Got a bit done today. Welded up the centre crossmember, filled all the unwanted holes on the bottom of the chassis. Filled all the holes in the rear crossmember and trimmed it up for a more pleasing look, don't need u bolt and spring centre bolt holes as using Chassis Engineering rear springs. Will finish filling holes in top of chassis tomorrow then start setting up brake pedals and booster.
The center cross-member looks terrific! Amazing car and excellent craftsmanship. Further proof, if you really want a certain car it is obtainable...only limit is the lengths one will go to, to get it! Keep up the great work.
Thanks nitrohonky, I am getting really excited now. Doing the chassis is my favorite part of building cars.
Got a bit more done today, finished welding the top of the chassis. Going to make mounts to come off my gearbox to mount on the original flathead donuts, however the gearbox fowls on the mount on the 37 chassis i am using. Cut the centre out of the mount and reshaped as per earlier 35 &36 chassis. Mounted brake & Clutch pedals & mocked booster in place. Need to make bracket next.
Finally getting my brake booster sorted. Going to move it back 300mm and make a new crossmember to mount it. Also have to make a new pushrods for it. Rego requirements state that push rod needs to be made from 12mm rod. Got it all tack welded today. Need to do final alignment tomorrow and finish it all off.
Didn't get it fully finished, but did get the crossmember bolted in and everything lined up properly. Had to redo the end of the pushrod to get the length right.
No updates yet, getting a few things done around the house before spring. Have to pick up my modified stub axles this weekend. Had to be remachined to take discs as they were done incorrectly when I bought them. Should be back into the car next week.
Still playing house, spent a couple of hours on it last Sunday. Hope to do more this weekend. Will update then.
Ok, finally got a little done. Putting in front and rear ends again so that I can drill necessary holes etc. want to make up brake lines and sway bars before paint. I will even put engine and gearbox back in so that I can finalize gearbox mounts and exhaust. Had stubs machined to suit XA Falcon disc rotors. XA rotors have a smaller bearing boss allowing me to run 53 cusso rims.
Got a bit more done. Rest of front end in, just need to make a bracket for steering damper. Made up rear spring saddles and bolted diff in. Got rear shocks bolted up. Put wheels back on so I can lower car back on ground to put dummy engine and gearbox back in and finish gearbox mounts.
Also today, had my 13 year old son in the shed working on his 30 roadster pickup. We will start a thread on this one soon as there is quite a story behind how he got it. Today he bolted the front and rear cross members in and made templates for the boxing plates. We cut the first plate out for him. Body will be channeled 4 inches and it will run a fatty and four speed as well. We are building it on a Chrysler chassis as it has a natural kick up at the back to help get it down low.
Little bit more done tonight. Cut down the cast plate from the rear of the crossmember as I don't need the pivots for the clutch rods. Will look much neater.
Somehow, I had missed this thread until now. A '36 2-door tub is an eminently worthwhile effort, and you're doing a fine job of it. I look forward to seeing your further progress.
Got the dummy engine and gearbox back in. Uncovered a problem where the gearbox is hitting the mount that I made, not allowing the engine to go right back. Have to fix that before making the other part of mount on box.
Not real keen on the standard gear stick that comes with the single rail four speed. Plan to make one out of the original bottom section and the stick from an original Hurst shifter I got from a good mate. Love the Hurst shifter, NOS in box with the boot and all.
Got the gearbox mounts finished off. Had to move the chassis mounts back about 1/2 inch. Worked out nice.
Got the tail shaft cut down and bolted in. Also finished welding the brake rod. Next up it is time to start on exhaust. Have a set of English ford pilot manifolds that I may use. Not much room between engine and steering box to fit extractors.
Run into a few problems. The bell housing I was using had the starter on the left, but the starter plate I had for it is for the starter on the right. Had to swap over to cast iron bell housing instead as I don't have another starter plate to suit the original pressed steel bell housing. Assembled the clutch and pressure plate onto my actual engine and bolted up box. Wanted to check clearance of sump against steering arms, but did not expect sump to hit on front crossmember. Will have to machine up some nice spacers to lift engine about 15mm. Also need to weld some tabs to the cast bell housing to accept the bolts for the top of the gearbox. Ah well, one step forward, 2 steps back.
Currently making up brake lines and clutch rod. Just about done, hoping to strip chassis back down tonight ready to epoxy prime chassis, then fit it all back up and put body back on to finish up trams tunnel etc. Posted from the TJJ App for iPhone & iPad
got the body back on, no clearance between booster and floor, so cut out the floor and made a bubble and access lid for the master cylinder reservoir. Also made the passenger seat base and mounted to floor through chassis. Really happy with how front wheels sit in guards. Back needs to come down a couple of inches. Posted from the TJJ App for iPhone & iPad
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