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

after running over a few cones on the way in, we found some stuff at the swop meet. i picked up a couple air filters to cut up to use in the two four air cleaners, some sanding discs, and a couple lights i may add inside the front fenders for "extra" turn signals.
once i got home the dust-was-a-flyin'.

 

my new vent window regulators arrived today. thanks to @fastrods here on the ham thanks Bill!

 

You must be living right! Good find, if not imposable.

 

he sent them to me before he got my check. nice guy!
finished sanding the body and running-boards, had a hard time making time with family picnics, mothers day, mowing my dandelions......
random photos showing nothing i particular;

 

i really wished i understood this.
is that good?

 

"A lot of struggle, wrestling."

 

thanks. i like it.

 

Thanks I too had no clue.

 

De nada. (You're welcome.) I've been intently following your rebuild and my big contribution is a simple translation. Go figure!

 

mucho-uhh-primer-o?
final coat of primer on the body with a green guide coat.

 

my dad had made a bracket to mount the generator up over the valve cover. it bolted to the header but moved the generator inside the hood. he bent a piece of plate and then had it chrome plated. i had switched over to an alternator and at that time the chrome was rusty and flaking so i painted over it black. i decided to make a new bracket out of stainless and polish it to look like chrome.

 

to bend the stainless plate i decided to make a tool for bending steel in my hydraulic press. i started with some scrap pieces mallomike took out of his scrap pile at work and an old piece of a international A two way plow. I welded the square tubes together and capped the ends with a thick piece of bar. i then welded a rod to the top of another piece of bar and welded the tractor bar across the bottom.

 

test piece. now i just need to polish the stainless plate and cut it to size.

 

Looking Good!

 

Nice work!

 

Tricky tricky tricky! Neat solution.

 

thanks.

i always wanted to build one, this project forced me to get it done.
today i started with the chunk of ss plate, it had a "sanded" looking texture so i sanded it with 180 grit, then 320, then 400 then 600, and finally finished sanding with 800 grit. a quick buff and it looked like a piece of mirror.

 

i then cut the piece to width and covered it with blue tape and packing tape, then stuck it in the new press. it is amazing how easy it bends this 1/4" ss. once the holes are drilled and it is trimmed, it should look like it did in the magazines.

 

i also sanded the jambs and edges in preparation of some color.
Was a good day!

 

Man, you are one busy boy! Real nice job on the bracket. You're making me feel guilty on the progress (non progress) on my car. Still working on the yard, honey due list.

 

thanks!
the problem i am going to have is my wife has not stopped adding to the list.......so when i am done............

 

'55 caddy arlington green! this is the color my dad and uncle painted all their cars;

 

That is the color I remember! I can't wait to see it all painted. Makes me want to go out and get a 49 rag top!
Man I'm all horny

 

also started to clean up the aluminum for the firewall.

 

Jamb' good job, man.

 

i be jambin mon!

 

Color looks great! Sorry about the mexican wrestler, I just really like your car.

 

Looking forward to the outcome! Love the color choice

 

Not a big green guy, but damn that is really really nice! Now for the shinny firewall. Will be watching.