I got the tail lights mounted on the sedan today. I like these cause they are small, compact, and almost have a shark mouth type opening.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Fixing the back of the plymouth
Iv'e been working on the dents and rust on the back of the Plymouth. I first got the panel below the door straightened from the top down half way. Ill make a patch panel to replace the bottom. Then I made a patch panel to replace the drivers side corner.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Patched passenger side quarter panel.
I got the passenger side quarter panel patched today. It had the same type of rust out as the other side had.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Oil purification device installed on the 32'
I have an uncle that has invented an oil purifying system that I have on my car. It uses the temperature of the oil, and restricts it down, so that it is super thin inside of the device. Then because of the temperature it allows all the water and gasoline, that has contaminated the oil, to turn into vapor and exit the top. It takes about 2 hours to go through all the oil but at the end the oil is completely clean and free. One test he did was he poured 6 ounces of water into 4 gallons of oil and in 6 hours all of the water was gone.
Then contaminated oil with the water is on the left, and the clean oil after 6 hours is on the right.
Then contaminated oil with the water is on the left, and the clean oil after 6 hours is on the right.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Drivers side quarter panel patched on the plymouth.
I had to replace some rust out on the drivers side quarter panel. I cut out the bad area, and then made a patch panel that had the same shape as the quarter panel. Then I got it welded in and finished out.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Working on the back of the plymouth
Im going to be working on fixing the dents and rust on the back of the plymouth. So to help I got it up on my portable lift.
Drivers view of the 32'
Here is the view I'll have of the gauges from the drivers seat. I have the tachometer mounted on the column under the dash. Then from left to right: water temp for the left head, oil temp, original 32' speedometer, fuel gauge, and water temp for the right head. I wanted to have two water temp gauges so that I could watch the tempratures on both heads separately. That way I can make sure that one isnt getting a higher temp than the other.
Got the floor in the sedan.
Ive been working on the floor. Got all of the wood fitting. Im using a connecting rod an re-making the brace for the steering box on top of the transmission. Also got all the gauges mocked up in the dash.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Inner door patched on the plymouth.
I got the inner door panel patched today. There are a lot of different things going on in such a small piece. I made sure to reproduce all the beads like the original had so that it looks like nothing ever happened.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Patched passenger door
The passenger door had some rust out on the bottom corner. So I removed the inner panel so I had access to the outer skin. Then I made up a patch panel that matched the crown and welded it in. Next I can patch the inner door and wrap the outer skin over the inner panel.
Monday, March 19, 2012
More on the suspension for the plymouth.
I got the rear bar for the coilovers mounted. I used some pipe that represent the coilovers so that I could get all the right angles.
Then I got the front of the frame boxed, and got the front crossmember in place.
Then I got the front of the frame boxed, and got the front crossmember in place.
Working on the steering on the 32' sedan.
I got the dash in the car and got the steering box, column drop, shaft and steering wheel in the car. Im going to re-make the steering brace that goes from the top of the transmission to the firewall out of steel insted of aluminum. That way there is a lot more strength there.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
32' sedan body back on the frame!
I got the body back on the frame yesterday! I forgot how much I love the stance of this car. It's coming together so much better than I hoped!
Friday, March 9, 2012
Ready to put the 32' sedan body back on the frame.
I got everything set up to put the body back on the frame on my 32' sedan. Its an awesome feeling to be at this stage knowing that this will be the last time that the body will be off.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
32' sedan frame is rolling again!
I finished up the quickchange and got the rear axle back in the car. I also got the rest of the exhaust bolted in. Nice to have the frame rolling once again.
When I finished up the quickchange I decided to safety wire all the studs together. That way neither the nuts or the studs can back them self out.
When I finished up the quickchange I decided to safety wire all the studs together. That way neither the nuts or the studs can back them self out.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Got the top two suspension arms tacked in place on the plymouth.
I worked today on getting the two top suspension arms on the car. Next is the mount for the coilovers.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Start of rear suspension on the plymouth.
I got the axle mocked up where it needs to be in the frame using the tires. Then I used some scrap metal to tack the housings to the sides of the frame so nothing moved while I figure out the rear suspension.
Then I got the two bottom arms tacked in place.
Then I got the two bottom arms tacked in place.
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