Projects Timm builds a model A

So close to having a big item checked off the list! painted the crossmember and bolted the transmission rubber on (th350 Chevy pad bolted to the rear mount location in the t83) made cardboard boxing plate to transfer holes and then took them to a buddy’s shop down the street to chop the 1/8th inch plate to length and pop the holes. Took 14 minutes with driving both ways.

I then spent two or three hours whittling them down and fitting them. Something I notice in this stage is just because a part fits doesn’t mean you can get it in position to fit. The card board is close to the right thickness but the corners aren’t as stiff so where you can wiggle it in place steel don’t care about what you want it to do.

I bolted the crossmember to the transmission and then braced it into exact position so when I put the plate in place I had to put it all the way into the frame channel, slide it over, and move it forward to the flange. So fitment of that vs just pushing it 1/8 into the channel is going to be different.

Slow and steady wins the race. I’m fine with things being tedious as long as it doesn’t feel like I’m just fighting it. drivers side bolted together the passenger side the mount holes drifted just a hair when they got punched so I need to take a file and oval it just a bit. Then I can bolt it together.

Im calling these mounts “temporary permanent”

I know full and well they might need changed. And I also know they might be just right. If they need tweaked it’s temporary and if it’s right then they can stay lol. For some reason stating that even if just to myself up front helps my brain move forward.

I’ve got too many pieces kinda floating at the moment and so staking down the trans lets me sort a lot of other small things out even if I need to tweak it a bit after the fact.

Anyhow I could ramble forever, hopefully Thursday I can get the second side bolted up, the plates tacked and the blocks and jacked removed from under the trans.

Next stop is the ladder bars/ rear axle/ quarter elliptic springs. I can not wait to be able to roll this thing outside again !

 

Nice to see it moving forward, looks good!