Projects 33 chevy 3w....time for a cool change

The door panel does look like the cow now

 

they will be next.

 

got the air cleaners back from the chrome plater came out perfect! i just need to find something to replace the filter element.
any ideas?

 

Just try and get a round filter element from maybe a Cub Cadet and cut it and seal the ends with silicone. take one over to Ruit Sibley.

 

i thought about using a modern paper filter, but i would like to find something like the original.

 

What is your seat from?

 

'60's ford sedan, i cut out the arm rest and reshaped the back and sides, see posts starting at #65

 

Tsc has that wire air filter.... Sort of looks like steel wool. Is that what you have pictured there?

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i will check it out today.
Mallomike found a fram ca77 that is real close to fitting right in.

 

Sounds good..

 

middle of the summer and i am just getting a chance to work on it again;

 

worked on the head lights, they are from a willys, and when my dad mounted them they had to be bent to adjust the lights, the buckets did not have the concave mounting bolt mount. so i sandblasted the buckets, cut out the mounting area and welded in some concave washers i had in my "shock,sway bar drawer" and then made a pair of matching washers from some sheet metal. i opened the holes up in the washers i welded to the bucket, then welded 7/16 bolts to the washers i made. i cut the washers square and welded some tabs so they would not spin when they get tightened, the bolts when loose allow the bucket to tilt up or down do to the larger hole in the bucket .

 

the headlight now sit up straight and can be adjusted. i also added a small led light to the back of the bucket to give the car a side turn signal.

 

Nice work! For a relative!

 

here is a picture of the bottom;

 

Love this car! Go Teddy, go!

 

All these years the headlights were hidden under hand knitted covers, now we know why. Bob

 

thanks Gary, i ended up working back on some house projects, painting he cottage, landscaping and a couple big jobs at work and my dad has been traveling.

i like the covers! i know the little turn signal lights are not period correct but they remind me of the glass jewels that headlight visors had. they are for safety and i think will blend in once the lights are painted. trying to make turn signals work to signal other drivers, BUT not have them show is hard.
my original plan was to replace the lights with original 33 lights but these small, sealed beam lights look late fifties hot rod to me.

 

I thought I was going to get those headlight covers. I just bought a sweatshirt to go with them.

 

yehhh mon!

 

Headlights came out nice!

 

got them primed today

 

sanded and painted.
this is the color, 195? caddy arlington green. i had bought a few samples from different paint brands to compare their formulas for the caddy paint code. this is the color my dad [and mark] thought, was a match to the color my dad originally painted it. the outside shots look "real to life" the inside shot, with the flash shows off the fine metallic.

 

Nice! Can't wait to see the car painted

 

Ted, Here are some shots of period correct headlights with the small bulb type light up top. They came with the lights, not an add on. Bob

 

me too.

what type of lights are they?

 

I really like your car. The paint color is perfect. Enjoy the build......

 

nice car , very nice work, cant wait to get started on my 33 3 window master

 

thanks, it is PPG deltron brand code 4816. oem code WA8412 green metallic.

 

thanks, you have good taste in cars.