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Dan and I were planning on not going to the shop tonight, but he got off work a little early and asked if I wanted to go over for a few hours to get a few things done. So, I worked on more wiring, while Dan worked on the bed again. He got the first side pretty well along and we clamped it...

Yesterday I bought two gallons of Prestone antifreeze for my rpu. I bought straight, not premixed. Why would I pay for water when I can buy distilled water so cheap ? The straight was $ 17.99 a gallon, and the premixed was $ 14.99. They are raking in a lot of money for just selling us water...

Thanks, guys. Yep, I think I see the finish line not to far away on this one. Today I worked on more wiring, and I got the gas pedal and Lokar cable setup installed. I was able to sit in the car and actually open up all three carbs with my foot ! While I was doing all of that, Dan worked...

Thanks, Bill. I have to admit that the wiring on this one is a whole lot easier than on my 27. To do that one, the car is fiberglass and the dash is non removable, so I had to lay upside down, with my feet over the back of the car, doing wiring by feel. Most times I couldn't see the place I...

That is terrific and I wish the two of you the best. When one door closes another door opens, as they say.

Thanks, Bob. I have to admit that I like the milky white contrasting with the satin black. Kinda looks 50-ish to me somehow. What I just noticed tonight is that when the headlights are on, they illuminate the entire front end assembly. It should look pretty cool going down the road at...

Thank you, Torchie, much appreciated. It is so much fun to be done with the bodywork, at least on the main cab so far, and I am down to doing little things, like the wiring, which I find enjoyable. It is relaxing, and you hook up one wire at a time until things start coming to life. Today I...

I've been running that exact master cylinder under the floor of my 27 for over 30 years. Works flawlessly and is very compact. Mine is turned around backwards but the clutch part works fine for the brakes and the brake part works fine for the hydraulic clutch setup. I know some people feel...

Thanks, Skip. Yeah, Ford was using a couple of different body builders back then, most notably, Briggs and Murray. Even though both companies made a 1929 "Ford", there were subtle differences between the two. I am soooooooooo glad to be down to doing wiring. It is relaxing for me, so much...

Yep, there is an overlap, and it is because this body started out as a 1929 MURRAY body, not the more common BRIGGS body. This filler neck is original to this body, Dan cut the tank out of it when he stripped it down. Now, he has a 30 BRIGGS in the rafters, and it does have the smooth (non...

Haha, if my son had made that jig it would have been chromed and taken a month to build and had engineering drawings submitted ! I did this one behind his back.

What's that, Skip ?

I forgot one picture, this shows how the bolt comes up through the assembly and how it is held in place by a wooden block under it all.

I've seen the same thing happen to boat vinyl seats, Bob. Not sure why that happens. My little project for today was to get the gas fill finally glued into place. I thought about how to hold it tightly in place while the panel adhesive set up, and I came up with a simple little wooden...

I've heard that about jeans. I think, if I remember correctly, that blue jeans are dyed and that dye must come off until they are washed a couple of times and then it sets into the fabric.

Thanks, guys. Certainly not a show car, but it will be a cool little driver I think. And I won't have to climb over the side any more ! I called an upholstery guy today that we have used before, because the shop near me is dragging their feet in even getting back to to me, and I want to keep...

Yep, here is a picture of what we are going to stick through that hole. It is actually the top of the old fuel tank that we cut out and made into a flange. We will put the panel adhesive all over it and prop it up through the hole until it cures. I bought a new cap for it, and that is all...

Thanks, Skip. Do you mean the hole on top of the cowl ? Right now it is just a hole. We are going to insert the original Ford fuel tank neck up through that hole and use panel adhesive to glue it in place. We kept some of the original tank top attached to the neck, which we ground into a...

Thanks, guys. I guess all the sanding and filling are like having a baby......the pain is only a memory after it is born. I am SO over not having to do any more body work on this thing. The bed should be a cinch after this (famous last words !) Today I had FUN. I bolted chrome stuff on the...

Yesterday we started out by finishing up a few small details on the body, like mounting the gas pedal, making a couple of holes to run brake lines and more wiring through, and stuff like that. I also wanted to do an alignment on the frame and suspension while there was no body in the way, so we...