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Post by geezerman on Sept 26, 2014 17:15:01 GMT -6
Here are the parts picked out from the salvage yard. The turtle deck is the first mod. Grafted onto the body.
Added a rear kick up to an old Ford frame.
A big Chev engine was in dire need of some TLC>
After some changes, the frame fits a little better.
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Post by geezerman on Sept 27, 2014 9:48:17 GMT -6
This morning was spent setting up the rear end.
BTW, The front crossmembers were different on the two frames. This one seemed more suitable to a suicide front end..... if I decide to go that way. 
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Post by bob29579 on Sept 27, 2014 14:37:13 GMT -6
And a track nose. I love the track noses. How do you decide how much to kick up ? Eyeball mostly ? You must have something planned before you begin and they don't take shape as you build them.
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Post by geezerman on Sept 27, 2014 16:16:12 GMT -6
Eyeball, Bob.
I'm afraid it's gonna set higher than I would like in the back.
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Post by bob29579 on Sept 27, 2014 17:58:37 GMT -6
That's ok. I think they call it attitude.
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Post by geezerman on Sept 28, 2014 10:37:00 GMT -6
External rear shocks. 
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Post by geezerman on Sept 29, 2014 12:10:14 GMT -6
Made flanges for the spring reliefs in the turtle deck and did a little work on the track nose. Not too sure how that's going to work out yet. 
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Post by bob29579 on Sept 29, 2014 16:46:43 GMT -6
It's looking clean and with purpose.
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Post by geezerman on Oct 3, 2014 9:50:10 GMT -6
The other day, I bashed up a pair of radius rods.
Yesterday nothing seemed right. The frame was twisted a bit and I discovered that I had the rear end crooked! So I disassembled the whole thing! 
Today, I think I have everything squared away and the front end assembled. Now, I may be able to go ahead!
 
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Post by bob29579 on Oct 3, 2014 14:38:42 GMT -6
Nice. What is the black thing on the engine ? Almost looks like a battery. And I know as soon as you type it I'll be saying oh yeah....
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Post by geezerman on Oct 3, 2014 17:10:09 GMT -6
LOL, I have no idea, Bob, I thought I might run a couple of small hoses from it to somewhere.
Went out again this afternoon. Installed a firewall, fit a dash to a tufted interior, and looked at some tops.
Someone modified this brown one and the thought of a Carson top struck me. I started on it, to section it down but, there was a lot to overcome. I seen a lot of stuff I had to do before I could modify it. It had to be narrowed and chopped, and there was a boatload of bracing on the inside where it had been narrowed by someone else..
So I dug around and found this baby. Still a lot of work. I have removed the rear window, (it'll have to be fit to the top once I have that narrowed). Looks like fitting it to the back of the seat may get interesting.
And, I'll have to form some side windows, and make a new front edge.
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Post by geezerman on Oct 4, 2014 16:11:32 GMT -6
Well. I said this might get interesting. I might as well let y'all in on the ordeal.
I split the top and reinserted the rear window. Trying to figure out how to match it up with the seat.
I should have set the window piece in higher. I have to cut some off the bottom. And I found out that I should have tapered my section job to be wider in the rear and I had to add some material to the bottom of the window opening to be able to take more off of the bottom of the top to get it low enough.
This is not going to work! I resplit the top and have widened the rear to be the same as the seat back. Going to a boat load of fitting still!
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Post by geezerman on Oct 6, 2014 15:15:30 GMT -6
I'm finally making some positive progress to fitting the top.
Built up the back of the cockpit and found a different seat to bash.
A little more fiddling with the top fit at the rear, and then I'll be able to build a windshield frame and lay out the side windows.
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Post by bob29579 on Oct 7, 2014 16:38:30 GMT -6
Lots of trouble, but coming out good. Looks like the gas tank is under the seat ?
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Post by geezerman on Oct 9, 2014 15:49:18 GMT -6
Bashing this top and fitting it to the body has been one among the most challenging things I have attempted. Trying to piece together a windshield frame hasn't rewarded me with any satisfactory results either. So I'm now attempting to carve one out of a single piece of flat plastic (floorboard of a woody). 
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