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Starting to reallly look like something now. I like it.

Don

Lookin' good!!

I hope you have a soft foot. That Columbia 2 speed diffy will gladly break itself into tiny pieces if you hop on the loud pedal very hard Even a mild flattie could do it with relative ease.

Are you using solid motor mounts?

No doubt, the axles & rear are just toothpicks really and without some restraint it'll be a long walk home. Yes, the motor & tranny are/will be solid mounted. Its a hot rod, let'er shake a little.

Well i like the way this is going.

Hey,to save your foot wear from those long walks,I'm still keen to take that over powerful boat anchor off your hands as that Jag will just have the right power for your rear end. The car is going to be awesome though even with all them carbies to feed.

It was fun going back thru this thread. Almost eveything i had done here i have tossed out.
Something about it didn't set right, i quit work and just kept looking at it and after a few months i realized that it looked like a kit i could get from speedway!
I cut the frame back apart, the rear kick is now gone and i pinched the front rails a couple inches. I had to tossout the interior to make room for some suspension stuff as i switched to quarter ellips and the actual frame ended at the back of the cab. I added an ealy style rollbar - just below your head of course - to support the gas tank and some suspension stuff.
I am in the process of remaking the interior, i have just made one other change (i gained a little more seat room by relocation some suspension fastenors), i hope to save what i've done in the interior but if i have to do it for a 3rd time then that is what i'll do.
I just finished remaking the passenger door and have pulled the sheetmetal off the upper section of the cowl to make new. The door latch insert looks wonky in the pic, it must be a combination of angles because it is deadnuts when the door is closed.
The gas tank is '30s chrysler, i relocated the filler and the fuel sender etc, that is what the skim coats are on the tank. I think it was made to set upright.
I am useing cowl lights from an old truck for my taillights - i have no idea how i'll get them red but that is tommorows problem.
The roll bar is chromemoly as well as the gas tank surround.

Nice work on the floor pans, love that new steel look!

Originally Posted by stovens

Nice work on the floor pans, love that new steel look!

Gotta echo that..Floor pan looks kool..Gotta show this to a friend,who is building a bucket,using one of our bodies,,and wants to get down low,like this..Awesome work..

I keep pecking away at it. I'll do something only to tear it all back apart. I'm working on the transcover and thought i'd take a pic and wound up getting a few other pictures as well.
I've spent many hours on the doors, they actually work now. I have to add bracing to the bun panel but will wait until i make the top as that will all have to work together.
I made the steering removable, I bolted it in for one of the pictures and have the steering arms coming this week so i can finish that.
I am trying to get the floor finished so i can weld the cowl top on and finish the body.

I jumped back to the first post and it was like a walk down memory lane! Haven't seen some of those posters in awhile...

Still love the work you're doing on this. Glad to see you're still at it too!

Thanks, i'll do something to it and it just won't set right and i won't know how to fix it. I'll let it set for weeks until i realize what needs to be done.
I'm having a hard time figureing out how make the transtunnel removable. That will be a piece of work right there.

Heres a few more progress pics. I'm hung up on the sheetmetal work and trying to get it presentable, Since my last post I made the firewall, floor, removable trans cover, redid the steering box support, welded in the new cowl, made some interior pieces and door trim, added body bracing, mated the wide5 hubs to buick drums and modified buick backing plates to fit ford spindles, the steering is mockedup and should work ok. I'm working on the softtop bows etc they are modified model 'A', I have to find a windshield before i can make the forward bow and support mechanism.
There isn't as much filler as you think, I am not good at 'mudding' so I slather it on and sand off 90% of it. The body is starting to look much better than I would have thought possible. I am starting to think I'll be able to paint it with a shiney finish, it has a ways to go but one can hope.
The tire is just one I had laying around, I plan to use the Firestone dirttack tire and it is bigger, I have to widen the wide5 wheel to make that happen.

Looking very good! I envy your metal working skills, and you have a good eye for proportion.

Ditto what RSpears said! And, any progress is progress right?!?! LOL..