Thread: 49 More-door build

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You must be an a race with someone...Realy coming together nice

Thanks, Charlie. No, not a race I just want to drive it. The last couple I've built I had them for sale so I didn't get to enjoy them much. Im working on a 48, too, but it'll be a while before I get it finished. This will be my crusin' beater so it's on the fast track.


I had one side of the fender wells rusted through so I did a little patching and then painted the whole thing with POR-15.

Here's what I have for wiring; a friend of mine was scrapping a early 80's Buick G-body wagon so I just took everything front to back. I laid the whole thing out and started cutting out all the extras and labeling everything. After a few hours I had it trimmed down to a fairly simple harness that'll cover everything I need. I went ahead and mounted the fusebox; i"ll start putting the rear harness in tomorrow.

Nice work on the inner fender!!! You're getting a lot done before the cold weather sets in.

Have you poped the pan on the engine yet???

Not yet; tomorrow hopefully.

Falcon, can't believe I missed this thread until tonight. Cool project and great progress so far. Nice score on the free flathead. Also nice floor work and fender repair. This car looks to be in great shape for the most part. Will converting it to 12 volts make the gauges useless or will they work with 12 volts?

Thanks, Steve; for a 62 year old car it's not too bad. As far as the gauges I'm still deciding. The speedo, temp, and oil press are all mechanical so problems there. I think the amp gauge doesn't care what the voltage since it just measures current draw so that just leaves the fuel gauge. The previous owner had the fuel tank cleaned out and coated but lost the sending unit. I don't know if I'm going to get a new sending unit and use a small 6v-12v converter for the stock gauge or I also saved the gauge and tank from the Buick. It looks like the tank will work in the factory location so I might just build something to mount the gauge under the dash and use it. It's free and the wiring is already right for it. This thing is on an ultra tight budget!

Here's what I came up with for the fuel gauge;this is from the Buick. I'm going to use the Buick tank so it's already got the right sending unit and the wiring is right for it. Plus it's free. I opened up the engine and it looks like someone rebuilt this thing not too long ago. Zero sludge in the pan, you can still see hone marks on the cylinders, and all the bearings look new. I'm just going to get a gasket kit and stick it back together as is. I finished rebuilding the back brakes and got the rest of the brake lines ran. I was going through the spare parts in the trunk and decided I really don't like these taillights so I'm going to do something else. Not sure what yet but I think it looks much better without them.

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dosen't look like it even ran after rebuild.

Bearing look great. What did you have in mind for tail lights?

Originally Posted by cffisher

dosen't look like it even ran after rebuild.

Yeah, I know. Even the valves look like the seats are freshly ground. The guy that gave it to me didn't have any history on the engine. It came from a parts car he bought; the manifolds were in a box in the trunk so he never tried to start it. Even the clutch plate looks fairly new.

Not sure on tail lights yet; I'll browse Ebay and see what I can come up with.

Originally Posted by falconvan

Not sure on tail lights yet; I'll browse Ebay and see what I can come up with.

How's about a rolled pan and some slotted tailights?????

like rolled pan idea.