Fabrication Nation - It starts with a tape measure

Well, sorry for taking so long to update you, but my site is going through some weird problem with an internal server error. I cannot seem to upload pictures very easily.

Anyway I kind of found a way around it so that should work for now.

I have been pretty busy in the garage lately. With some more help from my friend Jeff - I got some pieces bent up so that I could start to fabricate pieces and move forward with undoubtedly the hardest part of this project - the grill.

The Desoto Grill swap is nothing new to custom guys, but until you do one, you have no idea what goes into it. Alot of measuring and take this word of advice from me - PAY FOR GOOD PIECES so that you do not have to work through all the rust repair and fit issues.

Feeling Nostaglic

It happens you know…looking back..thikning how easy something was..then realizing that at the time you thought it wasn’t..some pics from my first car.

Rebuilt the flattie and ran it around the block…i learned alot from that car..don’t miss it, but wish I could have done more with it before i sold it.

it was pretty sweet

Trunk Boxes

I have been off of work for two weeks as a vacation before starting my next position. As such, I have big plans for the car. My buddy Jeff is coming up on saturday and I plan to hammer out some major work so look for an update.

However, the last two days I have been working non-stop in the garage.

Yesterday I really got a good start on the trunk and did some much needed welding and clean up.

Here is the boxes for the two sides of trunk. They fit really well. I will hard weld them in when I get the fit better. The passenger side is for the air compressor and the driver side is going to be used for storage of anything I need (extra distributor, tools, and stuff like that). I also plan on making tops for them so that they open and close.

Passenger Rear Section

I cut this away a few weeks ago, but only now have gotten around to taking a picture. I tell you, this car is really teaching the true value of an original car. This rear part of the fender is where the inside wheel well connect to a small channel and then to the outside of the car. This small channel also allows for the rear fender to bolt to the body through the use of cages nuts (which is an exclusive ford design and one that they should hit over the head for doing…but I digress). So, as with the drivers side, this area has to be completely fabricated and made new. So, I have struggled to get the inside piece to weld fully, but I am finding and learning what battles to pick. Enough undercoating and POR 15 and that will never be an issue. The next step is to make an outer piece and weld it in, beign carfeul not to warp the side of the car as well as drill holes to mount the fender to. Shouldn’t be too long before this part gets done.