Thread: 28 AV8 Tudor

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Heres' one i am doing now, very traditional tudor with a 59A flattie, '37 toploader, model a banjo rear. I kicked the rear 4", boxed the frame and made the 'k' member; the front axle is dropped 3 1/3", the original wishbones lengthened and rear radius rods are 40ish. I am now just mating the body to the frame, the body had the interior and i pulled that out and gave it a coat of rust inhibitive primer so that i could see what was what in there.
Right now i have the cowl off and taking it apart to build internal structure for cowl steering, i used a mustang steering box and reversed the direction. When the support is done it'll bolt into the chassis right along with cowl and gas tank.

A few more. The damaged frame horn is likely to be cut off, i have a repair piece but i like the look of no frame horns, just the radiator shell. I am dragging my heels on doing the deed, in case i change my mind.
The cowl and gas tank are in great condition, i have the cowl bolted to the temp bench so it won't flex etc and am now cutting the rivets out for the gas tank supports on either side. When i am done the steering will be bolted to additional supports welded to these braces and these will bolt back into the cowl which will have some additional bolts down to the frame - cowl steering takes a lot of support,

A little further along

FWIW, the next series show a panel repalcement, it is on the drivers' side rear quarter. What you are looking at is a series of pics i took while doing the replacement. I fuze welded the panel into place without filler - there is a dime for comparison alongside the tack welds. As soon as i finished welding i leaded the joint and prepped for skim coat, i might have spent an hour doing this.

This show the grinding and leading

Looking good,keep them coming.Are you going to be using the original dash,the reason I ask is I now have a 29 and was looking at maybe changing it out to a 32 or so and was wondering if they are interchangeable.Roger

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Looking good,keep them coming.Are you going to be using the original dash,the reason I ask is I now have a 29 and was looking at maybe changing it out to a 32 or so and was wondering if they are interchangeable.Roger

Yes. i am using the original. I think they are just beautiful. the problem is taht the gage cluster is limited to what you can do so i am developing a device that will retain the original gas gage but it'll be operated by a servo motor controlled from the sending unit in the new gas tank; the speedo is original and restored functional; water temp & oil pressure gages are added with a flaring punch tool; the map light is retained. I am using vintage SW gages and have the oil pressure gage and located the matching water temp but won't have it for a week or so. I'll post a pic of it when it is complete.
As far as interchange with the '32, teh model 'a' has a dash rail that backs up to teh gas tank and teh '32 has a proper dash, i would imagine a '32 dash would go right in there once you cut out the original 'a' gas tank.
Heres a pic of teh pipes:

Wouldn't mind seeing those guages when you get them,I don't have the speedometer etc so thought I would maybe change out the dash.I also like the look of the original but it is very limiting and I would like to keep the original tank.Do like the look of the pipes,keep em coming.