It was an old one . I ended up heating the taper insert out of it, and re-welding it back in, but yeah it’s estimated at this point
Now it’s time to start trimming the v8-60 mounts and adding some pieces to the sides . I just beat some pieces in a bench vise to match the contours, beveled the edges then built up the welds. I made some solid shims that match the height of the biscuits , then checked everything with a starett level and a laser
Next up I mounted some Armstrong shocks in the back, then back to the front where I welded in some rivets in the stock locations. The body is fake too so why the hell not
With the help of my lil bud we hit a big milestone. Pretty close to seeing a full roller! Shackles and hardware are temporary. I really hate the oem shackles but that’s what I’ll do in final.
Not attempting to highjack the thread/post. Thanks for digging it, I recall speaking with Jake (P&J’s) about different styles in Hot Rods. We were @ “The Hat” it’s a pastrami-burger joint. He had a bunch of PPC-Archived pix of 32 roadsters as he was looking for inspiration in coming up with ideas for a 32 Roadster build, He was inspired by the Walker Morrison 32. That’s an Iconic Roadster. He asked me what inspired anything that I’d build, I recall my 1st response was budget, My 2nd was actually more of a flattery towards him and his former company as I indicated that if some of these parts that they made hadn’t been built, I’d have a whole different inspiration. Thom Taylor did a really cool pencil drawing of side profiles of roadsters for “The Roadster Shop” one of them being a 34, Those became their ads. I really liked the side view of the 34 Highboy and said I want my side to appear like. We get inspiration from many different sources another being a SRM feature on the “Flying Flathead” roadster. I really liked its hue. Another was a Deuce roadster in a Don Montgomery book that was in the back ground of a PRC action shot. I locked in those tires and I saw that roadster a very cool deep purple in my head. Thx again.
Now that that’s mostly done I was in a hurry to see the body on. I will say it’s not as simple as it looks. Each time the body goes on it must be shimmed and it’s an ordeal , things don’t magically line up!
The next major step is the driveshaft . at this point I took a chassis break. I was looking forward to doing the dash so I started on that. I’m still in the middle of all that, which I will cover in future installments. It’s a lot . Besides the dash I needed to drill my doors for outside door handles. I’ve never had a roadster with such luxuries so here we go. I sanded down and sleeved an air fitting for the job.
Well now we are pretty much current with the build. There’s lots I glossed over like rebuilding the spindles, spring packs , locating the steering box, making floor templates, lining up the pedals and things like that. Many hours in on that stuff. The next update will hopefully be soon as I drop the motor and trans in, do the driveshaft and get some floors and seat foams in. Also on the to-do list is the drag link and some adjustments to the body .
Looks great Nate... Really liked reading thru the whole thread.. Keep at... Going to be bad ass ! @heyitsnate
I did not have the mind bending array of photos I thought I did, but this part was pretty straightforward. The body located the running board brackets, transfer to frame, and I had the rear fender frame holes done, so I bolted up the rear of the fender, the front of the fender, then used clecos and some lightly applied tie down straps to locate the fenders, from there I marked, drilled and spot welded the cage nuts in. I like to use a roper Whitney handheld hole punch to make the holes on the cage nut tabs. If you are planning to get into sheet metal often it’s a worthwhile investment.
I spent thanksgiving morning cutting my wood floors. Earlier in the build I made some Luan templates, so I set about making them in birch plywood. Wood is not my strong suit, but I struggled through it. The small upper column piece I made 4 times. My 4th one totally delaminated at the end so I decided it best to glue it. I thought about doing another but that one could do the same thing later , do I’ll head it off at the pass. also didn’t hurt I was happy with the fit.
I was saving the dash stuff til I was done, but I’m bored and maybe you you will think it’s neat . idk. my interior I want one thing. Decadence. I’m not doing anything subtle or understated in the cabin. Hollywood seemed the obvious choice so I tried different layouts
The 3w is my favorite 32 interior. Who doesn’t love gloveboxes ? I managed to get a really early Hollywood panel from pat swanson that’s a little smaller than the more common one. I made some patterns and then set about making a hammer form. Next I bead rolled some insets and hammered the edges over them. Thankfully this bit worked.
I figured if I could just get one glovebox hole done on one side, the other side would follow, so I made a box hole, then drilled center in the dash and made an aluminum fixture I could flip over and use for the other side. Once I marked the aluminum I cut the hole out and hand filed it to size . It took about 3 hours of filing to get it all where I wanted it. Long hard day . Once I had it I used it to cut the other side
Now that that is done , I formed the edges using the aluminum as a hammer form. I was originally going to mount the door overlapping the dash, but a flush fit would be much fancy pantsier. I then made a hinge from flat stock, a couple of roll pins and some 1/8 rod. I ended up having to notch the flange and make an aluminum riser so the door would open enough.
I didn’t want 2 so I made a cap for the other side and welded it in. With my kid in zoom classes I brought some sheet metal home and worked it around a pipe until it resembled a glovebox.
Next I needed mounts so I welded tabs on the flange. Then I fitted a piece of spring steel to the bottom , setting up the next little bit.
This would be the next bit. I made a wire hoop on the inside of the door, and modified an elbow latch with a choke cable . Later I will put my dash knob of choice on there and mount it somewhere on the dash. It works, the door pops open. I just need to know how to post video.
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