1932 Sedan Delivery Street Rod: Updated 3/18/18

[TooOld]

I enjoy watching you fabricate and modify the parts especially the wheels , I tend to do a lot of that too !
Very nice , keep up the great work !

[Dennis]

UPDATE!

Didn't have a ton of time over the weekend so I did what I could.

Taking a step back, this is how I adapted the wheels to the axles. I circumcised the tip of the axle and inserted a length of .060" rod. The rod is also an exact fit through the center holes in the Revell '29 & '30 Ford kit finned brake drums that I'm using. The rear is the same procedure. 



And, as luck would have it the center holes of the Revell '40 & '48 Ford brake plates are the exact right size to fit over the large shoulder on the axle making them a direct fit. The rear is similar but requires filing a flat spot on the bottom of the larger shoulder making it a "D" shape.



Today I roughed-in the front motor mount brackets on the frame. They were made from .040" sheet and 3/32" tube for the round "cushions". I still need to clean them up a little and add triangle gussets to the bottoms. As luck would have it they ended up right in front of the steering box so I didn't have to relocate it. I did pin the steering box to the frame rail so it would stay in place.



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Mock ups! For the previous version of the project I had stripped all of the chassis chrome and was gonna go with the monochromatic look. I decided to start over fresh with chrome parts and also decided to ditch the modern 4-link bars for the retro hairpin bars. The axle mounting tab on top of the spring got the tried and true Tim Boyd modification to lower the front and the ends of the hairpins were drilled, had pins inserted and attach directly to the side of the frame rails. I also stuck the custom grill insert in from the AMT / Lindberg '34 Pickup to see how it would look.













Comments and opinions welcome!

[krassandbernie]

I like the modifications you made; and it has a good look to it. However, it appears that something is fighting the flow of the body lines concerning the hood and grille in relation to the body. perhaps the grille is sitting a hair too low dropping the front of the hood down a bit? Or, the front of the hood needs a filler piece added to fill in a slight gap........and it is still resting at a downward angle?

[Dennis]

Mar 18, 2018 22:34:19 GMT -5 krassandbernie said:

I like the modifications you made; and it has a good look to it. However, it appears that something is fighting the flow of the body lines concerning the hood and grille in relation to the body. perhaps the grille is sitting a hair too low dropping the front of the hood down a bit? Or, the front of the hood needs a filler piece added to fill in a slight gap........and it is still resting at a downward angle?

Thanks, Ed!

Yes, the grill is sitting a little too low. The bottom of it has been trimmed slightly. It's really obvious in these latest pictures. It's the same grill shell from the previous version. I had trimmed the bottom to bring the hood sides down against the frame to get rid of the usually gap when fenders are omitted. For some reason it's not working out now since I've started with a fresh frame. In the old picture below you can see everything flows nicely. Looks like I'll need to replace the shell with an un modified one.

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[jbwelda]

I think you should just move the grille shell up about a thirty second or so using a shim or something. I think that would restore the flow of the first version. I didn't see pics of the new version with engine cover sides on, maybe I didn't look far enough back?

Where did that engine front cover/motor mount and distributor come from? Was that in the same kit as the Ardun heads?

Another fantastic project!

jb

[Dennis]

Mar 19, 2018 17:00:11 GMT -5 jbwelda said:

I think you should just move the grille shell up about a thirty second or so using a shim or something. I think that would restore the flow of the first version. I didn't see pics of the new version with engine cover sides on, maybe I didn't look far enough back?

Where did that engine front cover/motor mount and distributor come from? Was that in the same kit as the Ardun heads?

Another fantastic project!

jb

Thanks!

Yeah, the grill shell doesn't have to come up much. That might have been all I took out of it.

The finned front engine piece is from the street rod version of AMT's '41 Woody.

[harron68]

Pretty neat work, very creative! Not sure on the finned front brake drums. They really show. What color are you thinking of for them? Aluminum or a darker metallic? Or body color? Also, am surprised the wide Ardun-headed engine fits, lucky you.