Technical What did you do with your car today? * NEW*

i am glad i only tacked it in badly
miles off
so the questions are
can i get the column, double joint and the steering box in a straight line - and in the stock position regards brake and clutch pedals = check
can i get the steering wheel plane in the correctish location = check
can i get the pitman arm to land in the correct for and aft = check
can i get it at the correct height - well no as the thing isn't finished and you have no idea, so get that far and bend the pitman arm if you have to - you have a 7 degree reamer, if it gets so bad come in from the top.
at least it clears the starter - groovy, might even be able to run the stock cast headers.....
oh and you are making a sump / oil pan for sure

edit
move it over to the left 5mm
move the column over 5mm
bend the pedals 5mm
the pitman will clear the bone
bring it all forwards 5mm

 

Adding a timing cover, water pump and fan, along with a balancer w/pulley(s), should answer your question.

 

Cruising with it.

 

Got the mounting holes drilled in the new floorboard. Alyn and I test fitted the seat . Seat has to come down at least 6 inches. Lots of leg room.

 

Made some whatchumacallits

 

Don't hear much of whatchumacallits these days.

 

Mine are flat black.

Lynn

 

I broke the handle on mine.

 

Hey Alan! The car looks cool! I like how you stretched the doors. The seat does look tall.
I sure wish my head was down behind tha windshield on my T. Is main reason i am building a whole nother car. Are those windshield posts from john lee williamson?

 

Loaded it in the enclosed trailer to take it to Florida for the winter.

 

Tested out my whatchumacallits

 

Unloaded the roadster in Sarasota, then drove to dinner in 80 degree weather. Sure beats shoveling snow.

 

Cut this part loose and straightened it out



Welded an inch to the bottom for a different plan, missed a pin hole with the weld



One step forward and two steps back, the ratio was too much at 3-1, got to get the arms more even

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I continued to work on the floorboard, and almost finished the largest part of the transmission tunnel.

I made it more complex than it needed to be to immerse myself in the process. I just really enjoy working with steel, and I got to use some of my favorite tools.

 

I got the distributor installed and the tach hooked up. For now I installed one set of points, I had to turn the cap about 180 degrees for easy access to the window for point adjustment.

 

In this application I think a doohicky would work better than a whatchumacallit.

 

Now ya tell me, I did switch to a doohicky since the pedal ratio was way off, now to see if this will work or I'll go to the thingamajig

 

I got the roadster out of storage and back home with it's big bro.

 

Changing starter.somebody swapped c6 and put wrong powermaster.it worked but sounded like you try to stick trail track in a saw mill.
Now its gear reduction starter but correct older style flexplate tooth count.
Now sounds like mopar...

 

We drove it to the Lido Beach.

 

YOU SOB!!!
LOL!
that's awesome Brian! That's a dream,taking your sweet roadster to Fl. For the winter! Enjoy!

 

done the one side,
I have found it most difficult.
if i may bore you....
started with the swap meet bushings £5
they were 84mm long
so I thought I wouyld get some 90mm box tube with a 5mm wall
tickle the 4mm off the inner spreader and grind and file down the outer tube 2mm each end
drill through the box section where the bush then sat flat,
cut the shape out with a 1mm cutting disc in a grinder
needed to get the front to back of the bushing in line with chassis centreline
and get the side elevation to match the crank - line of the motor
getting the engine in the correct for and aft
and at the correct height
and perfectly in the middle
balanced on a couple of concrete blocks
with some shims as the sump it at a slight angle as its from a front wheel drive car
with two front tyres with uneven wear

the bit welded to the chassis became shorter and shorter attempting to get it corerect

ha bloody har

anyone want a three legged table........

 

Still putting the roadster project together and of course changing things as I go.
Test fit the new 3” chop windshield parts before getting the new glass cut. Anyone know someone looking for a 2” chopped one?

 

Fiddle farting with the fuel lines from the pump to the carb. This got me thinking about how to run the line from the frame to the pump. I found a piece of bent flared tubing to a rubber hose

 

It's much nicer here this time of year. I drove to a local shop yesterday, for their car club's work day, so it was great to meet some people and hang out. I drove right past the big "Sarasota Cars and Coffee" at a shopping center, where by report there were over 800 cars. Mostly exotics, I'd have been one of just a handful of hot rods amongst the Lambos, Ferraris and Aston Martins. Next month I'll class that act up a bit and go there.

 

I had torn an antenna hole in my new car cover.
I decided that today was make and mend day. I’ve never tried to sew anything before other than a button. Let me tell you that the fabric for this car cover is thick and pushing through a needle I got more pricks than Christy Canyon. My stitches started out looking pretty random but after I got going I got better at it. I initially put a French seam on the tear facing the paint, anchored it at each end but I really felt like it would not survive without an anchor patch, hence the needle marks on my fingers.

 

Sheesh that's a lot of cars for a meet up. Apart from the K'zoo nats I don't think there's anything near that big in west Mi.

 

I got more done on the front floor.

It was another day reveling in metal.

 

Had an idea to reproduce these flames / tribal look on my 3 window coupe.......

 

The Suburban is working hard at this moment... we are refurbishing our shop, a new roof and better insulation was overdue...