Thread: My '27 T Sedan project

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All those holes around the backside of the grille shell really spiffy it up. Nice touch. I'm always amazed how a person can take a simple bracket and put a little shape to it and a few lightning holes and how it changes the appearance.

Don

That's just a strip of that sheet I was asking about, I had to use it somewhere .

Sean

Vewy sneaky, Wabbit!!

Don

WOW, love that grille face! What a super nice job. I wanna be like you when I get bigger! haahaaa. Perley

Been a while since I posted any thing. I ended up finding a '31 Model A body in such good shape I had to buy it. I pulled it all apart and squared it up yesterday, started building a sub-floor and then today I reversed the firewall and mounted it on my frame. I didn't realize how much work went into switching the firewall around, it took me four hours.
I had just disassembled everything for paint and now I have to put it all back together. I was pretty happy that it fit exactly the same as the Model T body, almost better. I hardly have any patching to do on this one and the doors are already in good shape so I think in the long run I'll actually save time. I think I'll go with a 4" chop and I kinda like the small rake it's sitting at now, only about 3" up towards the back. It'll sit about 6" at the front and 8-9" at the rear.
I channeled this one only 4" so with 1" body mounts pads it leaves my frame 1" below the sheetmetal. That way if I scrape it's the 3/8" metal tubing and not my paint. You can't even tell from the side. Only problem is now I'm thinking I should shorten my frame to get the front Z into the cowl.

As always any input is welcome, this is my first and a half car.
Sean

I'd say you did find a nice Model A body!! Very solid. You'll have more room probably than the T body too. Nice thing about Tudor bodies is very little wood.

Looks good on that frame too.

Don

Great find sgo like Don says a little bigger so a little extra leg room . You dug right in with it also , clean indented firewall makes it a late 31 . Car looks great sitting on the frame .

One of the P O cut mine out with a torch so that leaves me alot of fabbing there .

I haven't posted for a while, been working too much.

Had to turn the firewall back around to line up with my frame tabs, M/C, and such. Don't really need room for the engine anyway. I've just been working away at the sub floor, decided to go with a console down the middle instead of just a tunnel. I'm just starting to sheet it now. I wanted a solid tie in to the firewall so I put some 1/8" plate around the front, really sturdy now but I'm gonna have to get in there with the grinder to make it as pretty as Don's .
Can't really finish until I get my rear axle mounted. I got the Ford 9" off an '86 F150, it's 57" wide so it should work a little better. I decided I didn't want to make new control arms so I just ordered a triangulated four bar kit from these guys:

http://suicidedoors.com/HeavyDutyUni...4-LinkKit.php#

Kinda steep but seems like the going rate and I can cut these to whatever length I want.

I also ended up with a lot more room in the rear so I got a 17 Gal. RCI aluminum fuel cell. Comes with all the AN fittings and filler spout. I'm gonna try to mount it off to one side and I think I'll have enough room for the battery beside it (hope).

Oh yea I spent about 5 hours stripping out the old wood and boxing the pillers. That stuff is hard to remove.

Sean

Looking good Sean. That work stuff sure does interfere with a guy's Hot Rodding time, doesn't it??? Oh well, if it was quick and easy everybody would be doing it!!!! Been there done that on the wood stuff!!! Wait till you do a chebbie sedan from that era, them things are nailed together!!!

I even tried my angle grinder to cut it out and I think I riled up the Natives with all the smoke . I keep thinking I'd like to do some wood trim or wood supports for the roof cap....we'll see.

Thanks for the input,
Sean

I agree with your thought's on shorting the frame to get front Z into cowl area. The "looks" would be better IMO.

Well thanks to you guys for helping me with my suspension, I worked my butt off today to get it done. I used the calculators from this site to figure out my angles and lengths for my control arms:

http://home.earthlink.net/~whshope/

I'm hoping for zero squat but we'll see if it works. I plan on buying tires about an inch and a half larger so I accounted for this. I thought that figuring out the angles of the brackets around the pumpkin are outside my ability and patience so I stole an idea from the 4x4's to build a truss around it to give me a square surface. I still have a bit of grinding to do and I'm not sure if I should put caps on the lower front of the control arm brackets yet. I probably will. Didn't seem to bind when I jacked it up, the uppers are 12" and the lowers are 22", let me know what you guys think.
That fourth picture of the axle bracket looks sloppy cause the weld comes around a joint, I plan to grind it smooth.

Sean

I also got a bunch of the interior done last night, I'm not being very sociable hanging out in my garage by myself.
I made my gas tank cover removable and underneath I built a frame that goes around the perimeter of the tank and bolts down. I used some sheeting with holes in it so it would protect the tank but not be in a container that could build up fumes. I also figured out I will be able to roll down my rear windows so I made the lower panel removable and bought some new regulators for them. Gonna make a cover for the battery as soon as I figure out how to mount zuess fasteners, I just can't seem to get any ideas . Any help with pictures would be appreciated.
Just got to brace the doors and do some patch panels and it's on to the roof, I already made some supports for that. Oh yea, I got a windsheild frame from schnieders and I cant sat I was too happy with it. Took about an hour of screwing around to make it swing out properly .

Any input is helpful, this is still my first build .

Sean

I also wanted to ask, do you guys weld the floor all around the seams or are the spot welds enough and then add in something like seam sealer?? I don't want to warp any of the sheeting but I guess I could just do a bit at a time.

Thanks,
Sean

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