31 chev 5 window

[31chevrod]

my cowl steering hooked up, cross steer hooked up and trunk handle

 

[sgtpontiac]

Looks great to me....

I'm diggin the trunk handle trunk handle.....[P

 

[31chevrod]

I was working on the trunk sheet metal tonight.
Happy new years to everyone!!

 

[31chevrod]

Shock mounts and headlight mounts

 

[AZRodDave]

Progress! Always good.

 

[earthman]

I think it is time for a foto of the whole car.

 

[CORPO]

I think it is time for a foto of the whole car.

agreed!

 

[jfg455]

You may want to tie the upper and lower hair pin rods together at the shock mount. You may find the shock mounted to just the lower bar alone will cause it to flex quite a bit and posibly fail down the road. just my $.02 [P

 

[Skip]

You may want to tie the upper and lower hair pin rods together at the shock mount. You may find the shock mounted to just the lower bar alone will cause it to flex quite a bit and posibly fail down the road. just my $.02 [P

I agree on the load on one bar, but this looks like a four-link set-up to me. So tying the two bars together isn't going to work out well either.

The shock mounts are way cool looking sitting way back there, but it also looks to me like they need to move forward so the shocks can hook up to the axle. Some traditional styling pretty much stays that way for a reason.

Or am I missing something here. [S

OOPS, My bad. I just looked at the top of the page, and they are hairpins for sure. That said, it still seems like a lot of stress on a light part of the suspension. Even with the two bars tied together, which would help.

 

[31chevrod]

Hey guys thank for the great info Ill look into what I should do.

 

[31chevrod]

Just finished my roof frame work for my canvas slide back roof.

 

[soltz]

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[31chevrod]

roof skin tacked in [ can't wait for the day I install the 31x41 canvas!

 

[bruno]

Very nice!![cl[cl

 

[31chevrod]

Thanks I see Bruno you are really close to being legal with yours.
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[31chevrod]

started welding up floor pan, welded in filler piece in the visor area

 

[31chevrod]

front visor install, fire wall fix and trunk lid bracing

 

[bob w]

Nice work on the Chevy. If I was rich I'd fly up there and make you give me a ride when it's done.

Love the body manufacturer's brass tag on the cowl.

 

[31chevrod]

Thanks Bob you are welcome to come visit anytime.

 

[31chevrod]

my front signal mounted in my shock/headlight mount.