As if I needed another project... I've been thinking of throwing together a loose collection of parts that I have been steadily am***ing, and well, now seems as good a time as any to 'officially' start it. I don't really have a real picture of were this is going to land, but my few goals are for it to be daily-driver-able, and as traditional as I can keep it. Based on the parts I have right now, it'll probably be of late '50s or early '60s flavor. Here's what I got: '29 A Sedan Frame A Front Axle A Roadster Front Spring '35 Ford Front Spindles A Front Perches A Front Bones (un-split, for now) '39 Ford Front Brakes '41 Ford Rear End An old, but really cool open-drive conversion for the Banjo A Roadster Rear Spring '30/31 A Steering Wheel, Column, and Box '29 A Headlights Full set of '28/29 Sedan Fenders and Running Boards 3 '35 Wires, two with new 650-16's 2 '40 Ford Steelies with roller-grade tires '58 Chevy 160HP 283 V8 And a whole bunch of other small stuff 'n goodies So, I've got pretty much everything except for a ******, driveshaft, radiator, rear brakes, and all those little nickel-n-dime parts to throw together a pretty damn nice ch***is. As for that ******, I'd love to find an old Hydro, but we'll see what I can horse-trade or junkyard-pick for. In the end, I don't want to go more modern than an early TH400, but an overdrive sounds nice. We'll see. As far as body, I really don't know where we are headed, but I know I want full fenders and a closed car, getting back to that daily-driver-able thing. I live in the PNW, after all. A sedan would be nice I guess, but I'll just wait 'till the ch***is is dialed in, or a great deal comes along before I make that decision. And because build threads, even those as convoluted as this one, are worthless without pics, here you go...
Find yourself a nice A Tudor body or even a Fordor if you like to do woodwork and you'll be set. Do you really have a Roadster rear spring?
There are a couple of Saginaw 4 speeds for sale now in our cl***ifieds, cheap. Actually thay have always been cheap which is part of the reason that I used to run 'em. A sag will hold up fine behind that little small block, and is traditional as an anvil.
We'll, I have four Chevy 3 speeds. And I had thought about a 4 speed of some flavor. Now though, I'm waffling between doing one of those options or finding an early ford 3 speed and converting the banjo back to a torque tube. On the one hand, I already have the Chevy boxes and the open drive, but I'd have to come up with, and figure out all the mounting, bracing, pedals and rear suspension. On the other hand, I'm gonna put some money into getting the ford box, and a crossmember, or k-member, but it'll go together with all the difficulty of a snap-***e model kit. Posted using my Lil' Orphan Annie Secret Society Decoder Pin
Well it can't bet that ahrd to figure out a ****** mount and peddles and linkeage, I have been doing it for a long time and if I can do it anyone can.
We'll, my mind is made up. Got kicked out of work early today (due to building maintenance) so I wound up picking-up these... ... I got a complete side-shift box that came out of a '41 Ford and a 78 Top-Loader Case. Gonna throw the '41 gears in the top loader case. Looks like I'll be going the ol' torque-tube route. Posted using my Lil' Orphan Annie Secret Society Decoder Pin
Ran up to the ol' house today and dug out the 283... View attachment 2056399 ...it's a factory 160HP out of my dad's (now mine) '58 Chevy truck. It was pulled and replaced with a 327 probably close to ten years ago when the odometer read around 30,000 miles. It turns freely and should be no problem to get going. When I was digging it out I also found an early Hurst cradle mount for an SBC. At least I figure it is an early one, it doesn't have the extra holes for the BBC. Things are just flying into my garage. Just need a motor-to-****** adapter and rear spring perches, and we should be ready for mock-up. Posted using my Lil' Orphan Annie Secret Society Decoder Pin
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