks like it will fit pretty well











Thought I should mock up the 3X2's



I really like the profile of the windshield.

 

Hope you are going into production with the windshield frame. Also hope they are reasonably priced. Once you have the pattern perfected, the actual casting costs are very reasonable. I have a foundry friend....pm me if your casting costs are too high.

 

Oh definitely, The guy I have do my fuel tank ends is casting the frames for me too, He always surprises me with the excellent cost and quality of the castings. I have to tool up to polish the castings and cut the windshield groove, I should have them up for sale by the end of the year.

 

Whoah....everything awesome....carry on, please.

 

That looks awesome!

 

Thanks I appreciate it.

 

That looks killer!!!

 

I really like this car! And nice job on the windshield.

 

Thanks The windshield should be back again from the foundry this week(I made some adjustments to make it better) I'll post some updates.

 

Windshield frame and profile turned out great --- nice work!

 

Been a little swamped with the business lately but I did get the first batch of windshield frames with the gl*** groove cast in. They really came out nice.


Might be a little slow on the posts as I'm getting ready to move out of the back yard into a proper shop.

 

Nice digs Leonard. First time in a dedicated "commercial" building with your name on it?

 

Have you determined a price for the Hallock windshields yet?

 

Thanks, yes this is a big step but way overdue.

 

I have to build the jigs for the mounting holes still, hopefully I will get time to do that in the next couple weeks. I am going to list the frames without gl*** at $695, I still Need to get with the waterjet guys for gl*** pricing. Pm me if interested.

 

I might be interested in one.

 

Well I'm into the new shop and really liking it. Starting to get closer to being cought up so I put a little time into the roadster. We had a little discussion about windshield shape herehttp://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/hallock-windshield-shape-what-do-you-think.960463/#post-10857814

I worked up a jig for drilling the mounting holes in the bottom of the windshield frames then drilled and taped for 5/16 threads with helicoil inserts for added strength.


Next up was transferring the holes to the cowl, by making a line accross the bottom of the frame and up the outer faces I could then remount the frames and tracer the marks to the cowl. At that point I just had to mark the hole center 13/16" from the front of the lines. I then drilled the holes with a uni bit to 7/16 to give some adjustment room.

 

In order to drill the outer mounting holes threw the A pillars I hopped on the lathe and turned out a drill bushing out of an old 5/16" stud. With the bushing threaded in from inside of the cowl I drilled threw the frame from inside of the car, this ensured proper placement of the mounting hole.






Next I used a 1/4" center drill to open up the hole and countersunk it for a slotted oval head stainless steel machine screw. Turns out they don't make them in 5/16" nft so I used a 1/4" nct with a nut on the inside of the A pillar. This was sort of a good thing as Henry's threads were sort of worn from the last 80 years of cross threading and rust.




After proper mounting the individual frames were beveled and tig welded to each other. They are now ready for final shaping and polishing.


It was a super nice day yesterday so I threw open the door for some glam shots. The waterjet guys cut the wrong file for the gl*** shape........because I gave them the wrong file.... so they are recutting it this week with the correct curved upper suggested by Jimmyb here on the HAMB.

 

Congrats on the new shop! The roadster is looking great!

 

Thanks Jeff that means a lot coming from you.

 

Thanks man!


I spent some time filling and filing the frames then couldn't help but throw a quick and dirty polish job on it.

 

I like the new shop. Looks like things are moving along nicely!