My '27 T Sedan project

[sgo70]

Well I thought I'd start a thread instead of posting bits and pieces all over. I'd like to hear any comments you guys may have as I go in case I have something screwed up. I'll start with a few pictures from the begginning and work my way up to today.

First off is my frame, I didn't have a jig so I had to get creative. I sat in my car for days trying to figure this out and this is what I've got so far. I'll start with the car I brought home and then go through my frame build. The second is how I jigged my frame rails and then a mock up of the frame.

[sgo70]

A little bit more......

[sgo70]

I got a little out of order but I'm sure you can figure it out. Here's the engine mounting....

[sgo70]

Here's some pictures of the body mounted on the frame with the suspension all complete.

[sgo70]

And a little bit more. The last shows the window that I had to pie cut and re-weld and that brings me up to today. Man the body work takes time!!

[sgo70]

Now my face feels sunburnt from stiching with no mask on, I gotta stop doing that. I have to come up with a steering column so I can have a floor mount shifter and e-brake but still have a signal light switch. I also need something for the roof corners so I can build a roof, andthen i"ll flip it upside down and start patching the lower body panels.

I missed some steps in there cause I have to shrink my pictures to make them fit, but I think everything shows so far. Let me know if you see any problems (besides my body work ).

Thanks,
Sean.

[Dave Severson]

Looks Kewl Sean.... Tom is really tall, so he won't let me chop his coupe!!!

Looks like a very solid frame! keep us updated on your progress, gonna be a nice one!

[T42]

Thats going to be a nice ride! Im planning on using square tubing in a similar way that you did inside the body. Im building a 27 coupe and plan on a chop later on down the road. For right now, channeling the body will be good enough......ive still gota get that body over the frame!!

[sgo70]

Thanks, I actually went with 3/16th tubing, reinforced the front and got a welding shop to mount my perch. Too much riding on that one piece.

Sean.

[sgo70]

I think I had the body on and off about three times before it would fit. A little cut and grind here and there and finally it went on. A real PIA when you're by yourself and all you have is an engine hoist!!! It actually fit the frame better than I had planned, about 3/4 " all the way around, and the taper is perfect for the body. Sometimes dumb luck is on your side.

Sean.

[canadianal]

That is excellent ,love the framework

[sgo70]

Well I haven't been posting in a while, just reading everyone elses posts so I thought it's time to see what everyone thinks.

There wasn't much left of my firewall so I decided to replace that before I could mount my steering column. It doesn't look as good as the original but it's cleaner and stronger and a lot of the body is gonna need patching so I imagine it won't look much the same, oh well it's still fun. It looks a bit off in the picture but I swear it's symmetrical, I'm gonna look again tomorrow!!

I mounted my steering box on a bracket and tacked it to the frame, it had to mount just slightly back of parallel to allow the rad to be tucked down in front. I know you told me not to do that Don but I hope it doesn't affect it too much, it's probably 3 or 4 degrees off .

I also relocated my master cylinder back about 14" so I'll have a rod going from there through the old mount to the pedal. Mounted my shifter and had to re-fab that a bit so it wasn't under the dash.

I've also pounded out a bunch of dents and stuff, I do a bit at a time in between projects so I don't get too carried away. I also ran some 1" square tubing around the top, it really stiffened it up so there is no more flex, just a lot of grinding to do someday when I'm stuck.

If you see me heading off in the wrong direction let me know, I can use all the help you guys give me.

Sean.

[sgo70]

Some more.....you can see why I had to move the master cylinder back, my feet aren't that small.


Sean

[sgo70]

I know what I'm missing.........MORE CLUTTER!!!

I just made a bunch of cuts and then bent them over something, I think the small loops were every 1/2" and the big one was every inch. I can check tomorrow. The big one isn't really round, it follows the shape of the tranny but it'll be hidden so no one will ever know.

Sean.

[Itoldyouso]

Nope, you aren't heading in the wrong direction at all.........looks good. You made a smart decision having a pro do certain welds. I'm like you, I know my limitations and have no problem letting someone who knows how to do that weld something for me.

Glad to see you've made so much progress too, bet you are getting excited since it is starting to look like a car.

Don