Thread: FFR 33 Ford Hot Rod

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I've seen this on several diesel trucks. We weld the tubes to the housing on every truck that will be drag racing, hard street playing, and sled pulling. I plan on having my 8.8 welded when I take it apart later.

Well we did check the straightness of it going back in and I changed the four link from non adjustable to adjustable. Innovative rodding specialist Dan ruth makes an adjust able 4 link for the Factory Five Cars. In addition to the adjustability, the set also allows you to extend the wheelbase about 1 1/2 inches centering the wheels better in the wheel well.

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Depends on where it's cracked and how bad. I welded a crack in the starter mount on a SBC. It was a good engine that I didn't want to replace. Again, I tig welded it with nickel.

If it was in a water or oil area, I would most likely trash it.

This was on the wall adjacent to the motor mount

I wouldn't trust it. That's a water jacket as well as a high stress area.

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I've pinned a few cracked blocks with good results.

Slow week this week as the shop had some other priorities. Work on prep continues. Next week they are moving it to a fiberglassing guy that will align the gaps, fill the holes, and close the openings.

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Have you considered contouring the front edge of those back fenders any, like coming out from the body and initiating a smooth curve with a large radius? That flat bottom and sharp corner seems kind of harsh, to my eye, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I'd probably do the same in back, but then again I'm not a big fan of fenders on a highboy so my opinion doesn't count for much.

I had the same thought as to the outer edge. With the roundness of the body versus the fenders edge along the bottom being "sharp"..

Some small curve would be a help to blend it together.

It goes to another fiberglass guy next week. We have plans to have a rolled lip on it and to smooth the sharp edges off

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Originally Posted by wrp

It goes to another fiberglass guy next week.

Can he take a couple of inches out of the total width? Or maybe you're planning to fill the fenders with wider rear wheels & tires? Same for the fronts, to my eye I'd split them and take out enough to just cover the tread, but again that's just what pleases my eye, which matters not at all.

I have no real plans on widening the tires. The front fenders have already been narrowed nearly two inches. their role is to prevent damage to the paint job that eventually is coming. We are going to bob the rears more to soften the sharp corners and accentuate the tires. I have been told these fenders are actually more oriented towards the 32 Fords

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We took the car out to a fiberglass shop today. They are going to finalize all the gaps, repair the holes and so forth.

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