Thread: Project Blue - 1932 3W Coupe Build

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Originally Posted by DA34GUY

Welcome aboard from a felloe Duece Builder owner

DA34Guy, great large pictures.

Guys,

Excellent comments and advice.....I like the suggestion of Mike52....The local hardware store will be seeing me soon!!

I will also measure up the motor mount later tonight to make sure it is properly positioned. Having the motor in the wrong place would certainly cause a problem.

Thanks again....I can see I am in the right place for help!

Stay tuned...you will see more pictures in the coming days.

Dan

Originally Posted by thenightbird

Guys,

Excellent comments and advice.....I like the suggestion of Mike52....The local hardware store will be seeing me soon!!

I will also measure up the motor mount later tonight to make sure it is properly positioned. Having the motor in the wrong place would certainly cause a problem.

Thanks again....I can see I am in the right place for help!

Stay tuned...you will see more pictures in the coming days.

Dan

As you can see this is what I ended up for setback. It does look kinda interesting - except for the amount of work it took to make the body fit. I chose to go that way for a couple of reasons. The first being that the 'A' chassis is a simple design ladder type and everything would fit. The second was I didn't want any more of a heat affected zone by rewelding though the 'A' chassis is mostly 2x4x.125 rectangular tubing.

Oh yeah - Brookville sent the 3" recess rather then the 5" big block firewall that I ordered

Originally Posted by thenightbird

Guys,

Excellent comments and advice.....I like the suggestion of Mike52....The local hardware store will be seeing me soon!!

Dan

If you've got a fastener supply nearby, go to them instead of the hardware store. It will be a lot cheaper.

Good stuff....I found a Fastenal near by so once I have my list together they will be getting a visit.


IC2 - When you have a chance could you measure the distance between the radiator mounting holes and the engine mounts? The prints I have of a 32 do not have the dim shown.

Thanks

Dan

Originally Posted by thenightbird

IC2 - When you have a chance could you measure the distance between the radiator mounting holes and the engine mounts? The prints I have of a 32 do not have the dim shown.

Thanks

Dan

Dan, I can do this but recall mine is a '31 chassis with a '32 radiator/grille shell and using a Ford motor (different kind of motor mounts) so am not sure that this will help you much. Let me know.

Here's an Australian web site that should give you some info:http://www.hot-rod.com.au/builder/te...sisford32.html