Projects 1933/34 ford roadster project

well. i check often...but not often enough it seems. went to a good home anyway!

 

The cowl vent was leaded in and rusted out. I went ahead and cut it out, I can use a couple parts, but I’ll replace most of it.






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It seems every 33/34 I get needs this repair. I pressed a new skin piece. There is a scupper that goes under this, thats next on the hit list.








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Pressed the scupper, I should be able to reuse the brackets for mounting the vent door






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Thanks, my motivation is to make them better than when I got them.


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Finished up the cowl vent. I’m going to wait until I get the cowl media blasted to install it.



Here is a before and after




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nice work as usual.

 

Thanks


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Got the 33 cowl and a bunch of other parts and pieces media blasted.


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nice an clean

 

I got spoiled with my 3 window body I put back together. I can’t work with rusty stuff anymore.


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Very cool. Care to share how you pressed those pieces? Dies in a shop press or???

 

I made the dies for my coupe project, relatively straight forward. Had a lot of trouble with the 90’ corners blowing out when pressing. Used a combination of progressive pressing and intermittent hammer and dolly to gently stretch the corners. Ended up about half and half hand forming and die pressing. The scupper die is all metal.




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Excellent! Thanks for sharing.

 

Sneak peek at my newest project. The polishing is slow going.




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Pulled the new frame rails out and cleaned them. They came with all the holes for fenders and mounting the body, but not the stock steering gearbox or shocks. Went ahead and plotted and drilled. Waiting on a 1 1/8 carbide bit for the rear shocks.






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Did a few repairs to the center crossmember. Fit the crossmember in the frame. Most of the holes lined up, a couple are off...not critical ones.










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Fit the front crossmember




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Those are some BIG C clamps.

 

I’ve been working on top irons for the project and for sale to support the project. The first set is for sale in the classifieds




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Fit the rear crossmember and rear shocks. Made the doubler pieces for the rear frame horns






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be careful, you're gonna become the world renowned model 40 roadster expert...phone will never stop ringing, emails all day...you see the picture !

 

The funny thing is...this is what I started with four years ago.




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I little progress today




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i am disappointed, why boxing the rear?

 

Unfortunately my center crossmember stops about where my boxing plate starts.


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Welded the doubler and fit the rear crossmember with the boxing plate






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Made some modifications to my rotisserie and mounted the frame to it.




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Did a repair where someone had nibbled a larger hole for hydraulic brakes.








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