Nice project! I bought some original shoebox stuff from Joblot Automotive, queens NY to my shoebox. Very good to deal with! http://www.joblotauto.com/
Shoeboxford.com has service second to none. They ship parts to me in NZ and always go the extra mile to assist. If they don't have it, they will tell you straight and not mess you around. Good to see your boy helping on the project! All the best. Andy.
Thanks Andy, I appreciate all the feed back and that's ultimatly how I will choose. I will be spending a lot of money (for me its alot) and positive feedback from people who have used these companies is their best advertising imo. btw there is alot of shoeboxes from other countries. I think that is awesome
Slightly off topic,I just picked this up todaday now given I know nothing about upholstery or sewing, my wife kind of does She will be learning and practicing and hopefully be pretty good by te time we're ready. I know this isn't an auto upholstry machine, but, the price was right and it was practicly in our back yard, so we're gonna give it a go If all else fails she can still use it for her quilting
Or , while she's practicing , you can get some stuff sewn up that's been torn for a while , lol ! Looks like a good machine to mess around with at the very least .
lol I have a ton of holey socks. As for the machine I saw the lady that sold it to us sew together leather 3 layers thick. the machines pretty tough
Back to some on topic stuff Removed front suspension and everything bolted to the frame nice little pile of trinkets same in the rear Then tucked back away in its spot But I left this out to play with I usually get wishey washy about this time in a project and this one is no different. While removing the spindle up-rights I started thinking about a pair of dropped units. I have aerostar springs but will it be low enough? Also while removing the rear the thoughts of a mav rear entered my mind. If I do either of these it will slow the project down financially so I'm kinda leaning tword no. The car will be running a stock to mild flathead and I just don't know if its worth it. As for the uprights are they worth it? This car will be a driver and driven regularly, but not daily. Anyway more to come.
As far as the rearend goes I wanted to know what the weak point of it was and found out that the yolk is the weak point. There are some upgrade yolks that bolt on and you can either use a combination u joint or just have your driveshaft upgraded to use a 1" u joint. I have part numbers if you're interested. I think the yolk is from a Lincoln if I recall right.
Here are the part numbers I have. Like I said earlier you can get a "adapter U joint or just have the driveshaft modified. Rear yolk: Spicer# 2-4-2611-1x Rear Seal: National# 473239 (size 1.875x3x.312) Bearing strap: Spicer# 2-70-18x U joint: 1 link to the yolk http://www.northerndrivetrain.com/product/SPI-2-4-2611-1X.html
No problem, I haven't done this conversion yet so I can't give you any other details except to look at the link and make sure you get the right U joint. They have links to the compatible joints.
Spent some time on the sand blaster today. I had forgotten what a piece of crap it is. It's a cheepo gravity feed (real small one) and you spend as much time dicking with it as you do blasting. Anyhow here it is rear axle housing backing plate (I did both) leaf spring plates Then I brushed on some por-15 On a side note I went to Red's vintage parts yesterday to see if he had any parts for this axle. I met Red Hamilton the owner (Former owner of Red's Headers) turns out he didn't have what I needed but He showed me around his shop and I was in awe of all of his flathead tresures. Super nce guy too.
Are shoebox axle shafts supposed to be the same on both sides? I have one with two holes on the end and one with a plus sign on the end. Different years? They appear to be the same length. one has more taper on the end of the splines. Anybody know anything about this?
i have a 50 four door this is it installed with front aerostar springs and 3'' in the back. still lays slightly nose high like oem just lower in general. if you can find a way to go lower, i would do it. stock photo (when i got it, saggy leafs/springs ) to compare to:
I put one next to the other and they appear to be the same legnth I could't find anything about it in the manual either, the only difference is the outside ends and a slight difference in taper on the splines I'm going to go with this set up for now and possibly do something else (lower) later if need be
I've planned same kind of setup,but with dropped uprights+aerostar springs.I guess that'll take the nose down a bit..
That's what I was wondering about. I don't mind dragging tail. I just don't want to look like I'm driving downhill. Seems droped uprights+ areostar springs with only 3" blocks in back might be too much? Is anyone running this set up? Still no answer on the axle shafts. Do you all have matching shaft ends?
Well It's been a while and I would like to tell you that I've made alot of progress in the last few months,but that would be a lie. I've been busy or distracted by other things. How ever I managed to get the rear back together and finished painted. It just needs the brakes put on. I have new wheel cyls/shoes thanks to shoeboxford.com. I rented a big sandblaster and went to town on the frame. I must have blown 150 whole walnut shells out from the boxed in frame with the air compressor. Some rodent had a good stash in there. It's about 1/2 way done in this pic I brushed on a coat of por-15, and was really happy with the results. It made a nice clean job and no brush marks. I still need to coat the topside of the frame,but I'm strugling with a couple of broken body mount bolts. BTW don't mind the date stamp my battery died and I didn't reset the camera date Thats it for now I'll post more as it gets done.
Made a little more progress over the weekend I got my leaf springs and transmission x-member blasted and cleaned up. I'll post up some pics later, not really much to see. Does any one know of a place where I can get some type of clamps or bands to hold the leafs from spreading apart from each other?
Great Job ! Kind'a Like The "Helper" part too. U Lucky ! Does You Plan on Body Mods "down the road ???? I'ma WATCHING YOU, Keep it Goin, Man. _________Smoked-up, In tha' Great Smokey Mts. of Tennessee _________
Thanks. Yea, my helper is great. I taught him how to use the sandblaster yesterday. As far as body mods, I don't have anything major planned as of yet, but that may change, I've seen some pretty cool stuff guys have done on here. Rolled rear pan for sure and who knows what else. stay tuned
Did you ever sort this out? I'm getting ready to thrash on my '50 Tudor and plan to flip the uprights (per Rocky's method) and run Aerostar coils too. I feel like this is unchartered territory at this point, as I've posted a thread about it and even asked in the shoebox group. Nobody has done this, but the general consensus was "it'll be too low." "Too low" in everyone else's book is "just right" in mine. Don't get me wrong, I don't want it 1" from the ground, but 4" would be perfectly acceptable. I'm used to driving low cars and this isn't a problem for me. Lemme know what you work out, would ya? You're farther along than me anyway!
It's cool to see that your boy is so into it. Your a very fortunate fella' to have such a side kick and what looks to be a real nice shoe box ford. This will be a fun build to follow...
I also will be watching.. Aerostar springs are a given.. Flipped uprights I am still in the air about.
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