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Originally posted by lt1s10
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May B it wuz' pg. 389???

I have not kept up with this thread and am only replying to Richard (Tech1) regarding the very yellow '29 roadster on the previous page. Brickman mentions more than one project, my other project is a Florida room for my wife; will it ever be finished? Next is the sheet rock which looks like a lot of fun! Still I did receive my Cobra radiator this morning. I have decided to use the cheaper '29 radiator shell with a stock hood (4 piece) but I plan on the chrome shell with a fake cap at the top with a chrome quail ornament for a RestoRod look. The yellow'29 has the nice nerf bars on the front and maybe that is something I should consider. At the moment I am favoring a dark metallic red with chrome radiator shell, chrome taillight brackets and a tan top. I have also seen some neat running boards made out of diamond plate. Does anyone know where to buy shiny aluminum diamond plate? At the moment I am thinking of buying one of those pickup truck bed tool boxes and cutting pieces out of it for partial running board step plates, maybe long teardrop shaped plates. Anyway I am making some progress and the weather has been very good this week so maybe I will be able to put a lot of time on the car soon.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Originally posted by Don Shillady
Does anyone know where to buy shiny aluminum diamond plate?

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

If there is a steel supply store in your area they should have it, or be able to order it.

Originally posted by Don Shillady
I have not kept up with this thread and am only replying to Richard (Tech1) regarding the very yellow '29 roadster on the previous page. Brickman mentions more than one project, my other project is a Florida room for my wife; will it ever be finished? Next is the sheet rock which looks like a lot of fun! Still I did receive my Cobra radiator this morning. I have decided to use the cheaper '29 radiator shell with a stock hood (4 piece) but I plan on the chrome shell with a fake cap at the top with a chrome quail ornament for a RestoRod look. The yellow'29 has the nice nerf bars on the front and maybe that is something I should consider. At the moment I am favoring a dark metallic red with chrome radiator shell, chrome taillight brackets and a tan top. I have also seen some neat running boards made out of diamond plate. Does anyone know where to buy shiny aluminum diamond plate? At the moment I am thinking of buying one of those pickup truck bed tool boxes and cutting pieces out of it for partial running board step plates, maybe long teardrop shaped plates. Anyway I am making some progress and the weather has been very good this week so maybe I will be able to put a lot of time on the car soon.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

glade to hear somebody is getting something done don. im backing up. me and pro70 just shooting the breeze about nothing. he should be working on his car.

Originally posted by pro70z28
If there is a steel supply store in your area they should have it, or be able to order it.

if richmond dont have it then you cant get it.

I got the motor plate tabs fitted in place last night ............. Didn't get done with work 'til about 9pm tonight, so I said ...."[rcgjicfj"..... on goin' out there tonight. I'll just talk to lt1s10 and read my shop manual instead. HEHEHE

But I think I'm gonna hit the sack ..................... there's more to do tomorrow. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Originally posted by pro70z28
I got the motor plate tabs fitted in place last night ............. Didn't get done with work 'til about 9pm tonight, so I said ...."[rcgjicfj"..... on goin' out there tonight. I'll just talk to lt1s10 and read my shop manual instead. HEHEHE

But I think I'm gonna hit the sack ..................... there's more to do tomorrow. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

you need to read that book. id like to go to bed, but i have to do a breathing thing at 1:00 so its no need.

It is easy. I did it that way too , When I was 15. Looked good , Rode bad, Very bad. Tried it again about 10 years ago on a chevy short bed. Ended up buying new springs for a 6 cylinder and cutting one coil out. That put it down where I wanted it and rode good too.A little work made me

Originally posted by riverhorse59
It is easy. I did it that way too , When I was 15. Looked good , Rode bad, Very bad. Tried it again about 10 years ago on a chevy short bed. Ended up buying new springs for a 6 cylinder and cutting one coil out. That put it down where I wanted it and rode good too.A little work made me

you didnt know how to do it then. the black el camino was that away and that drove like a caddy.

I know that you are going to be right about the ride riverhorse but this truck is just for running with our local car club untill my '48 is done. Then I can give it the full monty, but right now anything I spend on this truck comes right out of my chevys cookie jar and that isn't setting well. But spring is almost here and I have to have a cruizer running!

Pro70, I have to ask a dumb question, what is the purpose of the two aluminum plates you are installing?

Hey Don, How are you doing? Got any new pic's of your rod?

Originally posted by brickman


Pro70, I have to ask a dumb question, what is the purpose of the two aluminum plates you are installing?

The front plate is a motor plate. It supports the front of the motor (Motor Mount). It also acts as a cross member to support the frame rails. And it supports the strut mount tube. And, you can't see it in this pic., but behind the pipe clamp the motor plate extends down along side the lower strut tube brackets and is bolted to tabs there too, to add support to those brackets. So I guess it's a multi-purpose plate.
The other plate is called a mid plate (Between the trans. and the block). That plate supports the back of the engine and the trans. and also doubles as a cross member. And I suppose it could be useful to stop fling parts in the event of a "Kaboom Event". HEHEHE
When using a mid plate "In this case 1/4") thick, it's a good idea to have the converter built to compensate for the mid plate. (Weld flex plate mounting tabs 1/4" forward from stock).

Brickman, nice to hear from you. My most recent pictures were posted on a thread called "I ain't go no body" about a month ago. Since that time I have purchased a HEI distributor from Summit and a Cobra radiator from Brookville. I should have posted on this thread but at that time I was pretty excited about a spurt of progress and also had to learn about posting pictures. To look at it's just a frame on wheels with drive line installed but now I have a 700R4 and new 3.55 gears in the rear. I am still learning a lot from other builders on this Forum and appreciate the help, but I probably won't have a body until late Spring and I hope to get the body on and the engine running by the end of the Summer. I am on a monthly budget so that is the throttle on my progress, but after I get a Lokar shifter and parking brake I should be ready for the body and I will probably get a Bebops 'glass body. Yesterday we heard the "peeper frogs" for the first time this year and that is a sign of Spring here so I should be able to get more garage time soon.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

[QUOTE]Originally posted by brickman
[B]I know that you are going to be right about the ride riverhorse but this truck is just for running with our local car club untill my '48 is done. Then I can give it the full monty, but right now anything I spend on this truck comes right out of my chevys cookie jar and that isn't setting well. But spring is almost here and I have to have a cruizer running!


brickman, if you take your time and use the blocks the springs will work just fine. my cars drove good or i wouldn't have owned them. some body need to explain to me what the dif is in heating the springs or cutting the springs to lower them. if you do it right there is no dif.


ps- heat the springs at the bottom about where you would cut it, if you dont it will ride bad.

Same to you Don and the rod is coming along nicely, well done. I never had a doubt.

Thanks for the advice lt1s10, I will do everything this weekend. I have the engine detailed and back in now. It's just a matter of getting the engine bolted back in, hooking everything up, and then I will be lowering it. I should be driving it sunday if everything goes right. I am really looking forward to getting it lowered, I love that attitude it gives a truck. Anyway, thanks.

it will work fine prove riverhoese wrong