Sent it off to the shop for the exhaust today. He won't be able to start on it until the end of the week or beginning of next week, but it frees up some space for the rest of the work to be done here.
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Sent it off to the shop for the exhaust today. He won't be able to start on it until the end of the week or beginning of next week, but it frees up some space for the rest of the work to be done here.
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The thing that sucks is you need to build them and then take them back apart, send it out for powder coat reassemble and paint it. I give it at least 1 or more years tell your done, done, and can just enjoy it. Looks great, I love them body styles. It was back when cars had lines. Now a days there just a blob going down the road.
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Having to send them back out is not too bad, once I get it back I'm stripping it back down to the frame anyway. I still need to add some bracing and paint the frame. While I have it torn down, I can have the exhaust done. Then I still need to build the bed floor, tonneau cover and do all the body work and interior.Originally Posted by camoit
I can definitely see it being another year before it's done... especially if I don't find anyone to do the wiring with me.
Yep, it took me about 4-6 months to build the harness and breaker panel. I'm just now getting the last of the bugs out of it. If you use MSD or something like that then be sure to route the pick up wires away from everything else and use a shielded wire with a ground bleed to avoid EMF triggering. It has been a battle for me over the last couple of months to get it fixed and back together. I used hydraulic hose cover as my loom. It worked and looks good.
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I will keep that in mind.
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I had a problem with the wheels not fitting due to the tapered center bore. I used some spacers to keep them sitting flush and had the lug nuts holding on by only a few threads. Since it's only for rolling around, I figured it'd be alright, but when it came of the trailer one of the lugs couldn't hold on anymore and ripped out the few threads it was holding on by. Obviously, this caused a problem since I only had two lug nuts on. So... I went with my original plan, which works for both the spare wheels, and the wheels I'll be using later.
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The knurl was .030 larger so I took them to some people who like to work for beer.
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Then I just had to cut the end of all the closed end lug nuts. lol
Worry not... this was only to get it back on the ground so the exhaust can get done.
Slowly but surely. They still need to be smoothed out and the rest of the exhaust built, but here's the update on the headers.
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Damn, look at that friggin drill press. There is a word for something like that...it's called SPOILED.
If it belonged to a person, I would agree. LolDamn, look at that friggin drill press. There is a word for something like that...it's called SPOILED.
but it happens to be owned by the government... That's all I'm saying.
I believe the word you are looking for is Bridgeport.Damn, look at that friggin drill press. There is a word for something like that...it's called SPOILED.
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lol, I be lucky to have a hand drill and a broke in half drill bit that has been sharpened as many times as a pencil.
A little more progress. They're looking to have it done by the 15th. The spintechs came in friday, piping came in today.
It will be header to midpipe connected with a v-band, then slip fit to the rest of the exhaust. It was originally going to be header then one pipe going back, but the tight fit of the v-band through the exhaust hole in the frame would cause me to have to pull the rear wheels just to pull the exhaust off. This way, I can also be obnoxious and pull the exhaust off and basically long tubes to make a bunch of racket. lol
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Wish I had the room for a clamp.
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The headers and exhaust are finally done. Now I can get back to finishing the frame and suspension.
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Those header flanges going to be thick enough to not warp under extensive heat conditions?
Yes. They're flanges off an old set of hooker headers I had.
It's been quite a while since I updated or did much work.
After it came back from getting the exhaust built, I stripped it back down to finish some welds and paint the frame and suspension parts.
Put the frame back together this week.
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I was wondering what was going on with this one.
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I got caught up in the 240 build since it was too cold to paint anything. I'm moving next month, so I figured it would be a perfect time to get it back together. lol
Looking back, this post is pretty funny. It's been over a year now.
We're settled in the new house and I just received most of the parts needed to finish it so I pulled the body back off this weekend. Found someone to sandblast the body.
I'm working a second job now, so time is limited, but I'm hoping to have it done by late March so I can drive it on my birthday.
Looks like a parts banquet has just started on your front walkway. Just couldn't wait to bring it into the house huh, opened the boxes up right after FedEx dropped them off. New parts.... ARR ARR ARRrrrrr! Luv the Metal art piece in the garage back there. "Le' Ford" early classic art deco.
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Back to working two jobs now so time is, once again, limited. But I'm slowly making progress.
Got the roll pan, the dress up kit came in for the engine, but I need to modify the oil pan slightly.
I bought an engine test stand to tune the engine on before putting it back on the frame.
I also finally found a fuel take that would fit between the frame rails...with a little persuasion. lol
Oh, best part, finally found someone to blast the body.
...sorry about the size of the pictures...
You got as much room in your garage as I do. When I get down working on my vehicles in my garage they are buffed out from me rubbing against them as I squeeze by from one end to the other.
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Haha, that's my supervisor's shoe. I was surprised, he usually wears flip flops when working in the garage. This time he actually covered his feet with something.You got as much room in your garage as I do. When I get down working on my vehicles in my garage they are buffed out from me rubbing against them as I squeeze by from one end to the other.
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Cleaned up the frame, build the mounts for the tank, relocated the filler neck and repainted the rear of the frame. (pic is before paint.)
I can't seem to find my new wire harness anywhere... I've been trying to locate it so I can build it, but no such luck yet.
Finally found the wiring harness yesterday. I'll get started on it soon.
The frame will also be rolling again by the end of the weekend. I ordered the wrong kit the first time...ordered the small bearing housing kit but I have the torino bearing housing. By the time I found the return slip for the first kit, it was to late to return it, so if anyone wants a disk brake conversion kit for a small bearing Ford 9" or 8" housing, I have a brand new one.
Got the new kit in last week, took the axles to a buddy of mine so he could shave the axle a little so the disk would fit over it. I installed one side tonight.
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