Building some inner fenders.....
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Building some inner fenders.....
Wow, those are great! Clean simple design, works every time...
Great work Falcon, they should work just fine!
Thanks for posting this, Give me a few ideas on fixing my own franken innnerfenders!
Got my fenderwells finished and painted today. I'm also building brackets to relocate the coils off of the valve covers and onto the fenderwells.
Looks good Falcon, seems to take forever to get the details all tied up on a project!!!!
That's true, dave. You set out to do one small job and find out that several other things have to be done first. Here they are installed; figuring out my coil mounts next.
Pat you continue to amaze me w/all the work you've done to this car.....joe
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Thanks, Joe. With any luck all this work will someday turn into a running, driving vehicle.
Great work on it, it's looking really nice!
Ditto you have truly done that car justice your a huge inspiration with my Desoto build love everything you have done keep up the amazing work
Thanks! I have a week off work in December and I'm hoping to get this to the point of firing the engine for the first time.
I finished my coil mounts and have been bolting more things on the engine. I'm off work this week and really hoping for a test fire next weekend. Lots to do before that so we'll see how it goes this week
Nice work Falcon, looks good with the coils put out of the way! I can almost hear it running from here!!!!
Got the fuel cell and pump mounted today along with lengthening the wiring for the coil packs. Hoping to get the fuel system plumbed over the next few days and a battery tray built for the trunk.
It looks very nice! Where did you get the fuel cell? I was on the fence last week about getting one from summit. I saw ones like what you have on ebay for a good price too. I decided to wait because no one can tell me if the foam in them will break down from diesel or not. the sales rep at summit says it won't because they are listed to be safe with alcohol and diesel shouldn't hurt it. I'm in no rush so I'll research and see.
Mine was an EBay special; seemed a lot cheaper to go this route rather than a reproduction fuel tank.Quote:
Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe
I've been hitting it hard this week and am hoping for a test crank tomorrow. Wont have the cooling system piped yet but at least I can see if it will start. Got my battery box in and wired, fuel system finished, some temporary oil and temperature gauges hooked up plus lots of miscellaneous stuff done. Also bought these wheels from a late model Mustang. I think they'll look good although the fronts are hitting the tie rod ends so I'll have to figure out something there. Maybe some wheel spacers.
It's alive! I didn't run it very long as I don't have the radiator hooked up yet and the float in my Holley was hanging up. But it fired up, built oil pressure, and sounded pretty darn good. This thing may get finished after all.:D
Way to go Falcon!
X2! Always a special milestone when she fires for the first time! Congrats
That has to help the project motivation! Congrats to you!
I took the carb back off today and started rebuilding, ordered a Spal cooling fan from Summit and started digging out parts I bought a while back. Once the carb is right and the cooling system plumbed, I'm going to start installing the wiring harness. I'd really like to have it pretty much mechanically done by mid summer. We'll see; I have some things to do to my 49 before the cruising season gets here and I have a pile of parts to start on my three wheeler project sitting here, too. Plus we still have our house on the market although we've been leaning toward staying where we are now. But, either way it feels good to see some progress on the 48 again.
ya gotta love when a plan comes together..............congrats!!
Got all the cooling piped today and the carb back on. Ran it for about half an hour with some makeshift wiring but she sounds great and all the vitals look good!
http://youtu.be/yt1jhwJGUPg
Sounds really good! Congrats on the milestone.
Getting ready to start on the wiring and was looking at the gauges. The factory oil psi and water temp are mechanical so they should be OK. I found this fuel gauge on an Astrovan and it is the right resistance for the sending unit in the fuel cell. I'm going to try and mount the 48 gauge face on it, paint the needle white, and make a bracket to mount it in the gauge cluster. They are both about the same size so i think it'll work.
Sure looks doable to me:toocool:
It sure does sound good! That gauge looks like pretty close.
Look at this ,, Falcon this has made such a transformation since you rolled it in ..
Got my power steering hoses hooked up today; I took a chance and just bought the factory Cavalier hoses and were able to make them fit with a minor amount of bending. The pressure hose fittings were the right size for the LS pump which was also a nice plus.
I bought these seats a while back out of a 90's era Buick. I like the shape and they don't have a bunch of plastic trim around the sides. After removing the headrest and mounting them on some Astrovan pedestals, I think they will work great once they are recovered and the frames painted. I started to work on wiring but I figured I better get the wipers figured out before I start wiring under the dash. I bought this wiper assembly from a late 50's Desoto several years ago. The part that arms bolt to on the cowl was the same bolt pattern plus they are 12 volt rather than the old vacuum. I just had to come up with a different mount for the motor and make shorter actuator arms as this was 5" wider that the spread on the Plymouth. Got the mounts made today and everything trial fit; looks like its going to work.
Cool old wiper motor!
Nice work on the seats and wiper motor!
I've been off work all week and have been able to get a lot done. Wiring is pretty much all installed with the relay/fuse box I snagged from the boneyard. I need to neaten everything up but I can actually put the key in the ignition switch, start it, and have power to everywhere it needs to go. I still have tail and parking lights, gauges, heater, A/C, and a lot of other devices to install but the wiring is there and working. Also got some more done on the brakes, S-10 gas pedal modified and installed, plus some other misc. I'm off till Monday so I'll see how far I get.
It's great to see someone making progress! LOL..
Looks great from my side..
Keep up the great work. It's looking nice.
You may have done earlier, and I missed the post. I would like to convert my manual temp gauge to electric? Did you do that? I have 48 DeSoto and has exact same gauges. I want to keep original face.Quote:
Originally Posted by falconvan
Ahhh crap!!!! I just reread your post, see you are keeping factory manual temp gauge. Sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by moparjack44
How about anyone else? Converting manual temp gauge to electric?
Actually, I've been thinking about doing the same with the temp gauge as the sensing bulb tube on the original gauge is too short. Those Astrovan gauges seem to be just about the right size, I'm going to get one on my next trip to the boneyard.Quote:
Originally Posted by moparjack44