Oddrod has a nice sound but doesnt quite apply since 49 Dodges were never used for traditional hotrods
Never say never. I can cite two examples from my extended family that were built in the early '60s, so I guess that it would be a matter of opinion. I have a '49 in the shop right now, that will be example #3.
I agree with Don's suggestion, I was going to post the same. I'd say 99% of the shops out there would be blown away with late 60's / early 70's vintage car never mind a car from the 40's/ As far as I know, there is no government inspection on welding in MB, as long as it look good as Don said, cleaned, ground, sanded, painted etc... I studied under a certified welding instructor at Winnipeg Technical college about 10 years ago, a rodder , and he had a 38 Pontiac he drove daily 7-8 months a year, and we had many conversations about welding on frames, adding front clips, etc, and I can't recall anything regarding certified welding for inspections. As is, with any structural welding of ANY kind, be it frame of a car or frame of a building, if you don;t feel confident , don;t do it. That said, I have a good feeling you will have no issues if you doon;t go asking for them, make sure all the brakes and front susp . steering is new or nice and tight, clean, painted, etc. I took my 1974 Monaco Bluesmobile to Ontario about 9 years ago while my wife was working there, I had to do the ONT provincial safety inspection, and all the brakes, steering and suspension had been replaced about 2000 miles prior during the resto, and I took it to a small town Chrysler dealership, the tech there had seen many hot rods and muscle cars during his 30 some year tenure there, and all he could find "wrong" was the rear seat belts were tucked under the seat back, 5 second fix and all was good, popped out the rear seat base and laid the belts out for him. He could tell the car was done right, he didn't even pull the wheels, he could see the front brakes were 100% like the rest of the car, so he just signed my papers and away I went. Now that we're back in Manitoba, I had a safety done on my truck before we moved, so no reason to have it re-inspected here, but my recent find of a 50 Dodge Special Deluxe sedan will need a ton of welding, some structural if I frame swap, and I have no fear the shop that safetys' it will only car about solid body panels, good brakes, susp, tires, lights, etc. cut it up ! most shops will see the jag engine and the MoPar shell and just stare ! MB
and BTW, not to offend any engineers here on the HAMB, but I am friends with a couple of them, and regardless of the degree and the "knowledge" that came with it, I wouldn't trust them to "stamp" a letter ! kidding, only kidding,I saw the "engineer's stamp" thing and though I would comment. just having a good day and in a good mood is all. nothin' personal folks...
ill get some pics up this weekend after i cut out the crossmember. With it being winter now and i don't have a heated garage so work is limited to only a couple hours before i can't feel my fingers.
crossmember is cut and firewall is moved, after i get my camera charged up i will post some pics of the finished product.
When you get that V12 running, if it is an HE motor, remember that they like NGK plugs best. Champions, for whatever reason, do not work well on the HE motors. I am not sure about the pre-HE motors, though.
i know that the engine has to be levelled i will do that with the engine mount i need to install better isolators but there she is that is a v12 in a 49 dodge
Looks like it belongs in there. You're going to make headers to clear the steering, or did I miss that somewhere? Brian
im hoping to reuse the stock manifold, I'm thinking of building a plate to mount them upside down and have them exit upwards and then out
Shoe-horning that V12 in will be pretty cool, If you get it done. I definitely wanna see the header that clears the steering and everything. I'll be watching this thread.
ok next problem i've run into is .... i had to remove half of the lower crank pulley in order to get the engine back far enough without setting the engine a foot into the cab. now what is the best way to line up pulley and without breaking the bank make mounts for them ?
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