Got the old rod up an running,still a few little things,but there always is,part of the fun. Will be buffing out the paint an then put the name on "Déjà vu".
Here's a shot or two of how its looking now,later I may be able to post a video.
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Got the old rod up an running,still a few little things,but there always is,part of the fun. Will be buffing out the paint an then put the name on "Déjà vu".
Here's a shot or two of how its looking now,later I may be able to post a video.
Came out great Bat, very nicely done!!!!
Looks great, Bat! You need sunglasses to look at those seats on a bright day !! I like it!!
Very nice. Looking forward to video.
Bat, it looks amazing! Great work!
Thanks gearhead gang.
My plan is not to run the top on the rod very much,but to have something to put on if weather looks kind of iffy about rain,but can then fold it down inplace if needed.. Franky I don't like a folded down tops much my self,so all of it can come off EZ or just fold down temp in this design.
Here is some of the work I'm playing with now,doing a folding top.
I'm doing it myself like all the rest,I pick up two 3/4in. EMT tubes,thats what you see as 2 bows,the windsheild header is wood,two 3/4in.x 3in. screwed together an shaped,I made up two metal lock to top of post deels=locks with a little wingbolt at each side.
I'm thinking about 9 snaps across the back wood lip,an stapeled front edge to headerbow with loops sewed in for the other top bows. I got two yards of 60in.wide tan Sunbrela,should be more then enough.
To work out the panel lay out for the fabric,I'm making a pattern of some show card. Looking like 3 parts to sew together at each side of center,plus a rear window I'll cut and do last,that will be a Oval shape like the Ford logo.
Idea is for the design to fold down by backing off the two wing bolts that hold windsheild header bow and fold it back,, or to remove completely pull the two bolts at the main bow/body an unsnap the 9 snaps around rear cockpit lip.
Nice design Bat. Simple and effective.
Looks like it'll work, and like you said an easy on/off design so it can spend most of it's time hanging in the garage.
EMT?????????? go to a boat top place and get SS tube and swivel fittings---no rust,paint or plating necessary and all proven use items-------
Thanks but for me that cost way to much and ,even if I had $,bimin top parts look bluky and boaty not like hotrod to me. I'll sand n paint,EMT coat was $3.68 each,had 1/8in. plate steel laying around,so far got about $29 in top,including fabic. May have as much as $50 or so by time I'm done making it.
I've always found an excess of stuff in there take off piles-----------
Altho-------I do use a considerable amount of emt in the larger sizes as mock up for roll cage bends---way cheaper than putting a wrong bend in some 4130---------
I've recently been looking for some reasonable priced beer kegs---------
Those "old style" beer kegs are getting to be like hen's teeth, aren't they? Coupled with the fact that the keg design has changed, the package stores are discouraging the use of kegs, pointing out that the unit volume cost compared to cans or bottles is the same, plus the consumer doesn't waste 5 to 40% left in the keg at the end of a party. I don't know where a guy would find an "old style" keg, other than EvilBay.
The old style kegs still occasionally show up at the swaps meets here which is where I found this one.
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I came across this one in the corner of the local wrecking yard and hauled it home about 6 months ago.
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Nice design on your top. It looks like it'll work well!
Locks for the windsheild header are just two 3/4 in. long cut off a pipe that fits the top of windsheild post OK,that is drilled an tapped for a wingbolt. There is a short strap welded to the pipe other side of tapped wing=screwed to headerboard
I got my homemade top done,the 3/4in. EMT worked out great as bows,and after hooking up the back lip snaps,I pulled it over and into place ,an stapled the front to underside of wood header bow with its locks to windsheild post. By rolling the header up into the top as you put it down,it all piles up fairly small,I still need to makes about 2 straps to bundel it for running at speed. The rear window dose open to let air go through when that is needed.
Excellent!! I admire your innovative skills, Bat. EMT is a great choice for the top bows, plenty stiff with the 90 bends and painted no one knows but you and your check book! Great job, and thanks for posting!!
Very nice job! Definitely looks like a pro built unit. I really like that it folds down so nicely too.
Wow, that came out great! And it isn't an eye sore when folded either! Great work!
Wow. Looks like a factory pro job! I love these threads where folks like you explain the process of do-it-yourself work, helps me strive to do more on my own too! Very clean design, and I like the way it rolls up!
thanks guys,
well my old y-block still has not freed up it's rings in the only cly there stuck in,other 7 are fine,so it's smoken at anything over 2000rpm. This made me go pick up another 292 Y-block this weekend and I'll give it a test run on the garage floor to see if it's a better one or I'll need to buy some rebuild parts an go for building one up. Been trying to not have to do that.
Whent out into the garage looking for something simple to do to get started with,found a dirty set of Acsul yellow plug wires that looked like if I cleaned them up some ,would be great to use on strating up my new old y-block motor,so start cleaning and there looking real good,tell I'm near done and note crap there are only 7 plug wires and a short coil wire, nuts nuts,look every were for way too long,an no other plug wire to be found. Geeeez I hate it when that happens no big deel,just what gramlin run off with it!
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Bat can you borrow a wire from the other engine, or another car?
I just got back from Pep Boy,they had one matching 8m yellow plug wire for only $14 LOL,I got it anyway so I'll have two new sets pretty much.
Them gramlins will now put the missing older wire somewere I'll find it soon and they will be LOL,I hate it when that happens
MY NEW OLD y STARTED UP JUST FINE ANS NO SMOKE FROM THIS ONE. at some point I'll think about switching them out.
