History Grandpas el mirage roadster recreation p.r.c

Yes - don't take the vent out . . . ever! It is also like one big 'dust buster' - blows all the shit off your shoes and cleans the floor boards in a hurry! LOL

 

Update: just working in finishing up the front end. I just had a 34 drag link and a few weeks ago I got a 32 for 40 bucks. Both springs in the 32 drag link were broke so I took apart the 34 and found really good springs so I got lucky there. I'm cleaning all the old grease out and saving it for my hair as it's probly 50 years olds. Had to get a broken grease Zert out with some heat. Now I paint it and put it back on car and bam! Done. It's got a couple of waves in it but so does the ocean.

 

Well I take that back looks like this drag link is about 1-1/2 inch to long. It did have a tag that said 32 pickup on it. Maybe some one can measure there's on there car and tell me what it is supposed to be. I got one too short and one too long damn it!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Bruce, Can't help ya with this, but may-be Kevin can. Great day here in Nebraska today. Took the old deuce roadster out for an afternoon drive. Was great to get it out as I have only put in a few hundred miles on it this summer due to the new 3 window. But I will get in a rotation with the 3 deuces I have now that the newness has been taken off the 3 window. Not a bad summer for it though as I am pushing 13K miles on it since it was put on the road in March.

 

Well, there are definitely differing opinions on cowl vents, depending on where your Deuce resides. I've been told that Henry wouldn't let Edsel offer A/C in the Deuce since it would have a cowl vent. Henry won the argument, and ever since, floorboards have been rusting out before we streetrodder/hotrodders can acquire an old Ford. LOL. That A/C surely worked fine to and from California last month, guys. Just had to comment when I read what Bruce is doing now.

 

Three Deuces ? ! ? ! That just ain't right !

 

Dennis is right, ''BUT", get a Yeti with a cover or your beer will have twigs in it. LOL. Gary

 

Hey Bruce - will go measure mine and also review the clocking on the pitman arm. I can't remember if one can index the pitman arm "wrong" - but worth checking out. Be back to yah . . .

 

Thanks dale. It's a real bummer I got two I can't use without cutting and welding on them and we all know that sucks. Once I know exact length I will be on the hunt.

 

They weld nice, why not just shorten that one since you already have it?

 

I will to make it to el mirage that's for sure. Then like a few other parts I will just be looking at the swapmeets for.

 

Seen lot's of them welded up to make them fit over the years Bruce.....Nothing new here. Go for it.....

 

Well cyclone Kev, measured his and it's 29-11/16 like mine but his pitman arm is clocked back alittle and my front axel is bent back on both sides passed the perch pins. So I will play around with it. My other is a 34 at 26-1/8".

 

Got clutch????? I do now finely.

 

Now finishing up my brake and master cylinder set up wait till y'all see how i do this. Innovation thru dedication..or is it dedication thru inspiration. I can't remember. Hypersonic livesssss

 

If you need any ideas - ping me. There are a few ways to do this, but all of them that I've seen/done require that you somehow create a linkage so the brake action "pushes" to the rear, not pulls. The guys at V8 Garage - Dennis Lacy - their method I like! I can take some pictures if you like.

D

 

Speaking of old grease, I have accumulated quite a bit since 1972, but I can't find a use for it. LOL

 

Looks like everything is connected and ready to rock.

 

Did alittle r&d today with my brake set up. I kept Henry's mec. Brake set up and re engineered it to work with hydraulic master cylinder. I had to take it completely apart to flip the spring over so it would push back and not pull forward into the master cylinder. I only have one spring so I didn't try and bend it out and off the shaft, seemed to hard and wanted to break if I tried. I put the master cylinder backwards inside the left k-member hole. I did no WELDING to the brake pedal or mec. Brake lever. Only cutting heating up and bending, and grinding and there is NOTHING hanging down under the car like a master cylinder. Look over the pictures. I think it's the best way to do it. There are other KITS out on the market but is rather have Henry ford steel. Welds can and do break and I'm not one to trust welds on brake parts if I can get around it. In the pictures you can see how I took it apart and flipped the shaft and spring over. Then I cut off the ears I'm not using. Also had to heat up the ears I am using and bend them straight as they are bent at an angle for the mec. Brake rods. Tomorrow I should have it all bolted up. I have to get a couple of parts to finish the rods.

 

Here you can see the difference in the pin and spring. It's hard to hold with one hand for the picture from the spring pressure.

 

Looks like it should work to me . . . nice design process and thinking it through. I like the fact that you'll have the cylinder hidden inside the frame and not handing down (that is cool). I'll be using an aftermarket kit - so it will hang down just a bit . . . Argghhhhh.

 

Now that is thinking out side the box...Very cool Bruce.....

 

Yo Bruce - is that a regular 40 Ford type master cyl? Kind of looks like it . . .

D

 

Yes dale I have a couple nos master cylinders and a few rebuild kits. I can rebuild for the rest of my life with nos ford kits.

 

I even have a couple bendix master cylinders. The one I'm using in the roadster even says made in U.S.A. Dale I went to a napa store here that has been a parts house since the 30s. Went out of business and estate sale. Was 3 days late but still got some great parts and wall hangers. More nos ford parts to hide away. I just can't get enough nos 32-34 king pins sets. The place was like a museum and I was and still good friends with the owner. He's 86 and always could find me any old part I needed. I even had a few things on display and they sold my shit too. His son took over and seen dollar signs. Sad but that's how it does I guess. Money hungry kids.

 

Did you just confess to hoarding?


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No I'm not a hoarder. I'm in the everything I have I'm gonna use one day club now... And all the parts I'm not gonna use I might still one day so I hang it all over my walls. And the ones I know for sure I will never use I put in my wife's closet next to all her shoes I know she will never wear again.

 

Hey, Bruce, I've seen guys use a tie-rod sleeve which has right and left hand threads, shorten the drag link to approximate length, thread each end, assemble, and drive. A left-hand thread can be pricey, though.

 

Man, you are a sentimental guy. After reading the last sentence of your above post, I almost teared up, or broke wind, I'm not sure.

 

I liked the idea of where he keeps the parts he will never use. I am thinking I will use that area myself for storage.