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Working on this fordor to coupe conversion. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Had to do the panel between trunk and rear window over since it didn't look right, I used parts of the old roof but it had too much crown. A made...
Love how jou use the parts that another would pass ,for us on this side of the ocean that's what we have to do. great build !
Filled the quarters using the rear door skin, starting to look like a coupe. [ATTACH]
Panel above decklid filled using roof parts. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I will make new rain gutters out of round bar .
Spent a whole day to square things up and to get left and right side the same. Now filling in the pieces using parts of the Fordor roof. Tomorrow...
Flattened the roof to get the roofline how i like it. [ATTACH]
I only know that long door coupe and fordor quarter windows are the same. The coupe parts i have are from a long door coupe. Business coupe...
The quarter windows are exactly the same
Upper quarters tacked in place , now i can start working on the roof line. The roof i got is from a long door / sedan coupe and i want build a...
Corners are in , next will be the inner structure and then try to fix the decklid. [ATTACH]
Tacked the upper quarter pieces to the body ,I cut of the the corner pieces so I can rework them to fit. Start to look a bit like a coupe , still...
The coupe had some sort of accident in the past so not all parts are straight. I used the lower part of the fordor decklid and the upper part of...
After al lot of measuring and planning it was time to start cutting ,no way back from her I guess. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Since I love a coupe more then a fordor I started to search for a coupe roof to convert the fordor into a coupe. I found one and also a decklid in...
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The play is not up and down in the length of the drive shaft but like the red arrows. I can move the end up and down like the red arrows and feel...
I took the torque tube of my 1934 rear end to check everything. The pinion bearing have no play but I feel some play in the drive shaft that slide...
I painted my coupster with paint from : https://www.craftmasterpaints.co.uk I only used a good brush and no polishing afterwards just light...
When i lift the car and rotate the tire it all seems round. Problem is not there with lower speed
On my fenderles av8 roadster i have 500/525 x 16 front and 750 x16 rear firestone deluxe champion bias ply tires. I had some bounce/ shake in the...
I have a garage full of before's , some day I will have more afters ;) A few that I finished , the black Tudor is gone but I still have the model...
You can buy a body in Sweden : https://jocar.se/komplett-kaross/1932-5w-kaross-monterad.html
Made a simple engine cradle today so i can pull the pan and check if i can save the flywheel or if it is junk. They drilled extra holes in it for...
Also there are two taps for coolant on each side of the engine just behind the waterpumps , first time i see this on a flathead. [ATTACH]
The generator was later put on , i plan on normal style generator with fan.
Engine is not aluminum, just a strange color. I’m gonna clean the engine and paint it ford green.
Thanks for all the feedback. the offset generator was put on later by the previous owner. I’m gonna pull the heads next week to be sure what i...
Yesterday I bought this running flathead. The seller told it was a industrial engine, I see 81a-6050 on the heads and on the bell only a 8. I...
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