Thread: 41 New Yorker Coupe

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Thanks Steve.

I got the chassis rolling and pushed it outside for the first time.

Originally Posted by 123pugsy

Thanks Steve.

I got the chassis rolling and pushed it outside for the first time.

Beautiful work Pugsy but I hope those shots weren't taken recently.....your weather usually comes our way and I hoped we were through with the white stuff.

[QUOTE=RestoRod;428505]Beautiful work Pugsy but I hope those shots weren't taken recently.....your weather usually comes our way and I hoped we were through with the white stuff.[/QUOTE

I guess those pics were done about February.

I've almost got this build thread up to present day.

Next thing was to make up some motor mounts to hold up the big block Chevy.











Then a crossmember for the tranny.
Its actually going to hold up the Gearvendors overdrive unit so I will be able to weld it in and still be able to pull the tranny no problem.
The exhaust pipes will run thru the 4'' holes.

Man nice work ..You still have snow on the ground and I was (am) complaining about rain

Originally Posted by cffisher

Man nice work ..You still have snow on the ground and I was (am) complaining about rain

Thanks Charlie.
No snow. Its quite warm.
I think I've finally got this thread up to date now.

I've now got the thread caught up to the current timeline.

I mentioned a few posts back about assembling the front end sheet metal prematurely.

I'm working on it now as I'm waiting for the rad to arrive.
I checked the shape either side of center and got a nice shock:





I held the profile guage at the same location on the driver's side:






I've got the shape coming along very slowly.
It looks as though I'll be caking the bondo on.

Next thing to do was to start the exhaust system.
I started with 4 pcs of 3'' dia stainless for the X pipe.













Then some elbows were added at the front and back.
I'm using Dynamax Ultraflow Welded mufflers. I hope its not too loud.

Headers:

First thing I did on the headers was to make the 4 into one merges.








I saw this mockup system on the website from where I got my header flanges.
Pretty slick idea I thought and the mockup really helped.












I had to get both sides pretty much done before I could knock the merges from the jig and add them to the headers.
They didn't fit so well so a bit of slicing and welding was in order.

A few pics of the almost completed exhaust.
Just needs some polishing here and there and something's got to be done with the tailpipes.
Not sure what to do with them yet.

man it just keeps looking better. Very nice job, once again.

Thanks Steve.

I'm OK with the chassis and exhaust but I'm in bit of trouble at present with the sheet metal work.
I guess I'll just keep tapping away and see what happens......

Beautiful work, Pugsy. The exhaust collectors turned out fantastic, as did the whole exhaust system. I envy your metal working skills.

Ahhh yes, the beloved dingin' and pingin'!!! Sheet metal work is fun, but it sure can get frustrating and time consuming sometimes!

Nice work---

For anyone wanting merge collectors for building headers---WWW.CONEENG.COM---I use them for merge collector parts

Trying to get the sheet metal panels exactly the same on both sides---back then---30s---and even now---both sides of everything isn't exact opposite

Very nice work--you must use a lot of vacume cleaner filters cleaning up all your grinding residue-----