1930s Era Champ Car - new project

Oh, you know you will!

 

I finished up the hangers. For the welded stud I ordered two extra long bolts to insure there is enough shoulder to slide over the bronze bushings. Then I cut the bolts to length and put a pilot on each. Turned the hex heads down round for looks and ground off the grade 8 markings before welding.

 

Here's another silly little time saving tech tip. For TIG welding I carry a "quivver" full of tungsten electrodes to the welding site. That way, when I inevitably contaminate one in the weld puddle another clean and ground one is at my fingertips, saving me several walks over to the grinder. Made from a s**** rubber strap that I punched full of holes.

 

It took three hoodlums to install the new bronze bushings in the rear spring - two to steady the 40# spring pack under the press and me to pump the ram. After that we removed the frame from the rotisserie. It'll hold up a deuce roadster build one of us are working on. I snuggled the frame over to one side of the garage bay so we can fit a drag car and my wife's DD in there for the winter. Work on the champ car is winding down for this year so I can turn to getting the engine in the drag car rebuilt. Stay tuned...

 

Just don’t keep us waiting too long…