King Herald
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Which is why we have just started building a new bigger 20' x 26' garage.
I can weld that back end on again I guess......
My Model A RPU project
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Which is why we have just started building a new bigger 20' x 26' garage.
I can weld that back end on again I guess......
SugarRay8
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That garage will be nice to have, good luck with the build.
ANNAMEL
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Great work on what you are doing. Thanks for spending so much time on the post and details.
King Herald
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The garage is moving along apace, but the rod not so fast. All I've done is start to widen the rad shell and add some brackets.
earthman
Fascinated by rolling objects!
Thanks for the garage pix. Some of us want to see everything related to the hobby.
Got Rust?
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I am guessing there is not much wood or steel where you are, plus the weather concerns, than'x for showing us.
ronnysplymouth
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I really like the garage progress pics......thanks for sharing
the reverend muddy grimes
Brother Binder
Half of my facebook friends are in davau (sp) province. they tell me the economy there stinks. If they are to be believed, you are getting an amazing deal on labor.
Z.Z.Rat
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Great pics of your construction. Fun to see the other side of the planet. The wait will be worth it for your Rat project!
King Herald
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The whole thing will be rendered smooth inside and out, with 1" of concrete. Like plastering, except tougher.
Wooden construction gets eaten by termites, unless you use hard-woods. Doors will be solid mahogany.
I've left the height for a possible car lift of some sorts, though I'll probably have to build it myself as shipping a proper one would be too expensive.
The locals earn peanuts. Our builder guys wages vary from $12 a day for the foreman, to $5 a day for a general labourer. Which is above the average salary, but necessary to retain good craftsmen, which is what some of these guys really are.
The cost of living here is not as cheap as you'd like to think, and I really have no idea how most ordinary folk can even afford to live on the money they earn.
King Herald
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Garage is coming on strong, walls are being plastered, slab is being poured in four sections.
Hot rod, I got the steering 'column' and Corvair shaft splined to take a U/J, saves messing around with DD joints, which don't actually seem to be available in 5/8". This saved messing about welding something on, and the splining only cost about $20.
Hot rod, I got the steering 'column' and Corvair shaft splined to take a U/J, saves messing around with DD joints, which don't actually seem to be available in 5/8". This saved messing about welding something on, and the splining only cost about $20.
King Herald
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Just a couple of little things done lately, as I've been busy with loads of other stuff.
Started to glass the body to the stiffening frame:
Various seat belt mounts welded in:
Got to work out the doors too, they are pretty basic:
Started to glass the body to the stiffening frame:
Various seat belt mounts welded in:
Got to work out the doors too, they are pretty basic:
King Herald
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Got back from work in the USA a couple of days ago, so wasted no time hugging family or stuff like that, straight into the shed.
Painted my new steel front wheels. hard to believe I couldn't find a simple straightforward 15" steel car wheel over here, but had to buy them in the US. Only about 25 quid each though. Need to buy matching rear ones next trip, but they'll be 10" wide.
New T bucket classic style headers. I'd like to have made these myself, but the price is so good it ain't worth the hassle of all the bending and cutting, flange making etc. They're not much over $200 from Speedwaymotors.com They do look good though, and I wish I'd bought the chrome ones, but they were nearly twice the price.
Rear disc brake conversion. I simply could not find the correct drums/backing plates to fit this axle, so rather than spend a couple of weeks running round mixing and matching Jap parts I bought a conversion kit, again fropm Speedway. I went the DIY route with the front end and it was interesting, but time consuming and not exactly cheap.
These have the built-in handbrake. Or emergency brake as they are called in the USA.
I also bought a proper US 1" brake Master Cylinder, again from Speedway, to replace the metric thing I fitted a while back.
I now have a bunch of work to do to finish getting the doors mounted and some sort of dashboard in, some brake line brackets, headlight brackets, then it might be time to pull it down for finishing welding/grinding and some paint.
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Painted my new steel front wheels. hard to believe I couldn't find a simple straightforward 15" steel car wheel over here, but had to buy them in the US. Only about 25 quid each though. Need to buy matching rear ones next trip, but they'll be 10" wide.
New T bucket classic style headers. I'd like to have made these myself, but the price is so good it ain't worth the hassle of all the bending and cutting, flange making etc. They're not much over $200 from Speedwaymotors.com They do look good though, and I wish I'd bought the chrome ones, but they were nearly twice the price.
Rear disc brake conversion. I simply could not find the correct drums/backing plates to fit this axle, so rather than spend a couple of weeks running round mixing and matching Jap parts I bought a conversion kit, again fropm Speedway. I went the DIY route with the front end and it was interesting, but time consuming and not exactly cheap.
