Author: DW

’32 Update: Miscellaneous Stuff (article 33)

Some Miscellaneous Stuff

Here are a few random shots of what I’ve been up to lately. They don’t each require a separate posting, so I’ll just throw them all in here.

I made up these little spacers for the wiper posts, then painted them black.

 

Here you can see my heater lines. I decided not to run #10 heater hose just because of the size of the car. A #10 hose has a 1/2″ i.d., so by running 3/8″ hard line, I’m not losing all that much flow. I’m using the head as one connection, and the water pump for the other. The hose clamp on the hose going to the water pump will be replaced and eventually will look like the one just below it. Remember to flare the end of the hard line so it’s tight in the hose. I’m also trying to figure out where to run the spark plug wires.

 

I made up two 3/8″ double clamps to hold the e-brake cables to the floor and keep them out of the way of the driveshaft.

 

Here you can see the Specialty Power Windows wiper motor that’s mounted to the steering column mounting plate.

 

 

I couldn’t exactly hide the A/C drain behind the upholstery (because what you see is the “upholstery”), so I had to come up with another way. I decided to use the leftover trunk weatherstrip I had. It’s hollow, flexible, and has an adhesive back. It’s not stuck to the firewall yet, but when I’m ready I can just peel off a few small sections of backing and hold it in place. It drains out a hole under the toe board area.

 

And here’s where we are, pretty much up to date. [wow, look how shiny it was!]

’32 Update: More Miscellaneous Stuff (article 34)

Well, the body is off and it's time to start welding up brackets and tabs that were just tacked in place this whole time.

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Dear Welder Series… two Model ‘A’ pedal questions

Dear Welder Series…
I am building a Model A style frame and I am going to use manual brakes on it. Which master cylinder bracket kit and pedal should I use?

Ryan

Dear Ryan…
If you are using an automatic transmission, the WS13704 kit was designed for the Model ‘A’.  

It is available ready-to-weld or welded.

Is this the frame that you got the frame curves for?

Thanks for looking at Welder Series, Ryan.

Paul Horton

 

Dear Welder Series…
Great products, great videos and product info on YouTube.

Can you recommend which master mounting bracket and pedal to use for a
model A, and is there one available that has both the brake and clutch
pedals?

Thanks Alan

Dear Alan…
Thanks for looking at our parts, Alan. Check out 20281. Any clutch and brake is very crowded in a Model ‘A’. We can swap the offset brake pedal for one with no offset. Then you can bend both pedals symmetrically to go around the steering column.

 

I hope we can help you with your project.

Paul Horton

Dear Welder Series… Mustang II for ’52 Dodge- pics!

Here's a photo of my frame. Just an old '52 Dodge, that I saved from the crusher. I'm concerned about the spring tower angle (from horizontal) It's about 15 degrees. Is that correct?

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Do some “blogsploring”

So you’re getting a little more used to this whole blog thing… you’ve seen the categories on the right side of the screen, you know that you can see older posts by clicking on “archives”, and you may even know how to subscribe to the RSS feed by clicking on the little orange button in your address bar. But did you know there’s a place you can go, I said yo man, when you’re short on your dough, you can stay there… nevermind. Across the top of the page, there are a few buttons that say Home, Contact Us, Dealers/Builders, etc. I wanted to point those out just in case you haven’t seen them… and if you have a testimonial you’d like to give for the “Testimonials” page, that would be terrific.

I should have a few more ’32 updates this week – we’re hoping to get it started by Friday.

’32 Update: License Plate Holder (article 46)

This is another idea born from necessity… we hadn’t decided/bought a license plate frame or holder, so the idea began to be tossed around.  On a roadster, plate positioning is a bit easier because the section below the trunk lid is taller; most plates get mounted there.  But since there really isn’t enough height there on a 3 window, we decided to put it somewhere else.  Here’s what we came up with.


Masking tape makes it easy to mark dimensions with a pen.


This is the little fixture I came up with to draw a line parallel with the tube.  I have the spreader bar clamped to my bench, nestled up against a section of 1.5″ x 1.5″ tubing which is just hanging over the edge of the bench.  I used a square and set the ruler so that the mark on the tube (which I made while the spreader bar was still on the car) was at an inch line.  Doesn’t matter what number.  I could then move the square along the tube and make marks at the number, then connect the dots.  Voila!  (That’s french for “eh!”)


Here’s a picture of my setup.


I used a cutoff disc to slot the spreader bar.


I cut the bottom off a Bob Drake stainless license plate frame…


…and tig welded it to the stainless spreader bar.


You can see where this is going…


I sectioned the piece that I cut off the bottom of the Bob Drake frame, and welded it to the spreader bar at the bottom of the license plate.


Now I have a short license plate that doesn’t interrupt any body lines.  I still have to make a final decision on a light…