Another Volksrod!

[Gastrick]

A lot of nice work on that hood/hinge project Bulldog.

 

[BullDog]

Hours? a LOT! no idea, but its been 2½ years to this point.

All build pics can be see here:

Build Pics here, from start to present.​

 

[pollard]

WOW, that looks great good job

 

[ratty 46]

I can only say........ mad talent guy...... WOW....

Ratty 46

 

[BullDog]

hood is ready to go on the car.

hinge will swing the other way once its cut out.


Inner structure is almost done as well. this is part of where it got is name "Frankenstein"

 

[BullDog]

hood is swinging finally. really coming together now!

 

[maddog]

Wow! Nice job. Very cool.
Kinda makes me wanna do one.

 

[Bonehead]

I agree, it is a cool project, and it is coming together very well.

 

[ratty 46]

Progressing right along...... great job.

Ratty 46

 

[50Ford]

Awesome job, i can't wait to see more!

 

[BullDog]

nothing too e4xciting to show. a lot of odds and ends finished. and the tub started. the tub will have an access panel to house my battery, fuse block, etc.

little work on the hood and doors and the sheet metal work is done!

 

[Gastrick]

Wow, lot's of metal work going on there BullDog.

 

[BullDog]

Headlights mounted and hood opening finished. started a little filler work but no pics yet. I ma trying to ID the headlight buckets btw if anyone has a clue. When I bought them I was told mid 40's International, but the best match I could find is "38 commercial international", but its still not a perfect match.

They take a 7" light but they measure about 9-9½ wide and came with large heavy cast mounts. they would have on a curved surface and on the outside curve of a fender possibly.

And here is a better shot of What I did with the hood:

 

[Gastrick]

It loooks awesome BullDog. I can't ID the headlights although they do look like truck headlights.

 

[Boltbreaker]

Great thread!
I am new to the site and didn't see this thread yet. I am amazed of how detailed some of these threads are. It is a huge help to us new guys. Cant wait to see more of the volksrod!!
Brian

 

[timbo]

Looking good. I need to ge back to work on mine.
Tim

 

[BullDog]

With the new engine, it was decided that we needed to get a few more gauges in the car to keep track of the monster motor. Like all the other modifications with this car, we didn't want to just slap the gauges into the dash or use some mounting hardare that looked like it came from the local Autozone, Kragen's etc. We decided that we loved how the dash looked as is, so we then started looking at some kind of center console. So we started looking on ebay at small motorcycle gas tanks and then headlight buckets. We ended up using a single headlight bucket.

Well the headlight bucket was the right length, but it was way too wide at the point, so we took a pie cut that was about 2" out of that end and welded it back together. The light was missing the trim ring, so we used 3/8" steel rod to form the front lip with sheetmetal filling the opening (must have been 14g metal or thicker!) We also decided to take the pie cut piece, form a little lip on it and we added it to the top of the bucket to form a nice shape on the top.



We then drilled the holes for the gauges and set it in the car. Now on with the pics...

 

[BullDog]

 

[BullDog]

Tub Access door:

This will house my battery, fuse block, etc...

 

[ratterman]

awesome fabrication skills on your build. I love the stance it has with the beam extended. I wish i could find a set of those wheels for my project.