'34 Dodge Brothers, double build.

[gene49]

I've been involved with a few marshmellow builds before. In my younger days, I used to say "I have a torch and a welder, anything will fit anywhere." As I grew older and wiser, my original attitude changed, "fit" has a different meaning then it did back then.

 

[Couper]

Nice work Mac!

 

[MercuryMac]

Thank you Guys.

 

[MercuryMac]

I made a front bracket today and installed it. Chrysler had a single front mount under the vibration damper.
The second picture is looking straight down just in front of the vibration damper.

 

[MercuryMac]

Well I got back from holidays now, and I got over the jet-lag, but still recovering from the Caribbean water quick step. This slows production down somewhat.
Anyhow, the motor was sitting at a sharp angle when I tried to line up the back of the transmission with the X-member tunnel, pic one; so I had to lower the front end two inches. The front motor mount had to come out and get extended two inches, pic two. Here's a picture of my welding bench, messy as it is.
pic three, the new revised mount installed.

 

[Bamamav]

Getting there!

 

[BillM]

Progress as always MM, looking good. Your "Carribean quick step" made me laugh. I may use that one!

 

[MercuryMac]

Bill, I'll gladly let you have this "Caribbean quick step", --------
Oh, wait, you mean just the phrase.

 

[lowbudget50]

Looking good!!

 

[MercuryMac]

Thank you LB. Today I started on my transmission mount, but I'm not using pipe like you LB, because I can't bend it that nice.
Anyhow, I did my "Imagineering" and got a plan in my head for my mount. Here's the start of the rectangle tube weirdness. Pic one.

 

[lowbudget50]

Thank you LB. Today I started on my transmission mount, but I'm not using pipe like you LB, because I can't bend it that nice.
Anyhow, I did my "Imagineering" and got a plan in my head for my mount. Here's the start of the rectangle tube weirdness. Pic one.

Hahahahaha, I get lucky every now and again. You should see my pile of incorrect bends hahahaha
I do a lot of imagineering myself!! Keep it up brother!! Looking good!!

 

[dutch]

That`s a pretty complicated , but well executed corner construction...

 

[MercuryMac]

Today I changed the plan somewhat, so swapped ends on the piece I made; what was going to be the left side is now the right side and at the last minute, I remembered that the rubber mount spacers [that are an inch thick] better be placed properly if I'm going to measure stuff correctly.
There was some progress though -- sideways progress.

 

[Old Iron]

sideways is the direction I usually travel.

 

[Batwood]

I'm trying this thread for the second time. Anyhow, my plan for this '34 Dodge Brothers truck was to make it into a ratrod with a wide block, poly 318, New Process 435, 4 speed, and a Dodge Dart rear-end. The whole truck is a rough barn find, in fact too rough for a ratrod, so I'd have to tinker it up a wee bit to make it a rat.
This summer a lady phoned me and asked if I was the guy who had a lot of jalopies. I was almost offended but thought maybe she didn't know that we didn't use that term anymore. I nodded, so she wanted to come out to the farm and look them over. I am always up for an old car tour with a nice sounding lady. She came out and looked over the cars and trucks, all the while telling me her story. She was part of a team putting on a play in town, [The Grapes of Wrath] and needed an old jalopy. I was thinking my Model A, but no, she needed a truck to carry a big family and their stuff. [I was supposed to read this book in grade 12, but it was summer out and I had things to do.] She picked the '34 Dodge Bros truck. It was a bit rough in places for her liking and too nice in others. Could I rough up the wheels that I had already sand-blasted, primed, painted and installed new tires on? Could I fix up a better seat and throw away the 12" x12" block of wood and mouse poopy towel that was there? Could I fix up the grille a wee bit?
Anyhow I was putty in her hands and meekly said yes, all the while scheming what it would take after this play was over and I could make it back to the original planned ratrod.
Think of the fame and fortune, guys.
The pictures are of the truck in the shed where I found it.

There is plenty to work with there. All you need is the drive to do it.

 

[MercuryMac]

Yep, Bat, I'm pickin' away on it.

 

[MercuryMac]

A little more done today. This is the easy, simple side.

 

[lowbudget50]

Always start with the easy side!!! Looks good!!

 

[bob w]

Solid! Ain't never going to break. Thumbs up.

 

[MercuryMac]

The hard side is partly done now. The hard part is trying to fit the clutch/brake pedal mounting bracket in there along side the drivers side trans mount. I think I've left enough room. In the pictures you'll see [pic 1] the drivers side slanty bracket and then the passengers side [ pic 2] with a bolt to make things easier to remove later.