Picked this 41 up in March. Was a few states away and I got lazy and didn't look at it. Was on an S10 frame and supposedly had minimal rust. When it got home I realized it's junk. Rockers gone, S10 firewall glued in with galvanized sheet metal, frame shortened with a hatchet and soldering iron. Lesson learned, luckily it was cheap. Pulled it off the frame which was promptly given away.
Found this 48 a few weeks later. Was dipped and primed. Rocker are perfect, minimal rust in the floor and original unmolested frame. And front doors in a sedan are identical to business coupes. Sent from my XT1710-02 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Looking better. MrMusico's coupe is an inspiration. Chop will be similar as I won't lay the back window down too much. Will keep the drip rail and exterior trim also. (I think I mangled this thread with replies also. Apologies. New to the app) Sent from my XT1710-02 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
This is a chop similar to your description & may be of interest as it may be similar. I had a chopped 46-48 running beside me one day & thought it was super. This thread came along so I saved it just cuz. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vernon-mckeans-46-ford-build.982797/#post-11454741
I myself like the look of the roof angle in post 5 ....I understand you have to tie it all together but what appears to be your plan looks good!
This was the cut I was most concerned about. Wanted the roof top to blend in with the back window section. Don't have the tools or the skills yet to build patch panels to piece the two together seamlessly. Well it worked out perfectly. The profile looks spot on. Sent from my XT1710-02 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Front and rear roof sections welded together and roof attached at A, B and C. Should get the catwalk and quarter windows roughed in this next week. Sent from my XT1710-02 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Old roof looks like good use for some fender skirts. Sent from my XT1710-02 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Quarter windows and catwalk roughed in, started door frames and fender skirts. The rear of the skirts look good but not happy with the front, too boxy. Sent from my XT1710-02 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I received a bunch of small parts with the sedan. Can any 40s Ford experts out there help me identify them? Thanks Sent from my XT1710-02 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Looks like fender tops far left, fender bracing in the middle, maybe a rad splash shield on top Sent from my moto z4 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Well, I can identify some of 'em for sure and guess on the rest... Left to right: L/R '47-48 inside fender halves (these have two-piece fenders), below them is a front fender brace (between the fender and inner fender), next to that is the driver's side rear fender brace/splash shield, above is probably part of the radiator splash shield (the lower part is my guess), the mirror pair of parts are the inner filler panels on either side of the radiator, top piece I'm not sure, but may be the p***enger rear fender brace, with the remaining parts being the rear splash shield between the body and rear bumper (both ends and the middle).
The top piece is the air deflector that goes behind the grill but in front of the radiator. It looks upside down in the picture. It also attaches to the front splash shield behind the bumper
Work continues... Making drip rails from the sedan I cut up. Fenders and doors are done after fixing a million cracks and dents. Bottom 2 inches of deck lid was rotten and had rust in the inner structure. Pulled the deck lid skin off the frame and fixed the rust and shot it with epoxy before re***embling. Like most 41's the tail pan is rotten also so making up a new one. I know there are new stampings out there but they are pricey and I like a challenge. Worked on the front and rear suspension also. Found some short rear leaf springs off an early 90s Isuzu pickup and fabricated spring hangers similar to TCIs setup where the front mount is inboard of the frame to lower the rear. Sectioned the front crossmember to lower the front and fabricated some front and rear sway bar mounts. If this pandemic thing keeps up and with a little luck maybe will have it running and driving by the summer.
Nice job. I’m doing something similar for a convertible. I used a donor Tudor but it wasn’t as nice as your 4-door.
Work continues. To cold to do any body work so focusing on the fiddly bits. Drip rails are in. I cut them off the sedan body leaving about half inch flange. Bent them up with a hacked together jig and mapp torch. I ground out the seam with small cutting wheel and glued them in with 3m panel adhesive. Worked really well, seemed to add rigidity to my top, and know that water will not get in the seam. Garnish moldings and vent windows all roughed in and functional. Doors gapped and running boards fitted. Of course every bolt had rusted and been previously broken to get the running boards off so small patches were cut out from the rockers and new caged nuts welded in. Also, after monkeying around with stock trunk lid hinge springs decided to make my own out of some gas struts from a 280z and some s**** metal. With the strut pivot up high was able to take advantage of leverage to keep the lid open when the strut is extended and keeps the lid closed when compressed.
Starting the ***embly process. Seemed like it took three months to wet sand and polish this spring. Over the winter I rebuilt a 350 and finished up some of the mechanical ***embly.
Holy ****. Man first I thought wow big balls on this dude to just jump in. Then I thought oh **** that’s clever! Scrolling down I couldn’t help but think how easy you made that look. Your nailing it dude!
It's been a minute but there always seem to be a million little things to do. Almost done. Waiting on my wide whites
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