Hole in the head project

[Flipper_1938]

Another idea is to switch to manual brakes. With no booster, I could stick the clutch master next to the brake master right on he damn firewall. .....no crazy hacking of the body required.

 

[Flipper_1938]

Or hydroboost?

I think there were maybe some chevy vans that had a compact hydroboost unit. Anybody know what I might be halfway remembering?

Edit: tahoe's have them

 

[offroadrolls]

Chevy Astro and GMC Safari had them.

 

[Flipper_1938]

Ok, I couldn't make the trip to Dad's this weekend, I'm waiting on an alternator to show up for the Yaris.

Trying to nail down what I want for stance. I went to the Triple Crown of Rodding and confirmed that I only love low cars. Do I want to narrow the front suspension and tuck the wheels in the stock wheelwells? Like this chevy II?

Or raise/reshape the wheel openings for clearance and leave the wheels where they are? Along the lines of this (not much different than a C5 corvette).

 

[Flipper_1938]

I think I could narrow the arms a few inches if I move the shock inside the coil

I don't think I can tuck as hard as my truck, but maybe enough.

Raising the wheelwell would probably be way easier. I'm thinking just getting rid of the flat top, and going round. It should give me 2-3 inches more room?

 

[Flipper_1938]

Slam it? Keep it current height (invisible mode)? Halfway between those?

Life would probably be easier close to stock height. I remember how hard it was to get in and out of this as a 20 year old. Basically had to crawl out.

 

[earthman]

Rock and a hard place. Maybe raise it but keep the down in front stance?

 

[Flipper_1938]

Rethinking stupid low stance. I drove the flatbed to a show this past weekend and drove on some rough interstate. I feel like someone beat the crap out of me. Stock ride height might not be so bad.

 

[gene49]

The 3 vehicles I built before this last one were all normal height. Those were a result of having built a couple low stance. haven a bit of extra ground clearance makes the drive more pleasurable. You don't have to keep watching the road surface for dips and protrusions and if you happen to miss one of those dips of protrusions, you don't feel something hitting hard as it bottoms out, you only feel the bump.

This last one I must have gotten stupid again, or forgotten what I've learned. Its not stupid low, but is low enough I get to hear tires rub on stuff when I hit those minor road imperfections. There sure seems to be a lot more of those road imperfections then there used to be.

 

[mikec4193]

I remember years ago as kid...those Mercedes were all that our family drove...dad would look in the classified section of the local newspaper and he would drag them home (most of them did not run) and get them up and running and we as a family would have a new to us family car...everyone thought we had money to burn...we did not...dad loved his German cars so drove them...so far ahead of their time too...
Keep at it Flipper
Love this stuff...
MikeC

 

[lowbudget50]

Some old Lincoln's had hydro boost also. Diesel trucks also. That is a damn good upgrade!! I love the setup I put on my bronco

 

[Flipper_1938]

I remember years ago as kid...those Mercedes were all that our family drove...dad would look in the classified section of the local newspaper and he would drag them home (most of them did not run) and get them up and running and we as a family would have a new to us family car...everyone thought we had money to burn...we did not...dad loved his German cars so drove them...so far ahead of their time too...
Keep at it Flipper
Love this stuff...
MikeC

It's crazy how many of these cars don't run...or run like crap if they do. Most of the classifieds read "not driven in 15 years". Hopefully, adding some chevy parts will help with that.

 

[Flipper_1938]

Spacing the booster away from the firewall like this may be a cheap solution for freeing up a spot for a clutch master.

 

[Flipper_1938]

Making a hole in the shop to get the mercedes inside. Gonna pull the german stuff out of it and put chevy stuff back in its place. Anxious to find out of this all fits without serious hacking. It needs to happen either way. I think this car will eventually be my daily driver.

 

[Flipper_1938]

This hasn't been fun.

 

[Flipper_1938]

It is in there.

 

[soltz]

You do have a full shop

 

[Flipper_1938]

You do have a full shop

4 seagrave firetrucks, 1 1940 gmc truck, roofus, my model A coupe, a 1940 Ford truck, a fj40, a fj60, my Studebaker, my dad's studebaker, a t bucket, 2 1952 mercedes sedans, my Fargo, another 48 chevy truck, a vw bug, a vw bus, the 48 flatbed. And the pile of RV stuff that will be the big pickup, a Korean War Era army tank engine, my 91 toyota pickup ....and now a mercedes SL.

 

[Flipper_1938]

Engine is out.

GTO oil pan does not fit as well as I hoped. The crossmember will need surgery to put the engine where it belongs.

 

[Flipper_1938]

I surfed the internet looking for modified crossmembers and found a different model of mercedes being LS swapped. They did something that may work on my car. They cut out the center of the crossmember and built a halo around the pan (sorta like what I did on the stude, but they did all 4 sides).

It would be nice to have a rack, but i don't.