Gastrick
One of the Dirty Dozen!
Oh yea 22dodge. That's awesome. The headlights look good too.
Take some pics of the T truck when you drag it out to wash it.
Take some pics of the T truck when you drag it out to wash it.
The '22 Dodge..again.
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great looking car. I have a "17 that i got a hold of years ago I'm starting. I have a couple of questions for you. what rear spring are you using? also what year axle tubes?
Gastrick
One of the Dirty Dozen!
Also check for posts by 24dodge. He's building a cool one too.
Hi, the rear spring is a model A with the #2 & #3 small leaves removed.
The rear tubes are '46 Ford.
Thanks for the complement. '22
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24dodge
One of the Dodge brothers
Its about time for an update , or are you going to spring it on us all at once ? 
zacho
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really cool roadster
Well ............
Well.....
I had Lime Works bend up a new tie rod that I had bought, and filled all the holes
in my dash except for the 3 main center ones for gauges.
Tie rod is installed, dash is being sanded for primer.
And I sanded and primered the gas tank.
That's all I have had time for this week (been back 1 week) so far.
I'll see what else I can get done.... '22
Its about time for an update , or are you going to spring it on us all at once ?
Well.....
I had Lime Works bend up a new tie rod that I had bought, and filled all the holes
in my dash except for the 3 main center ones for gauges.
Tie rod is installed, dash is being sanded for primer.
And I sanded and primered the gas tank.
That's all I have had time for this week (been back 1 week) so far.
I'll see what else I can get done....
'22A Little Progress...
Well, thought I would do a brief update.
With moving to Nevada and getting the new place set up,
I haven't had a lot of time for the Dodge.
I had the unused dash holes filled by Lime Works, I have
sanded and primered it, though I only have a pre primer photo.
And I finally found some cool cast aluminum air cleaners that were
priced right and look right to me.
Gear Drive (Lakes Headers) makes them to fit 2 5/8 neck carbs, but
Matt at Gear Drive made me some nice aluminum adapters to mount
the carbs to the 2 5/16 Stromberg single barrels I am using.
Well, thought I would do a brief update.
With moving to Nevada and getting the new place set up,
I haven't had a lot of time for the Dodge.
I had the unused dash holes filled by Lime Works, I have
sanded and primered it, though I only have a pre primer photo.
And I finally found some cool cast aluminum air cleaners that were
priced right and look right to me.
Gear Drive (Lakes Headers) makes them to fit 2 5/8 neck carbs, but
Matt at Gear Drive made me some nice aluminum adapters to mount
the carbs to the 2 5/16 Stromberg single barrels I am using.
Here are the aircleaners, mounted.
$169.00 for 3, with specially machined aluminum adapters, shipped.
If the air cleaners interest you, talk with Matt at http://www.lakeheaders.com/
I will hopefully make some better progress next time I am stateside. '22
$169.00 for 3, with specially machined aluminum adapters, shipped.
If the air cleaners interest you, talk with Matt at http://www.lakeheaders.com/
I will hopefully make some better progress next time I am stateside. '22
Gastrick
One of the Dirty Dozen!
The air cleaners are trick 22D. The dash looks nice too.
50Ford
Has a blue oval on his cape!
Looks great!
Back ground on the 22 Dodge rebuild...
In response to a couple of inquires from rustbucket49 and RUMBLON, and seeing
as there are a lot of new members that were not on KillBillet when this site started, I
will answer these questions and give a little back ground on the car...
Thanks Ken, very nice.
So you junked the touring frame and started w/ a different Ford frame?
I guess you could have z'd the touring frame??
I see you didn't box the frame - any problems w/ that?
Also, how is the front end set up to get the drop?
Did you channel the body over the frame?
I bought the car in its basic form from a fellow in Fresno, CA about 7 years ago.
It had been on eBay, but didn’t sell. I contacted the seller a week after the auction
and struck a very reasonable deal. I drove to Fresno, checked it out and took a ride.
It was licensed, registered, drivable (barely), needed a lot of work, but I liked the
combination of parts and overall stance. The fellow I bought it from offered to deliver
it to me, for $50.00 gas money, in La Mirada, Ca (by Disneyland).
The car had at least 3 previous owners, builders before I got it, as there were 3 distinct
welding styles on the car and different “quality of work” areas..
Very professional, OK, and “what the heck, you have to be kidding me”.
So, to answer the above question, the car came as it sits, basically, but with a lot
of issues to deal with. In the first week, I recored the radiator, changed the hose
locations to suit the car and replaced the hoses, fixed some braking issues, and rewired
the car ( a 3 foot wire made from 3 pieces with crimp connecters just doesn’t work for
me, drives you nuts when it pulls loose, and really is just a stupid thing to do), had a
baffle made for the exhaust and replaced a bent front rim, and the rear 7:50 x 16, 8 ply,
flat spotted, hard as rock, truck rear tires.
Now we could drive it and sort out the bigger issues, of which there turned out to be a few.
After a month, it was torn down and the rebuild was started.
Many things, like rear radius rod frame mount that broke loose, rear boxing plates
for the frame that were there, but with two 1/8 inch tack welds holding them in place,
a brake system that needed to be completely rebuilt, a gas tank with a 3” square piece
cut out and rewelded that leaked, etc. etc.
And all of the grease and dirt from 1949 till now was still on the engine.
I can handle rust, but have a real problem with grease, dirt and leaking oil issues on a car.
It is progressing, close to driving again. Just a lack of garage time.
