Spent all day yesterday installing the axle! :D:hurray: Sorry for the small pics, just got a new camera and trying to figure it out!:confused:


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hurry up and get that thing figgered out Jeremy... i'm blind ya know :eek: ;)

so, what axle etc are ya using... and are ya figgered out on the steering linkage ???

i'm STRAININ' m'eyeballs but they're lookin' good ;)



SquintyJohnny ;)

I am using a 1932 chevy 5 window coupe axle and springs with an unknown disc brake conversion. I have to figure out the shock set up and then install the motor so I can figure out the steering set up.

I am using a 1932 chevy 5 window coupe axle and springs with an unknown disc brake conversion. I have to figure out the shock set up and then install the motor so I can figure out the steering set up.

Should turn out great since your using a "coupe" axle:thumbsup:

Should turn out great since your using a "coupe" axle:thumbsup:



<sigh> in THOSE days a "Coupe" was a Two Door... ask him if that year car had POSts :rolleyes:


Thanks Jeremy, now i can appreciate yer work ;)
make sure ta keep me updated, i look forward to adding it to my GASSER collection :thumbsup:

Well I am glad someone apreciates it! :o Most of my friends think I am CRAZY to not "RESTORE" the wagon. They just don't get my vision for the car!:noway: I have a car that is totally restored and I get nervous as heck when someone gets to close to it. With the wagon I can have a ton of fun and not care if it gets scratched or dented...cause now the new scratch or dent will add some character!:cool::D

i felt the exact same way about my JollyRodder. NO worries when people got, not just close, but seemed to lay on it...

i almost died at the show on Saturday when i saw what i thought was a scratch on my fender that was to the steel. :eek: ended up bein' a foreign object that cleaned off with detail spray <Wheew !!!>

The cool thing is when I took the NOVA NUTCASE to the two shows MANY people were digging it! I over heard some people saying "What is this peice of JUNK doing here?" But then I also heard a LOT more people say "This this is the coolest car here!!!!!!!!!!" One guy at the Pardeeville show stopped me after I got my trophy and said "You know, you may have just started a new trend with that thing! Next year there will probably be like 12 cars just like yours." I said "We'll see next year. . . I hope so!!!!!":yes:

there's a car show at a different location in my area almost every weekend... a couple places actually frown on "RatRods". i personally think it's a shame. in so many cases i've seen where that RatRod took just as much, if not more, thought, money and work to keep the design/scheme/theme consistant than a traditional Muscle car so to speak. one show if you talk to the guys running it they say they wish they (the RatRods) wouldn't come... then i started showing up with my wagon and said "HI" to those same guys. the looks a person gets :rolleyes: HA !!! how do ya like me Now !!??? :D


stick to yer guns ;)

Will do!!!! I am always on the prowl for NEW... er OLD...er CRAPY parts to put on the car I have actually passed up on some things that were just TOO NICE! :eek: I mean we can't use a BRAND NEW set of valve covers on the motor :noway: We will gladly use the beat up slightly dented and rusty part you were going to throw away!!! :Dl:)

That is going to/is one sweet ride sfa Chevy II are the best!

That is going to/is one sweet ride sfa Chevy II are the best!



Thanks, I really apreciate the comments!:yes: I have a machinist friend who is comming over Friday night to see my handy work. He is also going to brainstorm with me for some shock mount ideas,as well as suck some suds!:D:beers: He has not seen the wagon since I brought it home from NIGHTSHADES!:noway:

i remember this old toy... sure liked it. the Gasser will, i'm sure, be just as cool ;)

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I sure MISS that car! :yes: I found out the guy who has it is thinking about selling it! He tried to stuff a BBC into it with the stock front clip!:confused: He wanted something different. . .he got as far as pullng the SBC that was in it and setting the BBC in and that was about it. He peeled ALL of the decals off and removed the rubber mat and installed carpet. He also installed a heater and a radio. He called me and asked me where the hole in the fender was for the antenna, I told him it was a heater/radio delete car. . . there was NO hole for the antenna!:confused: I THINK he MAYBE drove it 10 miles before he took it apart!

my opinion only... he screwed up the car doin' what he did :(

my opinion only... he screwed up the car doin' what he did :(



X2 :yes:

Talked to a buddy of mine tonight and he said he has a set of MAGNESIUM SLOTS that are pitted. He said they are not nice enough to put on his car . . . but they would be perfect for the longroof!http://www.stevesnovasite.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gifhttp://www.stevesnovasite.com/images/yes.gif Price sounded CHEAP!!!! http://www.stevesnovasite.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif :thumbsup::hurray:

hmmmm... ya know i have/had a link that was very informative for restoration of magnesium wheels... not RESTORING but making usable again... i'll look and see if i can find it for ya. it might come in use to ya ;) i dunno if it's somewhere at the JR site. it might be in my "other" files. i'll look tonight/tomorrow (?) and see if i can find it for ya.