These have the built-in handbrake. Or emergency brake as they are called in the USA.
I also bought a proper US 1" brake Master Cylinder, again from Speedway, to replace the metric thing I fitted a while back.
I now have a bunch of work to do to finish getting the doors mounted and some sort of dashboard in, some brake line brackets, headlight brackets, then it might be time to pull it down for finishing welding/grinding and some paint.
King Herald
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I made a nest for the 9" diff, to make it easier to clean up, bloody thing is heavy!
Got the casing all cleaned up, ground a bit, coat of rust converter on:
Cleaned up and sprayed the wishbones, axle and a few other axle related gubbins.
Threw a really embarrassingly crap coat of red oxide on the chassis, as I'm sick of looking at all that gash ugly white powder coated tube. I'm looking for black Hammerite, but nobody seems to stock it over here.
I made a sort of handle thing for both ends so it can be rested between two trestles for painting etc.
Blagged the motor and trans off my mate, stuck them together, can't wait to get it bolted in place:
The shed is getting no bigger either, with all these parts kicking around:
Got the casing all cleaned up, ground a bit, coat of rust converter on:
Cleaned up and sprayed the wishbones, axle and a few other axle related gubbins.
Threw a really embarrassingly crap coat of red oxide on the chassis, as I'm sick of looking at all that gash ugly white powder coated tube. I'm looking for black Hammerite, but nobody seems to stock it over here.
I made a sort of handle thing for both ends so it can be rested between two trestles for painting etc.
Blagged the motor and trans off my mate, stuck them together, can't wait to get it bolted in place:
The shed is getting no bigger either, with all these parts kicking around:
rainman
Rough Rodder
Looking great, sure seem to be making alot of progress now!!!
Keep it up, and keep us posted!!
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Keep it up, and keep us posted!!
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King Herald
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More paint going on, just rattle can black gloss.
Chassis was brush painted, but I should probably have just rattle canned it as it took forever to paint, even with my trusty apprentice helping.
I had a bad thread on one of the bolts that hold the hairpin to the axle, and they don't exactly grow on trees round here. A local hardware shop sold me a 5/8" UNF die nut and folder for about £8 and the job was a good 'un.
I then decided to cut and grind a bunch of the surplus metal off the actual bolts themselves, an old hot rodders trick from the old days. Before and after pics below, but there was some more grinding to do to smooth it all out.
The poly bushes for my front shackles were too big, so instead of going to the machine shop and paying good money, waiting for a week, I decided to turn my bench drill into a lathe. A 1/2" bolt as a mandrel, with a spacer for clearance and a nut to hold it tight, and an old boring tool out of my junk box....
I had 8 to do, took about 30 minutes altogether, cost nowt.
Everything is piled up, in the way, in the shed now as it is monsoon season and raining cats and dogs all day every day, and the paint doesn't want to go hard, and I have no room to work.......
Chassis was brush painted, but I should probably have just rattle canned it as it took forever to paint, even with my trusty apprentice helping.
I had a bad thread on one of the bolts that hold the hairpin to the axle, and they don't exactly grow on trees round here. A local hardware shop sold me a 5/8" UNF die nut and folder for about £8 and the job was a good 'un.
I then decided to cut and grind a bunch of the surplus metal off the actual bolts themselves, an old hot rodders trick from the old days. Before and after pics below, but there was some more grinding to do to smooth it all out.
The poly bushes for my front shackles were too big, so instead of going to the machine shop and paying good money, waiting for a week, I decided to turn my bench drill into a lathe. A 1/2" bolt as a mandrel, with a spacer for clearance and a nut to hold it tight, and an old boring tool out of my junk box....
I had 8 to do, took about 30 minutes altogether, cost nowt.
Everything is piled up, in the way, in the shed now as it is monsoon season and raining cats and dogs all day every day, and the paint doesn't want to go hard, and I have no room to work.......
Flipper_1938
He recycles the right way
I like your bushing lathe!
earthman
Fascinated by rolling objects!
Probably don't have access to an electric heater either or you could close off a small area for the frame and heat and dry it out in there.I like the "old school" brush paint job.
King Herald
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Probably don't have access to an electric heater either or you could close off a small area for the frame and heat and dry it out in there.I like the "old school" brush paint job.
I have a 1000 watt spotlight that I have turned on a couple of times to try and get temps up. It works.
Hard to believe it was 90+ degrees here two weeks or so ago. [S
The brush paint looks a bit embarrassing but I'll dry it and I can flat it a bit and touch it up in places. I don't want that high mirror gloss epoxy show finish, but dribbles and runs are a bit too much.
