One of our roving reporters from Australia, Steve Jones, has a new project to work on, a 35 Ford Pickup. He is looking forward to getting stuck into this Lil Pickup and hopefully will send us additional pictures of his progress.
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Not much happening on the Rod Scene at the moment, so its time to get in the Shed for awhile & I thought I would send you some pics of the start of the Build Up of my 35 Ford Pickup. | ||
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| Chassis was a bit Sad after we stripped her down, just look at the twist in the right horn & that L300 Front end has to go. | Not much room to work in, but we’re under cover, pretty hot Summer this Year. | ||
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| Our main Man ” Boges ” working out how to straighten the Front. | Aligning where the revamped HT Holden Front End is going. | ||
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| New thicker boxing plates to hold Front End in place. | |||
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| Holding Brackets are Tigged in place. | Inside view of Shocky Tower | ||
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| Outside view of Shocky Tower Chassis holding bracket for Front End. | |||
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| POR 15, its great stuff, you put one coat on with a brush & it looks like it has been sprayed on | |||
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| All the Front End Bits hanging up to dry ready for re-assembling tomorrow. | |||
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| My Mates reckon this is what I should put on top of the Carbies. | Windsor Block is in to set up Engine Tube. | ||
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| We finally got the Sump right. | |||
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| But it now looks like the Commodore Steering Rack is going to Foul the Engine Tube. | |||
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| Made new Engine Brackets to suit Engine Mounts, so theSteering is clear. | Next task is to make the Block Huggers miss everything, may have to get a new Set made to clear Starter & allow Steering Shaft to come straight through to Rack. | ||
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| Its all starting to come together slowly. | |||
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Update July 2006 Here are a few more pics of the 35 Pickup Build. We have managed to do a few things the last few Months. It’s been a fairly cold Winter this Year Down Under in Oz with more of the same in the next couple of Months. We have cut the old X-Member out, with new one to come later, but we have a new Cross Member in now & the Engine has been put together & placed back in Chassis to finish New Exhaust Huggers. |
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| Its a 100% better than what we started with, but you have to start somewhere don’t you, & as we say lot out here in OZ is ” you can’t rush these things ” Well that’s where we’re up at the moment & we will send more Pics as the build goes on. | |||
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| New Cross members made | Plenty of Holes to run Exhaust, Brake Lines Etc. & to make it look like original Chassis | ||
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| Hand shaped Tailshaft Safety Loop | Ready to Weld into place | ||
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| First we cut the old X-member out & this will be replaced with a new one later | |||
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| Nearly in, just a bit more grinding off the bottom | There , fits like it belongs & it picks up the rear section of the X-member nicely | ||
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| The engine is back, now it is time for a bit of Undercoat. | |||
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| Yes, I know Ford’s are normally Blue. | |||
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| Paints dry, time to put Engine back in Chassis so we can finish new Exhaust. | Looks OK with a few shiney bits. | ||
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| New Block Huggers cut, shaped and in place. | |||
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| Plenty of clearance now. | That’s the hard side down. | ||
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| Update May 2007 – Here we have new X-Member which has been widened a little to allow Gear box to drop out more easly & I’m making Gear box Mount today. | |||
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| Just have to make Spacer for bottom Pully | Gear Box mount is in & Tunnel Support is in. | ||
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| Support Channel from Chassis Rail to X – Member is in. | Stiffener at Gear box Mount where it Bolts to X -Member | ||
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| Gear Box Mount Bolted in. | Gear Box Mount from underneath. | ||
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| This is where Brake Booster Mount will go, just have to cut & Drill Mounting Holes. | All coming together nicely. | ||
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| Brake Booster is in | Not a lot of room in this Lil Workshop | ||
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| Nice New Halihat | Exhaust is in | ||
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| Picked this Aluminum Fuel Tank up at a Swap Meet, it was made for a 32 Coupe…Well it is now in a 35 Pickup | |||
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| Lil Windsor is up & Running | |||
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| Old Floor out & new Floor Frame to go in next. |
