Wednesday, May 16, 2018

I scored some more tin to play with from a friend. 1934 Ford 5 window coupe pile

 This is " Pinhole " This coupe has more pinholes than all the other cars I have put together.
 I guess I am a sucker for a basket case.

 This is the other half of the deal, Believe it or not there is almost another coupe body here in pieces.
 34 cowls


 Got some doors, looking for more so I can make a couple of sets
 Here are some pieces of roof, quarters, tail panel
 More quarter panel parts, I also have a floor pan that is not pictured.
 I tacked the Bronco 9 inch rear axle in place and put my 7.50-16s on the back

 I started mocking up the old 4 link and 34 axle as well


 Thought this was a really cool shot with the A truck next to it
 I finished up the f-100 front brake swap and put the front wheels on.
Now I have a good idea of how this car will look as a traditional hot rod

SHOP UPDATE: Making progress on John's Model A delivery




 I rolled it outside to get a good look at the delivery. Its hard to get a profile look in the shop.
 I fabricated the final piece of the rear door jamb. The threshold. 


 Susi and I spent the day cutting out and fabricating the hinge pockets for the rear door jamb
 This is the pocket the hinge will bolt into fir the rear door



 We used a rod to line the hinges up to prevent binding of the door.
 Susi doing a little grinding after I finished welding the hinge pockets in


 We also faricated the rear door inner frame, We will add more inner bracing as we go along.

 There it is, the door is hung and swings like a champ
 Our hinge work, turned out better than expected
this thing is pretty cool, probably shouldn't have sold it

SHOP UPDATE: Got the floor pan in the 32 5 window


 I started cutting all the butchered parts out of the 32 the other day. Had to change the rear body supports that were cut up with a torch first.

 The cut junk that I removed from the back of this coupe

 These are the new supports from United Pacific
 I also had to replace the A and B pillar feet on both sides.
 the new floor pan from United Pacific

 Here is the body going back down on the new floor, 



 There she is back where Henry built her in the first place. 
I will put some new wheel well panels in on the next round of work before it goes to the blaster. Looks better already