I work overseas, recently moved to Nevada, just need to put together the time to wrap things up and
I have promised the boss that we will be driving in the late spring.
Couple of other questions:
1. What are the tire and wheel sizes front and rear?
Where did you get your rear wheels?
The front wheels are stock 16” x 4” with 5.00 x 16 Coker Firestone ribbed fronts.
The rear wheels are modified stock wheels, the front lip was cut off, a 4” wide piece
was welded on to make a 16” x 7” wheel. I bought them from a fellow in Colorado
for $250.00 off of eBay. They were done correctly and are true.
The rear tires are 16 x 8.90 Coker Firestone dirt track tires.
Nate Jones in Signal Hill, Ca., did all the mounting, balancing, shaving the tread,
and checking those rear rims for trueness.
2. Did you consider installing a pick-up bed on the touring frame instead of the modified
you did (which is amazingly awesome! )??
Briefly, but like the modified look and ended up changing the leaking model T tank
for the rectangular one which I bought from (you guessed it) eBay for $35.00.
3. How did you go about narrowing the frame @ the firewall?
I presume you did this to accomplish channeling the body over the frame?
It was already done when I got the car, but the frame rails were cut top and bottom
and pulled towards each other ( with a little heat) until they were in the correct location,
then the resulting pie gap was filled and welded.
Yes, it was done to get the frame inside the firewall opening for the channel.
Thanks for the inquires, questions, and complements.
Any other questions, just ask..
Hopefully, my next post will be driving videos...
Below, are 2 of the eBay photos that had me driving to Fresno and purchasing,
what has been a fun and rewarding project.
I’ll post some comparison photos for before and after. ‘22
In response to a couple of inquires from rustbucket49 and RUMBLON, and seeing
as there are a lot of new members that were not on KillBillet when this site started, I
will answer these questions and give a little back ground on the car...
Thanks Ken, very nice.
So you junked the touring frame and started w/ a different Ford frame?
I guess you could have z'd the touring frame??
I see you didn't box the frame - any problems w/ that?
Also, how is the front end set up to get the drop?
Did you channel the body over the frame?
I bought the car in its basic form from a fellow in Fresno, CA about 7 years ago.
It had been on eBay, but didn’t sell. I contacted the seller a week after the auction
and struck a very reasonable deal. I drove to Fresno, checked it out and took a ride.
It was licensed, registered, drivable (barely), needed a lot of work, but I liked the
combination of parts and overall stance. The fellow I bought it from offered to deliver
it to me, for $50.00 gas money, in La Mirada, Ca (by Disneyland).
The car had at least 3 previous owners, builders before I got it, as there were 3 distinct
welding styles on the car and different “quality of work” areas..
Very professional, OK, and “what the heck, you have to be kidding me”.
So, to answer the above question, the car came as it sits, basically, but with a lot
of issues to deal with. In the first week, I recored the radiator, changed the hose
locations to suit the car and replaced the hoses, fixed some braking issues, and rewired
the car ( a 3 foot wire made from 3 pieces with crimp connecters just doesn’t work for
me, drives you nuts when it pulls loose, and really is just a stupid thing to do), had a
baffle made for the exhaust and replaced a bent front rim, and the rear 7:50 x 16, 8 ply,
flat spotted, hard as rock, truck rear tires.
Now we could drive it and sort out the bigger issues, of which there turned out to be a few.
After a month, it was torn down and the rebuild was started.
Many things, like rear radius rod frame mount that broke loose, rear boxing plates
for the frame that were there, but with two 1/8 inch tack welds holding them in place,
a brake system that needed to be completely rebuilt, a gas tank with a 3” square piece
cut out and rewelded that leaked, etc. etc.
And all of the grease and dirt from 1949 till now was still on the engine.
I can handle rust, but have a real problem with grease, dirt and leaking oil issues on a car.
It is progressing, close to driving again. Just a lack of garage time.
I work overseas, recently moved to Nevada, just need to put together the time to wrap things up and
I have promised the boss that we will be driving in the late spring.
Couple of other questions:
1. What are the tire and wheel sizes front and rear?
Where did you get your rear wheels?
The front wheels are stock 16” x 4” with 5.00 x 16 Coker Firestone ribbed fronts.
The rear wheels are modified stock wheels, the front lip was cut off, a 4” wide piece
was welded on to make a 16” x 7” wheel. I bought them from a fellow in Colorado
for $250.00 off of eBay. They were done correctly and are true.
The rear tires are 16 x 8.90 Coker Firestone dirt track tires.
Nate Jones in Signal Hill, Ca., did all the mounting, balancing, shaving the tread,
and checking those rear rims for trueness.
2. Did you consider installing a pick-up bed on the touring frame instead of the modified
you did (which is amazingly awesome! )??
Briefly, but like the modified look and ended up changing the leaking model T tank
for the rectangular one which I bought from (you guessed it) eBay for $35.00.
3. How did you go about narrowing the frame @ the firewall?
I presume you did this to accomplish channeling the body over the frame?
It was already done when I got the car, but the frame rails were cut top and bottom
and pulled towards each other ( with a little heat) until they were in the correct location,
then the resulting pie gap was filled and welded.
Yes, it was done to get the frame inside the firewall opening for the channel.
Thanks for the inquires, questions, and complements.
Any other questions, just ask..
Hopefully, my next post will be driving videos...
Below, are 2 of the eBay photos that had me driving to Fresno and purchasing,
what has been a fun and rewarding project.
I’ll post some comparison photos for before and after. ‘22
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