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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by need louvers ?, Aug 14, 2013.

  1. falcongeorge
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    Just two weeks ago, I had a HAMBer over at my place, his brother had just scored an AR. The people he bought it from were planning to build it fenderless...:confused:
     
  2. Keep
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    Here is my e-brake setup, its a VW handle, I grabbed a surplus e-brake cable from our local Princess Auto. Works great and its out of the way.

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  3. steel rebel
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    One concession I haver made to the modern was my emergency brake lever. Well maybe not too modern. Probably '70s Vega or something. Works great, not too noticeable, not much in the way. Actually my neighbor was building a WWII Jeep and bought this bitchin short cable. I had him get me one for my roadster. Perfect. SANY0001.jpg
     
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  4. Yup!!
     
  5. falcongeorge
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    Right on! Look forward to seeing you again! hopefully its a little sunnier this time.
     
  6. jalopy45
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    Isn't Ocean Park a kinda suburb of Cresent Beach? Trying to jog my memory as most of my family originated in that area and it's been a lot of years since I was there..
     
  7. Ocean Park Ford - Surrey BC
     
  8. falcongeorge
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  9. Blue One
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    For an e- brake setup in my RPU I decided to go with a Lokar trans mount e-brake handle and the brake cable kit that goes with it. I think it makes a clean install. :)
    Larry
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  10. falcongeorge
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    Nice work on the floor, very tidy.:cool:
     
  11. Blue One
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    Thanks :) The floor sections (except the toe panel) including the hump over the shifter and e-brake handle are removable for future access to all that under floor stuff you would need to pull the body to get at. :)
     
  12. tfeverfred
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    Genius! Very well thought out.
     
  13. Blue One
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    Thanks Fred. A lot of effort went into that floor :)
     
  14. That's VERY nice work, Blue one! What do the floor panels bolt to? I assume you built a sub floor? Do you have a pic with them off?


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  15. need louvers ?
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    Yet another very nice Blue One!
     
  16. Blue One
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    I built a 3/4" x 1 1/2" rectangular tube sub structure and the floor panels are held down bolting into 1/4" steel nutserts .
    here are a couple shots where you can see some of the substructure before the nutserts and panels go in.

    toe boards 002 (2).jpg toe boards 001 (2).jpg



    And another thanks :)
     
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  17. tfeverfred
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    THAT is one stout, owner friendly, mutha fu*kin' frame and body mounting system!
     
  18. Blue One
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    Another thing I did that may or may not have been noticed is that I moved the bottom of the toe board ahead by several inches compared to the stock T location.
    That gave a lot more foot and heel room and provides a more natural foot angle for sitting lower into the body than on a stock seat.
     
  19. tfeverfred
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    I want to live in your world.:D
     
  20. need louvers ?
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    I also noted that you dropped the floors and sub frame down to the bottom of the sub rails! A great way to pick up and extra couple of inches of foot room too!

    As for the removable stuff, we think along the same lines with that. Anything I can to minimize time laying UNDER a car I do.
     
  21. falcongeorge
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    I am planning something similar in my coupester, although I am thinking about ditching the stock sub-rails completely and fabbing all of it. Deep channel so space is really at a premium.
     
  22. need louvers ?
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    Yup! The '26-'27 sub rails are about 2 1/2"- 3" deep, and if you build your sub rails/frame out of something like 1" square or 1"X2" laid on it's wide side you'll find a whole bunch of foot and leg room in these things very quickly.
     
  23. Blue One
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    Yes. Foot room in these little cars is at a premium and with my body sitting up on the frame not channelled I was able to gain that bit of room. Makes a huge difference.
    Lying under the car is not my highest priority either :D
    The removable floor boards idea came from the experiences of my buddy Dave with the orange T that I posted earlier.
    Dave has had to remove the entire body from that finished car several times now because you just can't reach some of the components with the body in place and solid floors.
    Picture all the work to remove the body to pull the transmission :eek: Or maybe just get at the shifter :(
    Looking at some of my under floor components I can see that there is just no way I could get at anything without the floors being removable.
    Things are so tight on these little cars you would have a tough time getting to things with hands the size of a 6 year old !
     
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  24. tfeverfred
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    When I have had to replace my transmission, TWICE, I had to remove the body. Once, by myself. The body has a couple scratches from that episode. Currently, I've developed a little slack in my steering box. I've delayed working on it because it would require the body to be lifted off. That's a lot of work to do a 30minute job. And, my major gripe, DOWN time from driving my therapy vehicle.:mad:

    Holy crap! Therapy Vehicle? Is there a GRANT available for that? Can I claim my T Bucket as a medical expense? MORE research!:D
     
  25. need louvers ?
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    Might be better than a "helper monkey".... But just barely.
     
  26. tfeverfred
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    Maybe. How much are they giving for a "helper monkey"?:D Therapy dogs run about $50,000. And I am doing research on the viability of a therapy vehicle. I'll contact some law students at Rice and see what they think. I may end up with a government funded '23 Touring. Seriously.
     
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  28. falcongeorge
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    I'm not holding my breath on this one...:D
     
  29. tfeverfred
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    Oh? If you knew me, you'd be waiting for the results.;)
     
  30. tfeverfred
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    It's called Recreational Therapy:
    Recreational Therapy to learn the skills needed to fill free time with meaningful and therapeutic activity. Leisure is necessary for balance in life, and can have many benefits such as establishing a sense of identity, improving self esteem, providing a sense of relaxation, providing opportunities for social interaction, and mood improvement, among others. It's been used, with success, to treat depression.

    That's it for now. I don't want the thread to get side tracked, but I am following through with it.
     

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