It’s been almost two weeks since I’ve had a chance to work on the ’34, but I had a couple hours to squeeze in today. I put the radiator and grill shell on, mocked the hood up and got the panels aligned pretty well. Had to drill new holes in the radiator mount pads on the frame, pushing the radiator back about half an inch at the bottom, but things line up pretty well.
Now, I can pull the radiator back off, and have the lower hose outlet moved to the passenger side (it’s a brand new Walker radiator that cam with the project, but it’s not set up for a Chevy engine), paint the firewall, and prep the body for paint. The weather should improve pretty quickly and cooperate with my plan to get the car painted by the end of April. I hope…
I got started on the headlight stands, which I’m making from a pair of F100 shock mounts, but was interrupted by my parents furnace quitting and going up their place to try to restart that. I’m using some ’37 Chevy commercial lights, which are pretty similar to ’36 Ford passenger car lights, with slightly less curved lenses. They should look pretty good when I get them done. Just different enough to be noticed, but not so different as to look out of place.
Stay tuned, lots of fun stuff coming up!
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