1937 chevy truck 3/4 ton

[joakwin]

Sweet, let me know

 

[joakwin]

My dad gave me a zf s5-42 manual trans, it had a big block ford 460 in front of it

 

[joakwin]

I started to work on the rear suspension, it's going to be a 3 link

 

[joakwin]

I started to Z the front of the frame last night, 3 inch Z, I have most of it welded up and braced up

 

[joakwin]

I made the drawing for the adapter plate for the chevy engine with the zf 5 speed manual trans



I'm going to transfer the drawing to wood to test fit the engine and trans

and then if that works out then transfer to metal

 

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slowly working on the frame, I need to flip it to do some welding on the underside where the joint is at on the 2x3 square stock and then add in a some extra bracing on the weld spot

I have about 40 feet or so of 2x3 metal on this frame


I'm getting close to sticking the axle inside the frame rails
I have the axle tabs ready to be welded in

 

[joakwin]

I got front suspension for my project, my uncle gave it to me for free

He gave me another 10 bolt 8.5 axle but I need to check the gears in it to make sure I can use it

My dad gave me a ford t5 with the 3.35 1st gear and .68 over drive and a brand new 11 inch clutch disc
The 10 bolt I have right now is a single leg 3.08

The zf 5 speed box isn't going to work out, it's to big and I don't want to heck up the cab floor making it fit

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[joakwin]

I got the rear part of the frame welded in and braced

and then I worked on fitting the Lakewood bell housing
I ended up getting some .007 offset dowel pins and that put the
housing to within specs

and then I worked on the center bolt for the bell housing
I need to get new drill bits because the ones I have now are getting old
and drilling holes suck and take forever

and I upgraded the lights in my daily mk4 golf, the lights were so bad to the point I couldn't see the orange light inside of them, so I wanted to upgrade vs cleaning the lights

 

[joakwin]

had to turn the frame around today, so I took a quick pic before the rain came

I started to mock up the motor into the frame, I need to swap the tail housing on the gearbox to the s-10 housing to move the shifter location to the forward location





and a picture of my toy, 84 mini mayfair rhd

 

[AZRodDave]

Mini !!! Back in my British car fanatic days, I had dozens of them, mostly from the '60s. Oh, the stories I could tell ...

 

[joakwin]

Mini !!! Back in my British car fanatic days, I had dozens of them, mostly from the '60s. Oh, the stories I could tell ...

this mini isn't your avg mini, its has a built d16 under the bonnet, 175hp

 

[joakwin]

rear suspension

 

[joakwin]

a little side project, acura rdx injectors and adapters and wiring adapters that are going on the mini's Honda d16z6 motor
410 cc injectors @ 43psi vs the stock 240cc injectors, wont be maxing out the injectors anymore and when I get the retune, the motor should make more power

current power is 175hp at the flywheel and 145 at the ground

 

[Sam_Fear]

That's a mean little mini!

 

[dutch]

cool little beast that mini! Burning rubber in 3rd?? I love the clubman fronts I did a 3" chop on one of those many moons ago