Streetwerkz 30 sedan build

[STREETWERKZ]

Finally have gotten time to start this project, I hope it stays on course.

It's a 1930 Ford Sedan

Goals for the project are to keep designs, and architecture from the 1930's, 40's, and 50's in mind during the build.

make the vehicle modern enough to be safe, and reliable.. not too modern

Kustomize just enough, and not to much

lots of Horse Power

112"-116" wheel base

traditional front suspension

chopped, channeled

who knows what else.... we'll play alot of it by ear as we go



Heres what we started with, I bought it off ebay, and supposed to be a 60's chop on it. Which I believe cause they did a horrible job, that I'm sure was gonna have a mile of lead in it

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blew it apart to find out what needs replaced, try to figure out how to fix what's been done wrong

then built a simple jig to hold the cowl so I could start repairs

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mounted on table

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I was going to cut up the gas tank (which was good) for more room up front,
traded a buddy for one that had already been cut on so he could have my old one to use.

cut the bottom out, got it mounted

then cut out the lower cowl's and cleco'd in the patches

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next I started on the dash

I wanted something with style, and personality.

So I found a dash out of a 50 Chevy sedan, and knew where it belonged

thank god the face of the dash if nice and flat, made lay out a dream.
had to take 9 5/8" out of the dash, took 2" off each end, and the balance out of the glove box.

cut her up, and got about half way threw fit up when I realized it was 10 pm, because my internal clock said go home lol


I love it!

[68Chevelle]

Lookin' good! Really like the new dash.

[Itoldyouso]

I like it and the dash adds a touch of..........well, dash to the car. Must be nice having a powder coating shop at your disposal, should end up looking real pretty.

Keep the work and pictures coming Josh


Don

[STREETWERKZ]

thanks

I love the dash idea... hopefully I can get it to fit well.
gonna werk on it this weekend, try to get the bulk of the dash done

[ARTEMIS1759]

Yeah I always liked the old trick of swapping dashes. Makes people scratch their heads. Subtle Wow factor.

[STREETWERKZ]

not much done today, as I had a guest drop off a project that took a while to go over

needed to add some inner structure support, so I made this out of 1/4" X 2" bar stock, then gusseted the ends.
hard to believe this little bracket took about 2 hours to make

I had to first measure the radius of the gas tank so I could match it, and then bend the ends down, and add gussets at the ends for strength.

befor, the area where the bolts are

cut the bar stock, measured the radius, rolled it to form, then bent on the ends, and matched hole locations

Added gussets on the ends, and welded into place

So now I have more over all strength, and a lip to werk from for the new dash

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then I finished out the cad, and cut out my base for the motor mount out of 3/8" steel

p.s., why the heck are my pictures so big?

whats the best size to down load?

[Larry M]

then I finished out the cad, and cut out my base for the motor mount out of 3/8" steel

p.s., why the heck are my pictures so big?

whats the best size to down load?

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Josh, try 800x600

What do you use to resize your pics?

And thanks for keeping us posted on your build, its great!

[BradC]

Can't wait to see this in person, great start.
Bradc

[HemiTCoupe]

Try here to resize your pic's ----> http://www.clubhotrod.com/forums/sho...threadid=43644


Pat

[Larry M]

STREETWERKZ, try to resize them to around 800x600 if ya can. Your pics are over 1204px × 903px so 800x600 should do it. I resized your last pic to that size.
Check out that resizer tool thats in my thread that HemiTCoupe just mentioned as long as your running Windows XP it will work for you.
Real cool project ya got going too, the dash is looking great.
Keep up the good work and keep the pics coming.
Larry M.