Here's what I got done this weekend, What did you get done??

Cut up some rectangular tube to make a light framework to build my floor and tunnel for the Ford Pop.

Then made up the tunnel piece by piece.

The stock steel front floor panels fit after being trimmed down a bit. I made the framework so the stock plywood rear panels fit as is.
God bless the inventor of the Mig welder.
So what did all you lot get done???
Mart.

 

gimme a chance it's still sunday morning here!

 

stripped apart the donor front end from the 50 chevy and started cleaning all the greasey stuff with oven cleaner

 

Took my V12 clutch thingamajing apart. and assembeled it properly

 

I will never figure ou this board ;-)
Anyway here its all together again.

 

Never joined in on this thread before...but here's what we are working on...

R-

 

Picked up a single downdraft intake and a Stromberg 81 carb for the the B motor in my A coupe. Plan to paint the dropped axle and related parts the week of 11-17, when I'm on vacation.

 

Got the garage heater installed! WOW heat what a concept.

 

Got my top tacked in , and all the windows lined up...
Jdee

 

Got my 3 link done for the rear end in the Touring. Hope to be all done with the rear end mounts by tonight and ready for the Tranny Mt.

 

Mart,
That looks a lot like the tranny I had in a '65 Sunbeam alpine.
Those bolts holding the top cover on usta vibrate loose about four times a year.
The Alpine had an access plate right over that tranny top plate so you could tighten them when the tranny oil started getting thrown out....

just a suggestion...

Mart,
Some guy with a MGTD was telling me"American" MGB GTs were selling for good money over their. is that true and how can I sell mine there if it is?

 

Lessee...It's Sunday 5pm. I worked yesterday. The wife has to work til 6 today. So, I got the T-Bucket out, did some burnouts in 35 degree weather, put some miles on it. Then I went home and picked up dog crap in the backyard and mowed hopefully for the last time this year. Noe I'm pretending to know how to type. All in all, not a bad weekend.

 

Pull the driveshaft out of the old mans 66 Buick, Its due for some u-joints, a carrier bearing and balancing. I need to get motivated to do some work on my own junk!

 

well, i dissassembled and degreased my front end to prep for paint and rebuild, first. those A arm shafts, despite being 53 years old looked like brand new once the grease came off. amazing how nice that car is, i am really thankful for the old-timer that must have greased it daily to get that kind of protective buildup. i painted my drag link and driver's side shafts first, actually i think that was friday night. then yesterday i degreased the rest and blasted the A arms and my sway bar, and primered the other two A arm shafts, all A arms and the sway bar. after that i helped a buddy of mine put a headache rack in his truck and wired a CB antenna into it and some cargo lights.

today though, was interesting. for about the fourth time THIS year and the 300th time in known history, somebody went through the fence at the bottom of my hill (on my family's land). we went down to see what was going on and see if we could help get the vehicle out because it was minor and no one was hurt. went back, got a tractor and fence-building tools, went back down. i was first in dad's little toyota with the tools and etc, he drove our bigass ford tractor with the front end loader on it. well, traffic was backed up, and one guy was in the midle of the road and wouldn't get out of the way when dad honked the horn. so he just passed the dude with one tire in the ditch. this stupid sonofabitchin volunteer fireman beside me comments on the "idiot" in the tractor. i told him that's my dad and he said something like he didn't care. goddamned assholes around here, they think that farmers don't know how to operate tractors, and they don't think WE don't know how to pull a vehicle out of our field. i am POSITIVE we have pulled more vehicles out of that field than they have. we use the same tractor to move large statues in the foundry, and these statues weigh up to 3000 lbs, several of which were 100,000$$ pieces, we know our shit and how it works. pissed me off, nobody says SHIT about my old man, let alone on our place. i really, really, really wanted to hit this prick, but decided against it for obvious reasons. i just stared the pussy down the whole time we were there between pacing and muttering "motherfucker" like a dude with terrhets (i know that isn't spelled right) jacked up on espresso and pretty soon he came up mumbling and blubbering about how sorry he was, so at least i got some consolation. the other firemen were pretty cool, and generally are. i know a few of em. this guy was just a prick though, and a blowhard to boot, and he put his tail between his legs when the other firemen showed up, so i guess he must be a real shitwad even amongst the other guys too. i have never been so pissed off, not even when my girlfriend in high school that i was NUTS about messed around with her ex, who had the nerve to then talk shit about it. i guess i still need to take deep breaths and count to ten or something.

but hey, i got some things done for my pontiac, so that rocks hard. viva la HAMB.

