1939 Plymouth oval track Jalopy

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Big doings at the Cob Job Garage

So this picture is rather old but this is what we have going on now...

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It has taken many weeks of finding weak points in the braking system...but finally we have fluid in the master cylinder reservoir and nothing is running out on the ground...I went thru a whole quart of brake fluid too...

Still looking at the freak show paint job on this ole heap

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Drivers side is black...right side is turd brown...both doors are yellow...

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I think this car was a clown car in a former life...

Another color I cant figure out here...

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The ole lady heap spoke to me one night and told me her name was "Judy"...so Judy it is...

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MikeC
 
So my last roundy round car I had was a yellow #14 or #4...depending on the year I ran...all my race cars have been yellow...

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Left side here

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Right side here...

I am still waiting for something to start leaking brake fluid again...fingers crossed the floor will stay drive like this

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Started cobbing up some patches for the door bottoms...they don't exist in real time anymore...so the angle grinder and I have been close again...

Stay tuned I hope...

MikeC
 
So I had to run out to my Kansas property to get some stuff lined up as far as a small barn and a new bathroom and getting some sheds pulled down...

But we are back on it again...

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Lets make something from nothing again...it is rocker panel time boys and girls...

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Doing the tac tac tac thing again too...

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cut cut cut cut...

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trim trim trim...I wanted to the leave the ancient patch panel...just because you don't see brass used much anymore...

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just waiting to get a fresh spray of vinegar to start the agin process...

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rear inner fender well needed some loving too...
 
Drivers side is just about done as far as the rocker panel thing goes...so now what you may ask...jump into the passenger side of this old heap...
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I believe we call this cowl panel rehab time...

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how does it go again???

Tac tac tac ....grind grind grind...repeat...took a couple of sessions be we got yea old lower cowl patches all set in place...

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hanging metal with magnets...what a neat way to cobble things up

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Quarter panel done...well sorta...never used 18 gauge before but it appears to be ok from here...

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More 3/8 round brake line and some .25 square stock...tac tac tac...grind grind grind...

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Hanging stuff out there...attach the ground clamp and hope for the best...

This project is such a cobbled up mess...

It scares me thinking about trying to drive it....maybe around the yard and then not sure I wanna even take it out on the pavement...

Tac tac tac...grind grind grind...repeat...
 
"It scares me thinking about trying to drive it....maybe around the yard and then not sure I wanna even take it out on the pavement..."

Being scared is another way of receiving a shot of adrenaline too :D
 
You're doing well, Chief Cobbler.[cl

I figure a guy could build a whole car body out of 2" squares of sheet metal and 50 miles of MIG wire.
 
So I had this hole in the back panel..like there was nothing there...so what to do...grab some 3/8" brake line and get doing the bend and twist...

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Also what we do best at the cob job garage...cut cut cut....tax tac tac...grind grind grind...repeat...

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I hope it looks ok from 50 feet...it should...

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some more

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get it all tacked into place and it was still wobbly...what to do???

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add more 3/8" brake line and some thin wall C-channel...because we could...

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So I went and stood on the new rocker panel and it was wobbly too...so add more 3/8" brake line...and a fresh squirt of vinegar to make it look right...

A little shift and we move back inside the cabin...some rusty 16 gauge and we have a toe board and some floor pan too...

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had to add another piece back into the mix...we cant read a tape measure I guess...
 
Lots of pipe smoke these days...the ole girl is getting there...
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the floor pan is done on the passenger side...tried to reuse as much old metal as possible...

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this is the last piece I cobbled in...

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The first track I went to was in 1965...opening night...I saw this on more than one race car...

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Found a mirror on ebay for a 1951 Ford...it even fits...with the help of crack pipe bracketry going on...

This is one scary piece I have created...can't wait to get it out of the garage...I have a trailer under my carport it will fit on perfectly...(once it runs and moves)...

More pipe smoke to come...ohms law was never my thing...
 

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