Thread: Summer Plans

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im gonna try and get busy with my 37 , bought new fenders both front and backs last month , had to cruise up to indy to pick them up , got a new set of running boards the flat ones , couldnt find any ribbed ones i could afford and found a box of 37 headlight parts to go with the rest of my stuff on my needs to be done list , i already rebuilt the engine on my shovelhead and its ready for ridin this summer , me and the OL might take us a trip have not decided where , but then again we have always just winged it anyway..

Dave, When I joined this Forum some three years ago you were working on a '29 Ford roadster. Were there any pictures of that build or have they been lost due to several computer burps? I am particularly interested in the nitty gritty details of the steering link relative to header clearance, angle, etc. I try to look at pictures and take pictures at meets, but once you cut holes it may be too late to make a change. I have a wooden dowel between the Vega box and the bottom of the steering column but the angle of column is critical regarding the rearmost spark plug and the header. To answer the thread question, my main goal for the summer is to get that steering set up and wire the roadster and work a summer job to pay for a top in the Fall.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Originally Posted by Don Shillady

Dave, When I joined this Forum some three years ago you were working on a '29 Ford roadster. Were there any pictures of that build or have they been lost due to several computer burps? I am particularly interested in the nitty gritty details of the steering link relative to header clearance, angle, etc. I try to look at pictures and take pictures at meets, but once you cut holes it may be too late to make a change. I have a wooden dowel between the Vega box and the bottom of the steering column but the angle of column is critical regarding the rearmost spark plug and the header. To answer the thread question, my main goal for the summer is to get that steering set up and wire the roadster and work a summer job to pay for a top in the Fall.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

That car went to Montana a couple years ago.... Sold the car, Deuce chassis jig, couple sets of frame rails and a ton of small parts to a guy out there... It had IFS on it anyway so can't help you on the Vega box.... Friend of mine just converted his Vega cross steer to one of the new Uni-racks this winter, looks really nice. I haven't built anything with a straight axle for 20 years or so.... Just one of them IFS snobs, ya know?????