 

Rebuilt a 66 falcon disc front end,Radiused (thanks A-V8!)and cleaned up my model A rear spring, and sprayed them all with gm black.
Pulled the sump and rear main off the 216 in the chev truck,learned how the oiling system works-wierd indeed.waiting on new seal and gasket to stop the leaks.
wrote a big list of stuff to look for at bendigo swap next weekend-the biggest one of the year in these parts...cant wait.
Spent the whole weekend in the shed-probably not healthy

 

fired up the lil black farm truck saturday for the first time.its fuckin loud and it shoots fire out of the zoomies....i guess ill need to figure out some baffels for it.

still need to run brake lines,make a gas pedal,hook up radiator hoses, put a fan belt on it,tail lights and....

 

I bought a 390 Cad motor from Plan9 for my truck project.

 

saturday I finished making lowering shackles for my coupe, then drove all over hell and gone looking brake parts. Today I bitched and complained to every person I could find about not being able to find anything parts wise for what I have, then ordered tires and some other shit for the coupe.

 

...started laying out the rocker situation on the Merc. The area in red interferred about 1/4" with the side of the framerail, and was rotted to hell anyways, so it will be completely rebuilt to allow more clearance/strength.

And for you Merc guys out there, thse repro rockers aren't even close. I have bent and re-bent them about 3 times trying to get the profile right. It's still not even CLOSE to lining up right with the lower portion of the front fender. It's about and inch too low, and doesn't have the right curve. Will need a lot of work in this area to mate right.

Merc guys: Have you experienced this problem? On the ground, is the pinchweld between the inner and outer rockers visible, or does the rocker go straight under at 90 degrees underneath itself? Mine seems to want to angle downward slightly...

 

Started to install the T5 behind the banger,can't! engine must be removed. Three bolts and it's out. Hung the engine on the hoist,straped the trans to the floor jack one stab and four bolts,it's ready to go back in.Glad I just tacked the spring mounts on the rear end, way off in the alignment department but figured that.

 

Well during the week I removed the front fenders and radiator support from a 1975 Chevy pick-up. Then I removed the motor and tranny (sbc 327).

This weekend I removed the Brake booster/pedal assembly and the steering column. Tomorrow I will cut the fron end off and cut the rear of the frame for the rear end.

I plan to transfer the suspensions over to a 1950 Chevy truck. We'll see how it goes...

 

heres what i got done

 

thats a SWEET lookin caddy 40StudeDude

this weekend was opening of deer hunting season in ND, and at about 12:15 today I shot my buck.

After hunting I went back and started pulling my 390 apart to be boiled out

 

Mercman51,
Yep, the bottom of the rocker on mine was level, not going downward as in your pic. You did clamp your door in place so the rocker panel matches the bottom curve of your door, right?

What did I do this weekend? Not much, just went to the local meet at Pleasanton, and tested out my windshield wipers.

 

Mikes51 -no, I haven't put the door up yet, I wanted to screw everything in place temporarily, and then move the chassis back under the body and get it off the camper jacks (which go through the door opening.) I need to do this too to check the sag, as all the rot made them droop. Thanks for the info, I thought so...

 

I went to Tweaked47's SUPERSECRET private junkyard and pulled a '49 8BA out of a 4 door destined for the crusher. There was only 72K on the odometer and the old guy swears that he drove it into the spot where we yanked it. We shall see...

I also verbally bought a 50? Oldsmobile 88 fastback! It is a parts car, (no glass, title, or floors) but the 303 and hydro are still in the car. I go get it next spring!

TDC

 

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I need to do this too to check the sag, as all the rot made them droop. Thanks for the info, I thought so...

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I think you need to bend that bottom surface back up level,
It would show from the side later, looking like some surface that is hanging below the bottom of the front fender and the bottom of the rear quarter panels.

If I had a car with the bottom 3" of sheet metal gone, I'd consider going with that extended rocker panel look. Some customs do that by welding on a piece of conduit wherever they want, then filling in between.

 

Thursday night I got the new shifter installed still have to make alittle more room. Mocked in the steering column. A while back i posted needing some ideas for pedal placement. I went ahead and mounted the M/C on the firewall and modified the pedal assembly to clear the recess in the firewall.

 

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