Looks great Falcon! A smooth and painted firewall add so much to the underhood "look" of a project!!!
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Looks great Falcon! A smooth and painted firewall add so much to the underhood "look" of a project!!!
Your right, Dave. A clean looking engine bay is always a plus. I painted the firewall and dash today. I let my grandson pick the color and I like the way it came out.
Looks good Falcon!!! Congrats to the color selector, too... Sure looks a lot better then the standard black, the contrast with the frame rails, engine,and accessories, will give everything a lot more definition!!!!!
Now, THAT, color makes a statement! COOL!
Yeah, sometimes the imagination and spontaneoty of a five year old can be a good thing; he just knows what color he likes and doesnt worry about trends. I think it's cool; I never would have picked it myself. I think the whole car will look great this color when I get around to painting it.
Today I took out the old rotten headliner and doorpanels, wire brushed all the crud off the inside of the roof, and got the column painted. It's not going to have interior for now, just some kind of seat to sit on and something on the floor. Maybe some rubber mat material from Rubber Cal.
Got the dash put together and bolted in.
SUH-WEET! I'm lovin' that color more & more!
Really nice work on the dash!!!!!
Yeah, I think it looks much better than the 51 dash. Im curious to see if anyone will notice the difference.
I had some old single stage white paint left over so I decided to primer the rockers, do a quick wet sand, and shoot them white rather than just leave them in primer. Im hoping when I clean the car up and run a buffer across the old paint it'll be somewhat close but it's mainly for rust protection until i get around to painting the whole car. So if it sticks out for now; no biggie. Also finished the welding and painted the motor and trans mounts. Drivetrain should be going in place for good tomorrow. I cleaned out the trunk as it's the last rusted area to fix. It's more solid than it looks and I saved the whole trunk pan from the 49 for repairs so it shouldn't be too bad. Im thinking the spare tire well is going to go away but I'm not sure yet.
Trunk doesn't look too bad Falcon, the white on the rockers will do a heck of a lot better then just the primer, good choice!
Yeah, it's not too bad, Dave. I wire brushed it today and it's fairly solid other than the drivers side corner. I'm going to just ditch the spare tire well; the one on the other floor pan has some bad spots, too. Motor is back in and bolted down.
I got my patches in. I just need to finish welding all the way around and then hit it with a couple coats of POR-15. That was the last rusted out area to fix other than a smal spot under the battery tray.
Heck ya, that'll work!!! Now back to the fun stuff, right??
Ya! My little MIG could use a break; it's been working overtime since I started this one. Next thing is to get the pinion angle set, pull the rearend back out to finish welding on the spring pads and paint it; then bolt it in for good.
Trunk is finished & painted. I also got my driveline angles set, pulled the rearend back out, finished welding on the spring pads and painted it. I should be putting the rear and the fuel tank in tomorrow and start running brake & fuel lines.
Some more nice work. The engine looks good in there.
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Looks good, Falcon, nice work!
you'll be crusing in style come spring
Yeah, with the bigger stuff done it's coming along fairly quick now. Im hoping for a test drive by years end or soon after. Rearend is in, shocks and rear brakes are on, and the fuel tank is in. I should be plumbing fuel and brakes this week. On the wheels I've got the stockers with the Plymouth center caps. What do you guys think on the wheel color; orange or white?
Orange seems like too much of a good thing, but I can't see white being better. Ivory maybe..... Seems to be screaming for some good contrast.Quote:
Originally Posted by falconvan
White will realy stand out ,but show dirt easly. Orange would be tomuch I think...
Pearl white with dog dish caps and thin beauty rings.
Plumbing the car.....one of my favorites especially the doing a double flare under the car part :LOL:
Your're doing some great work. As far as wheel color if you only want to do it once, shoot them whatever the final body color will be. For now there is also always basic black.
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That makes perfect sense, Mike. No need to paint them twice.
I had the day off so I got everything on the brakes plumbed except the front calipers. Brake pedal is hooked up, clutch is hooked up, accelerator pedal is in, dash is bolted down and starter is in. Run fuel lines and start on some wiring tomorrow and Sunday.
I got the wiring harness run from the trunk to the fusebox location and started on a seat. I had this seat left over and am going to go ahead and use it even though a split seat in a fourdoor may be kind of weird. It's comfy, not torn up, and free. I'll clean it up once the base is done and am ready to mount it permanant. The base came from the rear seat in a late model Chevy extended cab and I narrowed it 4 inches. I also cleaned up the steering wheel, fixed the cracks, and painted it.
Should work just fine, Falcon--nothing wrong with the seat, especially at that price!!!!
Falcon I see you came to the dark side with the V8 drive line , it will be much more fun cruising down the road .
Yeah, gotta be able to do a smoky burnout once in a while.
Lots of tedious stuff done this weekend. I had made a wiring harness for the 49 from a Buick G-body and it worked good so I decied to transfer it to here. I laid it out and made some changes before the transplant such as fixing and using the factory turn signals and some lengthening and shortening here and there. I got it all zip tied up, installed, and most everything hooked up.The dash is almost done; I do have a factory radio thats going to fill the hole, too. I might even get it fixed; I always listen to AM anyway. Either that or stash a unit in the glovebox. A few other things, too; pulleys are on, heat gauge hooked up, and started changing the forward harness for the Mopar connections.
Going to be a sleeper I see it coming already .
The whole project is coming together quite nicely Falcon!!! Sure is gonna be fun to sneak up on 'em with a MorDoor!!!!
Lots done today; I finally got the fuel line run and the fuel pump on. Now just need to run from the pump to the carb and that's done. I wanted to use a GM alternator since the harness was already wired for it so I flipped the alternator bracket upside down and put it on the othe side of the water pump. I had to cut and lengthen the adjuster bracket and build a support bracket for the back but it worked out good. I started putting the front clip back on just to see what I was going to need to do with the inner fenders. Both had to get sliced and diced a bit but I've got some new pieces tacked in place so I can pull it back apart, finish welding and paint them before it goes together for good.
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Fabrication the art of making things that don't belong"BELONG"
Very cool project you have going on, and you are doing very nice work on it!!! Keep at it!
Well it looks like time is nearing closer here , and the wheels will be spinning soon .
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aaahhhhh yes, nothing like a bit of a sheet metal tune up to make all things right!!! Nice work Falcon!!!
Thanks, guys. Im hoping for a crank test over the Thanksgiving holidays. Wont have a radiator yet but I should be able to do a quick test start.
Getting real close to firing this thing up. I finished all the engine wiring and fuel lines, put in an HEI distributor, plus finished the fender wells and got them and the fenders bolted on and adjusted. It was really nice out yesterday so I put the back wheels on and rolled it outside to see what the stance looks like. I used 2" blocks in the back and cut a coil in the front; I think it's about right where I want it. It was cool to be able to roll it out and clean the spot where it's been sitting for several months. It was a mess.