Thread: Project "Left Overs"

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Don great to see you putting this all together. I love recycling stuff for something functional After we did our addition 5 years ago, we had leftover stuff from the back of the old house. We were able to reuse 99% of stuff like the old back door and windows(from1858) and some plywood left over as well as 2x4's, 2x6 and 4x4's. End result is a cool garden shed, sided with old 100 year old growth redwood from our garage/barn rebuild. It's still one of my favorite things from the addition. We used all of the scraps, from asphault shingles and tar paper to old redwood posts and pressure tx lumber. I kind of used the amount of plywood to dictate the size of the shed. Total out of pocket was just a few bucks for door hinges and caulking.
I guess why this seems like a great car project is it's got pieces and history from your whole family.
Here's a shot of the shed.

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Are you shy, or what?
Don

That's why they call me bashful Bob.........

You know Don, by using left overs maybe this one can make it around that $3000 mark that you blew out of the water last time.

Originally Posted by Rickomatic

You know Don, by using left overs maybe this one can make it around that $3000 mark that you blew out of the water last time.

I wondered how long it would take for someone to mention that.

$3000 you will be lucky !!!

Originally Posted by Rickomatic

You know Don, by using left overs maybe this one can make it around that $3000 mark that you blew out of the water last time.

Boy, you guys never forget, do you????? One little screw up and no one ever lets you live it down. How about I call this one " Project somewhere north of $ 3K"???

Don

Today it dawned on me that the Good Frame Fairy wasn't going to come down and build the frame for my rpu for me, so I decided to get started. We have a few sticks of 2 x 4 x 3/16 in the shop and that is the size I want for this car. I think it looks more proportional with a body this size than the 2 x 3 we would normally use for a T bucket, and the Olds engine is about 700 lbs, so it needs all the support it can get.

I don't want the frame to look boxy in front, so I am going to cut and taper them from 4 inches at the firewall to just 3 inches at the front perch. We bought a few Total Performance front perches from Mickey before he sold out, so I will be using one of those up there.

I also bought an original 1934 Ford axle on Ebay the other day, and that should be here next week. The original plan was to use the Superbell axle and a set of SoCal hairpin radius rods we have, but instead I am going to use the 34 axle with split early wisbones. I want people to wonder if this car is a current build or a survivor and am going to use as many old parts as possible and disguise the newer stuff to look old. The Superbell and SoCal hairpins would have given it away. I am still going to use the Posies spring, but will probably put one of those leather covers they sell on it to hide the newness of it. I also found a nice Model A rear crossmember on Ebay last week, and I have a Model A rear spring left over from my 27.

Not a lot of progress tonight , but I got the front rails mocked up in place and can now start the tapering process, then move on to making up the rails that go under the main body. This car should go together pretty fast once the frame is done, the hard part, the body, is pretty much done, thanks to Dan once owning it.

Here are the two sections of tubing I cut and then mocked up in place.

Don

Hey Don,if you want everybody guessing about the new "under $3000.00 left over part car" project,you better stop typing now and posting photos or Uncle Bob will know about it and that will be history wrtten for all to see. And I can imagine the photos he will have to back up the history lesson also.
What happened to the break away from cars and the fishing you were looking forward too???? I know,once bitten by the building bug you can't stop.

I'v been eyeballing those wishbones for my build also.. my cab is pretty tall on the sides, and I don't think the hairpins would look right

Cracking on with it Don, I like the taper, its well worth the effort, I did my T chassis the very same way.
I like the wishbone idea, I recently had some of them bones for a customer, they are good.

Matt, I think they would look good with yours. To me they just lend and "older" look to the car.

Steve, that's good to hear. Did you use that threaded bung in the side to screw perches into, or did you put the spring over the axle? I am on the fence if I want the front suicide or regular so far. I won't know until I get them and mock it up both ways. I ordered a couple of Ford tie rod ends too. Normally, I use rod ends, but still trying for the "survivor" look on this one, so they rod ends might have looked too current.

I saw a neat coupe on TV, owned by the guy who owns Dynamat. It is a brand new body, but everything on the car was done to look old. He used 5 different kinds of acid to age the parts, even the copper tube radiator hoses were as green as the Statue of Liberty. The suspension was painted white, but had rust spots peaking through around bolts and where holes where drilled. I liked it a lot. Like I said in the beginning, my rpu won't turn everybody on, but it's going to be a lot like the Dynamat car, maybe rougher.

Don

I used spring over Don, a bit safer than spring behind plus i didn't want a long wheelbase

you can see it in this pic

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Matt, I think they would look good with yours. To me they just lend and "older" look to the car.

Steve, that's good to hear. Did you use that threaded bung in the side to screw perches into, or did you put the spring over the axle? I am on the fence if I want the front suicide or regular so far. I won't know until I get them and mock it up both ways. I ordered a couple of Ford tie rod ends too. Normally, I use rod ends, but still trying for the "survivor" look on this one, so they rod ends might have looked too current.

I saw a neat coupe on TV, owned by the guy who owns Dynamat. It is a brand new body, but everything on the car was done to look old. He used 5 different kinds of acid to age the parts, even the copper tube radiator hoses were as green as the Statue of Liberty. The suspension was painted white, but had rust spots peaking through around bolts and where holes where drilled. I liked it a lot. Like I said in the beginning, my rpu won't turn everybody on, but it's going to be a lot like the Dynamat car, maybe rougher.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I saw a neat coupe on TV, owned by the guy who owns Dynamat. It is a brand new body, but everything on the car was done to look old. He used 5 different kinds of acid to age the parts, even the copper tube radiator hoses were as green as the Statue of Liberty. The suspension was painted white, but had rust spots peaking through around bolts and where holes where drilled. I liked it a lot. Like I said in the beginning, my rpu won't turn everybody on, but it's going to be a lot like the Dynamat car, maybe rougher.

Don

This car Don? He did a nice job!

Steve (in England), that does look good like that, and I think it actually has some better handling characteristics, and certainly better shock dampening. That is the setup I will probably go with.

Steve (USA). yep, that is the coupe. He said it almost broke his heart to take brand new finned aluminum heads and put acid on them to age them, but that was the look he was after. Great little coupe, and the patina looks so real, even down to scratches and booboos on the frame and suspension.

I think I will do what they do to distress furniture.........take a chain and beat it.

Don

You know guys "looking old is becoming cool". Sounds like a win/win. Us and the cars!!