Show me your....Fire wall recess

I have heard lots of things lately on firewall
recesses. From Little red wagons to Wheel barrows.

What have you done?

 

My TurfMaster 2000 gave it's life for my firewall, the back
radius was perfect, I had to widen it 3".

I used the front portion with a little more work for a
transmission tunnel.

I'll find a pic tonight to post.
TZ

 

Here is a Speed Center firewall I adapted to my T. Yes, I am using a supe flat ****** to fit under it

 

my old sled..

 

I used the front corners of a cheap home-depot wheel barrow for the firewall on my old f-100. It worked out pretty well.

 

I did the wheel barrow thing on my 49 F1 which I put a Ford 390 in. Worked pretty good.

Heres what I did in the 35 PU. Its on Fat Cats site, which you can get to by going here in his Tech Section.

http://www.roddingroundtable.com/tech/articles/firewall1.html

Click the link, theres more pictures.

 

My firewall on my 51' Extended Cab Chevy.


The measurements on the bowtie are setup so the big block will sit back into it nicely, will need to cut the trans tunnel still once we get it all mocked up and figure out how much we have to cut.
It's been done a couple years, a sheetmetal worker buddy of mine did the work as I didn't have the necc. tools or know how to do it back then.. (Still don't)
****O

 

trimmed 5" and tunneled another 5" for 10" total recess..

used 1/4" aluminum plate for firewall.

 

Anybody used pieces from a 50 Gallon Drum, I've got one sitting out at the farm next to my other project and was thinking it could make a slick setback, Haven't started hacking on it yet, gotta go dump it in the ditch first.
****O

 

I dig when the entire firewall is pushed in and only a slight edge remains. its a nice clean look rather then just a square hole.. thou I have seen some nice examples of those also.

 

You guys are great! I was just looking at my firewall, and was thinking about how I should set it up, and wah-la!! Next day, on the HAMB....

 

Here's my "TruValue 39.95 universal firewall kit"(TM) Some ***embly required!

 

Here's a shot of the finished product.

 

Anyone have pictures of a 30 or 31 ford stock firewall reversed to gain additional space. The question is whether I could get enough space for a SBC. I know I would have to trim for the ******. I am not sure how the bottom near the toe board would work or look. Car is a 31 coupe on 32 rails, with rear wheelwells centered on stock 106 inch wheelbase.

 

If you can see it clear enough I have reversed another 31 firewall behind the original looks ok and finished up well
JR

 

Just plain ol flat sheet metal.
Before


After



B B

 

on mine I cut the orig firewallout, left bout an inch all the way around, bent up some metal, formed it to the radius of the cowl, welded it in, voila, no body work needed...Toqwik

 

Tinbender and I shop at the same place.

TZ

 

2

 

Ready to be welded in.

 

What a bad *** idea! Wow never though or heard of that, it's cheap in the pocket and looks great, thanx i'll use that, on my t-truck

 

Awesome guys. Very nice work. Thanks for the input.

 

Bob, what are you doing for w/wipers on the 52 ?

I am working on a 53 and love your firewall .......

 

Here's the standard Brookville 4" recess.
As you can see it's not quite big enough for the 455 Buicks so it gets widened a bit.

You guys ought to go to DRD57's site and read his step by step on a wheelbarrow firewall on his SBC powered coupe.

The wheelbarrow firewall is about three times cl***ier than the simple recess on my 31.

Don's Firewall

 

i went with the wheel barrow too-works pretty good and looks nice too

 

How did that work out with the big block? Did you have to make it wider

 

Before modification starts.

 

During the modification

 

Finished