Thread: One way to build a '32 sedan

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Originally Posted by jerry clayton

A lot of interior to framing work is held in place with velcro on boeing airplanes

And just when we thought was safe to get back on a plane!!!!

Hi Ken,can I add a little advice on the sealer adhesive? Any urethane sealer/adhesive needs minimum 2mm of thickness between the two surfaces to bond to full strength so if your bows are within that it should work fine. Squeezing to much sealer out of the joint is only waste product. Sikaflex brand of urethane's make a wide range of product for heat and elasticity that would allow for any movement required.
Sorry if I am bombarding you with information that you probably are fully aware of.

Not at all, thanks for the information. My plan was to take my finger and push the excess in bonding the bow to the roof on both sides. Doesn't sound like that is going to work.
Ken

Oh please use disposable gloves when using product like that as once on your skin very very hard to remove and you certainly don't think your lovely wife Tina will want your dirty mitts all over her.

I thought I would be welding the top in today, but I wanted to detail the bows and make some minor adjustments to make sure the sheet metal would touch the bows from side to side. By the time I welded the brackets to the bows and the roof to the bows and ground everything off the day was shot. So next week I should have it in.
Ken

I got a few things done on the sedan this week end. I had this real heavy wall stainless tubing that I have been using for a door stop far at least 10 years. I turned it into a steering column I new I was saving it for something. I machined some nylon bushings to support the top and bottom of the column.
Finished the steering inside the car, shortened the chain got the adjusters in and mounted the steering. it all seems to work so far. I picked up the material for the drag link, I will drill and tap it tomorrow, then I can actually steer it and see if I have a go cart or a car, (if I did my geometry right) It should be 2 1/2 turns lock to lock.
Welded the two pieces of roof together and am ready to weld it in. That's it.
Ken

Looks good , Ken. Do you have the ability to change ratios on that steering chain setup by changing sprockets or something, in case you find your steering is too quick?

Don