wayfarer Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 ...damn son, you rock!!!!! Having seen the car in person I think this is a perfect compliment to the package. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwrstory Posted January 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Swap meet score. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwrstory Posted January 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Huh! No one commented on the swap meet score?????? The red stamped part may become the transition from the cowl surface to the pitman shaft opening. The wrench is going to be the pitman arm. Huh! Again. Photobucket is down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathbound Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Exactly what I saw in the parts. Is that an early VW tail light housing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwrstory Posted January 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Exactly what I saw in the parts. Is that an early VW tail light housing? You got it! - - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwrstory Posted January 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) removed duplicate Edited January 29, 2015 by mrwrstory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwrstory Posted January 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 more salvage stuff to facilitate the pitman connection and allow me to shorten the amount that it protrudes from the cowl. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Ever wonder how the face of the spud wrench got gouged? Must have done some heavy work in its life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40plyrod Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Looking good Bill. Your plan drawings are a work of art all by themselves. How's your mock up for foot room are you going to have to adjust the clutch pedal? I'm interested in your idea for the wrench pitman arm, what's your idea for attaching it to the box? spline the nut and weld it to the wrench? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathbound Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) Ever wonder how the face of the spud wrench got gouged? Must have done some heavy work in its life. Looks like a wrench from a lathe or some other piece of machinery. I thought a spud wrench had a pointed end (I work iron, so use them daily), though, there are plumbing tools called "spud wrenches" also. Looking good Bill. Your plan drawings are a work of art all by themselves. How's your mock up for foot room are you going to have to adjust the clutch pedal? I'm interested in your idea for the wrench pitman arm, what's your idea for attaching it to the box? spline the nut and weld it to the wrench? If I had a pitman arm with the same spline pattern & width of the splines (stock), I might try to cut it down, grind it to the size of the wrench, weld it, & clean it up. Just a thought. I'm sure it will look great, no matter how you work it out. Edited January 29, 2015 by deathbound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwrstory Posted January 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Looking good Bill. Your plan drawings are a work of art all by themselves. How's your mock up for foot room are you going to have to adjust the clutch pedal? I'm interested in your idea for the wrench pitman arm, what's your idea for attaching it to the box? spline the nut and weld it to the wrench? The mock-up pic is a little misleading. There is good room for both brake and clutch feet. I worried about that from the beginning. The box, the lowest part, is located pretty much on center between the pedals. - Haven't exactly decided yet about pitman arm attachment. Big goal is to reduce the amount the shaft extends from the cowl. Current thought is to cut off the thread and much of the spline, turn the shaft diameter down to yield a shoulder just proud of the casting, make a sleeve whose ID is a 1:1 fit with the new shaft dia. and whose OD matches the nut whose threads have been bored out. Then the three pieces will be pinned or through-bolted together. I've run the idea past others who are smarter than I and they see no issues. As a side note, I looked a half a dozen cowl steering setups at the recent Grand National Roadster Show and feel pretty good about what I'm doing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave72dt Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Used to work on tractors that had a U joint in the steering and was only pinned to the shaft. Constant movement would wear the pin and steering would get very sloppy. Not the biggest deal when in the field, bigger when on the road in road gear. I might suggest either keying the shaft or having splines cut in in addition to the pin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayfarer Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Rather than modify the shaft I think that I'd just find a deeper 'tail-light housing' and live with the amount of projection...but that is just the frugal side of my brain talking..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niel Hoback Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Cut down the taillight housing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwrstory Posted February 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Previous pics were of the mockup which allowed me to connect the dots to get everything where it needed to be. Like everything is connected to everything else and to get the steering wheel where I wanted it and the angle I wanted, about a gillion factors came into play. It was a lot of in and out, back and forth and finessing small dimensions in three planes. The following images are the real hardware ' tho there is more connecting elements to resolve as well as finish welding and detailing. And,....soon's I get a backordered shaft seal, I'll be blowin apart the box to reverse it thus having the input shaft exiting the box where the red dot is. - - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40plyrod Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Very nice looking bracketry Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fstfish66 Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 love the bug tail lite for a blister,,,thats thinking,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwrstory Posted February 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 finally got all the dots connected and the structural kick panels done. Taking a few days off. - - 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayfarer Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 What type/brand of die did you use for the holes? Oh yeah, looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwrstory Posted February 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 What type/brand of die did you use for the holes? Oh yeah, looking good! I borrowed 'em from a friend. I'll shoot you a pic after the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathbound Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 Looks great Bill.....did you see this set-up at the GNRS last month? I didn't get a pic of the steering column/box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwrstory Posted February 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Looks great Bill.....did you see this set-up at the GNRS last month? I didn't get a pic of the steering column/box. Damn!!!!!!!! Missed that. Wished I'd seen the interior. I like it,....kinda. 'Tho I'm favoring the "Steam Punk" theme, this is a little beyond my tolerance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwrstory Posted February 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 I borrowed 'em from a friend. I'll shoot you a pic after the weekend. Sorry, I'm tardy on the pics. Life got in the way. Maybe in a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40plyrod Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Kick panels turned out gorgeous! Nice design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayfarer Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Sorry, I'm tardy on the pics. Life got in the way. Maybe in a few days. ...no worries at this end... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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