Thread: 1929 Essex Highboy

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Hi Larry, thanks for the note. I sure would like to see pics of your hudson.

Larry,
The first step in posting a picture is to size it so it won't blow the column all out of shape. 640 x 480 is just about perfect - big enough to be seen clearly, but not so big that we all have to scroll side to side to read the thread.

After you select and size your pictures, type your text in the block below as usual. Instead of clicking on "Post Quick Reply", click on "Go Advanced". That will take you to a different window where your text will appear somewhat like a finished post. Scroll down and you will see your text again in yet another panel where you can edit it and add smilies, etc. Scroll down further and you will find a button that says "Manage Attachments". Click on that and a window will open that has a "Browse" and "Upload" buttons. Click browse, go to the file that holds your picture, and click on the picture that you want to upload. As soon as you click on a picture, the "Manage Attachments" window will reappear; click on "Upload". Momentarily, the picture's file name will appear in that "Manage Attachments" window AND under the "Manage Attachments" button. You can repeat the "Browse" and "Upload" process up to a total of 5 pictures. Finally, click the "Submit Reply" button and your text will appear on the thread with pictures attached.

Sounds like a lot of steps, but after you've done it a couple of times it's really easy...

OK Folks, here are some photos of recent work! First are shots of the front brake tubing and the proportioning valve, then the connecting piping from the Master Cylinder. And a shot of the master cylinder from an '89 Ford Ranger. I had to cut a short section out of the pushrod so it would fit the pedal, threaded it and joined with a rod coupling nut.
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Here's another try at pictures.

Hey, glad you are still making progress on it and can't wait for the pics to get figured out. Were you bidding on a 31 Hudson from Salina, KS a few weeks ago? There was somebody interested in a few parts off it from out your way.

Way to go Perley, Glad to hear you are making some progress on Miss Essex.....LOL

Keep us posted on your updates and get those pics coming again, I miss them.

Larry

Yeah,Perley,go hard...Although,from what I heard today,you guys have 200km/h winds coming in,I hope you have some way of holding down your shelter...I hope it doesnt do too much damage around your place..

Pastor Bubber. Nope, it wasn't me bidding on the 31 parts.

Larry. Yep, she's still in progress. I haven't done much this summer on it.

Lamin8r. Luckily it's going out to sea. Thank the lord.

Just finished reading this build and I'm impressed! You do some mighty fine fab work and the coupe is lookin great! Thanks for guiding me to this site and your build thread, I will be following this build to the end! By the way this is international rat from RRR.

WOW, HOT DOG! It worked. Maybe I'm up and running again. Darn picture thing really got me! Here is the picture of the tail lights. From a 1958 Chevy! I had one of these years ago. Probably the best car I've had-

AND --- here the sub-floor structure. Made from 1" square tube. Back to and up over the kick-up at the rear axle. Next step here would be the floor skin, after a fashion.

you are making pretty good progress

Thank you Pastor Bubba. I'm about to start up again, maybe even today. Here are a few more pics from last fall. I think I will cut out a new fascia for the dash from a piece of hardwood laminate flooring I picked up. Here I am making a pattern from paper to transfer to the wood, then cut it out with a sabre saw. Ready for later. I have a dash panel of gauges from a Fiat, BUT, they may be 6v.? and the speed-o is mechanical. My transmission has an electronic output, SO, I either need a conversion device OR a new electronic speed-o. Neither one is in my budget just now! Anyways, here are pics.

Here I am trying to identify and label the wires coming from the Ranger steering column. This column came from an '89 Ford Ranger, and when I stripped the truck, through ignorance, I left the wire harness et al, and it went with the cab when I sold it. I've never messed with anything like this before, so I had to do a LOT of research. Anyways, my friend CrazyRat helped immensely by sending me a complete wiring harness from a Ranger that he had stripped (thanks friend Larry). So now I am trying 'ring out' the wires with the help of a couple of wiring diagrams. And here's a shot of inside my garage, a big greenhouse. Kinda primitive BUT better than outdoors! And pictures of the body joint where the top sits down on the lower (rumble/trunk) section. It has a little rot. Here we go!

The rust isn't too bad on the cab, a bit of metal replacement and some sandblasting should take care of it. I've got a little hand held 'blaster that I use for the small spots, works great!

Wiring is a time consuming part of any build, takes a lot of research and patience to get thing working correctly!!!!