Thread: Lethal Weapon, Project A-Bucket
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01-15-2011 01:23 PM #1
Hey dlotraf33, heck you are doing just fine with the written word now and the pictures are excellent size and detailed. Now you will just have to give us your first name or nickname so that we can encourage you.
I maybe a little crazy but it stops me going insane.
Isaiah 48: 17,18.
Mark.
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01-15-2011 02:03 PM #2
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01-16-2011 01:42 PM #3
Thanks Charlie for that and yes I answer to Whip most of the time but I have been called far worse at times.

I maybe a little crazy but it stops me going insane.
Isaiah 48: 17,18.
Mark.
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01-17-2011 01:51 AM #4
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01-17-2011 11:04 AM #5
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01-18-2011 01:28 AM #6
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01-18-2011 03:09 AM #7
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01-17-2011 06:18 AM #8
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01-17-2011 10:40 AM #9
Question for you A guys. Crown on bottom of windshield or top of cowl. Same roadster to closed cab? I know it narrower, but not sure of radius.
Bob?? Don?? Posted question in hot rod talk, but didn't know if you guys saw it.
Thanks Charlie
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01-17-2011 11:37 AM #10
Don't have any 28/9 closed car to compare to, and haven't ever seen any authoritative commentary. The best I can do is put a straight edge across the bottom of my roadster w/s frame. At the center it measures a nominal 1 7/8" to the bottom of the arch of the w/s frame without rubber.Your Uncle Bob, Senior Geezer Curmudgeon
It's much easier to promise someone a "free" ride on the wagon than to urge them to pull it.
Luck occurs when preparation and opportunity converge.
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01-17-2011 12:43 PM #11
So we now know what Sue got Steve for Xmas and it wasn't a new pair of shoe's...... no no no it was a new set of SMILIES !!!!!!....I maybe a little crazy but it stops me going insane.
Isaiah 48: 17,18.
Mark.
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01-18-2011 04:30 AM #12
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02-03-2011 04:49 AM #13
Well the weather STINKS! Really it's only cold here, but I guess Dallas got some ice. My distribution center is closed, and if I get a truck today, doubtfull, all the product I wanted to install today and tomorrow has already been delayed till monday. Crap! Oh well might as well make some metal dust.
After looking at the mocked up cab for a couple of weeks, I decided, as Bob pointed out the cowl in the pillar area was just too bulky. After studying it for a bit, it looked easy enough to narrow. I just had to cut a couple of rusty bolts, and some really bad welds, looked like old coathanger welds, to remove it. Rrilled out a couple of rivits and we have three separate pieces.
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I cut out the corner, that wraps around the gas tank top, so sides could be slid inward. Once fit I'll trim the removed piece to fit the cowl top and weld back in the pillar.
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I slid the sides in to give me what I found to be the most pleasing ammount of reveal and clamped into place. Then I trimed the top so it would fit. All sitting in place, and then step back and eyeball from several angles. Yup that should work.
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Marked all the holes so I could drill them. A quick trip to TSC for some bolts and a new set of bits and we can finish this step. Holes drilled and the pieces bolted back on the cowl.
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Although I stated I am not trying to copy the roadster cowl, this does look more pleasing to the eye. It did look too fat at the top of the cowl. At this point I decided not to put the pieces back into the pillars, where they wrap around the tank. I want to decide how to handle the windshield posts. I havent yet decided weather to use roadster posts, modify the closed cab posts, or just fabricate some of my own design. I think I really need a windshield frame before I box myself into a corner, and have to redo somthing.
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02-03-2011 05:21 AM #14
Here is a couple more angles of the cowl so you can see the improvement.
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Maybe today I will re-cut the back of cab, as this modification will change the angle of the radius and cut down the sides and put back together to see how these changes will look.
We'll travel back in time about 2 weeks and look at the front axle I'll be using.
It's a 47 ford f1 axle I picked up with center link, springs, and drag link for $40. I wish I had gotten ahold of the guy a little earlier, he sold the brakes to another guy. Oh well still a good deal. The width is just 1/4 wider than the 32 stock axle. So it should work good.
I trimmed off the spring pads and smoothed the axle some.
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I ordered some radius rod, spring behind mounts from Noxious Customs and when they arrived I fit to the axle and tacked them in place. I have to finish weld them later. I have to find me another stick welder. I loaned mine to my brother in law, you guess the rest........
I just hope he electrocutes himself with MY welder........
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The brackets need to be smoothed some. They were a little rough on the cuts. Also not sure about the points, they may need to be rounded. Overall I like these better than the mounts I used on the last one. These actually fit the axle with no modification to the cutout that fits inside the web of the axle. And they wrap around the top and bottom of the I beam.
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02-03-2011 06:42 AM #15
Now Charlie, that was worth the effort wasn't it? Looks terrific! Cleaned it up nicely.
Here are a few suggestions on the windshield. In order to carry off what you've started you want to make sure you maintain the trim look, no heavy posts/frame.
The first two pics are of folding stock style stanchions. The first are the cast bronze ones I've got, the second are more economical cast aluminum ones that a guy named Williams down in SoCal makes. It's not that much further of a trim job from where you've taken yourself now to cut away the tops of the cowl ends, weld in a bracket and emulate the stock roadster. But you said you might not want that. Okay, then the third pic for ref. This is a set of stock stanchions that have been pie cut at the bottom and slanted back. Old timey mod that's not too uncommon. These are available in steel and could be welded in place rather than bolted to a bracket as stock. As a fourth option you could use some channel stock and fab your own and either use the channels to drop in a piece of glass or make them to hang a framed glass similar to the stocker. The key is to put the same kind of taper to the post as the stockers, or start them thin toward the bottom and maintain the dimension to the top (though that might look more street roddy than traditional). Whatever you choose, you don't want to clutter it with a bulky look.Last edited by Bob Parmenter; 02-03-2011 at 06:46 AM.
Your Uncle Bob, Senior Geezer Curmudgeon
It's much easier to promise someone a "free" ride on the wagon than to urge them to pull it.
Luck occurs when preparation and opportunity converge.





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