1949 Ford bobber build

[gold03]

Hood Work

Cleaned up that rusty old hood. Some bondo. More than was needed applied by PO. Not a lot of damage. Will be able to straighten out any dents. The louvers will go here.

 

[gold03]

This might be a better picture of the louvers and the tool to make them.

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

You do nice work, Gold! [cl

Do you plan to insert the louvered pieces, or punch the hood?

I like your Supertrapp/cycle mufflers, if I haven't mentioned that before.

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[gold03]

Thanks Dr. The super traps were free at a flee market. They were beat and needed some metal shaping to get in order.

Santa might bring me a Eastwood solid rivet kit. and if he does I have a plan to insert/mount the lovers. I don't want to punch the hood, There isn't enough room to maneuver in the garage, and I'm chicken. Lol

 

[soltz]

Mount the lovers [S in the garage [S

 

[DozerII]

Truck looks awesome, really nice job on the louvers.

 

[gold03]

Hey Solz,
My garage is so small I don't have room to lay the hood out and get everything lined up properly to punch the hood. Large one car garage really. I have to push the truck to one side or the other when I'm working on it. I need to lift the box off, but don't have room to put it anywhere and I won't put it out in the snow. I chopped the cab, replaced the floor boards, built suicide front end, Z'd the rear frame and installed four link, etc with out ever taking the truck apart. [ I get jealous when I see guys tear their trucks down and start to build. The truck was built on my portable frame table but has never been disassembled.

All this time I have bought more tools and now I have to step outside to change my mind! . My brother and a few local hot rod guys came around last year. Everyone was trying to figure out how the truck was built in such a small space. It takes a lot of patience. It's easy to hurt yourself when working in such tight quarters. The build was a roller before I was able to move it out in front of the house to see the lines and proportion of the design.

The lovers will be a add on to the hood. Since the truck is open engine the Louvre will not be "open". They are just a design element to give some detail to the top of the hood. I built the Louvre tools just as a project. No real plan to use them on the truck but I like how they look on the hood.

 

[Old Iron]

I understand the one car garage shuffle.
I'm 65 and up until 30 years ago I felt lucky if I had a one car garage to work in
I now have a 60 footer and feel like an ape in a berry patch [ddd

 

[Torchie]

Mount the lovers [S in the garage [S

It's a Canadian thing soltz .........[ddd
Looking great Gold.[cl
Punching the lovers in a panel is a good idea as that old Ford hood is pretty stout metal. Fairly close to 16 gauge.
Can't wait to see pics of it.
Torchie

 

[gold03]

Radiator mount

Hey guys, what are you using for lower radiator mounts? I have the radiator built and need to fab up a lower mount. It aluminium if that makes a difference.

 

[Old Iron]

I mount all my aluminum radiators from the side by welding aluminum angle to them.

 

[soltz]

Hey Solz,
My garage is so small I don't have room to lay the hood out and get everything lined up properly to punch the hood. Large one car garage really.

I hear ya gold, i too have to work in a one car, but i don't have snow out the back door. It's a drive through with a shad canopy out back.
we do what we can do [S

Trucks looking great, i take a 3M pad or two to mine when the rains gone, it's outside with a cover.
Spring is not far out, i hope

 

[gold03]

Been a while

The flathead is up and running.

See the link for a possible Youtube vid... if I can make it work!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEsB7fPcneU&feature=youtu.be

The Laker headers I built sound great, the mufflers seem to make a nice low rumble. I installed a radiator from Speedway after converting a side flow for a Chev to a flathead configuration. Almost 20 years since it ran more than just on the driveway five years ago and it seems pretty strong. needs a oil leak repaired on the bottom of the oil pan but other than that the engine seems good.

I have been real busy and not a lot of time to work on this project but am set to go again this winter.

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

Good to see you, gold! [cl

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[smallfoot]

Sounds like it's purring right along....

 

[DozerII]

Glad to see you back at it.

 

[gold03]

Oil pan capacity

I need to know the oil capacity for this pan on a 52 Flathead. See link.

http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/FH_images/FH_engine-pics/Flathead_Engine_oilpan1948-51truck.jpg

I think it has the wrong dipstick or it takes about 8 litres.... which is odd. This was the big truck with a split axle.

4.73 Litres is equal to 5 quarts.

 

[bob w]

Glad to see you're back at it. Flat motor runs good.

 

[Torchie]

Wow !
It's the ghost of Christmas past.
To the best of my knowledge the oil capacity is 5 quarts via information from the manuals. Some of the earlier V-8 60's ran 4 quarts but the 85 Hp ones ran 5.
Your 100 hp should run 5 as well.
I don't believe that the pan capacity was different weather it was in a big or little truck or car. They did change the shape of the pan later on.
Good to see you back brother. [cl
Torchie.

 

[Torchie]

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/flathead-oil-level.463488/

This link may help.....or not.
Apparently this has been a huge debate for years.
I would put 5 in and mark the stick accordingly?????
Torchie