Ken your truck really looks sweet and I can hardly wait to see it finished in paint. How are things coming with the LS7 roadster? Keep up the quality work.
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Ken your truck really looks sweet and I can hardly wait to see it finished in paint. How are things coming with the LS7 roadster? Keep up the quality work.
oh boy i see a polished quickchange in there can we get a good pic of that ? i have a winters comming for my 32 but i have to polish it ..
Here is the one in the truck, it's a Halibrand.
Thanks, most of my time has been working on the truck. I keep it at work and the roadster is at home. I have been getting some things done headers, gas tank, serpintine belt system, and working on the fuel system. But the truck is getting close so I am getting anxious now. The rear end in the roadster is a Winters, you should be happy with yours.
thanks for the pics that rear is beutifull !! did you do the polishing of that rear ? ive got to polish mine when it gets here
No, not on either one, I bought them polished, on the roadster I had the inside of the rotors powder coated and chromed the half shafts and u joints. After everything is done then I will blow the whole car apart (after I put 200 miles on it) and finish chroming the uprights and the rest of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by godspeed32
If you are patient and buy some equipment yours will come out very nice I'm sure.
Ken
your hiboy there is that a brookvile if so that is the body im recieving in june
No, It was made buy ASC in Detroit.Quote:
Originally Posted by godspeed32
Made the seat riser out of sheet metal and 1" tubing. Getting ready to start mounting electronics and wiring. I'm trying to get all of the electrical in on one side so I have some storage on the other. The problem is the stereo and amp and satellite radio, it all takes room. Thinking about mounting some of it on the back wall of the cab behind the seat, I can access it by folding the seat down, I don't know yet. Any suggestions?
I like to hide as much stuff as possible. Sometimes it gets me into trouble but over the years I have learned from my mistakes. I am hiding all of the brake lines and electrical on my truck.
I love the access panel idea.........really makes it easy to go back in there if you ever need to, or for the initial routing of stuff. Smart idea.
I see you are using the same Optima battery I am. Everybody that sees it says it will never work, but I'm convinced otherwise, especially after having a long discussion with the factory guy.
Really nice workmanship Ken.
Don
Don,
Thanks, I did the same thing with the battery. I looked at that thing and thought no way, but I wanted it because of the size. The guy said the only restriction was how long the power cable was. He said try and keep it under 3'. We will see.:rolleyes:
Since you are working on wooding your body, you might get a kick out of this. I was putting my wood floor in the bed of the truck. Now wood is my least favorite to work with. I got it all cut and in place, then I started checking for clearance everywhere. My rule of thumb is 2" of clearance everywhere no matter what. I crawled underneath to check and found I only had 1 1/2" of clearance between the rear cross member and the quick change.There is only 7" of height in my bed I didn't want to loose anymore.
A friend of mine was here (retired carpenter) asked what I was moaning about so I told him. He said mark the interference and give him the wood. He came back in an hour. He routed out a 1/2" of the 3/4" board. If you look at the photo the small rectangle is for the cross member and the big one is for the rear end.
So I thought if you have any wood clearance problems this might be an suggestion for you.:D
Great solution. I may have some of those areas myself. Years ago I sold my router at a garage sale because I never worked with wood. Maybe time to buy another one.
I don't mind working with wood too much, it is a lot lighter than steel and the slivers are easier to get out of your fingers. :D
Don
I think you mean Odyssey.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Itoldyouso
CRS strikes again!!
Thanks Bob, now where did I leave my house? :D
Don
Well, I'm getting close. The wiring is almost done, finally, I wanted everything hidden and be able to remove it easily and just plug everything back together. This thing will have to come apart completely at least 3 times before it is finished. All the brake lines are quick release so I don't have to bleed the brake when I disassemble it. It takes a lot of time but I think it is worth it in the long run.
Here is one more. The cab is the power source for the truck. The battery and fuse panel are under the dash, so the rest of the truck just plugs into the cab.
This is really top shelf with nothing but quality combined with well thought out planning. Thanks for sharing you pictures with all of us HRC members.
i love that truck!!! keeps me inspired
Just so much to look at on your rod, and all of it is so well done. Those 6 carb scoops look a little hungry. :3dSMILE: :3dSMILE: :3dSMILE:
Don
Thank you all, that's very nice of you. It's getting to the point where I don't want to go home at night. I really want to drive it.
