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Here's some pics with the body in place. I had to crawl in behind the wheel and hit the highway for a road test. I bet I did several hundred miles Saturday afternoon. Yes, I was happily making "vroom, vroom" noises and running through the gears.
That looks pretty cool! But, I don't know if you noticed or not, your hubcaps don't match
Mark
What? dang I better put that on my list....LOL
I actually have the matching wheels/tires/caps out in the shed. The 40 Ford banjo has hydraulic brakes and the 5 on 5.5 wheel pattern. I'm going to convert it over to the wide 5 pattern to match the front. I'll also have to convert the front axle from mechanical brakes to hydraulic (I have those parts in the shed also). I'm trying to not think about all of those things or it will start to get overwhelming....lol
Great lookin Pup but for God's sake, put a Shirt on!
LIfe is good with a good dog around (we actually have 3, but little Wash has figured out how to open the gate from the yard to come visit me in the garage). And sorry, when its hot outside the shirt comes off....its just the way it is
Originally Posted by topmoo
So is that a bathtub right now? You may have the only hot rod where you can have a frosty beverage while bathing and driving.
Didn't Little Feat have a song about that? something about a fat man in a bath tub?? Either way, its not a pretty sight
I don’t know how to convert “vroom, vroom” noises into mileage: you must be using a new-fangled GPS for that. Watch the flatulation; it may throw off your actual mileage.
And don’t let American Pickers get ahold of these pictures; they would be inside your garage in a heartbeat.
Here's some pics with the body in place. I had to crawl in behind the wheel and hit the highway for a road test. I bet I did several hundred miles Saturday afternoon. Yes, I was happily making "vroom, vroom" noises and running through the gears.
Bobby
I'm glad a cop making "whee-oh, whee-oh" noises didn't pull you over for drinking and driving!
Tom,
Unfortunately I've been ignoring the 49, its parked out behind the house. I need to fire it up and bring it around to the front and get it cleaned up. There's a truck show in September that I'll drive it across the state to. I think this year I might even tow my old Jeepster Commando with it.
Well, after much application of frosty beverages and some serious hand wringing I think I have a plan for the front wishbone mount. I'll need to pick up some flat bar on Monday but maybe tomorrow I can start cutting and bending some square tubing.....more to follow. I'm trying to avert my eyes from the rear wishbones. I'm too easily overwhelmed so I'll wait until I get the front wishbone mount situated before I lay into that piece. When I'm picking up steel on Monday I also need to get a chunk of 3" DOM 1/8 wall tubing so I can start fabbing an open drive line conversion for my banjo rear diff.
I'm not sure when this thing will run. I'd sure like to have it driveable to take it to the dirt drags in Monte Vista, CO next June but there is a ton of work to be done yet.
Well, after a long hiatus I was able to make a little progress on the roadster this last weekend. The hardest part was excavating down to it. Its amazing how much stuff get stacked on top of a stalled project...lol.
Once I got it excavated I pulled the body and bed back off of it so I could have good access to the suspension. My goal is to figure out what to do with the front of the rear wishbones. Originally the wishbones bolted to the torque tube. Since I'll be doing an open driveline conversion that won't work.
Another issue is that the engine and trans is so long that it overlaps the wishbones by about 14". Conveniently there is a large tab on the bottom of the T5 transmission that just almost lines up with the wishbones. So close that it would be easy to fab up a mount and attach them. But, after thinking about it for awhile I decided its not a good idea. I think that the pivot point for the wishbones should be approximately the same as the front yoke for the driveline.
Now my plan is fabricate a wishbone mount similar to the front wishbone mount. I have an old ball taken from a set of front wishbones that I can use. I'll have to shorted the rear wishbones and attach the ball mount to the front of them. I'll then have to extend my tranny x-member a bit. I think I can do that by making a mirror image of it and then welding them together.
Well, after a long hiatus I was able to make a little progress on the roadster this last weekend. The hardest part was excavating down to it. Its amazing how much stuff get stacked on top of a stalled project...lol.
Once I got it excavated I pulled the body and bed back off of it so I could have good access to the suspension. My goal is to figure out what to do with the front of the rear wishbones. Originally the wishbones bolted to the torque tube. Since I'll be doing an open driveline conversion that won't work.
Another issue is that the engine and trans is so long that it overlaps the wishbones by about 14". Conveniently there is a large tab on the bottom of the T5 transmission that just almost lines up with the wishbones. So close that it would be easy to fab up a mount and attach them. But, after thinking about it for awhile I decided its not a good idea. I think that the pivot point for the wishbones should be approximately the same as the front yoke for the driveline.
Now my plan is fabricate a wishbone mount similar to the front wishbone mount. I have an old ball taken from a set of front wishbones that I can use. I'll have to shorted the rear wishbones and attach the ball mount to the front of them. I'll then have to extend my tranny x-member a bit. I think I can do that by making a mirror image of it and then welding them together.
Bobby
Bobby, Glad to see your back on the stalled project. But I remember you with Coke Bottle wheels not Ford Slotted D Mags... Are you trying to drive me crazy or am I loose my mind?
07-10-2018, 06:14 PM
