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i guy told me the other day that some people have used the metal part of the wheel borrow to recess the firewall.he said that it had to be cut to fit but other guys that wanted to recess their firewall have done it.has anyone ever heard of this before? i know that i never have
Whenever I work on one of my vehicles I try to look for off the shelf items that I can use. I used the flexible stainless tubing from a hand held shower nozzle for the sheathing for the rear parking brakes on my '37 Buick. I think the wheel barrow would work perfect. Hopefully others will chime in with their use of items they used for their projects.
The hardware store is a great place for truck parts.
As for the wheel barrow thing, yes, its fairly common. I've heard of it quite a bit and even saw it done on an episode of Dirt Everyday on the Motortrend Channel. You can see the episode on Youtube. Here is a link to the show;
Agreed, wheelbarrow thing has been done many times. I know of one person that used part of a VW hood to do the firewall insert! I havent done that yet, but I will use anything that will work for steel panels, including roof and trunk skins off cars that I am going to scrap out. Trunk pan in my 37 Buick is part of an S10 roof panel, this is the before and after.
i used stainless steel kick panels from a metal door to make my battery box.i put that battery box up front on the frame on the passenger side of my 56 F100. i love that location.i put a picture of it on this site about 10 days ago
If structural isn't your concern, steel is steel. Look for shapes no matter the source. Baking pans can have some tight curves and neat shapes, wheel barrow pans are good for a large compound curve or formed corner. I've cut up old refrigerators to work with a large sheet of steel. I pick bed frames out of the trash and remove the brackets so that I have "clean" angle iron stock. Worn out circular saw blades are good for re-purposing also whether you need a disc shape or random bracket. Stainless steel? Look for the spring cleaning where people get rid of their old stainless steel gas grille.
Back in the day, before sheetmetal vendors answered the need, the wheelbarrow technique was a popular solution to V8 transplants. I don't think that anybody who is serious about their build would even consider using a wheelbarrow to recess their firewall today...too many fine looking recessed firewalls on the market now to even look at a wheelbarrow.
I don't think that anybody who is serious about their build would even consider using a wheelbarrow to recess their firewall today...too many fine looking recessed firewalls on the market now to even look at a wheelbarrow.
With all the rat riders the more barbaric looking the better. They'd probably would use part of a rusted out 55 gal drum.
BTW, the best place to buy cheap stainless stainless steel parts is the kitchen and plumbing departments. You can get real creative with stainless bowls and pipe.
i found a big old stainless steel grill that was in the trash,i took the lid off and i use it to clean long patrs.i also use a big old aluminum pot to put some small parts in to soak and clean
In 2012 I bought a 70 F350 flatbed dump. It was in pretty good shape. Except it was owned by a boy Scout camp so I think it sat at camp over winter. A rodent, I think it was a red squirrel, ate some wiring. This truck had Romex wiring running under the bed and a heavy orange construction style extension cord going into the engine compartment.....
Ok i know i'm not the only kid that ate a campbell soup after school to fix the exhaust on your first car. I used old Hi C cans to french tail lights on the old round style on cars and trailer fenders.
i take empty beer cans,cut the ends off and then i cut them down the middle.now i can cut strips as wide and as long as i like.after i cut my strip i bend it in half.i take the 2 ends together and drill a hole through them,and paint them black.i use these to hold wire in place.just like the plastic ones that you buy.
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