Projects 62 409 20 Day to Great Bend KS

Got a good start on the new raised trunk floor.


Need to spend some time on the bead roller now.

 

Paint the fronts gray

 

Nice wheel choice. My Torque Thrusts and new tires will be here Monday.

 

I can live with this.

 

That's some great bead rolling. I like the thinner beads over the stock profile. Also, custom made panels just look stronger.

 

I thought it turned out pretty good. Got some prep work before final fitting.

 

Starting to get happy with it. Had a little oil canning when I first screwed it down. With a little work with the shrinker and two beads from the other direction on each side.

 

Alright! I am OFFICIALLY curious.

Ben

 

Outlet for the fuel cell.

 

x 2

 

This weekend is the 10 year anniversary of this car going down the track with me.
And I'm still working on it.

 

Happy 10 years James's, A milestone of you racing that fine 409.

 

Thanks Mikey, it has been a ride. It is nice to get back on this car and make it safe.

 

Not a lot of progress as we had rain for a few days. I did get the fuel cell sump pan welded in. I was going to weld the whole pan in then decided not to so it would be easier to build and attach the outer wheel wells.

 

Got the package tray cover made, need to pick up some more sheet metal to cover the seat back area.

 

Got a start on sealing off the outer wheel well.

 

Wow! 6 year anniversary of the last time this car went down the track.

 

Worked on the panel a little more for a better fit. Had to change my approach to get a better results.

 

Zoom soon!

 

I dig your raised trunk floor. I'm going to (kinda) copy that when I remove the spare tire well from the floor of our '52 DeSoto wagon. The gas tank is a weird shape to wrap around the spare well, it's very shallow with raised portion like the letter "L" laid on it's side. The fuel pump and sending unit are the tall section, it only holds 18 gallons, and because the sending unit is also in the tall portion, it reads wrong.
I'm going to use an early 90's Chevy van tank, which holds 30 gallons, has the same length and width, filler hole in the same spot so I can use the same sender and fuel pump. I can throw a spare on the floor behind the rear seat when we travel, I'll have 500+ range. We don't carry a spare now.

 

I didn’t carry a spare or jack for quite some time. Never had an issue but I decided not to push my luck any further and have them now.
Love your wagon.

 

Piece by piece, hope to keep the tire smoke out of the car.

 

I think that should work James. Are you going to seam seal as well?

 

My plan is to silicone the pieces to the quarter and run a bead between the patch and the original wheel well then screw them on.

 

Getting closer to end on this side.

 

Looking good James. Keep going.

 

Thanks Mikey. Heading out of town tomorrow to help my buddy with his car in Iowa. Have a bunch of 349/409 guys having a race at Tri State Raceway. Have a feeling I should stay home.