Topic: another model a sedan i have been building (Read 12751 times)

Cornfield Customs · « **on:** December 01, 2011, 05:53:51 PM »

been working on this car for a while so decided to post this one now that i am getting back to it

well i was building this car for a guy a couple years ago and he got in over his head, and i ended up with it after everything was said and done. then sold it the current owner

first time around i was going to run a jag. v12 had the frame all set up for it. it was going to be on air front and rear.. the new owner wants low with no air ride, small block with a muncie.. so pretty much started over. cut the front rails off. made some new tapered front rails, new rear end. kind of getting ahead of myself on the build. i am working on the floor skeleton while i wait on parts to show up . here is where i am now

tapering the front frame rails,

new rails on the old frame

and the start of the floor

mock up motor in and trans in. just need to finish fabing the mounts. works some more on the floor as well

got the motor mounts mocked up...i am kinda going for the look of the mounts looking like i used part of an i beam axle, and the hole to follow the rest of the gussets and brackets

trans mount all fabbed up and the front suspension mostly mocked up. just need to get the tie rods in

some carbs thrown on the intake, spindles, hubs and wheels. got one side of the wishbones mounted through the frame, there will be a removable recessed cover to access the tie rod nut and cotter pin.

the drag link bar made, rear end tacked in for display, and rolling

cut access holes in the frame to get to the nuts and cotter pins for the tie rod ends, on the wish bones. welded some tabs i drilled and tapped to hold a flush mount cover on, used some allen machine screws.

mounted the head lights the other day too

body back on and mounts made for the air compressor and tank

ride height

aired out

rear tire up above the bottom of the rear side window

passenger cowl panel i made, removed the wood track on the roof, made roof bows out of 1x1 that are arced like the originals

finished up the rear of the roof structure, fabbed and installed the driver side lower cowl panel, then rolled it out side in between rain showers to get a good look of it with the hood

half of the roof skin louvered, still needs some final finesse but looks killer. also started welding some 1/4 round around the hole in the hood to give a more finished edge

finished louvering the roof.over 600 . and whipped up a grill shell insert for it.

finally getting back on this car, the owner bought a new house and the car was put on hold for a while. started working on the floor

cardboard templates for the floor

fitting the sheet metal

access hole to get to the body mount bolt, and made the cover for it

started forming the rear section of tunnel

hotwheels · « **Reply #1 on:** December 01, 2011, 06:48:59 PM »

Great work my friend.

obama · « **Reply #2 on:** December 01, 2011, 08:46:07 PM »

My hat is off to you, this looks good.
what is the wheel hub combo?

carvinmark · « **Reply #3 on:** December 02, 2011, 01:18:22 AM »

Amazing amount of work and your quaility is unquestionable. Thanks for sharing, you are very inspirational.

Greybeards Customs · « **Reply #4 on:** December 02, 2011, 05:30:52 AM »

That was a pile of louvers !

Grumpyoldman · « **Reply #5 on:** December 02, 2011, 10:51:33 AM »

You do some OUTSTANDING WORK!
How long did it take to stamp that roof?

Dustin Arnett · « **Reply #6 on:** December 02, 2011, 12:36:38 PM »

Lookin good Mike, very clean work as always! Thanks for sharing. There's always a ton to learn from watching your builds...

~Dustin

hotwheels · « **Reply #7 on:** December 02, 2011, 02:34:23 PM »

What size tubing did you use for the flooring?

Cornfield Customs · « **Reply #8 on:** December 02, 2011, 06:24:07 PM »

thanks fellas, not sure if i am the one to be learning from, i am still learning myself. the roof took me a while, i have about 6.5 hours in the louvering, and then about 2 days to let my back recover.

the floor skeleton is just 1x1x.125 square

today i worked on the floor some more. first i made a cover plate to cover the access hole used to get to the air management system from inside the car if ever need to.

started on the center sections of the floor, and made a nice little sill plate area to dress it up a bit

Greybeards Customs · « **Reply #9 on:** December 03, 2011, 08:33:50 AM »

you know to look at a trans tunnel , it looks so simple . To me that's the hardest part of an interior to do and have look correct . The beveled area where the tunnel meets the floor pan in the back had to be a major job .

