Termites and Bowties- Early Chevy Group

OCD kicked in again. Moving the hinge forward just a bit should improve alignment enough. I decided it wasn’t good enough so here I go again. Front door frame fabrication X (I’ve lost count).

 

My door hinges don’t have the best gaps either. My driver side is probably the worst side, but my “doors” were just the putter skin. I ended up going with some cheap speedway ones. I also don’t have any weather stripping or anything around my doors lol

 

Remember guys - we're NOT building Boyd Coddington trailer queens... Keep up the GREAT work on not-so-easy to build, early Chevrolets as we know it!!

 

Oh I know lol, that’s why I said screw it and just painted the car, built in my garage and painted in a buddies.

 

Anyone know if this individual is still selling parts? The website is shut down.. I guess I could resort to calling but I would rather drive two states away than call.

Larry

 

I have contact info for a guy in KY who deals in old Chevy parts. He’s legit.
I’ll send you his contact info by email. I promised not to publicly list his phone number.

 

Thank you!
My email is ld_lanier@yahoo.com
Larry

 

Gettin' real late - Wanted to wish everyone and their families on the HAMB a MERRY CHRISTMAS! Mike Connelly

 

I have not quit. Just took a break to spend time with my other hobbies. Weather here was lousy so it seemed best to stay out of the shop for a little bit. I’ll be back in the shop on January. Merry Christmas.

 

Merry Christmas fellas

 

During our visit to the Florida Keys, we stopped at Florida state park Bahia Honda. There’s a 1912 Flagler railroad bridge that was damaged in a hurricane and has not been used since the late 1930s. Before that hurricane, Chevrolet apparently promoted their knee action suspension with a film reel. I took a pic of the placard showing how they drove a sedan on the railroad. I guess the knee action could take the bumps from the railroad ties.

 

My 1935 Chevy truck

 

There is a 1935 Chevy truck for sale near me here in South Carolina. Just a frame, cab with doors and front fenders. They want $3000.

 

Seems pricy!

 

A couple of yeas ago I let a nice complete '34 pickup get away. It belonged to a friend who died and he had told his family I could have it. just couldn't get there in the time frame.

 

My good friend here in Columbia, SC has THREE 1934 Chevy trucks, all with ***les. He bought the first one (a 1.5 ton) 26 months ago because of me. I saw it on FB marketplace but had no room for it. Then about 8 months later, he bought a 1/2 ton 34 out of NC that had the body and frame nearly done with all new wood. Just needed to finish up the drive train (which has been a great challenge). Then I told him about ANOTHER 1/2 ton 34 in NC that was a driver that needed repairs. So he now has 3 and I’m responsible for 2 of the three. I’ll post pics of these trucks when I get a chance. Here’s the 1.5 ton.

 

I have replaced most of the wood with steel. It was hard getting the doors to work properly.
It’s built on a shortened 1-1/2 ton frame with a kick-up over the rear axle. It has an early Chevy front suspension with the axle mounted above the leaf springs and early 50s bendix style p***enger drum brakes. I have built a wooden flat bed for the truck with a luggage compartment between the frame and the bed bottom.

 

Slow as a snail but moving forward. Got the driver side A pillar front door frame 90% done. Working on the PS now.

 

Nor-Cal

 

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First show of the new year

 

Nice car and location- I love the steering wheel!

 

Appreciate it! There’s a thread on the event. It’s called hot rod showdown. First year in the last 5 that we’ve actually had good weather

 

Awesome pics!

 

I’m waiting for better weather and then I’ll get back to building my coupe. Meanwhile, I’ve been rebuilding T5 transmissions to reduce the clutter in my shop.

 

Don't know if this is the right place for this or not. I have a pair of front fenders for a 1931 Chevy sedan. Do these fit any other year? Or maybe any Chevy truck?

thx,

.bjb

 

Are you looking for front or rear or both? There’s a set of front f/s(not mine) local to me, I can send the link if you’re interested.

Still ****ing around on subrails. 4th set now but finally got all the stuff dialed in after 3 sets of abortions.

 

Not looking, I have a pair. Just wondering if they might fit anything else.

.bjb

 

Gotcha. This should help:
https://vccachat.org/ubbthreads.php/topics/266162/31-interchangeable-body-parts.html

 

Thanks, that's a big help.
.bjb