I'm like Steve Stovens, didn't realize that they used multiple leaves like that, but it makes sense that they will give you an increasing force with added compression which is ideal. Great installation detail, as usual.
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I'm like Steve Stovens, didn't realize that they used multiple leaves like that, but it makes sense that they will give you an increasing force with added compression which is ideal. Great installation detail, as usual.
Lookin great Steve as usual. You are building one of my favorite cars here with this Willys. Keep up the great work. Don Jr.
We were talking about you and your Willys at the shop tonight, Steve. It is really coming along nicely.
Don
My question is wouldn't one axle that ran from one side to the other for the wheelie wheels to mount on be a stronger more equal part??.I am guessing you would want both wheels contacting in a torque twist situation and not say just one which I would guess would not steer the car straight in a single spring rebound.
I guess what I am saying is one axle from eyelet to eyelet would help keep the springs square to the car as well.
No hot rod is complete without some Cornbinder parts...............:LOL::LOL:
I remember when I was a kid and my dad would take me with him to the local track. He had a buddy that was running a 32 with a big block. He could lift the front end hitting second. He found a set of leaf springs and mounted them something like the way you did. He used a set of wheels off a hand truck. He would put white shoe polish on the wheels each run and we would check to see it both wheels hit the ground or not.
Cheers mate
Thanks Don, it looks like we will definitly be over in mid september :D
Is this the answer your looking for ???
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Bob what are cornbinder parts ???
Bob was referring to a somewhat ancient farm implement that was used to harvest corn
Steve,when I saw a picture of a wheelie wheel being hung off a spring by a 1/4 20 and you being a master car crafter,it didn't fit the rest of your project.:whacked:Now I am going back to the cheap seats and join in the with the rest of the crowd wave.:LOL:I am very much enjoying your build.Very nice.
1/4 20 ???
Oh i see, they are actually 1/2" bolts Gary, Cheers for the explanation i knew i was missing something
Been playing with hinges for the trunklid and suddenly thought "I don't need these, they are just extra weight" So i decided to put all the removable panels on pins.
First job was to make up the tabs for mounting the pins on, i used the offcuts from the old firewall and beefed them up with 3 extra layers of matt & resin, nice and thick.
These were held to the trunk gutter with 2 small screws for each corner after 3 layers of matt were applied, then a piece of wood was clamped to them to keep them in line. then any gaps were filled with chopped matt and resin.
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Next i needed pins, I could of bought some but i realy wanted stainless so i used 10mm stainless bolts and cut the heads off them and shaped the ends by spinning them in a drill and shaping with a soft disc in an angle grinder. I then drilled the holes for the clips and then gave them a quick polish.
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All 4 fitted to the shell
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The round plates were holesaw offcuts from my 26T project, I'm glad i didn't throw them away now. 3mm Mounting hoes were drilled and countersunk machine screws used with nylok nuts underneath, stainless R clips came from Ebay.
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Also Picked up a nice big rad from a friend, not sure what it was for cos its huge !!!
Anyway made up some mounting brackets and struts and got it fitted. It was an absolute pig to weld the brackets on as whoever made it tinned the sides with solder, even ground off it still spat & farted !!!
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Steve, lookin great. Amazing workmanship on those stainless bolts (now pins) just amazing.
Don Jr.
Just read through your thread, Steve. This is some outstanding work; I'm hooked from here on! You definitely take car building to the next level, I feel like a total beginner after reading this.
Steve,
Good idea on the trunk pins! They look right, and as usual your workmanship is outstanding. I've used that drill & disk method a few times chamfering edges or forming a point on round stock, but nothing like your pins. They look better than you could have bought!
Trunk pins are great Steve, we don't need no hinges!!!! For sure if there's no trunk lid hanging out the back of the car you won't bang into it!!!! Friend of mine wound up with 11 stitches in his forehead after an encounter with the trunk lid last summer at the drags. The usual between rounds thrash and more hurrying then paying attention, but I doubt that made it hurt any less!!!!!!
Very cool how you turned those bolts into trunk pins. Me thinks it took a lot of skill and patience!
Heck Steve,did I read somewhere here that you are also in the progress of building a '26 T Coupe??? Heck with the progress you are making on the Willy's I believed that had been put into storage long ago.:HMMM:
Cheers Don, we will be over in september so get the boat & beers ready :D
Sorry i havn't replied earlier mate but havn't been able to get into the site yet again, Thanks
Cheers Roger, they were also cheap to do :D
thanks Dave, funnily enough i have a sizeable bump on my head at the moment, banged it on the trunk opening.
Not really mate, anybody could of done it.
Just putting the motor together as we speak Whip. Just took a few weeks off it to get the Willys going.
Very nice work.....thats gonna be a killer ride when done......I lkes the idea for the lid pins.....would of never thought of it...COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL....
Keep up the great work
I'm not gonna sleep tonight with that image in my head !!!
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How did you get a picture of me trying it on??????? Must be "British intelligence":LOL:
Actually here is a better picture:)
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Well, I was enjoying this thread.
I guess I have to turn off my eyes now......................:whacked:
Well the rain has gone for a while and the sun is shining again so managed to get a few things done.
After a bit of tooing and froing i think i have the hood just right.
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Made a template of the trans tunnel and then bent it up in a bit of aluminium sheet that was kicking around, I made a steel mounting flange that is screwed and glued to the floor and the tunnel screws to that with small countersunk machine screws.
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Managed to get the floor glassed into place as its a job done thats been bugging me. First i flipped the body upside down and trimmed off the lower sill return to 3/4" wide (this makes it easier to get the body on & off)
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Then the areas that needed keying were marked with a felt tip pen as its difficult to see where you have been with the white. Used and angle grinder and finger sander to key it.
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Next the floor panel was bolted back into place with 3 layers of mat & resin in between the flanges, then a further 3 layers were added at the top & bottom of the joints, Then 1 layer was applied to the underside of the floor.
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Once the resin had hardened the body was put back on the frame and matting cut to shape for the inside.
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As per the underneath everything was glassed in.
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With that extra piece on the bottom did you have to pull the lower bottom of the car out each side to be able to lift the body up and off? As usual the workmanship is to your high standard,good on ya mate.
Boy,
This project is sure moving along. Looking great as usual! Don Jr
We sure are glad you are posting again!
Keep up the great work and awesome documenting.