[62131]

Looking good, it looks like your focused and moving along.

[chopper526]

Looks good, John. No such thing as overkill, let's see that engine in there.

[62131]

Ghost    Are you boxing your frame completely front to back?

[ghost28]

Ghost    Are you boxing your frame completely front to back?

Boxing it a little more than half way, but I am gonna box around the upper 4 link perches to beef them up a little.
I did get a little more completed on the roadster. The engine and trans are in place and I constructed a transmission mount out of chrome molly tubing, a couple of bends and it worked fine. I welded brackets on the end and drilled through the bracket and frame for bolt mounting.  I will have to construct a small trans tunnel about 8 inches by 8 inches and 1 1/2 inches tall. I took the housing out so I could finish welding the 4 link brackets. Man I am having fun now.

[32chevy vett]

Nice work Ghost! Just went thought your whole build. That will be one cool ride.

[ghost28]

Started the frame assembly. It turns out the parts for the 57 ford 9 inch rear axle parts are pretty hard to find, but I have most of the brake assembly and I believe I can get the rest. I got a set of chrome 8 inch rally wheels with a nice set of 275 60 15 Hoosier tires on them. So I can at least roll the chassis around. I might even use them on the car.

[chopper526]

That's looking real sweet, Moose. You even have the frame painted already.

[ghost28]

While I am waiting for the funds to finish the third member, so I can install the axles and make it a true roller. I started to do a little more structuring on the a and b pillars, along with the doors and bulkhead divider.  I used 1 inch by 10 guage strapping. This will add a lot strength and get rid of the flex the doors had, and it will also give me a place to mount upholstery panels in the future. I built the transmission tunnel and cut out for the floor shift today and with a little grinding they will be good. The dash board on this car was flat thin steel and full of holes, so I built a new dash and cut the holes for the guages. It turned out looking like mickey and minnie, but with the ignition, and headlight switches in the center, and turn signal indicators over the collumn it should be ok.

[TFoch]

Looks great John.  Are you going to mount the gauges directly to the steel on the dash or are you going to have some wood or another material between the steel and gauges?
Tom

[ghost28]

Thanks Tom.  I will probably do a little more detailing to the dash and then it will be painted  shiney body color. I am not much of a wood worker.

[62131]

Ghost will there be any diagonal bracing put in your doors? It's looking good.

[ghost28]

After installing the surround bracing I checked for twist in the doors and they were tight, so Idon't think I will need any other bracing.

[madmike3434]

your right dash board panel does look like mickey and Minnie.....fantastic.   That cowl top has a great shape to it, what a gorgeous curve.

Re the rear end, it looks really too wide for the frame.  Is this car a fendered or non fendered hi boy style.   Would have to have really wide rear fenders.   All will be revealed when body comes together.

mike         

[ghost28]

your right dash board panel does look like mickey and Minnie.....fantastic.   That cowl top has a great shape to it, what a gorgeous curve.

Re the rear end, it looks really too wide for the frame.  Is this car a fendered or non fendered hi boy style.   Would have to have really wide rear fenders.   All will be revealed when body comes together.

mike         

The axle is right at 58 inches wheel mount to wheel mount and the frame is narrower at the rear than most so it give the illusion of the axle being wide,  but with the body on it the fenders wont need to be wide at all. It will all come together in the end so to speak.

[62131]

I just noticed in my doors they want to flex at bottom which lets the door panel kick out at the bottom. I read somewhere where there was a threaded rod inside the door that was used for adjusting this, it ran from top of the door to the bottom. I can see where if you put tension on it the bottom of  door  would pull it in.