Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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I'm telling you John, I can't remember a rainstorm that hard. Looks like all of Florida got it from what you and Gastrick said. You are right about the power steering thing. This bracket goes into the same holes normally used to mount the p/s pump.

Brick, the bracket looks lighter in the picture than it really is. It is pretty close to my water pump and intake in color, and I think it will age darker as time goes on. But if not I may paint it. I debated on doing them the same engine color, but I didn't feel like mixing up paint and using the touch up gun for such a small job. If it starts looking really different, I may do that however.

Today Dan and I are going to push the cars outside to get a look at them from a distance. I've never been able to stand back and get a really good look at mine because of all the stuff cluttering up the garage. I'm anxious to see how it looks in the sunshine. (assuming we GET some sunshine today and no more rain )

Don

Got to roll the T out into the sunshine today for the first time. Well, what little sunshine there was, had to beat the raindrops, but finally got to stand back and look at it from afar. I'm pretty happy with it, and it really looks small outside the shop.

I just came home to grab a bite to eat, Dan is still there working on his, and we are going to pull the body off for hopefully the final time tonight when I go back. I just found out tonight Dan bought me a mini starter and two new front wheel cylinders (the ones I have had some surface rust in them, which I only discovered when I pulled out the bleeders after they were installed) He says he is repaying some of the parts I helped him out with when he was first building his '29. Now I have to find a way to sneak the money back to him......this gets so confusing sometimes.

Anyway, here are some pictures of it sitting outside.

Don

Oh, and I found an original steel grille shell on another forum today. We can cut it up and modify it to fit better than the Total Performance one I was going to use. They no longer make the steel ones......the dies got old and they don't want to spend the money to make new ones, so either original or fiberglass is all the choices you have anymore.

It's terrible, nothing is right, you should sell it to me right now. Really though you have outdone yourself, if you never did another thing it would still be great. Now comes the expensive part all the "little" stuff.

Also now I know mine doesn't sit just right, oh well winter work. Thank's alot.

Ron

Hope you got more sun than we did ,third weekend in a row our cruise-ins got rained out. the car is awsome, ive never been a big t fan, but yours makes me think about it a little more, ive always been partial to the 27 body.

Yup. Got the old school look without having to resort to rust, old road signs or tractor parts. Good job!

Originally Posted by Ron B.

It's terrible, nothing is right, you should sell it to me right now.
Ron

DON'T LISTEN TO HIM! PICK ME! PICK ME! I'd give you...um....3k for it right now. Seriously though, it's awesome, a real credit to you.
Man, I'll bet you just can't wait to fire her up and have a wee blat around the block. When they're at that stage, they appear so tantalisingly close to finished that ya tend to get impatient.
Be-a-u-ti-ful!

Thanks fellas, you're right, I can almost smell the paint burning off the engine right now. We pulled the body back off tonight, and I started those dreaded little tasks that everybody hates. I got my kickdown linkage on, and also my chrome flywheel cover. I will never, ever buy another one of those $ 20 chrome flywheel covers that everybody sells at swap meets, and that are made in China or Taiwan. I spent a couple of hours grinding and bending it to just get it close to fitting. Luckily, you don't see hardly any of it, and I'm sure it will rust through the chrome pretty quickly, so I will just replace it when that happens.

Monday I am going to pick up my rear brake parts and order my brake lines and transmission lines. Guess I need to make a list of all the little parts that I'm going to need. I'm also debating about just giving the body to my buddy and let him do the final body work and paint it in his booth. He does top notch work, and doesn't delay getting the car back, like some body shops I have seen. Dan is pushing me to spray it the Fusion Orange rather than black, now that he saw it in the sunshine today. I have to admit I was entertaining the same thought. Have to think a little more on that one.

Don

Ahhh... We all suspected that stance would look good, but the outdoor pics have proven it! It's right on, Don.

Yeah! I agree with your son. As small as the car appears, a bright color would look good on there. That Fusion Orange is a beautiful color; maybe do the scallop in bright lime green metallic outlined with a bright yellow pinstripe...

Whatever you decide, it's going to look good. The car is just right even if you paint it olive drab with spray cans.

Don the stance looks great and your getting to the part I like routing brake lines, fuel lines, and wiring. ( I must be sick to enjoy that part of the build )
I've been know to throw away a brake line because I didn't like the bend and start over. When I run multiples line side by side I use a ruler to get the same distance between them the whole length..........LOL I am sick.
Brad

No, you're not sick, just a perfectionist. I hate tangled wires and dress them out in the loom before installation. It just makes for a cleaner look.

I too always love plumbing a car, wireing is not my favorite though.

What's Florida PD's stance on running fenderless? My dad was forced to run 3/4 fenders on his T in CT, I thought it really ruined the look of his car.

BTW, yours looks awesome!

Thanks again guys.

As for Florida's laws.........we really don't have any laws down here, come on down. No, seriously, our motor vehicle laws are pretty easy. You don't have to have fenders or a hood, and modifications like chopping and channelling are fine. You have to have normal stuff that your car had originally, like wipers, headlights, etc, but since mine are titled as from the 20's, I am exempt from most of that stuff too.

Most of the cars and trucks running around down here are modified in one way or another, whether it is a jacked up pickup with straight pipes, lowrider pickup or ricer, or the ones with huge tires the pimps drive. Only if you get some small town cop who wants to be a pain do you get any heat. The regular cops usually leave you alone unless you are doing something stupid or look suspicious and they want to check you out.

That is why I left Pennsylvania to come here. (try explaining THAT one to your wife....."Honey, we are moving to Florida because we don't need fenders there." )

Don

Over in Ausbloodytralia where they have to have fenders, some enterprising fella has made them out of fibreglass to look exactly like tyres. And , mounted to the backing plate, and very close to the tyre, at first glance it's hard to tell.

Looking good Don!!!