Thread: 1940 Ford Pickup

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OK here's a bit of the forty.
I wanted to raise the rad. 1.25 inches and this is what I came up with. Leaf spring bushings and frezze out plugs. When tightened down they have just a touch of movement. I will blast and paint the plugs black.
The others pic's are my body work.



All thoughts welcome .

Brilliant!

Nice work on the truck! The blocking looks like it is going well. The airplane is coming a long nicely too!

Here's a few pic's of the inside of my winters quick change rear, the quick change section.


Rear cover bearing plate.

thats going to play music-------

Originally Posted by jerry clayton

thats going to play music-------

Jerry I can't wait to hear it. I have never heard what they sound like so I'll be wondering if its right.

You'll have to post a video of it so we can hear it!

Well its been slow on truck but here's a plane pic.
Just been painting some small parts for the truck as time allows which isn't much. Have a job sure is cutting into my hotrod time, but it sure makes buying parts easier !

Like it. Looks like one wing is finished!

I put the engine back in I hope for the last time. Now I can get the drive shaft made. Got the vac hose run to the brake booster. Started sand blasting more parts prepping for primer. slow going.

Slow going, but it's yours, and it's gonna be great when it's done!!

A few pic's of the truck and the plane. Just finished the new firewall for the plane, thats the oil tank sitting in front of it, with the fuel tank above that. The truck now has a complete shifter installed and tranny lines are just about done, waiting on the condenser unit so I can figure out where the tranny cooler will mount in relation to it. I'm running trans fluid through the rad and then through the extra cooler and back to the trans.

Lookin' good! A word on the tranny plan - The purpose of running the tranny fluid through the radiator heat exchanger is to transfer heat such that the tranny stays within operating range. This means that it may get heated by the engine coolant during warmup and low load operation during cold weather, and may be lose some heat to the coolant in times of heavy loading, like towing heavy loads. Running the external cooler as you stated may result in your tranny running cold most of the time, which can be as bad or worse than running hotter. IMO external coolers are only needed for extreme operating conditions, and even then they need a means of controlling flow based on temperature, or cycling a fan to control the air flow. Again, my opinion.

Originally Posted by rspears

Lookin' good! A word on the tranny plan - The purpose of running the tranny fluid through the radiator heat exchanger is to transfer heat such that the tranny stays within operating range. This means that it may get heated by the engine coolant during warmup and low load operation during cold weather, and may be lose some heat to the coolant in times of heavy loading, like towing heavy loads. Running the external cooler as you stated may result in your tranny running cold most of the time, which can be as bad or worse than running hotter. IMO external coolers are only needed for extreme operating conditions, and even then they need a means of controlling flow based on temperature, or cycling a fan to control the air flow. Again, my opinion.

Darn it I thought I was doing good. I guess I'll forgo the extra cooler for now and install a temp gauge and see how it performs.

Great Pics and thanks for sharing them. I'll echo Mr. Spears thoughts on the trans cooler.

The plane is amazing.. thanks again.