1928 roadster upgrades finished!

I finished up all the upgrades to the 28' roadster today. The last thing I've been upgrading was the brakes. I replaced the single master cylinder with a dual master cylinder. I got the brake pedal ratio from 3 to 1 back to 6 to 1. And I got the front brakes converted to a more modern Bendix style self energizing drum brake setup. Care was taken to not change anything visually on the car, we just wanted to make it easier to drive and stop. With all the upgrades the brakes work super nice now!

Plymouth has new wheels and tires.

We got the wheels and tires the other day. I got them mocked up on the car. They look great!

Patch panel welded in!

I got the patch panel all welded and grinded. Now its the process of leveling all the waves in the patch panel so that it flows with the rest of the fender.

Patching the spare tire hole.

I got the patch panel tacked in place and I've started welding it solid.

Plymouth Passenger Front Fender

Ive been working on the passenger front fender. It had some big dents on the front of the fender that I worked out. And im filling in the spare tire hole. I used the drivers side fender for patterns of the curves top to bottom and side to side. Then I rolled out a patch panel on the enlgish wheel. Its all trimmed, and ready to tack in place.

I got everything out of the frame, and sprayed primer on a bunch of the suspension parts.

Front and rear drivers side fenders are done.

I finished up the drivers side fenders this morning. Got them bolted on the car so that we can start mocking up tires and get suspens
ion ordered.

More brake lines.

I got the lines completely run for the front brakes. And the first main line for the rear brakes is also made. Now its just the line across the rear cross-member to the other side and the brake lines are done.

Delivery Front Fenders

I got all the dents worked out of the front fender. Now I just have to repair the rip on the side.

Start of the Brake Lines

I started on the brake lines tonight. I'm running stainless steel lines and fittings. The lines run from the master cylinder to the residual valves for both the front and rear. Then the bottom line runs to the proportioning valve that will allow me to control when the rear brake activate so that the rear brakes don't lock up first.

Bendix Brake Conversion

So I wanted to keep the look of my 40' ford backing plates. But I didn't want to mess with the original internal hardware. So i'm converting the backing plate to accept modern bendix style self energizing and self adjusting hardware.

So first thing to do is to make room for the bottom adjuster. So I had to section the bottom piece outward. I welded in the nut from the back side so that it still looks like the shoes are mounted solid on the bottom.

Plymouth Front Fender

Been working on the dents on the drivers side front fender.

Ive just about finished up the rear fenders. They are looking a ton better than when I first started!

Been working more on the rear fenders. Ive got the passenger fender just about finished. And im in the process of fixing the bead on the drivers side.

1937 Plymouth Sedan Delivery

This is the next big project in the shop. Got the car tore down and sandblasted. Now im starting to work on the rear fenders. First thing is to get the major dents worked out and the overall shape roughed in as close as possible.

Exhaust system

Been working more on the exhaust. Got all the exhaust run through the back, and got the side pipes run into the exhaust as well.

Rear webs, and rear shocks.

Today I got the rear webs, and the rear boxing plates back from the laser cutter. Got the webs tacked in place in the rear radius rods.

I made a set of boxing plates that the shocks will mount to. They will be welded flush to the frame.