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

Took the headlights for our '47 apart and slotted the backside of the adjustment screws along with making a couple access holes in the buckets. Put some new wires and loom on them along with a couple of NOS bulbs. Will see if this works for adjusting them once they go in from under the fender.

 

Took inventory of the trunk full of parts in the 50 Desoto........Got lucky.........2 NOS upper grille bars , didnt know they were in there...One will fetch some decent coin...

 

Ran wires

 

That carb setup looks fab.

 

Thank you , lotta time in it & nice to bring it back to life. An old friend who past not long ago was nice enough to dig it out & it reminds me of him ❤️ he wanted to see it used

 

You did a great job.

 

You mounted your steering column with exhaust clamps? At $4.50 each, you damn right I did.

 

Breathed it around that it was for sale.

 

Got the steering finished. Had to use two double joints to get the clearance around the headers and the correct angle to get to the shaft coming out of the steering box. Just have to make a bracket for the support bearing. Probably will come off of the top of the frame. Also made up exhaust hangers and welded them in.

 

Put the lights on our '47, also messed around with the nose of the hood some more. Hoping someone would show up so I could take it off and finish it; but it was quiet today. Stuck an old top grille bar on to check if everything was still in the right place.

 

Thank you ! More of same today

 

Rounded up the grille parts from various hiding places and after a couple hours had it together. Shoulda been quicker; but the spring clips were a nuisance to get in place. Next step; see if it still fits in car.

 

Test drive, fixing heater.just examine it.
My latest purchase...its a 1962 volvo amazon kustom.need to think something different for that front grille, which currently resembless too much east german build trabant....

 

This ram air build has been the toughest thing to get it where I am satisfied with the look. This fender inlet is like the fifth rendition. But I could not be happier. Mig welding rust and that stainless screen is always a challenge. The worst part is now I have to do it one more time !

 

Final steering mods included flipping column to underside of lower mount and building custom angled upper hex couplings which position the upper mount in a more perpendicular relation to the column. Bottom line, the steering works!!!

 

Not much done today; glued in some felt sealing strips between the inner pan and radiator and bolted the grille in place.

 

Finished up wiring the 57 3100 and fired her up. All bulb NO led. (Got lucky with the pic) but man she’s bright!
Gotta figure out what’s up with the Voltmeter.


Iron Lords Forever/Forever Iron Lords

 

Got this for the Desoto.. going with Turbo 400. …

 

Installed LED bulbs for the ‘52. Had some old discontinued lights at work, grabbed ‘em.
Also, installed my “Traffic Minder” Guide traffic light thingie… so, I can see the light change (windshield in the ‘52 is kinda low).

 

Made a ghetto tonneau cover from a canvas tarp.

 

Installed Pie Crust Cheaters on the 32

 

I dropped my column a bit, and made a door so I can access my master cylinder through the floor once everything is together. I also worked on a bracket to add another connection point between the body and subrails. I have to give a shout out to Cornfield Customs for the coining tool to round out beads. Wow, it makes a difference.

 

Working on my fender to keep it from blowing off at around 80 or 90. This should keep it intact to at least 100. Lol

 

Drove it!

 

Got up to the shop and found another welder sitting in the middle of the place.

Added some fender welt to the front pan and since John stopped by I enlisted his help to tighten all the bolts and screws that hold the front clip together.

Moved on to the bumper and found out one of the brackets was bent. Really don't know how you can take an unbent bumper off a car and remove, blast, and paint the irons and end up with one bent about 4" out of place. One of Drake's bumpers fit the other three and doesn't look too bad

 

Hey Chucky ... Curious to the make/year of your ride - I noticed the trim badges on your dash, I have one that's been hangin around forever ... was in my grandfather's parts pile, my dads, and now mine - always wondered what it was out of it!

 

1941 Studebaker Champion

@BigRRR

 

Thanks ... My tool cabinet is covered in old emblems ... most of them I know the origin of, but that one I had no idea until now

 

I got the reinforcements welded in, still a little work to finish things up on this fender. I got to get it back on the road ! I miss getting my fix .