I got the headliner in. Now I now why upholsterers charge so much and won't mind paying them from now on. Polished up the window garnish moldings. Replaced the bent tie rod.
I think I'll get a fold down seat to replace the original so I can utilize the room behind the seat. I will also need to make a panel to separate the trunk area.
Getting everything ready. I love the electric hoist I added to my gantry crane!
Here's my helper Jeese. Young lad I'm trying to teach how to work on old cars. This is the first time he's help put in a car engine. He does work on motorcycles.
Here it is in the car. Looks great if you don't mind me saying so!
I also swapped out the big and little radial tires off my Stude.
Of all the cars on this site right now, I get the happiest smile everytime I look at this little coupe. What a fine machine. THIS is true patina and a true survivor from "the good old days." Thanks for taking the time to share your work with us.[P
Oh, yeah and also a big thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge with a "young guy." His smile in that photo says all that needs saying.
Thanks for the info DMW. I have a pair of those "U" adapter brackets and was wondering if you used them and what you thought of them since I'll be doing basically the same swap here in the near future.
Here's a picture of the adapters used to install the 24 stud engines in an early chassis. See the blue u-shaped pieces.
The 59A engine had a double belt pulley on a long snout crank. I had to cut off the fan pulley so it would fit the chassis. Youcan either run an electric fan as I did or run a fan mounted alternator.
The clearance is really close I had to jack the engine up to get the alternator belt on.
Here you can the rake going on. Posie's drop front spring with 195s in the front and 215s in the rear.
Thanks for the photos DMW. I'll be using the stock generator and associated generator mounted fan. We'll see how that works out and go from there. Those wheels/tires look nice and the rake looks nice as well. I hope to strat my build thread soon so you can see what I'm up to. Don't look for anything as nice as this though. My car is a bit rough. It'll have a nice engine though.
Found this new/old aftermarket oil filter last week at a swap meet. It has a bronze filter element you can just take out and clean with a drain plug to drain and acuumulated sludge. Made by Permanent Filter Division of Continental Manufacturing Corp. Culver City, CA.Thought it would work good and only $15.