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Post by geezerman35 on Sept 27, 2014 10:59:56 GMT -5
Here are the parts picked out from the salvage yard. The turtle deck is the first mod. Grafted onto the body.
Added a rear kick up to an old Ford frame.
A big Chev engine was in dire need of some TLC.
After some changes, the frame fits a little better.
I made a low profile spring for the front end.
This morning was spent setting up the rear end.
BTW, The front crossmembers were different on the two frames. This one seemed more suitable to a suicide front end..... if I decide to go that way.
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Post by fordrodnkustom on Sept 27, 2014 14:37:10 GMT -5
Now this should be fun! Don't often see a T with a W motor.
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Post by geezerman35 on Sept 28, 2014 11:34:43 GMT -5
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Post by harron68 on Sept 28, 2014 17:32:16 GMT -5
How cool and unusual! I luv the idea of rear suspension visible. Thanx for another new idea!
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Post by geezerman35 on Sept 29, 2014 13:15:19 GMT -5
Made flanges for the spring reliefs in the turtle deck and did a little work on the track nose. Not too sure how that's going to work out yet.
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Post by boxcar on Sept 29, 2014 14:13:51 GMT -5
got to see this one go forth.
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Post by IceMan Collections on Sept 29, 2014 20:47:24 GMT -5
The nose looks a bit thick. Did you add putty all around to thicken it? I like it overall though. It's coming together very well.
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Post by geezerman35 on Sept 30, 2014 3:13:25 GMT -5
The nose looks a bit thick. Did you add putty all around to thicken it? I like it overall though. It's coming together very well. If you notice in the first foto, the nose piece was made from splicing the front portions of a pair of 40 Ford front fenders. I had added a styrene rod to better define the opening and that is Bondo that I'm using to blend it in to the rest. There will be a lot of refining to do on it yet. I had tried and failed to etch a grill from soda can aluminum using Radio Shack etchant, so I am trying some copper wire as a grill for the opening. I probably shouldn't have let it show until I was sure I would have something presentable.
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Post by geezerman35 on Oct 3, 2014 10:51:55 GMT -5
The other day, I bashed up a pair of radius rods.
Yesterday nothing seemed right. The frame was twisted a bit and I discovered that I had the rear end crooked! So I disassembled the whole thing !
Today, I think I have everything squared away and the front end assembled. Now, I may be able to go ahead!
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Post by TooOld on Oct 3, 2014 11:13:04 GMT -5
I really like what you've got so far and it's cool to see a 409 going in ! Getting everything square to the world can be a pain sometimes , all you can do is take it apart and do it again ! Been there .
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Post by geezerman35 on Oct 3, 2014 18:04:01 GMT -5
Went out again this afternoon. Installed a firewall, fit a dash to a tufted interior, and looked at some tops. Someone modified this brown one and the thought of a Carson top struck me. I started on it, but, there was a lot to overcome. I seen a lot of stuff I had to do before I could modify it. It had to be narrowed and chopped, and there was a boatload of bracing on the inside where it had been narrowed by someone else..
So I dug around and found this baby. Still a lot of work. I have removed the rear window, (it'll have to be fit to the top once I have that narrowed. Looks like fitting it to the back of the seat may get interesting. And, I'll have to form some side windows, and make a new front edge.
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Post by geezerman35 on Oct 4, 2014 17:14:52 GMT -5
Well. I said this might get interesting. I might as well let y'all in on the ordeal. I split the top and reinserted the rear window. Trying to figure out how to match it up with the seat. I should have set the window piece in higher. I have to cut some off the bottom. And I found out that I should have tapered my section job to be wider in the rear and I had to add some material to the bottom of the window opening to be able to take more off of the bottom of the top to get it low enough. This is not going to work! I resplit the top and have widened the rear to be the same as the seat back. Going to a boat load of fitting still!
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Post by TooOld on Oct 4, 2014 18:27:41 GMT -5
Lots of work but I can see that top working okay , it will look a pretty cool once you open the side windows !
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Post by geezerman35 on Oct 6, 2014 16:22:48 GMT -5
I'm finally making some positive progress to fitting the top. Built up the back of the cockpit and found a different seat to bash. A little more fiddling with the top fit at the rear, and then I'll be able to build a windshield frame and lay out the side windows.
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Post by boxcar on Oct 7, 2014 12:31:20 GMT -5
Looks as Though Igor has been busy.
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