Want back to work a little on my folding top,made rearwindow open and roll up,so added some small straps with 2 snaps to hold it up.
Your top looks great and the material is very good! Before you pull the engine try filling the bad cylinder with Marvels Motor Magic and let it soak overnight then turn the engine over to push out the liquid, replace the plug and then start it. It may smoke even more at first when it burns out the Marvels fluid but if it continues to smoke you could just pull that piston out and check it for a really stuck ring or maybe a broken ring. I had a two stroke weed eater that just would not start after three years of use. I took out the plug and filled it with the Marvels Magic and let it sit for several hours. I dumped the Marvels fluid out, put a new plug in it and it started on the first pull. Of course it smoked furiously till it burned out the oil but I have been using it for two years since!
Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder
Drove "DaJeVu" out to officel scales to get a WT. slip. with me in it came to 2180,one peace of paper work out of the way!
I'm curious, does "VuJeDa" :HMMM: need this weight slip for some "official" reason?;)
Or is it just something to have?
Wt. Slip is kind of handy an was woundering how much,I had a guess at it,but truned out I was close,I under estamated it by 75lb.s
Thanks,
These things always need something,I added a kind of glovebox,well a pocket anyway over in the kickpanel of the right side. I used some alum sheet to make a "U" shape too add / glue the black vinyl to,folded the top over and stitch two rows to make it look good with about 6in. of top underware rubberband to gather it up at top.. Mounted it with 4 screws an finish washers. Should hold stuff like sunglass ect.
Back in the days of the Y blocks---the pistons were cast and sometimes there wasn't enough material to fully hold the snap ring for the wrist pins---the snap rings would (sometimes years after ) pop out of the faulty piston boss and wear groove in cylinder walls---later after wearing some the snap ring could/would break in two and then get thru the wrist pin center over to the other side and gouge it up also----results-----SMOKE-- maybe not stuck rings---------
Jerry,that's an idea to look in there for.I don't remember them even having clips,I though they were pressed pins?been a long time from last time I rebuilt one.,But the Y-block plug holes are giant size,it should be fairly EZ for me to look inside with a small snake light of some type,I'll look around for one an give it a try,at the very lest it'll be fun to look.
Y blocks and FE's were full floaters with clips----the Windsor group was start of press fit---221,260
Thanks Jerry,
Should of remebered that,but it was lost in many many other type an make motors over time,was early 1970's last Y-block I built.
That is a good idea to use sheet aluminum for the back of the pocket but what kind of glue did you use? I am surprised your car is so light. I know my heavy bumpers add a lot of weight and I have all four fenders (fiberglass) along with a rumble/trunk filled with a folding chair 5 gallons of gas, extra oil, trans fluid, gallon of Prestone, small jack, lug wrench and a bag of tools. My replica '29 with a full back end weighed in at 2800 pounds with me (210 pounds) in it. The SBC 350 should be within 50 pounds of your Y-block so I guess the main weight difference is the 700R4, the bumpers and fenders? Anyway I am just writing to keep the pictures coming. After messing with a glass body I really appreciate the nostalgia of real steel! Despite the weight I am content the total is still less than about 3500 for a 1977 Z28 which I tried to match with the SBC350.
Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder
Don,I don't have any extras yet in my rod,but I will be adding some stuff soon,there is enough room behind my seat back for two folding chairs and things like jumpercables,a few tools,FireX,Fix-a-flat,gas-dip-stick,are things I'll put in there.
I got a rear view mirror I liked an have made a small home made SS bracket for center of windsheild,only draw back is,I have to resit it if I tillet windsheild out or in.
Finiely got some new tires on the rear to replace old cracked one I used for the build,they were on browed time,I was lucky the few miles I put on them,but the other day I opened the garage to see one dead flat.:eek: Well that was a sign,no more putting off.;)
So off to Pepboys with my rims 15x10 alum slots,were our club gets a good brake on $,and got two new rears. Picked them up after lunch. Go home,its raining so just put'm in the garage. Better day next morring,open garage door to see a big bubble sticking out the side of one new tire:eek:,back to Pepboys,the guy that mounted them is not there. But manegers is,he take tire off rim an see the guy had ripped the bead all to hell,so give me a new tire. I go home,two days go by,an I deside to put them on the rod and adjust psi to 18 front and 15 rear{ it was at 36 front and 45 rear by pepboys,next morring open garage door to see right rear flat{no the one they fixed,so take that one back too,turns out that guy mounted it with out cleaning dirt off bead,so would slow leakdown. I carefully looked over the bead myself AOK,now all is good. I think when I adjusted psi down=it started leaking from dirt in bead. They fired the guy that did the mounting to start with.
Good to hear it is all squared away now Bat. Time for some burnouts! :)
Ooo ya,got to get them ugly little rubber newsy stringy things off of them tires as fast as possible,smoke'm Daddy-O
Looks good!
I've always done all my own artwork myself,yet there are times when a pro fellow artist buddy { Mark Klein, http://2mkd.com/ ] just pop's something on ya,and this was one of those! We'd been talking about carshows an showcards a weekago just as part of are BSing. Here is what he did for me,fantastic nice in deed.
Thanks very much "Mark the Art" from "The Bat"
Now to do it some proud,I'll build a small custom stand for the super showcard!
The photo is a little washed out,so what looks white is shiny gold lettering.