1930 Chevy sedan build thread...trying for 3K.

[buckroseau]

Few more pics of the van roof welded in and A pillars an body/roof welded in.

Matt

[buckroseau]

I sheared a piece of 20 ga. steel at 3.5" and screwed it to the back from the rear window to the side window. Then taped off 3.5" on the A and B pillars. Fired up the sawzall and cut out 3.5" and droped the roof back down and welded it back on.

Actually went very well. I had to cut a relief on the A pillars to sway those forward to get everything to line up, but over all it was fairly straight forward.

On another note...I would say this about mid to the end of October now in these pics.

Matt

[buckroseau]

Few more pics after the chop.

[buckroseau]

While working on the body I managed to sorta accidently stumble across an older gentleman who I knew is into cars. During an afternoon at work I asked him if he could keep an I out for any older ford wire spoked rims. He looked at me kinda funny and said I got a stack of them at home 5 ft high.

Well, an hour later I was at his place picking up 4 wire spoked rims. Now, the price was the good guy price...with the V8 caps, but I did not take any before pics. They were bent up pretty bad along the edges, someone had taken a pry bar to them years ago to remove a tire. I couldn't bitch, because the price was right. After about 3 hours with the torch and hammer/dolly I had them looking pretty nice. The next day I brought them into the local tire shop and they spun the rims on the balancer to see if they were straight and would balance....sure enough, they were fine. I really wish I would have taken some before pics...they were bad!!! But, the pics are after sandblasting and after I shot a couple coats of epoxy primer and paint on them in the booth. The radius rod's on the pallet are off a 37 mercury I think, friend rounded those up for me also.

Last 2 pics are with the rubber mounted. I bought a couple motorcyle tires off ebay for $25 bucks a piece.

Matt

[buckroseau]

Not a lot of pics on this part...sorry. The first pic is of some pieces I made out of 3/16" flat stock for the A pillar. I used a piece of paneling to make a template and then cut them out of steel. Since the hinges are in the door and I can line up something to fasten the doors to, I welded a piece in for the A pillar and B pillar. I welded 1/8" triangular gussets back to the body from the A pillar right above and below each hinge. Once the door is cut loose I will have to fasten the hinges into these pieces.

The 2nd pic is the body, motor and grill layed out on the floor. I traced the entire body out on the floor with a pencil and marked where the motor and grill were going to be. Just so I know the length and width of the frame, when I make that.

Matt

[buckroseau]

After I knew the length and width I went to work on the frame. Cut everything in the band saw, did my blue print on the floor and went to work. Pics pretty much say it all.

Matt

[buckroseau]

Few pics of the tubing welded in. I used a 2.5" o.d. tube with approx. 5/16" wall thickness. Wife came out and held one end of the tape while I square and leveled it up. Also layed out the axle in front to get a feel for how it was going to fit. I had dis-assembled and sandblasted the axle and it's parts and shot a couple coats of DP90LF on them, just so I didn't have to work with that rust junk.

Matt