Worst tech ever: Model A column drop

If that is billet...than I'm a street rodder.....I better trade in my Bias ply's and steelies for some torque thrusts and bfgoodrich radial T/A's.

 

I have always carved parts out of aluminum uless I could afford ***anium and the later would take the stress. My Ol' Man carved parts out of aluminum before me. No called it billet prior to about 1980.

That said, hitchhiker, I just happen to have a pair of T/As in my garage with your name on 'em buddy. I could probably come up with some polished torque thrust Ds in a pinch.

 

Whos that in the picture? It looks like George Bush 41. Normal Norman

 

Looks great. Anxious to see more.

If you are going to use the tank for gas, make sure you seal the inside or rebraze the tank mount. 28-29 "A" tanks are notorious for leaking there due to column stress.

 

Looks great. Anxious to see more.

If you are going to use the tank for gas, make sure you seal the inside or rebraze the tank mount. 28-29 "A" tanks are notorious for leaking there due to column stress.

 

Bad ***...I'll be using this tech....

 

I did a similar set-up on mine but I wanted to use the stock size steering column and the stock clamp on the bottom. Also I didn't need as much drop as you. It still needs to be blended into the stock mount and clamp, and made an excellent place to mount the push ****on starter!

 

mmmmm...swirly

 

simple, hand made..your own idea..how can you go wrong?, looks like its getting the job done

 

Way cool.

 

Wow, that's the shortest tech ever. You left out the water jet, mill, lathe, computer simulation and stress ****ysis, and the half hour screaming match between employees/family.

P.S. that's a very nifty piece you made there.

 

May be a stupid question, is that the stock column and box, on Now that the chop is almost done onl my 30 coupe I need to do something like that to my stock stuff

 

Here are a couple I've made. One with a pump and the other is 'pumpless'.

 

Very nice job.
I like it!!
Cheers......

 

I dont care what anyone says...That there is nice work. Good Job!

 

Gosh! When I saw the finished article, it looked like the cross on my cousin's bible!

Go on, look at it fast. See? Got kind of a Knights Templar look to it.

But seriously... Nice execution, and minimal use of power tooling. Good engineering, also.

Much of my F 100's dash is engine turned, I love it. Damn sure doesn't look like 'billet'!

 

Mike,
Some say plate others say billet. Sometimes billet is just a state of mind.

 

Yes nice work.

Billet gets a bad rapp, billet crank good, or any other dense forged steel...no?

 

Better paint it..will never get that past the gate goons at Billet Proof.

 

Billet?

nice work, give the guy a break this is a hand made column drop made out of material close to hand, Aluminium is a sensible choice of material for hand work being easier to work than steel. One off hand made does not equate with m*** produced bits which are highly regarded in some circles, no body here berates Langy for fabricating parts from Stainless s****, or Kiwi Kev for innovative use of whatever material he has to hand. Remember that the early racers and very expensive cars of the 20s and 30s had loads of one off engine turned br*** and alloy parts. If the style of the part is appropriate to the build style then why not.

 

There are defining points you can look to, but a lot of 1940's--'50's use of aluminum differs from billet as used in the '80's spiritually and functionally.
Look at, say, a set of Evans racing heads from 1952 and a dash insert made for a deuce in the '80's or '90's...the fins can be damn near identical, and of course the work on most commercial billet is actually cast, though as it was defined and created by ****era it was meant to be milled.
What is the difference??? Early use of aluminum (which was out there in every form imaginable for rodders to play with as our WWII Air Force was s****ped!) was slanted toward light weight, heat transfer, etc.
Billet is used in places where other materials would usually be functionally better and aluminum just looks clumsy, like those billet streetrod mirrors that look like they were cast in concrete.

 

At work we just call it bar stock. Too many hang-ups on what somethiing is called . People have been carving on aluminum for car parts for decades,