Smallfoot's AA

[smallfoot]

Thanks David! Couple more panels of floor tacked in. Also added some extra subfloor under these.

 

[Torchie]

Floor is looking great Smallfoot.
Another huge leap forward.[cl
What gauge sheet metal are you using?
Torchie.

 

[smallfoot]

Floor is looking great Smallfoot.
Another huge leap forward.[cl
What gauge sheet metal are you using?
Torchie.

Using up the rest of the 18 ga. stuff I have on hand. It's a little flimsy across wide areas of floor frame but the widest stuff I have is 10" apart and I'm placing some beads across the high travel areas. The beads really firm things up...
Closing in on the tranny tunnel and thinking along the way of what I'll do when I get there is slowing me down. It's pretty much play as I go at this point...lol!

 

[Todd]

You have a cool build going. Thanks for sharing.

 

[smallfoot]

Thanks for the good words Todd!

 

[Old Iron]

Your ride really looks good.
Nice work on the dash, firewall and floors

 

[smallfoot]

Thanks Old Iron! It's coming along slowly...

 

[smallfoot]

Got the passenger side tacked in and got another drivers side panel in. I have the last floor panel cut, but ran out of daylight and need to fab an access panel into this one along with some beading. The access hole will give me an "easy in" for tranny linkage and prop valve. If I can figure a way, I'd like to make a door that removes completely with a twist of a ring. My old 42 Ford Jeep had ammo boxes with lids like that and they didn't rattle and were pretty tough too.

 

[Torchie]

Good looking progress smallfoot.
With your ingenuity and talent you will come up with something.
Torchie. [ [ [ [P

 

[Old Iron]

Might consider using Zues fasteners.

 

[smallfoot]

Hey Old Iron thanks for the idea. Those Dzus fasteners are nice and along the same idea of what I'm thinking of doing. Mine will be a center stud on the cover with a folding ring and capable of two point contact on the floor opening. Still playing with my ideas and will post pix of what I come up with.

 

[smallfoot]

Here we go! Cut a couple of pieces of sheet, one a little smaller than the other. Brazed the two pieces together for strength and a positioning lip. Cut a centered hole thru both pieces and brazed a large washer underneath to give it a dish area to level the ring. Fashioned the stud with a 3/8" bolt. Flattened on 2 sides to match a slot cut into the holding arm. Then flattened 2 sides of the other end and lost the head. Drilled it for the ring. Still have to cut the opening in the floor panel and make adjustments for a tight fit. Thanks for stopping by...

 

[Old Iron]

That's a nice lookin piece

 

[Yankee Transplant]

well thats a cool looking hatch lid

 

[smallfoot]

Thanks guys! Hopefully tomorrow I can get the panel set up and see how it looks in the floor. Looks as if the thing will work.

 

[Torchie]

Way cool smallfoot.[cl
What did you use to make the machine turned pattern?
Your dash would look great like that.[ddd
Torchie.

 

[smallfoot]

Torchie, That was done with a small cup wire brush in the drill press. I did it without a pattern by eye. It would look better if I put it in the mill vise and kept the pattern even. It was done mostly to cover up all the blems in the cover after having to beat the snot out of it. It got wavy after putting all the heat to it and I had to take it to the anvil to get it flat again. I thought about doing the dash, but don't think it would be noticeable after paint.

 

[AZRodDave]

Well done, sir!

 

[Torchie]

Torchie, That was done with a small cup wire brush in the drill press. I did it without a pattern by eye. It would look better if I put it in the mill vise and kept the pattern even. It was done mostly to cover up all the blems in the cover after having to beat the snot out of it. It got wavy after putting all the heat to it and I had to take it to the anvil to get it flat again. I thought about doing the dash, but don't think it would be noticeable after paint.

That's why you wouldn't paint it. Just shoot some clear over it.[ddd
Or you could just do your glove box doors and still paint the main dash area.
You just don't see a whole lot of this type of work much anymore. At least I don't.
Von Dutch used to while away his free time making machined turned panels for just about anything.
Just my spare 2 cents for today.
Carry on.....
Torchie.

 

[smallfoot]

I understand your thoughts Torchie! I really like the looks of machine turned or "jeweled" pieces too. It's a process I used in my more expensive custom knives. I've got my mind leaning toward paint for the dash already though and haven't come away from it yet...I may change my mind when I see it in paint(thinking same gray for doors and panels and flat black for main dash) and I'll keep my mind open. If the material for the dash or dash doors was anything but steel, like brass or copper, I'd just machine it and leave it. Might be just a little too fancy for a barn rat...lol!