Thought I'd see if this was a workable deal. Just in case you can see it ok, a short explanation of each one. Starting upper left, going clockwise: 32 rails set up for the 31 roadster body. 455 Buick engine & T-400 trans sitting on the trans mounts with some bracing under the engine. The engine tied down with turnbuckles which worked great for leveling transversely. Motor mounts were the next step. Next, upper right: a shot of the frames mid-section, 1 x 2" x .120 wall crossmembers and a larger crossmember for the ChrisAlston Chassisworks 4 links. (Car was originally slated for competition.) Lower right, a little further down the line with the front axle, Camaro disc brakes etc. installed. Getting set up to build the radius rods. Lower left, the frame during the final welding stages. Also shows the mid-driveshaft loop. Another driveshaft loop gets added just behind the front u-joint.
That works well except..... The pics are too small for me to see all the little details that I like to search for. Things that aren't covered in the post. Size does matter.
Are you stitching two together, or all four? My Camera Software will let me stitch two, but I have never tried it.
cool pics, the commentary helps visualise whats there although, gotta say.. i like seeing your project pics in larger format
C-9, Is that last picture the final setting of the motor? The front pully location looks kinda high in the saddle.--TV
[ QUOTE ] Are you stitching two together, or all four? [/ QUOTE ] I tossed four photos in the scanner and scanned them as one. Thought it was worth a shot to see if some bandwidth could be saved. My opinion - and Ryan should correct me if I'm wrong - posting pics is an ok deal with most posts as the HAMB is set up to delete them after two weeks or so. TV - the engine does sit lower. It was up on a 2 x 2" piece of square tubing and maybe a 2 x 12" wood block between pan and 2 x 2". Here's a pic of some mocked up headers that show the exhaust ports about level with the frame front - which itself is kicked up - stock - 2 degrees.
Here's the other four parter I did. Like Tommy said, a touch hard to see the details so if anyone wants a particualr pic posted as a single, let me know. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Clockwise, starting upper left: The dusty 462" Buick in the 32 in it's dual quad big cam guise. Two things you can't see are the 17" mechanical fan and the 1/8" drilled with 36 small holes aluminum plate that goes on the front of the small alternator pulley and keeps the belt on. If your belt comes off over that, you've got bigger problems than you think. An old trick from days past. Upper right: Assembly of the 32's front axle after powder and chrome. Note the stands that bolt to the batwings. They make life easy. I also have a set of even simpler stands that prop the axle up sans spring. One safety caveat - if you don't have a tie rod, drill a piece of rect tubing or whatever to make a temp Mickey Mouse one for assembly purposes. If I remember right, a 3/8" bolt drops right through the steering arms tapered tie rod end bore. If you don't have the permanent/temp tie rod in place, once the rotors et al are on, they will swing inward and either pinch your fingers or the whole mess will fall over due to unbalance. In any event, the stands made for convenient axle assembly. If you're working alone, use a cherry picker to get the axle off the bench and onto a piece of carpet for installation. You're dealing with maybe 200# and that's beyond most of us. Lower right: back end of the 32's engine, the T-400 and the first - 2 1/4", shoulda been 2 1/2", it is now - exhaust and home made aluminum brake line retaining buttons. Lower left: the 31's frame on frame rollout day. It's hard to see well due to all the steel stored underneath.
Glad to hear that,I beginning to wonder about you.Those headders are sure cool,Did you make them yourself? Cool locking project.--TV
[ QUOTE ] Those headders are sure cool,Did you make them yourself? [/ QUOTE ] Still debating about running the headers on the outside. Latest thought is do it since it won't take long and if desired later on make a set that run inside the frame rails. I made the ones on the 32 from scratch including the flanges. Lotsa U-Bend cutting and hacking. The 32's flanges are one piece - cept where I cut the left side for the dipstick - and the 31's flanges are individual. I think the individual flanges are the way to go. Below is a pic of the 31 flanges part way through the mfg. process. As far as the headers pictured above go, they are Schoenfeld's for SBC, Brodix head models I believe as the port spacing on the SBC and Buick heads is just about the same. To get them to work on the 455 Buick requires the use of a very short bend into the flange. Once the welds there are cleaned up the headers should be very clean looking.
Hey C9, there's a time to be thrifty, and a time to splurge. Your posts? Splurge! Posts on OT crap, music, hair, tattoos, beer (well, maybe not beer), and general tallywacker pulling - cut 'em short.
"I tossed four photos in the scanner and scanned them as one" And here I was thinking you were experimenting with some cool program...
[ QUOTE ] And here I was thinking you were experimenting with some cool program... [/ QUOTE ] Just Adobe Photo Shop for home use. Sometimes working in the physical world can save a lot of time and effort. Specially for somebody like me who ain't too computer literate. When I did the cover mockup for the Pinky book, I scanned the photos I was going to use. Printed them on photo stock paper and then did an actual cut and paste bit with scissors and taped them to an already printed - on photo paper - background piece. This was scanned and printed - again, on photo paper (Walmart about $11. for a hundred pages) which gave me the cover I wanted except for some color changes that I didn't know how to do as well as a little blending that was required. In the end, some major components of the cover were changed, and for good reason, but the best part was I could tell the art dept. what I wanted as well as give them a good example. I dragged my granddaughter in on the design process as well and she made up a considerably different cover using a similar technique. In any event, scissors and tape are still viable tools.
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