Cornfield Customs · « **Reply #10 on:** December 10, 2011, 06:05:36 PM »

worked on the steering a bit on this car, started with a volkswagon bus steering box. the sector shaft was about 3 inches to short for cowl steering. so i took the sector shaft out of an f1 box, which is the same OD as the volks shaft. machined the f1 shaft down to get the correct length when added to the volks shaft, with a shank to be pressed into the hole i bored into the volks shaft to keep everything aligned. machined the volks shaft down and bored the hole, pressed the two shafts together, tig welded it up, and machined it smooth. and viola you have a nice cool looking box that will work perfectly for cowl steering. and it takes an f1 pitman arm which is longer than the volks

didnt take a before pic, but here is one of the style box form the web

volks shaft

volks shaft, with the machined f1 shaft

got carried away and didnt get any pics of the shaft during pressing, welding, re machining, and pre assembly

box done

hotwheels · « **Reply #11 on:** December 10, 2011, 06:17:13 PM »

Wow that is incredible....

Greybeards Customs · « **Reply #12 on:** December 11, 2011, 01:58:16 PM »

Thats pretty cool , I have never taken a steering gear box apart before , you don't seem to have any trouble doing it . I have noticed that you really go for the cowl steering set-up , is it a personal preference or the cool factor because it seems like a lot more work .

Cornfield Customs · « **Reply #13 on:** December 11, 2011, 04:30:15 PM »

it is kind of both, i build things with sort of a salt flat car feel, so the cowl steering fits that style and it tucks everything up out of the way

hotterbrat1 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 11, 2011, 05:26:18 PM »

ssswwweeeetttttt lookin kool love the clean work .....i look at your stuff.....then i have run out in the snow n look at my old metal collection hehehe u get me all hyped up ...thanx

Cornfield Customs · « **Reply #15 on:** December 15, 2011, 05:03:31 PM »

bent up a tube to mount the steering, brake pedal assy., battery box, ect. to and started setting up the steering with the modified volks wagon box.

the tube bent up

setting up the steering and brake pedal assy.

start of a new brake pedal

fabbed up the battery box

Honlude · « **Reply #16 on:** December 15, 2011, 05:19:58 PM »

super nice

Greybeards Customs · « **Reply #17 on:** December 15, 2011, 07:07:23 PM »

That is the beefiest frame ever , no chance of that car being top heavy . Nice work as always .

Cornfield Customs · « **Reply #18 on:** December 16, 2011, 05:29:05 PM »

worked some more on mounting the steering. made another bracket to to help support the box, it has some 1.5 inch spacers to allow room for box clearance, and bolts at the top to allow for easy removal

bolted up to the box for the first visual

all the holes drilled and bolted together, there is an access hole to get to the steering box adjustment screw

Samster · « **Reply #19 on:** December 16, 2011, 05:52:26 PM »

Quote from: Greybeards Customs on December 02, 2011, 05:30:52 AM

That was a pile of louvers !

whahhah indeed! very nice work!

Greybeards Customs · « **Reply #20 on:** December 17, 2011, 01:37:43 PM »

I like it .

hotwheels · « **Reply #21 on:** December 17, 2011, 06:34:03 PM »

Simply amazing.........

Cornfield Customs · « **Reply #22 on:** December 22, 2011, 06:57:17 PM »

master cylinder mocked up and a swing pedal fabbed

Greybeards Customs · « **Reply #23 on:** December 30, 2011, 07:23:27 AM »

What do you think about your pedal ratio , looks like it might be a stiff pedal with the pivot point so far away from the master cylinder push rod ? have you tried it yet ?

Cornfield Customs · « **Reply #24 on:** January 05, 2012, 08:35:15 PM »

i have not tried it yet, but the linkage mount is only about 3/8 inch different from a stock swing pedal i had on hand

News:

AuthorTopic: another model a sedan i have been building (Read 12751 times)