50s Ford F1 Build

[gold03]

Are you going to run propane injection?

gold03

 

[Dirtyrat]

Are you going to run propane injection?

gold03

Yes, the donor vehicle I bought as a total, and it had a roush conversion on a 5.4 Ford engine.. so I have everything that would have been on the motor, harness, ecm.

The plan is to be the first liquid injected propane rat, and to have something different...
There are posts further back in this thread showing/explaining the plans..

 

[gold03]

I knew you were doing propane. Forgot about the injection part.

Gold03

 

[Neverdone]

I knew you were doing propane. Forgot about the injection part.

Gold03

Don't forget he will be bringing the grill to the shows too!!! Make sure to park beside him I will bring the burgers, DR can cook them up for us!!

 

[Dirtyrat]

Indeed, we will be grilling, and hopefully have a stocked fridge too running off propane!

 

[gold03]

I do love BBQ!

gold03

 

[Neverdone]

So is there a tow behind grill/BBQ in the works yet??

 

[Dirtyrat]

I was thinking a slide out, but too much other crap to finish up before I get on to the fun stuff...
I'm hoping I can build one area in the trunk as a fridge area, and then on the other side have a slide out grille form under the bumper.

Not much gas in the tank tonight, made 2 pieces for the floor, did some final measuring for the heavy brackets to mount the tank to the frame, going to finish up the sketches tomorrow for the pieces I need to cut to weld to the frame.

I also picked up a couple bushings to go with the thompson shaft I have laying around, going to use it for the brake pedal pivot once I make the block to house the bushings...

 

[Neverdone]

You keep more progress rolling on your rat than any person I know. I can go like stink for a while then just get burnt and step away for a while. Currently I have been basically stepped away for almost 3-4 months. Think its about time to change that, just been too dang cold.

So the slide out grill would be cool. Maybe you could find like an old camper cook top for cheap and build some sort of shelf slider for that. That could be handy....

 

[I-R-POPS]

Out here in the desert we just throw a burrito in foil
on top of the motor.

A warm burrito and a cold beer. Food for the soul.

POPS

 

[Dirtyrat]

Small update, ordered the urethane isolators, or what I'm going to use as isolators for the fuel tank from http://www.polybushings.com/pages/bushingsbysize.html so far great service.

I am not sure when I will bring the tank home, I want to modify the mounts and get everythign ready to put it in place on the frame, so it can just go right into the mounts rather than take up floor space.

 

[Neverdone]

I always have bad luck doing that kind of crap. It never seems to work out how I think it should.

 

[Dirtyrat]

How so? the vendor? or the bushings themselves?

 

[Neverdone]

How so? the vendor? or the bushings themselves?

No no, trying to get a part ready to fit when it is at a different location than the rod is.

 

[bob w]

Lots of nice fabrication going on down at your place, DR.

Back in my early work years I would write "Field Fabricate to Fit" on lots of my drawings. The shop guys would get a big laugh out of that. I learned if they built to my print in the shop, sometimes it wouldn't fit in the field. Right Neverdone?

 

[Dirtyrat]

Well, I control all the variables, I'm going to cut the pieces for the mounts tonight, and bring them home to test fit on the frame. Then bring them back to transfer holes and what not when I modify the mounts on the tank... Believe me, there will be some test fitting along the way, but yea I hear you.

If you don't control all the tolerances, you definitely have fitment issues =)

 

[Dirtyrat]

Not a whole lot of time for the rat tonight, but anyhow

Took a pic of a couple of the floor pieces I cut out of old shelving units.

And a couple mock up pics of the tank mounts, the risers will go at the end, I had to put them toward the middle to support the upper piece so it didn't slide down the frame.

Anyhow couple pics to keep people happy

 

[I-R-POPS]

Hey DR looking better all the time.
How thick is your shelf/floor section?looks good.

POPS

 

[Dirtyrat]

I honestly have not measured it... maybe .080? I'll have to check it, its pretty heavy...
Thanks Pops!

 

[Neverdone]

I love free stuff!!! Any time I can cut up something to use for parts for another, that is the way I choose to go!