1933 Pontiac

[forbigpicture]

iron,
very nice piece............you have my full attention!!!!!!
really dig the nailhead, with the talent you've shown i'm sure
the out come will be perfect....rat on

 

[Old Iron]

I had a chance to build the engine mounts today [

Tomorrow the tranny mount.
I contacted the engine builder today and I'm gonna take the Nailhead in for a complete rebuild Wednesday. It'll take a couple weeks to get it back [dr

 

[Old Iron]

Well, I'm gonna have to find different front wheels.
The two on the front of my build are 14" and I wasn't thinking but, they won't fit over the brake calipers
They are 5 on 4.5" bolt pattern.

 

[endicott_jb]

Old iron, if you wanna keep your 14s, try using some 5/16th spacers and grind the high spots on the calipers down. That's what I had to do to get my 14s to fit over my brake setup.

 

[Old Iron]

Old iron, if you wanna keep your 14s, try using some 5/16th spacers and grind the high spots on the calipers down. That's what I had to do to get my 14s to fit over my brake setup.

I'll look at trying that today. I either want to keep the 14's or get 15's like them.

 

[MercuryMac]

Thank you Endicott. I'm battling the same problem as old Iron, at the same time. I have some spacers on the shelf, too, so I should get out there and try this trick of yours.

 

[endicott_jb]

If you're using gm calipers, there's a lot of extra meat on them. What you can also do, which I didn't, is mark the inside of the wheel with a grease pencil and spin it to see just where the caliper is hitting te wheel.

 

[Old Iron]

If you're using gm calipers, there's a lot of extra meat on them. What you can also do, which I didn't, is mark the inside of the wheel with a grease pencil and spin it to see just where the caliper is hitting te wheel.

Right on, I'll do that tomorrow. Had to do a repair job on a semi car hauler today.[[ [

 

[Torchie]

Great looking build OI.
My build originally planned for a nailhead. I have a 58-364 that needs a complete rebuild.
Those engines are just too pretty to put under a hood. I am saving mine for the time that I build a T-bucket.
Torchie.

 

[Old Iron]

Changed the Saginaw out to a super t10 Borg warner with a Hurst shifter

Built the rear seat section

Installed the drivers side inner panel

Installed the passenger side panel

A front view of it

I'll do some more tomorrow [

 

[GJunktionMike]

Your moving right along [cl

 

[Bamamav]

Looking good! [cl

 

[Old Iron]

I finally put the inner structure in so now I'm able to open and close the doors [

I installed the under dash brake pedal, booster and master cylinder today also.

 

[choppinczech]

Is that the new Speedway 90° under dash mount?

 

[Old Iron]

Yes, it's mounted to the firewall with a bracket I made

 

[Old Iron]

Started working on the floor so I made the tranny and drive shaft tunnel first this time

Then I moved on to the rear floorboard and where the rear seat is going to sit

Then the luggage area floor

Won't be able to work on it for a day or two. I have a car hauler trailer coming in tomorrow that need some attention [ [ [

 

[soltz]

very nice [cl[

 

[serrata]

great work, as always.

 

[Old Iron]

I made the rest of the floorboards today and will weld them in tomorrow.

Drivers side

Passenger side

So now that the floors are done, I'll remove the engine and take it to the machine shop tomorrow

 

[Old Iron]

I thought I would show how I made the tranny and driveshaft tunnel
I set the press brake to make a very shallow bend, held the foot pedal down for continuous run and as the upper die moved up I'd move the plate about 1/4" each time to create this arch. Took about 2 minutes.

This was the results

Tomorrow may just be a cleanup day, we'll see.