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Think I got the tank mounting figured out. We’re gonna use the straps to hang it so that the flanges on the side are under the frame rails.
There’s enough overlap with the rails to also run some bolts through the holes in the flanges and through some holes we drilled in the frame. When we do the final install, we will add some rubber washers and the felt paper to keep the vibrations and rattling to a minimum.
We also cleaned up the cross member that we removed yesterday. Plan to weld it in next weekend and finish up the details on mounting the tank.
Son had Monday off from school so a little more got done. Mostly disconnecting wires and linkages, getting set up to pull he motor. Some body panels started getting taken apart too.
We got all of the front fenders removed, took off the passenger motor mount, pulled the motor, and started cleaning up a ragged chop job on a cross member by one of the POs.
Front fenders off Inline 6 coming out Original color.... some kind of white Eyes.... check, ears....check, osha compliant shoes..... Nope. Gotta talk with him about that. 54 years of nastiness.
Today’s activities will be removing the driver side motor mount, removing the front inner fenders from the front grill, and loading the truck onto the trailer to head over to a friends for some welding. We purchased some angle iron and flat bar to repair the chopped up cross member.
Cool father and son project. My daughter and I want to do a truck build someday, unfortunately she's a Chevy girl. I tried to raise her right. That could be a picture of me in the shorts and sandals. Keep the pics coming.
Coming along great! Looking forward to seeing that CV front end mocked up in there. Buy that kid a nice pair of steel toe Red Wings and take it out of his allowance. You may have five times the number of toes than you do eyes or ears but you're pretty much guaranteed to be born with the maximum amount you'll ever have of any of those things.
Well today was interesting.... had a date with a friends welder. That fell through, so we decided to measure some reference points that we will need later and pull some parts off earlier than we had intended.
Reference lines set on ground with plumb bob and chalk line. Measured the center line between the frame rails. Measuring the centerline of the front “axle” Center line and perpendicular line to transfer to frame. Will be used for reference measurements. Used a punch to simple the frame. Plumb Bob was used to transfer the location from ground to frame. Checked with squares and straight edges.
Then we got to drilling out the mounting sleeves from the crown Vic front end. Some wires were in the way of the drill on the passenger side. So I went to Lowe’s to buy an extension for the drill and bimetal hole saw.
Ended up tackling and subduing a guy who was trying to run out with a bunch of cordless drills. Held him down with another guy until the cops showed up. Good times!
Killer thread, brings back some fond memories of my own cv install, keep up the good work and cherish the time with your son, not to many get into the old trucks today and the memories your building will last forever....... I know mine did. Best of luck.
Was able to spend an hour at a friends place on Thursday fixing a cut out section of the cross member beneath the bell housing. Still needs a top added to it, but it should be good enough to hold things together while we work on removing the twin I front.
Another good weekend. Got the twin beams and steering components out, also cut out the front cross member. Couple more sessions grinding and cutting and we should have the front spring perches off and the frame ready for the CV front end.
here’s a few pics. If anyone sees any parts they might need, PM and we can work something out.
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