Technical What did you do with your car today? * NEW*

The history on the 40 Chevrolet was in the closed section of this thread along with many photos of the work. One year ago we uncovered it from storage and my son started its come back to the street. Originally made a drag race gasser in the early 60’s by Noel Melovich and Blair’s speed shop; I purchased the car in 1974 to go Land Speed Racing using a 302 GMC 6. It set many records at Bonneville and El Mirage and raced at the Antique National Drags and Fremont Street Rod and Yesteryear Drags. It’s fastest speed was in LSR was 151+ and at the drags, 13.04 at 105 all with a carbureted gasoline GMC 6. Today it drove out of my sons garage and ready to get licensed. There are some videos on Facebook.

 

Mounted body panels to get some measurements and to figure out running boards. Felt good to roll it out into the sunlight for a change. View attachment 4686887 I

 

Today I sat with my finger elevated, because yesterday I learned what happens when you let your finger slip inside a roots supercharger, while you are timing it.

 

Reversed a '79 F150 steering box. Got it right the first time. Decided to go with cowl steering on my T.

 

It didn't happen without pictures lol

 

Now a little bit further, this is side 2 so its starting to feel quite good now, getting closer to some more visual business.

 

Roughed in some pine "running boards" to get some idea of "things". I'm thinking oak running boards with a steel radiused edge (think 2.5 "split exhaust pipe tubing).
Going to try to keep this HAMB appropriate so consider this a "safety tip".
The last last 2 days the cats have been banging around in the cab.
Today I heard a chittering while the cats were up in the cab.
In short there was a mink under the seat in the truck. Don't know if they brought it in to "play" later like they have with other things.
I had to remove the seat and set it outside before it would leave.
In know, pics or it didn't happen.

 

Put some shiny rims on one side to see if I like it. I don't know, this whole shiny thing is new to me. But I'll tell ya, I drove it around the neighborhood and sure got a lot of smiles and waves. If this keeps up I may have to take a bath.

 

Shit that must hurt!

 

I like shiny in the pics, get the bath water hot...

 

Take a bath brother , she is way to cool a ride to stink up.

 

Sanded down the roof wood strips, and recoated with 50/50 linseed oil & turpentine. The wood soaked it all up almost as quick as I put it on.

 

Painted the inside of the Fargo today, pictures on the build thread for the two people that care...


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Went to look at a project that I can not afford and do not need but after looking at it I did made a offer, I'll wait and see. HRP

 

Atta boy!! I have another one coming in July, I couldn’t really afford it either!!

Plus I just bought a trailer.

I said it just a few minutes ago on a couple other threads...I’m an idiot.

Show us pictures when you get it home.


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ouch....hope your on the mend.......

 

Donut Derelicts in Huntington Beach this morning with my old 40 Chevrolet drag and LSR race car my son has resurrected. Licensing is next with some odds and ends.

 

my vote is for the "dark side".....think it goes better with the white body.........

 

Got rid of some old 392 blocks........

 

If you paint them and put a glass top on, they make really good coffee tables for your living room.

 

Moved the body off the hoist and brought in the chassis to start fitting the running gear. Yesterday was beautiful here so I made a trip to the junk yard to look for wheels, was trying to find late sixtys MOPAR 15X6s. Found two usable ones, they are getting scarce around here.

 

Went junkyarding and picked up a 41 Ford Pickup hood and stainless windshield divider. Gotta go back for the bumper brackets.

 

Worked on another 6-71, but found something weird.

I got all of my clearances good, except for one rotor lobe. It was a little tighter.

I did not have time to check to see of one was looser, though. I may have to pull it apart, and try that rotor in the other two possible positions.

First time I've seen this.

 

That truck looks Great! Is that a stock bed, it looks so right. Bob

 

That would be a big fat ....ouch ....wish you a speedy recovery

 

Still got all your fingers?

 

Thanks Bob. Well that's an interesting question. Yes that is a stock bed, for a 1940 Bantam pickup, one year only. The beds for 1938-9 (mine is a '38) is basically a square box. Mine was in rough shape, I was wondering what to do about it when out of the blue Hamber RG171352, who deals in Bantam stuff, contacted me to offer a 1940 bed he had. No brainer there. Of the 580 American Bantam pickups made only 115 were 1940s, pretty rare find. I did replace the fenders with cut down Model A's instead of radiusing the originals.

The drip rails are '31 Oakland btw.

Here's a photo of my truck with the original bed. And the one from RG.

 

Mostly. Fingernails, not so much.

 

Bodywork, glass work, assembly work, and thinking about putting my hubs on my car. Sorry if I was "stupid" as someone said about the other thread, guess i misunderstood when i seen the things that the veterans of the hamb was posting. My mistake lost my locking strip tool, think i left it on a mobile job, in a pinch, just make one from a sawzall blade

 

Seat for the avatar came back from upholstery yesterday.