Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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Haha, the directions on the can should have SAID that.


But I did work off some calories at the shop today. Just got in, and spent the entire day at the sandblast cabinet and the bench grinder, cleaning up all of the front end parts that are going to get painted. I think this is all of them, and maybe as early as tomorrow PM. when all the people leave the park, I can wheel some of these outside and shoot a coat of primer on them.

I have decided to go a slightly different direction on the front brakes and spindles. Originally, I had pirated the complete '40 Ford/ Buick brake drum setups off the front of my '27 and was intending on using them. But I have rethought doing that, because I keep stripping more and more from the '27, and pretty soon it will be too hard to ever put it back together. So these are going back on the '27, and I am going to use the '40 Ford brakes Dan had on his '29, before he switched to the Wilson Welding brakes and Buick drums.

I inherited them (by quickly moving them to my part of the shop ) so I might as well use them. They have been totally rebuilt, drums turned, and the spindles bushed already, so it is dumb to just have them sitting there. I did blast off all the paint we had put on a couple years ago, and will start from bare metal when I paint them. The drums only need sanded and reshot in black, so they are almost ready to go.

All of this puts me in a pretty good position to get this front end painted and hung pretty quick, hopefully by next Sunday PM the frame and all the front end will be in color. I ordered some stuff from Speedway today, some chrome shackles, poly spring liner, steering arms, and a new moon style tank. The one I have been using for mockup has fallen a few times, so it has some dents and scratches. I'll use it for that rat rod, down the road.

In the meantime, here is a picture of all the pieces I cleaned up today. Kind of looks like those break apart part things you get inside a model car package, huh?


Don