Projects Model A Tudor - My 1st Hot Rod - it's Alive!

Very cool, too bad you didn't put the drop rails back on. I guess it depends on which era you're going with. Still a pretty sweet build!

 

Oh? Are my shock mounts reversed?

 

We may recover the seats, not sure yet, I'll look into the fan mount, most of the engine is just hand tight atm, thanks

 

NOT it YOU want them like that.

I feel they look better at an angle...IMO

 

Yes they are the wrong way around

 

Ok, shouldn't be too tough to switch around on final assembly. Thanks

 

It's been a long time since I've updated, we've finally got things pretty much all built for the 1st time, now we're blowing it apart to finish/paint the frame, engine, suspension. Then onto the body work and paint. It's been a long road, but there might just be a light at the end of the tunnel.

 

Some more pics:

 

And here's our flathead all yanked apart. It's a 49-53 with 50,000 original miles, finally got to see the inside; apart from being a bit dirty, the insides look pretty[ ATTACH=full]3482530[/ATTACH]

 

Looks good!!! How was setting up the hood with the newer grill shell? I like the look don't see it much. Killer up date.

 

Thanks! The hood wasn't too bad, my dad used aluminum, cause it's what he knows, but it bent and shaped pretty nicely. I'd like some louvers, but I'm not sure how the aluminum will be after a bunch of louvers...

 

Here's a couple new pics, doing final assembly on the frame, suspension, etc

 

I need some advice on my front calipers...

Where do you guys recommend I mount them? In this position, they hit the kingpins, should they rotate 1/4 forward or backwards?

 

If go a 1/4 turn "backwards"

 

It's been a LONG time since I've updated things. It's no longer a father/son project, as I've taken it on myself.

Complete flathead rebuild, most mechanical done, body work time now. I've cleaned the filler out of the drip rail channel and bent up new ones. Also, removed door poppers and installed handles

 

As I didn't know what kind of primer was on this body, I was advised to sand it off and do it right. Most of it went really well, until I found about 1/2 inch of filler in the back end.

Took the flapper wheel to it... I guess I found where the lights used to be...

I've got a new patch panel on order...

 

I agree with getting that dried up mud out of there, but I don't understand the reasoning for removal of the primer. I guess unless you were looking to find all the areas of poor body work and/or rust, than yes, by all means go ahead and strip it and start over. But just sanding down the primer because you don't know what kid it is, that doesn't seem right to me.

 

I have a friend who works for PPG. We weren't sure if the primer was epoxy primer as it wiped off a bit with thinners. So to avoid the chance of bad primer shrinking or reacting against the new PPG epoxy, we figured safer to sand it down....

 

Update:

Got it running before I put it away for the wintet - pretty excited. This is the first time it's ever driven in the 8 years I've been building it

This is 1 coat of epoxy primer. Body is back off now, getting ready to paint it this summer.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/jdjJN4ZEn8Wgw4RZA

 

Finally got the car painted and I'm starting final assembly!