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A better vent might be a separate fitting on the top of the tank and a line exiting to the rear of the car with a filter on the end of it to keep dirt and moisture from getting into the fuel system....

It's a 12 gallon unit.

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

A better vent might be a separate fitting on the top of the tank and a line exiting to the rear of the car with a filter on the end of it to keep dirt and moisture from getting into the fuel system....

I still need to put in a sending unit maybe I can run this vent tube through the top of that.


A 12 gallon tank. Thats really getting the most out the space that you have. Should be nice for long trips.

Yeah, I checked out the RCI website, and after measuring the room I had to work with, including a bulkhead to isolate the tank from the rest of the inside of the car, that's the biggest I could stuff in there, with a battery on one side, and the fuel pump on the other side....I figure with the little 4.3 V-6, I should be able to travel quite a ways between fill-ups...

Here's the photos I had tried to find yesterday, and couldn't.. I couldn't resist the shot of the "Tru-Temper" firewall recess...

Originally Posted by 26Tudor

Yeah, I checked out the RCI website, and after measuring the room I had to work with, including a bulkhead to isolate the tank from the rest of the inside of the car, that's the biggest I could stuff in there, with a battery on one side, and the fuel pump on the other side....I figure with the little 4.3 V-6, I should be able to travel quite a ways between fill-ups...

Here's the photos I had tried to find yesterday, and couldn't.. I couldn't resist the shot of the "Tru-Temper" firewall recess...

I guess now I know what happens when a guys get "too old" to do yard work any longer............he tells his wife..........let's build a HOT ROD out of the wheel barrow! Just wait until Deano sees that one!

Dave, nice progress on the rod.

John, it's the new Cal-Look... 8=)
Yeah, I suspect Deano will get a kick out of that, I remember his "Semaphore" column that mentioned me and some of my hair-brained ideas... but I stand by that two stroke post hole digger turned Guacamole mixer... YOU wanna try hand-mixing 55 gallons of Avocados? That thing worked like a champ !!!

Very nice setup with the tank Dave, that fuel neck worked out great. I also like the new Cal-look by the way If it works it works!

Well, you see, John Palmer and I know each other. He's a hard-core hot rodder, but he also happens to wrench (and occasionally drive) his son's super nice, super fast, 1960 Euro sunroof VW Bug.... that car is nasty fast, and believe me, I've seen "Pops" Palmer drive it every bit as good as his young'un....so I have to tease him, as he is well known in VW circles....

PS -

John, you and Troy might recognize the steering column, that covers the shaft, too..

pre-'68 Type 1....
Hey, it's what I had, I was making a display with the extra EMPI GTV wheel and Polar Silver painted Oval dash I have, was going to make a wall hanging out of everything after I shortened the column and shaft, but the column was straight, round, and I found press-in bearings that supports the shaft top and bottom quite nicely...so it ended up being a hot rod part instead of wall art...I sill may run the GTV wheel sometimes, all it would take is another steering shaft with splines instead of the keyway and threaded top, and the GTV wheel has a lot more dish" to it for my rather long legs to clear..

Fine looking true value that is!

Finally got some actual work done lastnight. I finished up the body to frame mounts (6 altogether). It’s amazing how solid the car is now just after 6 bolts
to the frame.
Lifted the body off of the frame today so I can get to work prepping the frame and drivetrain for paint.
Also got to work on the body installing the taillights. There was a lot of consideration choosing the lights, I considered 41 willys, 50 pontiac, and 39
zephyr. Then I found the ones I installed on the car at my grandparents house, I got a lot of parts off of that car. I need to replace the lenses and
get better buckets sometime in the future when funds allow.
Thought these add a 60's look while being different


One close up to get all of the details

I like the looks of them!

Lookin' really really good, sir....

Thanks Steve and Dave I really appreciate the kind words about the lights. It took a while to find the "right" lights and I think the searching paid off.

Took the body off of the frame today and I worked on welding up some of the stock model A frame holes and began grinding down the boxing plate
welds. I figured I would get as much work done on the car as I could today because I will be in Frankenmuth MI for a car show this coming weekend.
Here are a couple of pics of the frame. Next time I post pics of the frame it should be assembled and painted for last time.



Thomas

Do you plan on adding some more crossmembers???? Always thought that the "A" rails were a bit spindly without them....