1933 Chevy Cabriolet

[TFoch]

Here is what I started with. A 1933 Chevy Cabriolet I bought in Portland Oregon.

[TFoch]

Here's where I'm at now. I hope to have it on the road this spring.

[EDNY]

Looks great...going to have left over parts? (fenders?)

How is the rocker panel on the pass side? Mine was really picked...made one with my brake, tig, and bead roller...can't see it in the picture....but it has all of the bead rolls etc.

I think Glen Rarick (link below) said he was in the process of having those panels reproduced.  I made the 33 upper tail pan panel out of 18 gauge steel.  The original was OK...but pretty "picked".

[TFoch]

Thanks Ed. No left over parts. My rockers were in good shape.  The only rust on the body was the lower drivers side of the cowl.  I got a patch panel from a guy in Vegas from a body he found in the desert.

Glen and his son stopped by a year ago while he was in the area. He was selling some parts to a friend of mine and asked to see my car.

[TFoch]

I got the body off the chassis this week so I can finish weld the last cross member on the chassis.  I made the dolly so I can move it around the garage.  Then I can paint the chassis and start assembling it to get it on the road this summer.

[EDNY]

You have a nice looking shop to work on your project. I made a small 1-1/2 car space inside my barn..insulated, heated but still has a gravel floor. (Might pour a floor this year).

How do you heat your shop?

Ed

[themoose]

Tom
That is a nice workshop....Looks like your a pretty good carpenter too. Good work!
Moose

[TFoch]

Six years ago we put on an addition to our ranch.  It has a 3 stall garage at ground level with a small apartment on the second level for my Mom and Dad.  I have two of the stalls for my workshop and my parents get the other stall for their car.  My wife is kind enough to park her SUV outside through the winter so I can use both stalls for my project.  It's heated with a ceiling Modine "Hot Dawg" natural gas heater (wife bought me for Christmas 3 years ago).  I have enough room for my sandblast cabinet, mig welder, drill presses and other tools.  My dad is a retired tin knocker so in the cellar of the original house we have a 4' finger brake, 3' shear, 3' rolling pins, bead roller and my shrinker stretcher.  I'm a lucky guy!

[TFoch]

Welded the last cross member in for the rear shock mounts and used the two engine stands I have to make a chassis rotisserie.  Now I can clean and paint the chassis and start assembly.

[themoose]

Tom

That rear cross member looks just fine. Your idea for the rotisserie must have something to do with your YANKEE ingenuity!

Moose

[TFoch]

Moose,
Thanks, sometimes you just have to make due with what you have.
Tom

[TFoch]

Took the chassis off of the rotisserie after painting it and started to assemble the suspension and brakes.  Over the last couple of days I got the TCI front end with the sway bar assembled.  The front brake lines are run all the way to the master cylinder.  The rear end is mounted and the fuel line is run all the way to the front.  Next I have to run the rear brake lines.

[ghost28]

VERY NICE. I am glad to see you are getting after it. Maybe sometime soon we might both have a driver under our backsides. Good job....John

[themoose]

Looks good Tom. Did you have to notch the front cross member or is that the way it comes?

Moose

[TFoch]

Moose,
Had to notch it to keep the radiator mount in the stock location. Back when I bought this front end kit, TCI didn't have one for a Chevy go figure so we had to adapt one made for Brand F.
Tom