My new project 1928 Ford!!!!!

[frenchy dehoux]

Here a few more from last night these braces will be welded in over the weekend.

Frenchy

 

[frenchy dehoux]

My son and I did some welding last night and added a few more braces to support the rear cab section to the sub floor. The doors gaps are pretty good but will make some adjustment as we add braces to the sil area and front cowl. So far so good.

Frenchy

 

[frenchy dehoux]

How wide is the bead roll at the bottom of the front cowl I am measuring 1 1/8 wide. Or is it wider.

Thanks
Frenchy

 

[frenchy dehoux]

Can someone give me the dimension on a 1929 / 1930 Briggs Murray from the front driver door to the other side passenger door I need the width of the body across or from door hinge pin to door hinge pin left to right I am on my car at 42 1/2 inches I wanted to see how narrow the cowl on my car is in comparison to the original.

Thanks
Frenchy

 

[Tim Armstrong]

WOW and I have trouble fixing a dent!

 

[frenchy dehoux]

The latest on my project. My son and I added the cross brace under the dash and I was able to locate what will be the top for the dash to fit the contour of the Duval windshield than we will see what will be the dash panel for the gauges.

Thanks.
Frenchy

 

[frenchy dehoux]

Here I have a few more pictures of this past weekend. Did a pie cut on the rear floor panel and under the seat as well.

Frenchy

 

[frenchy dehoux]

Here a bit of progress from this past weekend. I installed the engine and trans to see where I will heve to weld the engine mounts and transmission mount. I cut out the main center frame brace to modify it and trim a portion and re install it back. Also I will have to make sure the intake manifold I will be using a dual set up has to be leveled at the base meaning I need to tilt the engine to make it right. See pictures.

Thanks
Frenchy

 

[frenchy dehoux]

And a few more.

Frenchy

 

[done4]

Nice work Frenchy, really like the build.

 

[Walt Dupont--Me.]

Now that I have my 1932 Hot Rod Lincoln done it is time for my next project. Here are a few pictures of this project. I will be installing a 1953 Mercury Flathead a 1952 Ford transmission 3 speed with 16 x 4 smoothies wheels in front and rear. Also pictures of the engine.

Frenchy

Is that the Merc engine in the pic? I see it has ford EAB heads, better than Merc, and it has Ford water pumps. Are you sure it has a 4in. merc crank? Walt

 

[frenchy dehoux]

Is that the Merc engine in the pic? I see it has ford EAB heads, better than Merc, and it has Ford water pumps. Are you sure it has a 4in. merc crank? Walt

Thanks I had to change my original post history. The friend I bought the engine from we had to remove this engine from his car because it needed to be rebuild. He told me he bought the car originally from this guy Chicago who had bought it from a guy in Canada and it was a Mercury engine. Looking at the heads I told myself they should have the Mercury heads on it. Sorry for the confusion. It does not have the 4 inch crank so it has to be a Ford motor. I had the machine shop check the heads for me and we also had the Mercury heads checked at the same time and the CC in the heads are the same as the Ford heads.

Frenchy

 

[frenchy dehoux]

A little more progress from this past weekend. Figured out the location for my engine mounts and the center brace for the transmission mount as well. Next weekend we will be adding various brace across the frame for better support and " Z " the chassis at the rear to set up the rear end and suspension. Here a few pictures to show.

Thanks
Frenchy

 

[frenchy dehoux]

Did some work over the weekend. Made the box plate for the frame as well as making a small plate to cover the original hole on the cross member. Next I will cut the rear section to Z the chassis to fit the rear end with the rear spring. Next week my son is helping me to the welding leave it to the pro.

Thanks

Frenchy

 

[frenchy dehoux]

Here are a few update pictures from this past weekend.
My son helping me out with some of the welding and boxing the chassis with plates I had ground down to fit the chassis. Than we made some angle brackets to add in the center brace to make the chassis a bit stronger. I also cut part of the front brace cut a portion of the lip off which we did not need. I also received my pedal assembly that we will need to see how much room we will have to make them fit by the frame. We have the box plates spot welded in place for now until we have all of the braces in place than we will be welding the plates all along the edge of the frame than grind down the weld to leave a nice rolled edge. Next in the plan is to weld in the bracket for the vega steering box and "Z" the rear of the frame for my 48 Ford F 100 rear end.

Thanks
Frenchy

 

[frenchy dehoux]

Here are some updates on my project. This weekend my son and I will be welding the rear section that was "Z " and also welding the rear wish bones to the rear end than the steering box plate.

Frenchy

 

[frenchy dehoux]

Here are my updates from this past weekend. Now we have a rolling chassis next we are going and weld the front shock mounts and the rear as well which will be on the inside. We also welded in the bracket for the Vega steering box. The rear wish bones with the brackets I bought from Industrial Chassis in Phoenix.

Frenchy

 

[frenchy dehoux]

Here a few updates on the project. This past weekend we had to do some trimming in the cross member brace to fit my Hurst shifter and the linkage to the transmission also the template is showing the additional plate to go around the shifter area. We also had to extend the shifter plate to the right so it would be positioned in the center of the transmission.

Frenchy

 

[john hamilton]

Roadster-Pickup? My favorite!

 

[Ol' Ron]

I don't think the machine shop did an accurate measure of the heads. From past experience, I know the 8cm heads are substantially larger than the EAB heads, I just measured a set that were clearance d for the L-100 cam and milled .030" and they came out to 60cc. I believe the 8CM is closer to 80Cc.
Might want to recheck them. I think your workmanship is great, love the project, Good luck.