Thread: I think we see the finish line!

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Any assembly photos yet?

Not yet, Steve, but very soon. Dan and I stayed at the shop until about 3am last night and got the entire bed bolted together. Dan spent the other night polishing about 200 button head bolts that hold it together, and it went together without a hitch. He had overdrilled the holes slightly to allow some wiggle room and it really made a difference.

It's laying upside down right now (that is the way we built it) and Don is coming over to the shop Monday night to help us flip it over and lay it on the frame. It really cleaned up a lot of parts that were hanging and laying around the shop, it's all condensed into one Model A bed now.

Today Dan and I drove about 60 miles north of us to the guys shop who will be doing the 27 interior and also Dans interior and top. We saw a really sharp 32 at a show a while back and it had a perfect interior in it. We got the name of the guy who did it, and he came down to see both cars Thursday. He left sample books so Dan could pick out his top and seat colors. Mine was easy, I'm doing black and white rolled and pleated (black roll around the top of the body and white rolls on the rest) But Dans is a little trickier. He wants to match the Ford Wimbledon White of the firewall, and he did find some Hartz top material and some vinyl for the seats that is close.


I have to deliver my 27 to him on the 6th of November, and he will have it for a week. Dans goes to him right after that, and should be done by Thanksgiving, the guy tells us. I worked on my 27 until about 4 am this morning, have to hustle to have it running before the 6th so I can drive it to his shop.

Don

Wow that is great progress for the both of you. I like the two tone black and white interiors. Very classy but simple and clean at the same time.