Next up was to take the body off and paint the chassis and other parts, plumb brakes and fuel. I had a few buds come over to remove the body and set it on some dollies. While I have the body off I sent my hood to Hollywood Tuck to punch some louvers in. Man they turned out so cool, not to mention Jeff was so easy to work with too.
After watching Travis at Rhode Alliance Customs build some fish plates for his AV8, I pretty much copied the man. templated from Ram Board again, made a small notch for the rear rivet and welded it up.
Went ahead and started plugging unwanted or usable holes, but still left some to keep period. I then cleaned up the frame and other assorted parts. I rolled on Rust Encapsolator Plus. Was very easy to work with a little cheaper than POR15. Smoothes out just like POR and honestly looks and feels the same. I had my nephew over to help me take the front end apart and he wanted to paint the axle, which was fun for him. Hope to have it back together soon. I next need to paint the bottom of the body and plumb brakes.
Just read through your whole thread. Awesome work! I'm headed down the same path with my '29. Just finished the step in the rear, and ready to add fish plates. Thanks for leading the way!
Needed to paint under side of the body now that I have it off the car. I hit the underside portions of the subrails prior to assembly, but needed to hit the exposed areas of the floor boards and other sections. I rolled and brushed a majority, but then realized I was never going to get in all the small spots and sprayed. I still used the rust encapsulator Plus. I did have to thin it out a little, but shot out really well. Very happy with that product.
I started reassembly of the frame and suspension and brakes after blowing the car apart for painting the chassis and plumbing brakes. I noticed my front drivers side drum was not sitting straight. After looking over and over again i realized my spindle was bent up which you can actually see in the photos. After purchasing another one from someone on here i realized the issue was a little better but not square still. After pulling the backing plates I realized the Rookie Mistake i had made. When i heat dropped my steering arms i bent the backing plate enough to off set it from the drum. With a few whacks of a hammer i got it sitting correct. Lesson Learned.
Great build. Thanks for sharing! It looks like your backing plate and drum were not aligned, is that what you were showing in those pictures? What was wrong?
He bent them while bending his steering arms. He fixed them with a hammer. also pretty common to have the backing plates bend if the shoes are stuck to the drum when you pull the drum/hub off.
Yeah I bent the plate when I dropped the steering arms. But I also had a slightly bent spindle. Both fixed now.
Was having some issues with front spring seating far enough in the from cross member, and of course turned to the old Tardel bible and found the fix.
Started pulling together all of the fittings and couplers and line needed for the plumbing the brakes, nothing yall have not seen but ill post the way I did it. I failed a few times but as with most of this build, one step forward and two back, hahaha.
I started with the rear, it seemed like the easier route, but the photos explain the process. I did take a bracket from a '40 car and but the end off and bent it to hold the rear hose. I did thread the hold hold down directly to the rear end, i tried to use a magnet to grab shards which did nothing.
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