Thread: Un-streetrodding a 34 tudor

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Good to have you back Jim and thanks for the update..... I do like your wheel tyre combination and the powder coated wires is something I would like for my Bucket. ... Very cool build....

Well guy's I don't get on here much (working crazy hours) but I figure it's time for an update. My biggest wall on this build has been without a doubt the gaping hole in the floor. I just couldn't wrap my head around how I was going to get this done. I have never done any fiber-glassing before and it was a little intimidating to say the least. One day I was setting there just lookin at it and said to myself "Man; no one is going to do it for you so just get at it"! So I rolled up my sleeves and plugged away at it and I'm happy to announce I HAVE A FLOOR! At this point I couldn't be happier. While I was at it I set the indentation for the distributor up and back 1" each way and filled the hole for the master cylinder because I'm going with power brakes and the booster moves it out about three inches. Besides that section was all broken up so I had to repair that too. Ya can't hold me back with fiberglass now, not that I'm an expert but it isn't as hard as I thought. I had a 2'X2' sheet of cured fiberglass that I used for the toe boards and a glass T-bucket tranny tunnel as the basis for my floor. I just cut out some panels and used some of that fiberglass bondo (Hair) to kinda spot weld them into place. Sorta like gluing them in place just to hold them till I get them glassed in. I clamped the front edge of the tunnel to the existing floor to keep it level till the spot welds dried. Then I just glassed it all in. The outside still needs to be trimmed and smoothed out but it is solid as a rock now. I've also been workin on the column and the column drop. I did run into some clearance issues with the brake pedal but that was an easy fix and there should be plenty of room for the gas pedal now too. On to the pictures!