Don, I moved the battery and fuse panel like I said by the photo's, when I decided to move them I thought of you and your T. It's hard to tell by looking at your car but it seems you have a lot of room in your cowl area to put your's there. just a suggestion, but the reasons for doing it are, shorter primary cable, mine now is 30" to the starter. Remember the rep from the battery company said to try and keep it under 36". And I picked up more storage area. I'm sure you have plenty :LOL: but I need as much as I can get:D
I finished the brake lines today, Monday back on the wiring, and the clutch line.
Thanks again everyone for the nice comments.
Ken
Thought I would show how to use all the available space you can. I will put in a notch to cover the rear end, but it still gives me some storage space for incidentals, tools, spare water pump, jack, clean underwear and socks for those long trips.:D
Smart idea, and as always for you, well planned and executed. DIdn't realize your truck was bagged. :) Nice.
Don
I can't believe I have been missing your thread.
Beautiful job! Fantastic fab work!
Looks like I'll be keeping tabs on this one too.
Mike
any progress ?? keep the pics commin
As I have been building this thing, in the back of my mind, I have been concerned about over heating. With the grill shell chopped 4 1/2" and the radiator the same it's pretty small. I want to use a mechanical fan, no electric water pump. I want to see the fan spinning in a shroud. Just like it used to be.
My idea to help this is to use a tranny cooler and run the water pump threw it just like a heater core. I have no idea if this will work. It is so tight in that area I had to trim some of the fins off for clearance, then I welded some fittings in the end of it. I'll run a short piece of steel braided line then turn it into hard line up to the manifold and water pump.
I'll let you know if it works, it will be easy to by pass it to check it. **)
Certainly can't hurt any. If you have ever had a car that was running warm, and you turned on the heater, it would usually drop the temp somewhat. I had one start running warm on the interstate one day, and kicked the heater on full blast, and the car ran normally till I could get home and fix the water pump problem.
You are in a good area to pickup airflow there, which is why I put my tranny cooler exactly where you have yours mounted. But with only a 4.5 inch chop, and a quality radiator, you should not have any problem anyway. The '32 radiator in my '27 was chopped 8.5 inches, and was on the edge, but was ok with an electric fan.
Don
I hope your are right, I just look at that Little radiator and sweat ! I will yank that thing off in a minuet if it doesn't need it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Itoldyouso
Mounted the taillights today. Just used some 1/8" plate and some aircraft winged tubing and welded some studs on them.
Got the fan shroud kinda glued together for the first fit.
I started this thread in the Deuce Den , now it is in Hot Rod Talk how does that happen? I don't care just curious.
Thought I would ask this again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken Thurm
Ken---If the moderator thinks some of the information you have is applicable to more than dust "deuces", he will move it to what he considers the appropriate forum section.
Well it's all done, I thought, today was going to be the day. I put water in it and had 3 leaks. This block is odd because of its Indy car heritage. It has water access passages all over the place. So maybe tomorrow will be the day. :o
Thats my helper (grandson) I think he was more disappointed than me
Ken looks like you wouldn't give him the key's LOL. Truck is looking good and ready , i don't like when things drip either.
I know, my wife keeps telling me I am creating a monster. He is already figuring out what he wants to build. Thanks
Your truck is just so right on. Sits right, looks great, and has so many of those cool details that keep people staring.
Sorry about the leaks, but you've been down this road before building cars, so you will figure them out. Better to find them at home than down the road.
Your helper looks like he can't wait. :) :)
Don
With the deck lids and tires i see all he has to do is drive one of Grandpa's . I know he will be smiling all the way to Dairy Queen .
Don - Thanks, just taking a break from my leaks, hope to fire it tonight. You are right about my grandson, he made me promise him I wouldn't start it until he gets home from school. I tried to remember how old I was when I really got interested in cars and I think he is about 4 years ahead of me. I hope his interest keeps growing.
Bobby- He told me the other day that the girls at his school really like my cars (second grade) so he wants me to pick him up at a certain time so his "friend" will be out in front. If that doesn't plant the seed nothing will.
Ken nothing wrong with getting the glitter going LOL