Projects 26 T Roadster Pick Up build Thread

Thanks guys they should work well.

It can be trying and takes a great deal of patience and a steady hand with the TIG torch.

 

I’m lacking all of the above!


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Well done!

 

Today was the first outing for the RPU this spring

I spent the better part of the day sorting out little things from the dis***embly for the heads and refinishing the carbs and manifold.

Once I got it running I realized that the rear carb was leaking out of the accelerator pump shaft and after shut down was leaking fuel onto the ****erflies.

The front 2 carbs were working perfectly.
So I removed the top of the carb and adjusted the float level lower and put it back together.

Success Probably for the first time ever no leaks.
Balanced the carbs and installed the Edmunds air cleaners and went for a little run.

Runs better than it ever has.
So much fun

 

Air screens look great. You sir have a steady hand

 

Totally cool. JW

 

Fantastic looking forward to seeing pic of it in exotic places like... not your garage haha

 

I'm so glad you did this thread. Everyone who sees your car will think it is cool but miss a lot of the detail. Those of us who got to see the step by step build will know how cool.

 

AND it looks great too

 

I need to go back and read this thread from the beginning. Such an awesome little RPU.

 

Thanks, that will keep you out if trouble for a while It's been quite the adventure

 

Thanks for posting the link to your thread the other day. I've spent the last 4 days worth of my free time reading every one of the 93 (so far) pages, and thinking as I have before, that I'm going to have a gearheads garage sale, sell everything and take up a new hobby. Like many of the other build threads, you have excelled in taking this project to a very stratospheric level.

And I intend to plaigerize many ideas from you also! Great job

 

this is nothing short of amazing.... LOL, I was gonna ask where you "BOUGHT" those



such a breath of fresh air to see some one use a welder to weld, not a metal glue gun...

damn I love this car... so nice to see...

 

I'm gonna be awhile... there's some Fab **** here.... amazing skills...

 

Blue one have you been driving this? How about an update on how things are holding up? Any issues?

 

I just saw this post since I haven’t been to this page in some time.
Since I got it on the road I had a few minor bugs to sort out a leaky aluminum transmission pan which turned out to be a porous casting that was tricky to stop leaking and a free other little things but so far it’s been a really dependable ride.

Its really a solid driver, the Tim McMaster Y block is strong and there are no steering or suspension surprises it handles really nicely.

Every time I drive it I enjoy it more.

This winter I decided to finish the interior finally after years of driving it with just the seats done.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/interior-upholstery-finally.1346707/

 

I’m a fan of your car. Hard to believe it’s been this long since seeing this thread.

 

Thanks for the update. I guess all the quality work payed off. Thanks for sharing this build with us!

 

Looking back I can see how I changed the design. I think it turned out better with the second design.