1934 Auburn build....my way

I started on the 1934 Auburn and thought I would attempt to do a build thread on her. It may take the rest of my days to finish her, but here goes.
This is the day I unloaded her from the trailer and sat the parts up in a mock up fashion. Someday ...........it will be together.

I gathered a 9 inch ford 31 spline rear end from a 66 ford truck I have on the place that I use around here as a donor car. I am looking into mounting the rear axle on a set of international leaf springs from the front of a 48 IH truck I found at a friends junk yard.[length is close I think]
I have been working on mounting the rear axle on shackles onto the frame so as to get a measure for the wheel base of this car. I have now found the specs to be wheelbase to be 119in. I looks like I will need longer springs on the rear to let it get low enough to look correct. Still ciphering on that.


Got the frame to a stage I can set the wheels on the ground[stands] to get a look at the wheel base and visualize the front axle assembly. I am going with a new speedway 4 in. drop tube axle with ford spindles and chevy disk brakes. All new front suspension from speedway ordered and on the way.
Parts arrived and I am looking through the set up on the” red head”. I am now in the process of attaching the fenders to the frame to get the exact location of the axle. I will be setting spring perches next after a little more grinding and cleaning of the frame.[12-4-14]

Nice Ride!!

Good start on a nice old car!

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Holy mackeral! Where did you find that body? What will you power it with?

This is going to be beautiful.

I love seeing the big cars get built.

The President in the background is cool too.

Flipper_1938 said:

I love seeing the big cars get built.

The President in the background is cool too.

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VERY cool. Love the front. Very stylish and unique!

I have a SBC in the shop, but would like to find a big caddy to power her up.

The other one in the pic is my Stude Dictator that I put together. She is my daily driver most of the time.

adding some more

12-20-14..Out of school for the Christmas break and I am on go for the front axle mount . I got the front springs mounted and the axle perches mounted on top of the springs to lower it some. Tried under and it was way too tall. After a long day in the shop, I have the axle welded in at 7 degrees with the motor sitting in it for weight. I have not decided how to steer it yet, but that will come.

12-23-14….ok, today I started on redoing and dropping the rear springs about 3 inches. This was a long day of head scratching and trial and error to get it to where it looks close. I may be taking some of the leafs out to soften it up, but that will be later.[

hope I aint boring you guys

12/26-27/14….today I worked most of the time on the assembly of the front hubs and such. I got it completed but it takes a long time when you are working alone. I pulled a couple of roller wheels to put it on the ground and make her a roller.

12/28/14….I got some help from my church brothers and we sat the body on the frame. She is officially in the shop and is starting to look like a project. I adjusted the body to go over the frame modifications that were made on it before I saved its life. I worked most of the afternoon on getting the door mechanisms loosened up and called it a day.

notice the rust out in the bottom of the passenger side doors. That is all I have to actually cut out and patch.

All four doors are suicide? Cool!

Lookin' good, Hank! Thanks for the updates with photos, and keep up the good work!

The Auburn body is way cool. Following your build for sure.

Those curves... those curves..... Looking good, keep rocking it out!

Really like this body style.... This could get wild but i'm in for the ride
Caddy power.....yea!!!!!