Thursday, July 29, 2010
Trip to N Wilkesboro in our Newest Creations
We took a trip to the North Wilkesboro speedway for a big car show and motorcycle run. It was a blast and they let us drive around the speedway. The video is me driving the diesel and Joe driving the '32 Chevy coupe that was built by Joe at Roman Road Restoration.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
New Hardware in Project Tetanus Shot
With a record setting cold winter behind us comes a move to the car's new and current location, Joe's Garage and a new engine.
With the old hardware out the new goes in. With beefing up under the front side of the frame and new suspension components the car levels out for a nice stance when its on the ground. The backend, i.e. Ford 9inch for beefy burnouts, is for the tail end of the build - pun intended. The front suspension was hard to convert to newer pieces. The older suspension pieces, however, are stronger so only freshening and rebuilding was needed to help support the added weight of the Diesel.
The front cross member has been notched and boxed in, with traingle braces to be added later. Plates with insulation packed behind add as support for the body and reduce noise and heat from the engine bay. The plates are riveted into place and helped by the roll bar like brace support running to the frame. Below the brace is where the frame has been boxed. Check out where the exhaust will exit the front fenders.
With the old hardware out the new goes in. With beefing up under the front side of the frame and new suspension components the car levels out for a nice stance when its on the ground. The backend, i.e. Ford 9inch for beefy burnouts, is for the tail end of the build - pun intended. The front suspension was hard to convert to newer pieces. The older suspension pieces, however, are stronger so only freshening and rebuilding was needed to help support the added weight of the Diesel.
The front cross member has been notched and boxed in, with traingle braces to be added later. Plates with insulation packed behind add as support for the body and reduce noise and heat from the engine bay. The plates are riveted into place and helped by the roll bar like brace support running to the frame. Below the brace is where the frame has been boxed. Check out where the exhaust will exit the front fenders.
Early Stages of Project: Tetanus Shot
Preliminary stages of the build start like a simple restoration, which isn't always simple. In the extremely cold winter here in NC started so did the breakdown of the car in a large warehouse off of Griffith Rd.
The large straight six, with dead technology the undesirable engine was tossed. Pictured below is the new low mileage but dirty Cummins Turbo Diesel out of one of the owner's military collection.
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