My 26T Coupe build thread

[Dave Severson]

Thanks Whip, Your probably right that no one will notice but i know its there

Heck, it doesn't matter if anyone sees it or not!!!! Fit, finish, and detail is what it's all about and that is some really first rate work!!

[roadster32]

Thanks Dave, appreciate the comment.

Heck, it doesn't matter if anyone sees it or not!!!! Fit, finish, and detail is what it's all about and that is some really first rate work!!

[roadster32]

Well after 25 hours of smoothing the block is finally done I did it in bursts of 3 or 4 hours over a few days as its a bit of a soul destroying job.

Tools used were a 80 grit flap wheel in a 4" grinder, a power file and various shaped tungsten burrs in a die grinder. The sides were pretty easy to do as you can get in everywhere easily but the front and back easily took twice as long due to the many nooks and crannys. Its a lot smoother than it looks in the pics, the various scratches will be filled in nicely by the epoxy primer.














While i was there i removed all the flashing in the lifter gallery so the oil had a quicker route back to the sump.








All the gallery pipe plugs were removed ready for when the block gets hot tanked and drilled & tapped to recieve NPT pipe plugs, Only one plug came out easily with the rest being drilled out.














While the grinding tools were out i removed the various sticky out bits from the Edelbrock inlet manifold and polished the Edelbrock lettering so it would look good with the inlet painted.










Because the Cadillac was originally filled with oil through the rocker covers and I'm using early covers without holes i needed to add a filler to the inlet, there was a flat area on the front of the inlet so a 1" holes was put in with a holesaw and a flange made from a scrap of 6mm stainless and fitted with a stainless tube, This was then capped off with a chrome breather cap.







I recently did a polished exhaust system for a customer and had a few offcuts that were left over and after looking at them for a while i decided to use them to make some tailpipes, I had always intended to have 4 pipes at the rear, very 60's. They are over length at the moment so they can be trimmed when fitted.

[lamin8r]

Absolutely awesome,Steve...and that has to be the best Landrover steering box I have EVER seen...

[roadster32]

Thanks mate, i'm well pleased how it came out

Absolutely awesome,Steve...and that has to be the best Landrover steering box I have EVER seen...

[roadster32]

Popped in the chromers today to pick up other peoples stuff and my axle and spring was back
So i did the same as every other hotrodder and rushed home to throw it together to how it looked, I'm a happy bunny can you tell i'm pleased with it

[Itoldyouso]

Looks great, Steve. I see pictures of where some builders leave their chrome parts wrapped up in tape and paper while building their cars..........NOT ME. I'm like a little kid and have to see what effect they are having on the overall look. As soon as I get them home I am ripping off the paper and bolting them on. Glad to see there are others who like to look at their new parts, no matter how many times you have done it before.

That steering box looks perfect for hot rod usage......did you say it was from a Landrover?

Don