He said the rims are useable but they are not "SHOW" quality. At least for HIS show car!:D

well, i've gone through the JR site and one of my saved collections and haven't found it. i have one more collections of links to go through.

i have tons of stuff saved, i dunno if i can find it but i'm looking. it covered really bad condition original magnesium wheels and how to repair them. maybe nothing you're interested in, i dunno...maybe you would.

like i said, i'll keep lookin' Jeremy

i have tons & tons of links saved but none are organized except the JR site...

OK, it took a while but i found it... maybe nothing that interests ya... but here it is: http://www.roadsters.com/wheels/

click on Halibrand magnesium wheels, restoring classic racing wheels and care of magnesium wheels

Thanks, That was a very interesting article! :hurray:

UPDATED PICS!!!! I have been busy working on the wagon so here they are: :D:thumbsup:


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The next two pics are of the heighth of the fender from the floor and the distance between the tire and the fender!


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thanks for the PM letting me know progress has been made. i dunno how i missed the new post... looks like you're plugging along, i'm real happy for ya. ;)

so, you gonna get yer shoes resoled soon for when ya start Flintstonin' it ? :D

hehehe ;)


keep us posted with updates !!!


JR

HOPEFULLY we will be getting the floors in the car this week!:thumbsup::beers:

cool, get us s'more pics :thumbsup:

MORE PICS!:D Got the driveshaft loop installed as well as the cage!:beers:



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a CAGE !!! :eek:

waddya need a cage for... that Ol'RustBucket !!! :eek: ;) :D

Your coming along great. In no time you will be wheels up off the line.:thumbsup:

Looks like you will still be able to crawl in through the back doors.

Maybe bondo the front ones shut!!!:thumbsup:

a CAGE !!! :eek:

waddya need a cage for... that Ol'RustBucket !!! :eek: ;) :D



With all the rust I needed to stiffen up the body!l:)

as rusty as i am maybe I need a cage too. :eek: :eek: :eek:

MORE PICS FOR YA!!!!!!! :thumbsup:



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don't take this wrong... but i'm not comfortable seeing the pitman stud so long with that heim on it. i think the stud'll break...

That is just for the mock up. The drag link and tie rod are 1/2" electrical conduit. I am going to make a spacer out of DOM tube to shim the heim where I need it. and then have it TIG welded to the pitman arm and the steering arm.

OH. OK... and here i just saved the image, opened into paint, marked it up ta show ya then got bumped out of my browser... OK so i shouldn't be alarmed with what yer doin' ;)

OK gotcha :thumbsup:

No new pics to add YET! I have been very sick the last two weeks but I am on the mend. I did get some bad news over the weekend though, my good friend Ron Morton who has been helping me out with this build was tragically killed in an accident on Friday night. R.I.P. Ron! You will be missed! Ron was the person who would stop and help ANYONE on the side of the road if you were broke down. He would try and fix the problem or call for a tow. Heck I think he even went to the parts store to pick up a part for someone who was broke down on the interstate. He never asked for anything in return or complained if something took longer than it should. He was truly a good samaritan and I will miss him greatly.
Jeremy

Sorry to hear that RIP Ron.

Here is a link to the news story. http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/latest/445812

They didn't get the story exactly right, he did have the trailer supported by stands. Unfortunatly they were on blacktop and sank in enough to let the trailer slide off of them.

Got some more pics for ya!:D

Trans tunnel is complete!

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also got brake lines plumbed electrical run (not hooked up) and the shock mounts built.

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Oh yea I got the drag link and tie rod made and installed, now I just need to do the alignment!:beers:
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the floor looks nice, shame though :(

by the time yer done there won't be any rust left :rolleyes: ;)

If I leave it unpainted for a while in this climate it will rust again!

watch out Jeremy, by the time yer done Jeff'll want it back ;)

watch out Jeremy, by the time yer done Jeff'll want it back ;)



I don't think his wife would let him have it back!!!:noway::D

*******************UPDATE*******************


ALMOST FINISHED!!!!!!!!!



HERE ARE SOME MORE PICS FOR YOU!

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These pics were taken today. My daughter Carly was helping dad paint some more lettering on the car. We still need to "age" it once the paint dries!

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COOL... looks like ya have some SPONSERS !!! :thumbsup:


on the outside shots ??? where's the step ladder ???




JR (figures one will be needed in order to climb in) :D

COOL... looks like ya have some SPONSERS !!! :thumbsup:


on the outside shots ??? where's the step ladder ???




JR (figures one will be needed in order to climb in) :D



Yup Hopefully Dale dosen't mind! :D That cage makes it dificult to climb into...but the kids don't seem to have any trouble getting into it!

from what i understand he never minded as a kid... so why should he mind now ? :eek:

hehehe ;)

Not a bit!! Jeremy was nice enough to put it on, heck, I'm honored!!!

Now all I need are some of Dale's business cards to hand out. . .:rolleyes: :thumbsup: :beers:

Here is another pic of the rear of the car!


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