Hot Rods Cheatin' The Reaper

Still here for me..

 

I have them

 

Wow, just clicked on this thread. Very nice work from a great fabricator.

 

if your low on funds for wheels, do some fab work for cash or trade. Your chassis is AMAZING and great fab and metal work all around.

 

I do fab work for a living, so don't really want to piss off my boss by poaching his work! I do know what you're saying though, I do make some extra cash by trading parts I don't need, but I actually quite like the wheels

 

Beautiful chassis, great attention to detail. Thanks for sharing with the rest of us. As previously stated, threads like this encourage us to improve our own work.

 

This is my new favorite thread.
At the moment I'm liking it even better than my own

 

Say it isn't so! I really like both threads and appreciate the extra effort it takes to document and share your work with us mere mortals.

 

Trunk lid - the final (ish) chapter.
All that was left to do was fabricate the inner drip/seal section.
This started life as part of an old fire surround (upcycling is good, yes?). It's 1.2mm galvanised steel:

26322574390fa3e0f8 by Legendlives posted May 28, 2016 at 9:00 PM

from which I sliced a 90 degree angle section:

2632257439103bfe79 by Legendlives posted May 28, 2016 at 9:04 PM

And curved it by using hammer and dolly. I don't have a stretcher/shrinker, but I quite enjoy shaping metal the old fashoined way:

263225743910edef8e by Legendlives posted May 28, 2016 at 9:04 PM

Then edge-welded it to the skin:

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Once it was all made and welded into place:

IMG_0013 by Legendlives posted May 28, 2016 at 8:52 PM

I made up this little tool from an offcut of 3/8" steel.

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to bend the inner return. This is done very slowly by easing it down in gentle angles until it reached 90 degrees

IMG_0015 by Legendlives posted May 28, 2016 at 9:00 PM

Once that was done, all there was to do was make up a couple of small closing panels for the bottom:

IMG_0022 by Legendlives posted May 28, 2016 at 9:00 PM

And welding the top section to the 'C' section that will be the support member for the lock.

IMG_0024 by Legendlives posted May 28, 2016 at 9:00 PM

The return is there so I can rivet an aluminium panel to it which will clean up the look of the inside.

IMG_0021 by Legendlives posted May 28, 2016 at 9:00 PM

I've left the bottom corners of the drip/seal rail unwelded as I may need to reshape them slightly when the lid is in place.
The trunk lid is immensely strong but surprisingly light. That's about it until the hinge panel is welded to the body. Stay tuned!

 

very neat!

 

Brakes
"At last" I hear you say "Something different to that bloody trunk lid"

The drop-tube front axle came with vented (Holden) discs, but no calipers.
I found these on a local auction site. They are JFZ aluminium 4-pot calipers (same as Willwood). I paid a lot (for me). $101NZ, but they did come with 3 sets of pads, a master cylinder to suit and some flexible brake hoses.
Cleaned up on right, as bought on left:

IMG_20160527_164850 by Legendlives posted Jun 3, 2016 at 11:09 PM

Although I didn't know it when I bought them, they are the perfect size for the discs I have. Just need to make up mounting brackets and they'll be fitted:

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They have a nice old-school feel about them, but will undoubtedly stop the old Ford like an anchor has been thrown out the back!

 

Today the pics are gone for me, all of them ?

 

Me too. They were there yesterday

 

Pictures Gone!

 

Don't know what's happening to the pictures. Some I've had to re-upload, and some reappear as soon as I go into 'edit post'. Weird!

 

No pics for me, too.

 

Yes, we've got no pics here either.

 

So planned out the brackets (this stuff is all planned you know!):

IMG_20160604_122619 by Legendlives posted Jun 3, 2016 at 11:10 PM

Cut and drilled the bracket material (this is 8mm mild steel plate). The four mount holes are already tapped m10 thread in this pic:

IMG_20160603_173647 by Legendlives posted Jun 3, 2016 at 11:09 PM

Trial fit before going any further. The mount bolts are M10 12.9 countersunk allen head bolts.

