Thread: Roadster pickup getting closer

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Yeah Ken, I sort of remember some Celebrity on CHR was featured there.......had something like a four page spread. I just can't remember who that was though. Maybe when we get some stuff further along so we have something they might be interested in, but now all we have are 20 cars all in pieces.

Uh Steve, IT'S PURPLE !!! Thanks though.

Tonight Dan and I went to look over his new body. The little dent from shipping pounded out pretty easy, and that was the only real problem we had. Brookville really packed the stuff well, their boxes are a box within a box. I also picked up the stuff right at UPS which saved any damage that might have occurred in the delivery truck on the way to us.

For the most part what we got done tonight was simply to see what all came with the body and what we needed to do to put it together. There are 10 boxes of parts with this thing and although it is pretty straightforward for the most part, it is certainly no piece of cake to put together. There is some pushing and bending involved to get things to line up, but the metal is really thick on this thing, so it should be strong when done.

The first thing we did was screw down the back part of the subframe to the platform we built. Off of that we squared up the middle crossmember and then installed the two side pieces. We had planned to modify the subframe before we started putting the car together because the body is going to be channeled 4.5 inches. But after talking it over we decided it would be better to build the cab as if it were going to be stock and then cut out the subframe to drop it over the rails. We felt the body would have a better platform using the subframe as it was designed, rather than try to make the panels fit a modified subframe.

Here are some pictures of what we got done tonight. Picture one is the rearmost crossmember. Picture two are some risers we built to hold the two crossmembers slightly off of the platform. The body has lips that have to slip under the subframe and if it were clamped tightly to the platform you couldn't slip the panels under it.

Picture three is the middle crossmember installed. Picture four are the two side members of the subframe temporarily cleco clamped in place. Dan ground off some of the primer so he can weld these together at some point. Picture five shows the underseat pan installed where it will go.

Don

If you have ever put together one of those backyard aluminum or steel buildings, this is a lot like that. You have to build the floor first and then attach the sides. In this case, we have screwed the subframe squarely to the platform and will then build the body from the back forward.

Here are some more pictures. Picture one shows the wooden floor Brookville throws in with the deal. We won't be using it, but it came in handy to get our gaps straight. Picture two through 5 are after we temporarily installed the back panel of the body, just to see how it would look and line up. It has a lot of fitting to be done to it, but it at least gives us some hope that this might turn into a body after all.

Thanks for looking.

Don

that is going to be one really sweet ride.