1940 Ford Tudor Build Thread

[40FordDeluxe]

I went ahead and bought some brasso. The boys are going to have dirty gloves soon. I had to order half of the fittings I need so I'm not sure I'll get my fuel system done this weekend or not. It seems I have plenty of stuff to do though, so it'll be fine.

[NTFDAY]

Momma won't be happy if the boys don't wear gloves. Brasso comes out a sort of puke green but turns black the harder you rub and does a pretty decent job of staining anything it gets on. A soft bristle tooth brush works great for nooks and crannies.

[rspears]

LOL on another forum I posted that my can of Brasso is from 1968, Navy Boot Camp and it's still over half full! Used it just a few days ago, polising a piece of hard copper tube used as a ferrule on a tool handle I turned. Ditto on the black staining, and its not easy to get out of cuticles & grooves on fingers!

[40FordDeluxe]

She definitely wasn't thrilled when the boys helped put on POR-15 last time. They looked like dalmatians for a while.

[40FordDeluxe]

How's everyone doing? I've had a heck of a time getting anything done lately because a week and a half ago I rolled my ankle and thought I broke it. That killed a lot of time and made things a lot ore difficult. I'm back to near normal and have been trying to get things done.

I got my fuel pump mounted and fuel lines ran. On the pressure side, I ran a short piece of rubber to hard line, to rubber into a bypass regulator. Out of the regulator to a fuel block, then to the carbs. I used gates barricade hose which is compatible with ethanol rated gasolines. You just never know what you're going to get anymore and I didn't want the hose breaking down over time. I also have a return line back to the tank. I'm hoping not dead heading the pump will allow it to live a long life.

I then began running battery cables. I have to open up the battery hole in the trunk floor for the grommet I want to use. This hole was already in the trunk as the battery was mounted there years ago. It was on the trunk floor but now the battery will be under an access panel. I'm going to use a starter solenoid to send power through the cable only during cranking. I saw this used on race cars and it seems safer to me. Even though I'll have to have a power cable going to the alternator and power wires going to the fuse box. The battery cable runs down the RH frame rail and up over the trans bell housing and will be retained with p clamps. I have a 2nd solenoid I'll use to run the starter S terminal as well. I have multiple grounds I've added to the body and frame, and engine and frame.

[40FordDeluxe]

One thing I've been meaning to get to lately but never had time to was blocking my dash and painting it. Well, I got enough paint on it so I can re sand it and do it again.

I didn't jack up the column though. You think I would have ran it instead of the dash. Oh well. Live and ya learn. I just need to slow down. I was in a hurry and just blew off my spray pattern and it bit me in the rear.

[rspears]

Aw, you can cut that run off and buff it out, right? Single edge razor blade and a wrap of tape on the ends....

[Bob Parmenter]

An artist always signs his work.

[34_40]

An artist always signs his work.

Yes, but did he have to be so John Hancock?!?!?!

[40FordDeluxe]

Yes, but did he have to be so John Hancock?!?!?!

Exactly! We do it twice because we like it nice.

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[40FordDeluxe]

Just like usual, I haven't gotten much time to work on the 40. I was going to make my own exhaust tips but the moron nation light went off in my head and I realized how long I'd spend on them versus ordering a pair. So I found some and hit submit. While I wait for those I have plenty of other stuff to finish.

A big one was repainting the dash. I didn't screw it up this time.

I'm re installing the fenders so I can get the exhaust lined up in holes and once that is done, I'll paint the fenders. Here you can see why I can't get much done. I have to keep looking for things I just sat down or anything that catches his eye is gone with him.....

[53 Chevy5]

He's just collecting parts for his build, leave him alone lol.

[40FordDeluxe]

He's just collecting parts for his build, leave him alone lol.

He probably is!

I got the LH fender and grill section installed so I could put the radiator back in and sure enough, the lower water outlet hits my sway bar tube. I raised the radiator up to clear it and now I need to make sure the hood will still shut. I ordered a lower hose, and have to buy another upper because I can't seem to find where I hid the upper I had.

I sprayed out a test panel for flame colors. My wife says the blue is too bright and needs to be darker. I may just add a darker color on top of this blue. I'm not sure yet.

[rspears]

I ordered a lower hose, and have to buy another upper because I can't seem to find where I hid the upper I had.

Ask your redheaded helper if he knows where the upper hose might be.....

[stovens]

Nice work 2 is a charm. I'm sorta in same boat. I pulled my front fenders off and then bought new ones for the 48 Ford F1 truck. Going to do the same with the rears in a month or so. Old ones were too beaat up for me to mess with with my minimum welding skills and the thick bondo a past owner had put on them. The goal is get the whole thing recoated with epoxy primer then try my hand at painting one panel at a time.