IMG_20160603_174345 by Legendlives posted Jun 3, 2016 at 11:09 PM

Then weld on the correct spacers. These were through-drilled the correct diameter and then tapped m12 after welding:

IMG_20160604_113920 by Legendlives posted Jun 3, 2016 at 11:09 PM

and bolt it all together. The uprights will be countersunk more to allow the bolts to be flush, and the caliper bolts are only there for trial fit:

IMG_20160604_122324 by Legendlives posted Jun 3, 2016 at 11:09 PM

There will need to be very thin shims between the calipers and mounts, but at least I know it will all works.

 

I'm slowly going through the photo's and re-hosting them. Please bear with me.

 

Nice work with the adapter plate. You went with counter sunk head bolts, just wondering what the need for that was as generally they aren't rated for high load (could be wrong about that). It looks like you have enough room for a cap or hex head bolt, did I miss something? Just curious.

 

Few reasons for using the countersunk bolts:
1. The back of the hub isn't flat, it domes up towards the centre so 'normal' bolts would not seat properly.
2. I think they will look better (I need to sink the hubs a little further before they are truly finished).
3. They will only take rotational load, and the contact area on the relevant planes will be more than a standard hex-bolt.

As mentioned in the text, these are 12.9 tensile bolts (those not familiar with the metric ratings, 8.8 is 'standard' for high-tensile bolt. 12.9 is more-or-less equivalent to 'grade 9' imperial). They will work fine!

 

Ah ha, thanks for the clarification.

 

There is now a big hole where the front bulkhead used to be:

DSC02693 by Legendlives posted Jun 6, 2016 at 1:10 AM

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I also started to tack in the rollcage. This will be fully TIG welded, but at this stage I'm using a MIG to tack it in place.
I bought two complete rollcages plus a few odd bars and have 'dismembered' them to make the sections I need. Main hoop is a great fit, and I'm really pleased with the rear hoops.

DSC02695 by Legendlives posted Jun 6, 2016 at 1:10 AM

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The next step will be door bars, screen top cross-bar and dashboard bar. Ultimately it will also have engine bars, door cross-bars and more going on in the roof area.....

 

dont you have anything better to do?? like a family or charity work?? LOL

 

A bit more progress on the rollcage this weekend.
Door Hoops:

DSC02705 by Legendlives posted Jun 12, 2016 at 12:46 AM

And rear wraparounds:

DSC02704 by Legendlives posted Jun 12, 2016 at 12:46 AM

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There are still around 20 bars (by my reckoning) to be made and tacked in before I can start finish welding.

 

This arrived today:

DSC02710 by Legendlives posted Jun 18, 2016 at 3:42 AM

It's a Getrag six speed from a 2012 Mustang which will live nicely behind the engine that must not be named.

Also arrived was this:

DSC02711 by Legendlives posted Jun 18, 2016 at 3:44 AM

Which is a sprint car chassis. It's damaged, but I want it to cut up so I can use the tubework and brackets etc. Cost was $34.99NZ, a fraction of what the Dzus brackets would have cost new.

 

More work on the rollcage today.
Tacked on the engine bars:

DSC02717 by Legendlives posted Jun 19, 2016 at 4:09 AM

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These are low and wide to clear the engine that cannot be named.
Also tacked in the main door diagonals, dashboard bar and upper screen/roof bar:

DSC02716 by Legendlives posted Jun 19, 2016 at 4:09 AM

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Lots done and lots more to do before I can fire up the TIG again.....

 

I was going to make my own pedal box and pedals, but this came up very cheap:

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It was covered in, what I assumed was corrosion, but turned out to be congealed paint. Obviously it will have to come apart for detailing and cleaning. The only downside (if there is a downside) is that I'm going to have to make a matching clutch pedal and mount....

 

A very frustrating weekend on the car. I got some bars fitted to the 'funny car' style cage, but a small miscalculation meant I couldn't get on to where I wanted to be.

DSC00044 by Legendlives posted Jul 3, 2016 at 12:23 AM

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So I decided to fut the front shock-mount uprights. Got one in place:

DSC00046 by Legendlives posted Jul 3, 2016 at 12:23 AM

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And then the bloody MIG wire ran out!