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I know what that feels like (apart from the starting her up bit!) congratulations and enjoy
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interested in any pix please as all mine was gone or rotten apart from strands of a beige type of velour or something
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I took the pinup from a this pic which uses the pre 42 usaf makings with the red dot in the middle..which ties in with the red lines of the dodge trim.....plus it needed to stand out a bit more than the rest of the car the radiator stuff is on hold until after this show on the 2nd may, but thanks for the info
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that is excellent ! something to tell the kids !
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my 39 dodge also doesnt..which I find very odd!? why? what security reasons?
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ok understood , that makes sense of the top hat shape of that dish then..cheers guys
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ok, so stupid question, all the door handles and winders came off to put the new door cards on, and I have all the springs, "hat shaped" washers and the small pins to keep them in place. however, since the pins have been knocked out they now tend to want to slide out of their holes now, risking the loss or breakage of the handles. what do people do to keep the pins in place? a drop of glue?? cheers sig
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yes I looked but the aesthetics of the later models looked cooler to me not much to report although I´ve been doing loads of tidying small things. door cards are made in mdf, and so now I can decide how to line them and what colours (any ideas?)..also the other side painted along with the mascot. they´ll be a proper pin-up show fat the hot rod show so it seemed fitting
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you´re all gonna hate me, but because its in primer (and there fore temporary and easitly removed ) and to draw a bit of interest at the hotrod show..I had a play with the paint and masking tape, inspires by the old war birds of the era
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haha ! just me...speed is what you learn after 20 years being self employed in spain...if its not done well and quickly you won´t get paid !....actually even if you do, often you don´t get paid !!!
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ok so today was the turn of the ass of the car!...rear bumper brackets adapted and bumper fixed on, 2nd fender skirt made and fitted, holes filled in boot (trunk!) and where the number plate light was (which was nearly rotted through). the number plate is now on the bumper . I stuck some lights that I had from the old lambretta on to see what it might look like (until I find some proper nice turning signals and reversing light. starting to look like a proper car!!
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for me the visor is more about the style than the practicality, I still have good forward visibilty but no Its unlikely that I´ll be seeing any traffic lights ! been busy, passenger side wings repaired, and rear inner wing which was aweful ( 4 m of weld approx). rear wing widened by nearly 2 inches like the other side,, and welded on. i´ve also made some reverse smoothies from some scrap renault wheels, and the filler primer is on to get rid of some pock marks very tired!
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more than great !, fantastic!!!..a thing of beauty indeed, love the colour too
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all useful comments thanks guys..the radiator is on hold at the moment until I can concentrate better. I had to get the ford out from inside for final finishing, and also turn the dodge round to attack the bad side...which really is bad !!...fells great to be able to clean the floor under the cars and get my workshop back for the furniture. 3 weeks to go till the hot rod show !!
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well I thought about the repro thermo things and indeed they would be the logical thing to do..but...they always seem to be plastic!..so I jumped in and pulled the plug on the radiator. the cast piece was soldered or braized in and came off with a bit of heat . I scribed the fan turning circle and figured out the minimum position of a new exit. then welded up a stainless tube onto a steel plate ( I thought there might be issues braizing onto stainless directly) and it now clears the fan by about half an inch or so. and still not stupidly high on the radiator..now as you said wayfarer I need to brush up with the torch!! or maybe they have a new way of doing those things these days?? meanwhile I picked up the steel from the laser company for the running boards and cut one to size to see how she looks..quite pleased..they are perferated and I´ll be bolting on half moon profiles for the ribbing. ps notice now building blocks holding all the panels..its all bolted on !!
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mate there´s no competent anything around here!..it only has 4 rivets holding the cast piece to the brass: i´m wondering whether it would still work if it was turned upside down, and the tube goes up and over??..does it need gravity? surely the water pump would keep circulation as long as the radiator is topped up?? in the meantime I fixed the radiator surround and cleaned everything up, the front of the chassis arms were finally reinforced from the suspension install and now there is no flex at all if i jump up and down on the end of them. also got dug into the nose piece ( a bit scary cutting into that !), there was rot behind the shiny parts so I put new metal in on both sides.
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thanks for the compliment ralph, very much appreciated the turning lights I was thinking of using the little pilot lights that go on top of the wings (they´re off at the moment) and having some extra lights mounted on the big rear bumper at the back??. then the standard red glass lights can stay where they are. I´ll probably move the licence plate off the boot (trunk) also to show off the rear curves better. anyway I´ve reached the "pain in the neck " stuff that usually comes with a body drop. I´m rebuilding the front radiator support and structure around it.of course the radiator is now 10cm lower and the fan now fouls on the top hose. so I flipped the radiator forward (which looks much slicker anyway!) but I´ll have to move or reverse the top outlet somehow. I think its steel not brass Although I havent checked yet..any ideas folks ?
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some friends sourced some original marshal headlamps (PRESUMEABLY FROM 30´S O 40´S) for the front..loving them
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practical stuff done today..floor and boot sub frame, rust treatment and primer on the chassis, and rear boot (trunk) bottom lip redone with new metal as it was rotted out
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no its not a state inspection its a hot rod show !...quite a differnt ball game
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started in a visor (which is very tricky to get right ) made out of the rear quarters of the old jag..still not right but getting there
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ahh that helps a lot , thanks I´ll get rejigging the exhaust route asap. also yesterday they confirmed that we can take the ford and the dodge to riverside show at the beginning of may (its basically the spanish hotrod show) I have 1 month to get them both presentable (if not running !)
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well done on the start and congratulations !
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to be honest I can´t continue much further with the exhaust and the clearance issues until the proper ride height is settled. the leaf springs are shot and i´ll have to do a transplant with something I can find at the scrap yard. I don´t want to spend much money incase the new jag rear goes in!..chicken and egg situation ! anyway I was doing the bumper bars for the ford pickup so I started playing with the dodge rear also..( remember the original is on a roadside somewhere in north carolina !!!!) I´ve always like the continental kit rear ends, and I suppose this is a bit inspired in that..emphasis on fat arse and rear aesthetic weight. only spot welded as I´ve run out of MIG gas ! and the works van is trashed thanks to a crash on monday !
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it is close and It took ages today sorting it and the fuel tank out, but I think it´ll work..will add pix tomorrow