Some progress.

I wasn't in the Pirate shop last wednesday, due to bicycle trouble.
So today, when I arrived, my first thing was to see the patch panels for the cowl, Victor made for it - and they looks great!







I have long wished for a dry-cruise, an indoor garage cruise-a-like, arm out the window-kinda moment, and finally it was time! To ensure headspace, we had to test the height of the body compared to the frame by holding the cowl and doors in place, and suddently I was dry-cruising! Thanks to Oliver for holding the cowl and door!







Afterwards I got to cut two pieces of sheet metal to make new bottoms for the doors.



And then it was 10 o'clock!

Keep 'em kruzin!

Dannerr

The first step.

Today, after a lot of sickness, I finally got to work on the cab for the pick-up! At the Pirate shop, there was only me and Victor, so I'll wait with the subframe, which was my initial priority. Therefore I started with the cowl, placed it on the empty frame and made a replacement piece for the drivers side bottom.





Keep 'em kruzin! Dannerr

First things first...

It has been a while, since I thought, I was just about to start the project. But then a carcrash, finding a new winters car, working overtime and two weeks with fever had me in a hold with the progres.
Tonight I was by the Pirate Kustomz shop- it is wednesday!- and we actually started the project!... Well, we started cleaning and then found a space for me, where we put in a frame to use as reference.


And if I'm not bussy building a mini-bike, I'll start building the subframe for the cab next week.

Keep 'em kruzin!

Dannerr

A carb for the pick-up.

Found a Stromberg 81 carb for the model B engine through the Danish Ford V8 club, so now I just need to overhaul the engine and carb, and build a manifold for it, so that it'll fit the fourbanger! That ought to give it some go, "as we did in thee fitties!"


Keep 'em kruzin!

Dannerr

All sorts of meters...

As I was trying to clean up the garage, I stumbled upon my collection of different meters, which was expaned at my birthday with this Volvo 444 gauge cluster:



Still thinking of using the Chevy piece for a gauge cluster, here with some Smiths instruments:



So many to choose from, so little dashboard space! Thank god, I don't have to choose tonight!

Keep 'em kruzin - and stopping!

Dannerr

Small steps

Yesterday I was at the shop agsin, this time I tried to save the door post, that was already nailed to the corner.
That gave me an idea: I might actually be able to make money on the rusty pieces! So one of these days, I'm auctioning off original model A nails and two screw-heads, scavered from the rusty pile of parts, I hope to one day call a pick-up! Not to make more money, than to by new ones for the cab-to-be!


I've had some people asking me about, what the big difference in the parts are, since I can't use the cab corners, which I tried to capture below:






It doesn't align, when the door fits in the door post.

Next week is pick-up free wednesday, since I'm helping the piratez building a buck (a wooden skelleton) for a speedster project for one of their metal shaping classes. A rather different project for me, since I'm a metal guy!!

Keep 'em kruzin - and stopping!

Dannerr

So it begins...

I've thought a lot over, whether to make the pick-up from the spare sedan parts, I have, or to use the fiber roadster. But my plan was to build a pick-up, so that's what I'll do.
Started out last wednesday with the roof posts (over the doors), and tried to straighten them.



Then the plan is to use the one-piece back of what seems to be a Murray fordor (ford-or, ha ha!), make it fit the tudor doors with beads and upper roundings, and then make the back out of what pieces, I have left over from other bodies.



More to come, as I continue.


Keep 'em kruzin!

Dannerr