1929 chevy full sheet metal kit car

hey mine was a rapping of a fire incident too found out by the chunk of wood hanging in the door that is toast but know i know whay there is no traces of paint and why its rusted the way iy is funny thing is for a complete cab fire the body isnt warped as bad as i thought it would be

 

Usually if there in a field long enough. A good brush fire will get them. And the old chevys have got good source of fuel in them. And it did'nt get all the paint cause I saw some forest green on one side of your car ratcoach...ghost

 

top of he passenger door at the rear pillar? thats the only spot of paint that i have that is left i was gonna try nd paint the car the same color at one time but i dont know im along way from looking at the paint book ,hey ghost i got my dash and its a 30 dash ive been told but im trying to figure out were the two bolt hols on the sie go all the dashes ive seen have the 5 bolts on top and thats it am i missing sompthing ,also were you putting your battery

 

Hey guys; Here's something I've been working on for a friend. He's a big guy and wanted more room twixt his belly and steering wheel so we took a derelict '31 Chivvy Coach, (doors are wider than regular pickup by abouit 3 inches) to create a big cab pickumup for him.

The cab is finished now and he has it painted, but this is all the pics I have right now.

 

Hey ratcoach; The wood of the two hinge pillars were joined with a cross piece. The five holes in the dash fastened to brackets attached to the cross piece, the end holes attached to the hinge pillars. Pictures are of a '31 but the same thing. The dash fits up against the crossbar, on back/rear side between the steering wheel and the crossbar. The upper lip curls up over the top towards the windshield glass, there is a space of abot 1/2" between the upper lip of the dash and the windshield glass. In the middle, on the front of that lip of the dash there is a small clip that holds a felt/rubber bumper that touches the glass to keep the windshield from vibrating. Look in the picture at the hand holding the dash, that little clip is right there by the middle finger on the front side.

 

should the hing pillars go on the out side of the dash or should the dash go infront of the hindge pillars got an photos of the dash installed

 

Yea, I forgot to explain fully. There's a steel bracket that connects the crossbar to the hinge pillars, the ends of the dash fasten to that, it's toward the near/inside edge of the pillar.

Here's a picture of the bracket that the end of the dash fastens to, on the left side, right in the upper corner of the picture, pillar is red, bracket is black.

 

Hey ratcoach; Next week I'm going to do some more work on that pickup conversion and I'll get some closeup pictures of the dash and pillars.

I have edited the post where the picture of the dash and wood pillars/crossbar are shown. Go back and read that again, it might me more clear now.

 

boy this thread is so good that i wish now that i would've started my 28 before i started my shoebox. i'll be following along taking notes and by the time i'm ready to start the chevy almost everything will be answered! thanks and great work and info to all. mike

 

I've created a social group for us Chevy guys. Look under "Termites and Bowties".

 

THANKS... Nash coming from you that means a lot. And I feel most of the cars on here will be just the same. (benchmarks) for future generations to copy, enjoy, and build from. thanks guys...ghost

 

Yea, It's easier for me to fab them, and using old sometimes costs more.....
Here's a rocker I just finished today on my Rot Rod Nash. Next is fab the part under the cowl to meet up with it. The piece under the door is removeable to access mechanical brake mechanism.......

 

Hey ratcoach, here's a picture of left hinge pillarz(actually the pillar wood is rotted away but the steel bracket is still there) and cross bar. The yellow arrows point to the brackets the dashboard screws to.

 

sweet does the dash touch the wimdow also found a nice model t track just setting complete minus the hood and grill whats a good price to offer no motor or trany just a roller has decent sheetmetal

 

Model t truck. Big one or a pick up. got any pictures, it sounds interesting. I think nash mentioned about a seal that hooks on the dash that goes between the window and dash...ghost

 

its a small non comercial truck i went to go get parts and seen the back f the cab and turned around and it at a shop that looks abandoned it all there except hood radiator and motor and trans doors are off but in the bed and its not a rust bucket im gonna try and find out who the owner is tomaro see if i can get it off them its parked in with a bunch of vw stuff right behind a carmen giah weird spot for a truck funy thing is it on a bust country road and its still setting there ,i would figure it be a victim of the night if yo know what i mean a truck like that probaly hasnt got any paper or paper trails

 

The upper lip of the dash curls up/forward over the top of the crossbar, towards the windshield glass, there is a space of abot 1/2" between the upper lip of the dash and the windshield glass.

In the middle, on the front of that lip of the dash there is a small clip that holds a felt/rubber bumper that touches the glass to keep the windshield from vibrating.

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Ratcoach... I got the wiper motor packed up but the shipping company wanted too much. so I am gonna take it to the post office. the box is small enough they will take it for a lot less. figured this way I can just give it to ya merry christmas...ghost

 

very nice ghost i really apriciate it ,anything you need in return also i found the owner of that model t truck old man really nice he wont let it go his wife said no come to find out he has 5 prime mode t'd and model a' in the barn they are nice just been setting for the last 30 years , the truck actualy was a movie truck it was in a hillbilly move dealing with moonshine running and they blew the truck up severla times in the movie but kept rebuilding it kinda a kool story ,looks like the waltons little truck down the street from this truck is a 2 doo 38 chevy or dodge setting next to a 27-31 chevy fram owner wont sell them eather just letting the car rot away i hat people like that but the old man with the t truck is gonna let me help him work on it this spring

 

If I was you I would stay close and build a little bond with both older guys. Help them out when needed, or just stop by to talk. Guys like that have a lot of history under there hats. And there storys could be cool to pass on. Plus you might end up with another project...ghost P.S. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE MOVIE FOR ME... THANKS

 

My top cowl near the winshield is out of shape i beleive. Is the dash wood supposed to be slightly curved.

I did purchased a dash and the wood that was screwed to it from "32 chevy" cowl at a swap meet. Could't confirmm the cowl though

 

Check the dash and if it looks like it is curved to match it should be ok. But I don't believe there suposed to be curved. It has been awhile since I built mine...ghost

 

Dash wood on '31 is definately curved, horizontally, across the top, straight across the back side, vertically, I'm guessing 32 is also.

 

Your right about horizontally. I thought he was talking about the face where the dash mounts...ghost

 

Ok that sound right, thanks guys

 

i bought what was stated in the ebay auction to be a 29-30 coupe door top and the photo was of one too so i bought it for $36 shipped and i got it in the mail today and i get a door top for a 31 that isnt eaven a complete window frame i was gonna fab a skin and through it on the frame he had in the auction and boom id have a driver door but i cant eaven use this 31 if i tryed ,i got the a pillars from this guy so i wouldn have exspected anything like this look at the photos the part is nice just not what i needed the red frame is what was in the auction the brown one is what i got im kinda pissed im waiting to hear from the guy hopefuly its just a mix up if not hes only a 150 miles away ill visit him on one of my trips to st louis

 

whats hiding under that red lacquer putty?

 

Looks like packages got mixed up. can you check his site on ebay and see if he was selling the other part at the same time. might be some other guy that is upset also with the wrong piece. Oh ratcoach I got the vacuum wiper assembly all packaged up and loaded in my truck. And I have'nt driven my truck for awhile, and forgot about it. But I WILL GET IT IN THE MAIL FOR YA. SORRY. Will 28 chevy rear side window interior trim work on your car? I am selling mine cause I wont need them...ghost

 

yes i believe they will work ghost what you want for them ? pm me

 

got a email back from ebay guy and he said a freind does his shipping and handeling for him he kinda got mad cause i filled a paypal claim but i did that just to cove my ()() you know how some ebay guys are