rebuilding a homebuilt sedan

[cornfield customs]

The pitman arm took about an hour to layout and make. So it wasn't to bad.

The steering box is a reversed corvair box.

And my shoes are leather they work well as long as I don't drop frames on them lol

 

[cornfield customs]

here are some more pics of working on the dash, and more on the steering

 

[Tyster36]

Looking good and nice work as always.

 

[cornfield customs]

got some more work done on the steering. pretty much got it all buttoned up for the most part. made new column mounts, bored a brass bushing, and cut a groove in the bushing for a snap ring to hold it in place. so nothing to spectacular.

support bushing bracket

in place

one of the steering shaft mounts

replaced the connecting rod with another bracket for the front column mount

will take some better pics tomorrow of the whole set up. forgot to so it today

 

[BillM]

Looks great - I like the way you've built the universal into the steering column. What did you use for the sleeve? I would imagine that there is a bearing in the top right close to the steering wheel? With the two supports quite close together inside the dash area, is it pretty sturdy? My roof is pretty low, and I think I'll be relying on the steering wheel getting in and out, hence my concern with it being sturdy.

The car is looking great by the way!

Thanks for all your posts and great ideas....

 

[cornfield customs]

Bill the steering universal is not built into the column. It is a bolt on the works with a double d shaft. The column itself is a shorty speedway column that I shortened. It has a bearing at the top and bottom. The main reason I put two mounts was for the very reason you stated. With one mount you could not get the column to budge other than flex. So I wanted to put another to help with stress over time. They are about 6 inches apart and hold everything well. I plan on keeping an eye on it and if the tube starts to bend I will replace it with thicker wall tube and bore the ends for the bearings

 

[cornfield customs]

worked on the floor skeleton a little today.

and took a few more pics of the steering parts under the dash area

 

[BillM]

Thanks for the answers to all my questions....now if I may ask one more? Are you putting any sort of insulators or anything between the floor structure and the frame? I'm in exactly the same place with my build.....any advice? I figured I'd need something to minimize noise, vibration, etc, but it would sure be a lot easier if I didn't have to!

Thanks in advance....

 

[cornfield customs]

yea the body will be rubber mounted. the way i do it is build the skeleton then made the mounts, cut out some rubber pucks out of some .750 rubber sheet i have and raise the body some ( roughly .250 in) with the rubber. the mounts are on the side of the rails set .50 inches from the top to achieve the .250 clearance

 

[Flipper_1938]

The car is turning out great. Keep up the good work!

 

[mitchs66]

Great work![cl and Thanks for all the pictures[P

 

[cornfield customs]

worked on this one a little today, started on the driver side header.

 

[cornfield customs]

forgot these, notched out the dash for the shifter

 

[Mr.Gussett]

Gooooood

Looking Good Mike!I like the shifter notch and the new header![
Are you going to have that car in Cin. for the Autorama?

 

[cornfield customs]

yea cavalcade is the goal, but it is dependent on money flow

 

[jfg455]

I like them both! Nice down sweep angle on the header. makes it look fast sitting there

 

[cornfield customs]

finished up the headers. also the owner wanted a skid plate made to protect the aluminum oil pan, ask and you shall receive

nice tight fitment of the tubes to the cones, before i cut out the holes and fully welded. some pics of some of the welds

skid plate fabbed up

some welding on the skid plate

 

[bob w]

It's art.[cl

 

[cornfield customs]

here are some pics of the skid plate tacked in. need some opinions on the fin on the header, not sure how i feel about it.

also snapped a shot of the model a's lined up

 

[cornfield customs]

a small update, doing some little things for the Cincinnati world of wheels. finished up the floor skeleton, started mounting the seats to the skeleton (floor will still be fully skinned), and mounted some carbs and a scoop. some pics............

what i started with today

bending up the last pieces of the floor skeleton

skeleton going in

seat risers

seats bolted up