Projects The 23T project is well underway!!

Hey there Royal. I've been done with the Home Made Simple show for a little over a month now and have been doing stuff here at home. Starting another project in 10 days which will be a solid 4 weeks of work. Looking forward to it. Hopefully alot more will be done before I leave on the car.

 

Body lines getting perfected and body sides getting even smoother.

 

looking good Ozzie .is the guy in davie doing the paint work ?i am looking for a painter

 

Still working out of town, but got these pictures yesterday from the shop to show they've started working on the front fenders again.

 

Fenders done, Top of headers have been cut closer to the body and new flanges welded on. Hood and sides aligned. Now the radiator gets finished and installed, Engine started, test driven to make sure the fenders don't need anything else and that they don't rub against the tires on turns or big bumps, and then it's final prep and paint!..!! Hopefully will be painted and finished on the outside at least by end of October.

 

It's getting very very close!!
Caseyrod came by and worked his magic on the fuel lines, va***m lines and brake lines. Amazing work!!

 

So we ****oned up alot of stuff, Sent out alot for Chrome, and stripped everything down. Frame, Rear end, Rims, Engine and ****** are all getting the Bluewater Metalic paint. Engine and ****** are painted, Frame, Rear and rims should be painted by Tuesday, then we start ***embling. Looking closer and closer.!! F^%$# Finally!!

 

Updated pics

 

Tires mounted, rear end done.
Only headlight buckets left and we'll start ***embling the ch***is. End of next week might have a roller!

 

really shaping up nicely and looking great

 

Thanks Dana,
here is today's pics....

 

Continuing the ***embly. Complete rear 4 link is in, rear shocks, front headlight stands. Tomorrow we'll install the rear tires. Many thanks to Casey Rod, his son and The Chief for Excellent work.

 

Rear wheels are on, Some more bolts are in place. The front axle has been taken apart to polish and rebuild. We're on schedule!!

 

Got the grill insert and shell installed. Coming together day by day.

 

Lookin good man! I cant wait to get started on a T project. You did EXACTLY what I wanted to do as far as making it deeper and adding to the top of it to match the top of the cowl/dash area. I do not like the huge dip the 23's have in the back and also didn't want my knee's so high up and out of the thing so thought about adding a few inches up top. How did you or the body guy achieve that? Any tips? I thought about cutting the top area off since it's molded to shape already, adding a few inches and put the original top section back on top of the added material.

 

Today I was able to pick up the batwings from the chrome shop. I swung by early in the morning and snapped a shot of the parts in polished copper before going in for the nickel and chrome, We ***embled the front axle and attached the front spring and front 4 link. Also installed the Trans mount and cooler. Friday will hopefully see the front spindles installed and we'll put the front rims on. Finally it will be a roller. We'll work on installing the engine and ****** by Tues-Wed.

 

Wow, paint and chrome make a HUGE difference, huh? Looks good, Ozzie.

 

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/album.php?albumid=430

Just added a bunch of pics from tonight in the 23T build Album.
Ozzie

 

Here are some pics from a couple of days ago.

 

wow, thats come a long way. love the new colour. very nice.

 

here are some pics i took

 

Love em, Thanks alot I'm so glad it's finally a roller...again! let's see how long it takes for the body to be laid down on it.

 

Hi again folks. So while ***embling the fuel system. Caseyrod tells me it would be cool to make something custom to hold the Holey Fuel pump.. here is the fruit of that conversation.
Caseyrod doing his thing.

After the bracket was made, We polished polished polished and then drilled and tapped the holes in the frame to 3/8"-24, installed the bracket first with the ****on head bolts with a dab of red threadlock, running one of the bolts thru the ground wire for the pump. Then attached the piece that grabs onto the pump body, and attached the pipe and the hose that attaches to the bottom of the tank. WHALA done.

 

Looks great,just found this thread.Keep it coming!

 

thanks

 

Some updated pics...from Today.

 

Some new additions to the tub.
it's slow as mol***es but it's still moving forward.