A fordor A

[Fox Fabrication]

Hello again everyone!! Just relized I didn't start a build thread on my current project!!

Don't have any step-by-step photos of the build...sometimes I get so envolved I get on a fabricating kick and don't even think about pics!

Anyhow....here we go.....


The body is a mix of 29/30/31 Model "A" parts. It was originally a four door Briggs '30 body.

The frame is 2x3 .250" with a 6" front "Z" and a 18" rear kick.
6" chop
3" channel


Here is the first batch.... MORE TO FOLLOW SHORTLY

First pic shows the body and frame mated to each other.

2nd pic shows the top coming off

3rd shows 6" being removed from the pillars

4th & 5th show how the chop looks

 

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Rear axle is a 1994 Ford ECONOLINE (van) rear axle. this is a FORD 8.8 31 spline w/3.08 gears with a factory limited slip.

Rear suspension is a 4-LINK with coil-over shocks

Front suspension uses a '32 front xmember. Spring is behind the axle. 30's vintage axle w/48 spindles.

front brakes are the SPEEDWAY disc set-up, Rears are factory 1994 Ford Drum.

Engine is a 454 w/oval port heads.

1st pic shows the rear suspension
2nd pic is my front axle
3rd pic is my 11 gallon "tractor" fuel tank w/sending unit
4th pic is the 454 in place...using a front and mid motor plates
5th pic is my 800-15 Coker classic rear tires

 

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This next group of photos shows the framework of the tranny tunnel and then being skinned with 16 ga steel

Cardboard mockup of the dash and floor

Floor in place....750" plywood.

seats just placed in car....they are from a Bobcat style mini dozer

 

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Here are some more.....

First pic mock up of front and rear axles and grill shell.

Second pic shows headlights (Speedway), Turnsignals (Harley), Grill shell with grill made from .500" copper tubing that was left over from a bathroom project. Ford emblem is off of a 94 Ford van.

Third pic shows a front view of car with tunnel ram.

Fourth pic show the tunnel ram and aluminal valve covers, all rubber mounted. Headers I assembled from a bunch of bends I got from Summit as well as the shorty bullet style muffler.

Fifth pic is just a top view.

 

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1st pic shows the front shock mount/headlight mount combo I made from a couple old big block connecting rods.

2nd pic shows the car outside to see how she looks from some distance

3rd pic show the cars little aluminum radiator overflow tank mounted in front of the grill.

4th pic shows a side view of engine.

5th pic shows another front view.

 

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First pic shows the car gettin taken apart so I can weld everthing properly and attend to some rust issues!

2nd pic shows the body almost naked of 5 layers of paint!

3rd pic show that I do have enough room for another project...but the wife says I don't.....hmmmmm

4th is just a quck "computer" mock-up of the paint layout I'm thinking of doing.


Pretty much I'm at the body work stage right now. Weather permitting I hope to shoot some RUSTOLEUM on her this week!

 

[Ratcrazy]

WOW!!!!

 

[BigIrish]

Man! That's pretty dang strong. I really like the fordors for some reason I can't put a finger on...maybe the suicide rear doors.

 

[pistolpete]

I know I have said this in another thread, but love the look of the 4 door done like that. And your mock up of the paint layout is spot on in my opinion, looks great.

 

[rainman]

I agree with the 4 door, I think its the length that makes it look good Nice Work!

 

[Fox Fabrication]

Got all the rust out and replaced with new metal...did some bondo work...mostly over my screw-ups! Don't worry...there are plenty of CHARACTER dings, waves, dents I purposly didn't fix!

Shot her with a few cans of red oxide primer today...and I love the color!!! I need to find some way of giving it a MATTE finish so it isn't so chalkboard like!!! If not...Satin Black above the beltline and DARK red below it.....but I really like this RED OXIDE!!!

 

[Thunder1]

It looks great! Keep the pictures coming.

Thunder

 

[donsrods]

Yep, looks really good. My Son sometimes says he wishes he hadn't cut up the Fordor he was building turning it into a rpu. It looked a lot like yours.

Don

 

[Fox Fabrication]

Yep, looks really good. My Son sometimes says he wishes he hadn't cut up the Fordor he was building turning it into a rpu. It looked a lot like yours.


Don

Hey Don....I remember when I first picked up my Fordor project...I ran across your sons car and remember reading it was getting turned into a RPU...Was sad to see a Fordor really go under the knife...but....all in all...it was a choice that was ment to be!!!

I was initially going to do a RPU project...but I like to be a little different..When I came across my Fordor body while looking for a RPU body..I had to do the Fordor!

 

[Gastrick]

It looks nice Fox.

 

[BigIrish]

Shot her with a few cans of red oxide primer today...and I love the color!!! I need to find some way of giving it a MATTE finish so it isn't so chalkboard like!!! If not...Satin Black above the beltline and DARK red below it.....but I really like this RED OXIDE!!!

Could you just spray a matte clear over the primer? Maybe the paint experts could advise....

 

[Fox Fabrication]

Could you just spray a matte clear over the primer? Maybe the paint experts could advise....

My "SCREW-UP/PROBLEM" is that I used RUSTOLEUM brand red oxide spray bomb primer....it is an oil based primer..Don't think there are any AUTOMOTIVE clears that would be compatable.

I was a little bored today and took a 4oz of RUSTOLEUM red oxide primer, 3oz of.....ready for this....MINWAX "SATIN" EXTERIOR UV PROTECTANT POLYURATHANE!! It is also OIL BASED so I figured WHY NOT!!!! I added an Ounce of Acetone the thin it out a bit for the gun...mixed it up, and shot it on a scrap piece of fender...Just waiting to see if it ever dries and we'll see what it looks like!

Not saying it is going to work...but wanted to at least try it!

 

[madman]

I've used Minwax gloss over Tremclad on a friends race car. It gave a good shine and has held up for over three years so far, except of course where it has been rubbed by other cars, guard rails etc.

Should work just fine for you. Just don't over do it with the acetone or you will end up wit a lot of runs.

 

[Fox Fabrication]

PAINTED!

Got the ol' HOTROD painted today!!!

It came out a little more shiny than I wanted...but not to bad!!

Can't complain...the paint cost me a whopping $15.00!!!


RUSTOLEUM SUNRISE RED GLOSS mixed with FLAT BLACK..gave me a DARK BURGUNDY type color. Finish ended up being a SEMI-GLOSS....really looks like a 60's era paint job that is fading away...kinda like it!!

Paint was on CLEARANCE at my local Wally World!!! Lots of cans (quart size) got severly dented (not leaking) and were selling them for $5.00 Each!! SO....one qt of flat black, on qt of Sunrise Red, amd one quart of SATIN BLACK that I sprayed the frame and firewall with.

PAINT $15.00
HARDNER $13.00
ACETONE $ 6.00
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TOTAL $34.00!!

 

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