Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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Don we are getting to old to be down on our hands and knee's bent over doing all that work. Your going to have do like I do raise it up about 30 to 36 inchs, it gets easy'r on the back.
Brad

Thanks guys. Yeah Brad, I'm glad Advil came out with the large economy twin-pack. Been eating them like candy lately. Actually, this exercise was exactly what I needed to do. For 3 years I have been tethered to a desk and was gaining weight and getting out of shape. Since I have been "between jobs" (nice way of saying unemployed) I have been getting lots of exercise and notice a little more slack in my waistband. Blood pressure is down too.

Only thing I miss is that paycheck showing up in my checking account every Thursday.

Don

Don,
I am getting ready to finish mount the radiator in my '32 and I noticed you didn't use the "stock" style mounting bolts (bolt w/spring) and wonder if the rad. mount's need them? I have a alum. BeCool rad. and not sure.
Jim

The way you are doing it is the correct way, with a spring to relieve some of the stress on the mounts. I may do it that way too, but if the spring shows up too much on mine I may just run some rubber pads under each one and not torque the mounting bolts too tight. It all depends on how my grille shell clears the mount and if I have room for a spring.

I had my '27 radiator mounted only with the rubber pad/bolt routine, and I did develop some stressing on the lower mount after a few years of use.

Very good point you bring up.


Don

Don nice frame work . How are the durability of those rice cakes. My frame has very little pitting and those and a little sandblast may be my option. I hate blasting when the grit gets in tight creveces in clothes like fiberglass LOL.

Thanks Bobby. The rice cakes held up pretty well, I used about 4 to do the entire frame. The ones that go on the regular 4 inch angle grinder were the cat's meow, they really cut the surface down nicely, and left it pretty smooth. I still have to go over it at least one more time to get it nicer, but it is not bad now. One thing I found out was the rice cakes come apart as you are using them, pelting your body with chucks of plastic. I am wearing some nicks and scratches,so I guess shorts are not the hot setup to wear when doing this job. However, it was 94 in the shop Saturday, so I wasn't about to put on too much.

BTW, I made a major change in the color scheme. I was going to do the frame, body, grille and engine/transmission in that Fusion Orange, but I have changed my mind. I saw a '34 Ford in a magazine I was reading while soaking my sore muscles in the tub, and it changed my mind.

The new colors are going to be Fusion Orange engine, transmission, rear and front axle assemblies, and wheels,with a semi-gloss black body, frame, and grille shell. I can then do the interior in all black, and do some of the suspension pieces in gloss black to accent.

I had been wrestling with what to do about the interior being off white and the steering wheel being the only black thing in there, so this new color scheme will solve that problem. Now the windshield frame can be gloss black too, which I think will be much better than the silver or off white I was planning on.

It will also save me tons of body work to get the body flawless for that Orange color. It seems to magnify every little flaw, and the semi gloss black will be more forgiving in that regard.

And they say women can never make up their minds.


Don

Thanks for the info i'm going to try them out . The black will bring the fusion orange out real well . Light dark scheme works well. That will give it a nice pop and some good eye candy for sure . I started wearing sun glasses looking at the engine and trans LOL it looks great .