1949 Ford bobber build

[MercuryMac]

Can I agree and then disagree with the guys without appearing to be too wishy-washy.
My idea was to take some body filler and make the rest of the radii and paint them black. I did that on my homemade banjo wheel, but now after a couple of years there are some thin little cracks coming in the perimeter.

 

[gold03]

I might try your idea Mac. with some long hair filler. here is todays work. I decided to go with a bolt on for simplicity. cut a step in a nut and then welded it into the wheel. the rest is obvious. I could incorporate some of those stainless bolts into the filler as well[S

 

[soltz]

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[Skip]

Torchie beat me to it so i will just second his motion [cl

Add me to the list of voters for Torchie's idea. I was thinking the same thing as I read along.

NOTE: I used JB Weld putty to fill the cracks and gaps in a 1959 Freightliner steering wheel a couple years ago. It has been sitting untouched and unpainted since then, as we work on other parts of the project. It appears to have no new cracks in the repaired areas. Seems a good product to use for this job. Easy to apply. Easy to shape. Highly recommended.

 

[Torchie]

Add me to the list of voters for Torchie's idea. I was thinking the same thing as I read along.

NOTE: I used JB Weld putty to fill the cracks and gaps in a 1959 Freightliner steering wheel a couple years ago. It has been sitting untouched and unpainted since then, as we work on other parts of the project. It appears to have no new cracks in the repaired areas. Seems a good product to use for this job. Easy to apply. Easy to shape. Highly recommended.

Did the same on my wheel Skip. I believe I did a step by step on my build thread.
Some claim that JB Weld doesn't expand and contract with temps and that causes it to crack. I have been using it for years to repair not only car or truck steering wheels but also steering wheels on boats that I have restored that have gotten plenty of exposure to the elements. Never had a problem with cracks.
The wheel center is looking good gold.[cl
Torchie

 

[gold03]

Went and bought some JB weld putty today to do the steering wheel but thought I would tackle another challenge. The headlight bezels are to big. They are brass and I can't weld them. I thought they would be stainless. So I cut out a section and put them together with backing cut from a spare damaged bezel and JB quick.
You can see how much bigger they were compared to the buckets.The cuts go closest to the truck so not real visible and... its a Rat Rod!

They fit now. Took a little reshaping to get the 3/4 inch diameter down.

 

[Old Iron]

Heck yea

 

[gold03]

steering wheel

A little more progress on the steering wheel. Just need to fill the cracks with JB putty and round off the steering wheel with same where I cut it. Thanks for checking in.

 

[smallfoot]

Nice work Gold!!! Bezels look good. The steering wheel is also coming along...[cl

 

[gold03]

Tail light mount

Needs a little adjust to level our and then have to build another one.

 

[kenny c]

Nice!

 

[forbigpicture]

Knockin' em outta the park there Gold..... looks great

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[MercuryMac]

Lookin' good Gold. You're making parts to look 'era correct', and that's the secret of good hotrodding.

 

[Torchie]

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[Old Iron]

I like the fact you used a little form with the function. Cool lookin mount [cl[P

 

[bob w]

You get a gold star for those brackets, Gold.

 

[gold03]

Thanks Guys. Appreciate the positive feedback.

I did some work on the steering wheel today. Filled the cracks and sanded it all down. I like how it turned out. I don't know why but there is an urge to paint it bright red[S

 

[Torchie]

Wheel looks great.[cl[cl[cl
Nothing wrong with brite red.
Torchie

 

[Old Iron]

I really like the way it's turning out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[gold03]

louvres

Made some progress on the louvres forming. 18 g mild. Not sure where they will end up...maybe at the other end of the hood. We'll have to figure that out.