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the real work is yet to come.

time for an up date. spent the last month blasting all of the sheet metal . it was going to cost $1000 to get every thing stripped .so I bought a HF blaster and 12 bags of blasting media from menards . and built a temp. blasting booth in my shop. worked great. now time for some body work and...

wiring time to get some wire installed. this is one of my favorite parts. I usually wait till later in a build to do wiring. a lot of this will have to come out again for paint, so I wired every thing with disconnects. if any one is looking for a wire harness check out Bait Shop Street Rods on...

the latch mechanism was pretty simple. made a small lever and connected the handle to the latch with piece of 1/8 x 1/2 strap. and added a small spring to keep out any rattles. then for an inside handle I realized the old window cranks had a square hole in it that fit the shaft of the door...

Thanks guy's. I have a plan to connect the latches to the out side handles.not sure what i am going to do to open from the inside. but I'll figure out some thing.

nice work!!

bear claw latches after a lot of time and swear words I finally got the doors lined up, it was time to get the bear claw latches installed. I'm wanting to drive it, figured I should have doors that stay closed. I've been thinkin about how to do this for a couple months.I am very pleased how...

hears the baffles I thru together. I took 2 pieces of 2" exhaust pipe cut some slots in them. then I packed them with some damp sand and blocked off the ends .took a punch and chisel and dimpled the pipe cleaned out the sand and welded them in some collectors .made a cap with a piece of 1"pipe...

so after getting the rad mounted I wanted to start the motor again.felt good to actually pore gas and water in it. last time i started it wasnt able to run it a few minutes. I wired up a temporary ignition switch. things didnt go well at first when I pored water in the radiator it started...

yea cool place. nice family run business. the owner is a car guy. I've worked on a couple of his cars. If I'm in the area I stop, you never know what you might find. where and when was it you worked all them years ago? no don't know Vic.

nice work joe. gotta love "THE YARD " huh.

made some time and got the radiator mounted. this rad had mounting brackets for a 41-46, that is a little different than 39-40. just had to add some aluminum pieces to each side.fit great.

haven't got much done lately . too busy with summer chores and fun. I dont deal with the heat like I used to either. I had a lifter go bad in my 39. so had to stop and fix that. I have always wanted a little bigger cam in this motor. good excuse to do it now. I have been collecting parts...

your pedal and column mount worked out nice.

got the doors roughed out and some primer on. my grandson was in the shop today to help me hang them. got these locking t-handles that I'm going to use ,they will work well with the bear claw latch kit I've got. not only that they cost a lot less than what I needed to use the original handles.

at first i wondered why go to so much trouble to hang a pedal and steering column, but I understood why you were doing this. using your logic about the electric and I agree with that, the MC doesn't care what's pushing it and the column doesn't care whats holding it.

good idea using all the electronic related parts from donor. makes for a lot more work. but makes for better finished project. hey I may have a set of those gauges . I'll look.

thought it was time for a full view update.

two pedals are good three is better.

thanks guy's. I have two store bought benders that dont work as well and your stuck with one radius size. and you almost need 3 hands to make them work. eastwood makes a cool tube straightener that is just some pulleys in a line, but it is expensive, I was going to make one like it and I could...