1940 Ford Tudor Build Thread

[40FordDeluxe]

I have managed to get my MII cross member put together, welded, and smoothed the welds out. I also got everything installed for the lower tubular A-arms. Once I get the cross member welded in place, I'll add gussets from the rear A-arm tube, to the bottom of my frame. My phone is being a POS so no pics yet.

[34_40]

Sounds like a bunch of nice progress. Yeah.. I was gonna take a cheap shot... but Mr. Spears says I need to cut you some slack...


sigh... it's difficult but... you've been working hard in to many directions. So, I'll keep my pie hole shut.


This time

[40FordDeluxe]

Sounds like a bunch of nice progress. Yeah.. I was gonna take a cheap shot... but Mr. Spears says I need to cut you some slack...


sigh... it's difficult but... you've been working hard in to many directions. So, I'll keep my pie hole shut.


This time

Why hold back now?

[53 Chevy5]

I remember when I put my MII kit on, it really did go pretty good. I still can't believe I was 20 yrs younger then I hear ya on the phone too, my contract is up so mysteriously my phone started acting up, weird huh

[40FordDeluxe]

I remember when I put my MII kit on, it really did go pretty good. I still can't believe I was 20 yrs younger then I hear ya on the phone too, my contract is up so mysteriously my phone started acting up, weird huh

I swear they program the phones to know when they are paid off. My last payment on this phone was this month. I find that very weird to say the least. I'm up in the air what to do right now. I've thought about cheaping out but having a smart phone is definitely handy.

[Matthyj]

Ryan, If you are real cheap like myself, and have AT&T head to Walmart, buy the Samsung Smart Phone Go Phone for under 60 bucks, pull out your old sim card, slide it in the Go Phone and have at it, email, camera, video, text, internet etc all for the cheap. Even has a slot for a extra SD card to add extra storage. You also wont cry if you drop it in water so much. Matt

[40FordDeluxe]

Ryan, If you are real cheap like myself, and have AT&T head to Walmart, buy the Samsung Smart Phone Go Phone for under 60 bucks, pull out your old sim card, slide it in the Go Phone and have at it, email, camera, video, text, internet etc all for the cheap. Even has a slot for a extra SD card to add extra storage. You also wont cry if you drop it in water so much. Matt

Thanks Matt. I currently have UScellular but will keep this in mind. I think I got my phone fixed now. We'll see how it acts after a couple days.

[40FordDeluxe]

I didn't get much time to work in the garage this weekend. I did get quite a bit done on the exhaust for the blue ford though. On Saturday, I had to baby sit the boys while momma and my daughter were at a girl day. On Sunday we took them to the zoo and a park afterwards because it was the last day of their spring break. Here is a picture of my cross member. I'm going to get it put on this week.

[34_40]

You're just pushin' that button... aren't ya!

[40FordDeluxe]

You're just pushin' that button... aren't ya!

Fire away..............................

[Mike P]

"......I measured everything 3-15 times, and finally cut the notches in the cross member, leveled it and tacked it in place......"

Been there done that A LOT

Suspensions or engine swaps where I have to build engine mounts are pretty much the same.....measure everything from every direction possible. If I have the luxury of time after I get everything where I think I want it (a couple of tack welds if necessary) I like to let it sit overnight and then do one last check first thing in the morning before I fire up the welder.

Looking good by the way.



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[falconvan]

Nice! looks like you planned it out well. Nice welder, too. Wish I had a bigger one.

[40FordDeluxe]

Nice! looks like you planned it out well. Nice welder, too. Wish I had a bigger one.

I happen to have a 2nd 220 unit too. If you were closer I'd let you use it for sure. I picked it up because it has a spool gun. The spool gum for the silver welder was $300 more than the other welder so I just got the other welder.

[glennsexton]

Looks great!

I smile as I see your attention to measuring as I'm remembering many years ago when my father explained to me why he had "yellow crayons" in the welding table....

[stovens]

Ditto Nice job and layout, out of my feable skill set!