Projects '30 pontiac 3W build.

PM me with your email address. Took a few pics of the windshield regulator for you but can't upload them from my phone...

 

This is the glass run channel inside the a pillar cover. Easy to use a piece of 1" box tubing with some door glass channel inserted

 

This will be Cool.........

 

This is the regulator and the metal strip that attaches to the top of the glass. This side faces the front of the car.

This partictular one came from a 1928 Buick. The regulators are fairly close with one major exception. The 28's have a square shaft for the handle where the 29-31 are splines like the doors. There are other differences such as gear material, etc but your not building an AACA restored car.

 

Duh, THIS is the side that faces the front. The gears in certain ones are weak and fatigue. I believe Gary Wallace rebuilds them if needed.

 

wow that is awesome! Thanks HRK... I'm gonna have to start keeping an eye out for those regulators.

 

Got a bead roller and started mocking windshield post ideas...I have been having nightmares about recreating posts that look like they belong there. Learned quite a bit with this mock up.

edit: wow that looks dark on my computer screen... stupid iphone.

 

Nice! Give us some more pics.

 

cool build man... i love the old ponchos

 

heres mine, same year , with a 74' 455 ready to drop in


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Ok need help...primed the test piece and don't know if I like the bead going all the way up....does this look natural? Should I fade it out halfway up?



I know the bead is crooked as it goes up...it was me and my buddies first real bead haha

 

ID FADE IT SHORT FROM THE BOTTOM,Sorry for yelling Damn caps lock was on again

 

I'd let it run, like it is now. Is there a way to make the bead into the corner? I mean to say, as it is now you have a bead and then the corner. If the bead was the start of the corner, it may look good.

 

yes, i can pull the bead closer to the corner, I was thinking along those lines as well. I might run it closer and fade it out about 3/4 the way up. I dont want these to seem like a mistake, maybe im putting too much thought into it though.

 

damn rookies!

 

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I'll try posting this pic again

 

That thing is really solid. Im jealous of you having most of the hard to find stuff! I have some rear fenders if youre interested.

 

I have all the fenders that are in perfect shape. But you gus are on the wrong coast.

 

Whats the plan for the top of the doors where the roof meets them? Just looking for some ideas for mine.

 

Haven't got that far, I think the door has a flange with some width to it up there. I'll look tonight. I wanna put a drip rail back on the car though.

-steve

 

Any more progress to report? What gauge metal are you using for the windshield pillars?

 

progress... started working on this thing again. In the mean time, I mentioned that my brother has the same car... Well he gave it to my step father who is having me help him with it, so I am working on 2 of these things right now. His is already started and leaps and bounds ahead of mine.

Just wanted to say that I am jealous of everybody with shop space or even a 2 car garage. I have everything crammed into a single bay garage, so excuse the disaster zone in the pictures.


Started squaring up the backhalf.


Made this filler piece behind the window, I wanted some space for exterior latches for a trunk. I don't know what the trunk area is supposed to look like on 30 pontiac... but I know that my step fathers was done completely different and I'm just going with what looks good to me.


have some patch work to do where the radius makes the corner around towards the door.



started on a deck lid today.. flanged this piece of sheetmetal and shrunk it to shape.



visualizing.


deck lid frame made.. panel gaps are slightly large, but this is the inner skin and they should shrink up to proper size once I make the outer skin. I hope... this is my first real tango with sheetmetal.


I picked up a old lathe a while ago and my first project was machining dimple dies for practice... well they got used for the first time.


made some ribs from the back


Thats where we end for now. I will get a outer skin on it soon.


huge thanks to my buddy josh (54caddy) on here for all the help the past 2 nights.

 

Nice work on the deck lid.

 

Ditto on the deck lid. Diggin' the oval rear window.
It would be cool with a 421, 3 carb. set-up coupled up with a 4-spd. (that's just me)

 

thanks guys... shes getting a SBC for now. I'm 26 and broke, and i have it already. I'll swap something cool in eventually.

-Steve

 

started on a chassis... 4" z. cut the model A style nose shape into box tubing. and also played with my tig welder. I loaned my stepfather my MIG which would be way easier/preferred for some of this stuff, but its forcing me to learn to use my TIG.

 

Looks like you are moving alon. Nice work.

 

Nice work. I tip my hat to you. I've got a '28 Pontiac in my basement right now. It's all in pieces and just looking at it scares me. These wood structure GM cars all need insane amounts of work.

 

well if you ever want to sell it, send me a PM haha

 

Looks cool to me. Keep it coming!