Thread: One way to build a '32 sedan

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Looks like you are getting a lot of the strength and shape back into the body. I keep forgetting to ask you, there was a period where you were having ignition problems with the roadster, did you get that figured out?

Don

Sometimes life just isn't fair, Ken.... You have 3 mills, and I don't have any.....

The sedan is coming along nicely, gonna be kewl!

Don-What a hassle that was. It was a computer compatible issue. The computer was set up to recognize a magnetic pick up distributor, which I had in it for 4 years. When I decided to freshen the motor up I set it back to Vertex to have it checked. they called me and said they have a new one that used an internal coil, would I be interested in trying it. I was able to clean the motor up a little by getting rid of the coil and the wiring. But it used a different style of signal that my computer didn't recognize. So after a week of tearing this thing apart, the blower has to come off to get the distributor out, we finally figured it out. Vertex was really good to work with, they did everything they could to help.

Dave- You can come out here and bring all your drawings of what you want to build and you can use anything I have, if I don't have what you need I have friends that do. You can stay with us and I give you my wifes car to drive
Ken

Dave you better jump on this! His wife has a nice car too!
Looking good and productive! How's the 32 driving?

Steve- When is your next visit? I hope you can have more time for car stuff next time. There is 580 miles on it. It's mostly sitting, I haven't given it any time.
Ken

Ken I'm going in for a surgery on my palate in one month. Will be out of work for a few weeks eating up my sick time and vacation. I hope to be out your way next spring though! Who knows by then I may have made some progress on the truck!

Originally Posted by Ken Thurm

Dave- You can come out here and bring all your drawings of what you want to build and you can use anything I have, if I don't have what you need I have friends that do. You can stay with us and I give you my wifes car to drive
Ken

Careful, I might take you up on that someday.... Getting plans ready to get my old tired butt moved to Texas.... Got to get out of here and get someplace where I can still be functional more then 4 months out of the year.... Once I get this move done, it's definitely gonna be travel and have some fun time!!!! Might even build myself a drag car for a change!!!!!!

any updates?

I haven't got much done, I have the motor mounts in. I'm going to put a mid set of mounts right in front of the transmission off the bell housing, because of the span between the front and rear mounts. I have more done but this is all I have in photo's at home. I'll post more next week. Thanks for asking.
Ken

Whose waterpumps are those on your engine Ken? You're right that is a long stretch between the front and transmission mounts. Midplate will help a lot. I think I have to do the same thing on the Olds engine and 350 turbo I have......also a long run that will put a lot of strain on the bellhousing.


Don

Don- I got them from Speedway, they say they redesigned them and they flow more and have stainless shafts and impellers, I think.
Ken

cool looking engine. I've never seen dual water pumps setup on a car motor. Looks like they are motor mounts too? How are things going Ken?

This is such a neat build! The roadster was a great car when finished,but the sedan is a totally different build and so interesting to follow along with as Ken progresses through the build. I am always looking toward each of Ken's posts. Great stuff!

Looks good to me. Workmanship is Aplus

I got a little more done. I really like it when people explain why they do certain things on their builds. So I thought I would explain the why and how I do a couple of things, hopefully it will be helpful.
A lot of the way this stuff is built comes from when I built my own race cars, they had to be light and easy to work on. That was the reason's then, now I'm just lazy. I don't like nuts as a way of securing bolts, I always try and thread everything I can. The general rule of thumb is you need the diameter of the fastener in depth of thread. (1/4 diameter bolt 1/4 of tapped tread) But when I'm making brackets I don't want to use 1/4 plate to thread for a small bracket, so I use 1/8" material then machine a bung with a step in it to get the required depth of thread. Then I weld the bung to the bracket.