Mike's '29..inner door panels

[hot ford coupe]

That one deserves to go into the tutorials if it isn't there already. Great work Don. That helps me a great deal also.

[Mike1981]

Don, you're a genius :D , i understand exactly what you've explained, I'm going to PM you in a minute with my address etc, cheers Don. :) :) :)

[Don Garrett]

Mike, got your PM I'm sending some stuff to Doc and Keith Mon. I'll send your parts at the same time. Any of the trike parts would be appreciated. Anything that is sent to me (if not used for masters) goes back out to members that need bits. I'll toss in enough metal so that you can practice a little before you do your finished parts. I did the post on the door panels because it has a lot of possibilities, maybe you can come up with some more.
Are you looking for radiator core material or or a 1/8th radiator?

[Mike1981]

i just need a radiator core Don, ill send you the corvair engine and any other parts i wont be using.
Send me a PM or email with your address and ill send them out shortly. :)

[Don Garrett]

Mike, I'm dropping the front of my C-cab a bunch. If you are using a suicide front axle as I am, here's a tip. Mount your front spring behind the axle instead of on top of it. This will give you more drop without using a way too tall spring perch. It kicks the front end out a bit more too. Have fun. ;)

[Mike1981]

I had been looking into that but i couldn't find a good pic to show me how it goes together, if you could explain it to me that would be great.

[Don Garrett]

No sweat...give me a bit and I'll get something to you.

[Don Garrett]

Let me take a moment here to explain where the C-cab is headed.....drilled frame, dropped suicide front end, 4-bar front & rear, disc brakes on the front with wire wheels, 4-speed trans w/shift linkage, friction shocks on the front and coil-overs in the rear, custom bucket seats, brass "T" style grille and a partridge in a pear tree . Most of this stuff will be scratch built and sent to Dan to cast in resin or metal. I will however post in-progress photos in case you guys can up with better stuff or want to do it yourself for a one off , that way we all benefit. Is this an ass kickin' forum or what?

[robjos32]

The door idea is really simple but effective, and looks really cool.

[Mike1981]

The C-cab is great, loads of possibilities, i well build one one-day, i like the idea of a red and white red-stripe beer wagon :) .
How are you building the friction shocks, i don't want to put deuce style shocks on my 29.
When you had mentioned the brass grill before i wondered how you would do it, but i guess that the plastic drill you've made well be a puck and you well use the method you've explained (29 door panels), Ive said it before and ill say it again "Genius".

[Don Garrett]

Mike the friction shocks couldn't be any easier to make and I like the way they look. It's a much "cleaner" set-up. I'll grab a crayon and post a sketch sometime today. You probably wouldn't be able to stretch the metal enough to do a brass grille the way you do a door panel, although it might work if you did it in sections and epoxied the parts together. When I finish the plastic one it could be cast in metal or metallic powder could be put in the mold with the resin . I'll leave that to Dan to work out. The C-cab is going to him to be cast in resin when it's done. It will be another body for us to fool with. The Beer Wagon would be cool or with a few strips of wood and some detailing it could be a Surf Woody, shouldn't be too hard to fab up a couple of 1/8th surf boards.

[Mike1981]

Does anyone know when coil-over shocks were first used, i would like some on the rear of the RAF build.

[Don Garrett]

Mike, here's a quick overview on the friction shocks......



I use a 1/4" hole punch to make the discs, stack 'em up and drill a hole. Simple huh?

[Mike1981]

cheers Don :) , ill have to find somewhere i can get the star washers.