Odds n' ends rod

[geezerman]

Nearing the completion of a build, there ain't much building left, just assembling. So that means waiting for adhesives to dry.
I looked over the leftovers of the T kit. I had robbed it of the coupe engine and body parts for the dio, and the blown Lincoln engine for the '60. I have no body, so that means I may have to scratch a cowl again. I found an unbuilt Chevy 6 in my junk, so I'll use that for power.
We'll see what I end up with.

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Drive train pretty much set up. Need to shorten the drive shaft.
Guess this'll be a little short runabout of some sort.

[harron68]

I really like your work and the more challenging, the better the builds seem to be. Good luck and remember to plana head, er, something like that.

[geezerman]

Engine location set and suspension mounted. She's a roller,now.
Detailed the intake some and set it up for velocity stacks.
And today, I went old school and blocked the exhaust manifold and welded on dual pipes.

[dogfish7]

Interested to see which body you pick:)

[geezerman]

Feb 25, 2013 18:41:36 GMT -6 dogfish7 said:

Interested to see which body you pick:)

Me too. Dog.
I may scratch something that will look home made. We'll see. I have a 29 Woodie and a 30 sedan kit, but I'm reluctant to rob from them.

[geezerman]

Sometimes ignorance is so noticable, it can't be overridden by the 'imagineering' cop-out.
I had glued the front of the engine on upside down (pretty darn well,if I may say so). So, it had to be removed and redone ! Not a lot of damage !
Also, this morning, I wired the magneto/plugs, installed front brake lines, and fit the radiator and shell. Was glad to see I still had room for a fan ! Yay! I didn't have any more elec fans!

[geezerman]

I'm in the middle of scratchbuilding a cowl. Willl post fotos later.
Meantime I discovered an old vintage seat pan and a barrel. Perfect !!!
I lowered the bottom of the seat(pan) and have it mached to the floor pan's kickup
I'm building a 'bed' using a piece of scribed basswood for the floor and modifying some plastic wood planks from some old pickup.
Mocked here.

[geezerman]

I'll catch up on what I have been doing for a cowl.
First, I made the two ends, kinda going off the one in the background that I didn't want to rob from the kit it was in.



Next, I started filling between them with styrene pieces.



Bondo is my friend.



Here, I have cut out the interior side and am fitting a dash.



Mockup. Attached to the floor pan.





I definitely have to get that bed mounted lower !

[geezerman]

Today, I wanted to see if I could do anything interesting with these lamps.



Yeah, this'll work



I also made up some windshield mounts from styrene angle.

[tomcd62]

nice scratch cowl, among other things,

[geezerman]

It's completed!
If the sun shines in Florida tomorrow I may get finish pics. ;D