Projects 1933/34 ford roadster project

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Those top irons are a work of art. The frame work is very clean as well, nicely done.

 

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Setting up the brake and clutch pedals. Normally the clutch and brake pedal rotate abound a 7/8 shaft that is pinned to the bracket and operate mechanical. I found a thread on here where a guy put bosses with bushings on the bracket allowing the shaft be pinned to the brake pedal and rotate in the bracket allowing for a leaver on the end of a longer shaft to operate hydraulic brakes.





Cut the bosses off





Welded bosses with bushings



Made a lever using the arm I cut of the brake pedal



Mocked up, still need a longer shaft(ordered). Need to drill and tap the new bosses for grease fittings and drill the brake pedal, lever and new shaft for pins


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Stuck the cowl on to check pedal positions...had to force myself not to put a radiator, grill shell and hood




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Installed “rivets” in the front and rear crossmembers.







They are made with a nut that will sheer and leave the appearance of a rivet. I’ll then rotate the frame and fill the center with a weld




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those are slick! Where do you source those from?

 

You have to send a message with the order to get the longer ones for “other” applications.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/172078298349




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Replacing captive nuts for mounting the floor






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Finished up the pedal conversion. Made a bracket for the master cylinder.








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Here is the back side of the “rivets”






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I like that! Weld them up, smooth them out and no-one is the wiser.

 

And I think they will be about as strong as the original rivets


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Spent the afternoon cleaning the rear floor pieces. They had been on the shelf for a couple years.




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Joined the first two panels together










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Excellent work!


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More fitting. I’m concerned that since the rear is fixed and the cowl is fixed...everything has to meet in the middle with good door gaps.




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With the acquisition of the 1933 roadster, the nice 33 dash I had for this one will go to it more appropriately. Not to worry, I picked up a nice unmolested 1934 standard roadster dash in a deal last spring.



Since there were only 4 standard roadsters produced in 34, it probably came from one of the pheatons






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Even if it came from a standard phaeton it's still a very rare piece.

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Now I know where my missing dash is...
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Remade the front floor stiffeners and installed them.







Had to press the end of a couple detents in the floor, when I make the center floor part I’ll continue the indentation.




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Disassembled and cleaned the transmission. Ordered a couple parts that were deficient.


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Made a set of A-pillar brackets and bolted the cowl to the frame with the carriage bolts. The subrails still need to go in this stack.




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Just beyond impressive. Your fabrication skills are incredible.

 

Made the stiffeners for the rear floor and plug welded them in.







Cut the rectangular hole for the fuel sending unit and mounted the cover.






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Thanks, I’ve had to up my game for this build


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I've always admired the model 40s, but this thread has really shown some amazing detail in how the roadsters were made. I went into your history to see what your previous projects were and how you handled them, but this appears to be the first one you have shared. Thanks for documenting this one and I hope you can share some of your past work, too.

 

Thanks, I did a thread for a 3-window body I recently sold.

1934 ford three window project
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/index.php?threads/1934-ford-three-window-project.1073172/


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Started on the floor center section.








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