Great workmanship, backed up...or lead by a great eye!
thank you for sharing :-D
Greg.
thank you for sharing :-D
Greg.
1938 Ford Sedan
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Looking good Russ
Have not been in the Car Shop for a month. The honey do list became the basement painting, office morphed into the gym area then the section housing my mineral collection. I have 7 dining room hutch and buffets, 4 large display cabinets, plus four smaller display cabinets and three small wall cabinets filled with mineral specimens.. I tried postponing the mineral area but the "boss" was adamant. lol Very time consuming rehousing hundreds of mineral samples, moving two cabinets out from the wall, painting, replacing the cabinets back into place, start again. Time flew by and my car only gathered dust. Have to admit I am waiting on the delivery of parts for the Vintage Air hook up but I could have been doing other things on the car. So a couple of pictures from a month ago.
Picture of Vintage Air unit under the dash, New Port Engineering wiper unit above the windshield (hard to see). Defrost vent hose hanging down. Not sure how much vent clearance I will have when I install the one piece windshield so I carefully cut the area between the vent holes and the top edge of the dash. If the windshield totally seals off the vents, I have 3/16 inches of space above each vent area.
Picture of Vintage Air unit under the dash, New Port Engineering wiper unit above the windshield (hard to see). Defrost vent hose hanging down. Not sure how much vent clearance I will have when I install the one piece windshield so I carefully cut the area between the vent holes and the top edge of the dash. If the windshield totally seals off the vents, I have 3/16 inches of space above each vent area.
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That wiper motor tucks up neatly
Just checked. Had not posted an update in over a year. Life gets in the way. Windshield is in. Door windows in and back windows as well. Wiring started but not connected to anything yet. At the moment I have the hood aprons, fenders, grill pieces hanging loose on the front end. Need the hood in place to level everything up. I had bought a new AC condensor for the front of the radiator but did not realize how tight the hood aprons fit near the rad. As a reminder, I had to replace all the bars except the top and bottom on the hood aprons. Used a rounded top edge on flat bar, then heated and bent to shape. So where one could have bolted all the pieces together as one unit and then installed as a unit, the extra weight of the flat bar is not easy to hold during install. Everything is now painted so will level the hood and go from there.
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It has been awhile for an update. Been slower than I hoped, won't be roadworthy until next year. The wiring is complete. Things work but spaghetti not tucked away as yet. Plugging along.
Wow, looks great.
Awesome stuff. Love it, this a great looking cruiser! Thanks for sharing, the spaghetti game…what a relief when that is all tucked up.
Thank you for your comments. Will try to post pictures of progress in a more timely manner.
Have not posted progress for some time, so here is a catch up. Upholstery is complete. The master brake reservoir has to be replaced as the original one that came with the frame restricts the brake fluid (too small to feed 4 disc brakes). Have purchased an electronic emergency brake system to be installed. Will get mechanical inspection done first thing in the Spring. Been a 10 year journey. Hope you like the progress.