Rusting in Peace...

We went to another auction over the weekend.  The guy who own the estate definitely had a fetish for Oliver tractors and Ford Falcons.  There were over 30 cars and at least that many tractors.  Most of the cars were no more than scrap.  Kinda of sad really...

I never seen so many Olivers in one place.  Most looked like they hadn't run within the last decade...

Paint, Powder Coat and Chrome....

Well, in this case....just paint.

The last several pieces are finally coming together for the '56. We should be ready to start it this weekend.

Hoofin' it...

I was at an auction over the weekend and ended up buying some Model A parts  In the pile of parts was the cast iron head with "Hoof" written on it.  It's the one on the right in the photos.  It's got a fairly interesting combustion chamber.  I tried to do a search on it but didn't find anything.  If you know anything, please shoot me an email. 

More progress pics on the '56....

Finally was able to set the front clip back on the truck over the weekend.  It's all down hill from here....

Another Pinwood Derby Car....

I am a strong believer that there is no such thing as overkill.  So when my nephew came to me a said he need to build a pinewood derby car, naturally we both thought that we needed to machine one.  Sure, it might not be in the true spirit of the competition, but at least he will not have to do much sanding...

In absolute awe...

A proud car owner

By the way, he did write the program on his own...albeit with a little guidance on my part.  He also received an education on machine tools...

BMW progress pics....

I was planning on finishing the sheet metal work up on the BMW...except I ran out of Argon for the welder.

Progress pics on the '56....

The '56 is moving along quite nicely.  We are continually marking items off of the to-do list.  After bleeding the brakes, the next big item is installing the front clip.

 

After much hassle, the dome light finally works.  One question I have though...why does the dome and interior lights work off of switched ground?  I haven't found a suitable answer.  If anyone knows, please let me know.

The drive shaft was fairly straight forward.  It required a conversion joint from a 1310 to a 1344 on the rearend side.  Conveniently, Summit had them in stock, PCN 372

New project....

Guess I am ready for another project.  More posts to follow...

It's been awhile...

Sorry that it has been so long since I have posted anything.  Things have been busy in the machine shop and I haven't had anytime to work car related stuff.  Most of my time has been spent on general machining stuff that really isn't too exciting.

As for the '56 truck, we have done a bunch of little stuff that doesn't show up in pictures too well.

So, hang in there, there are plenty more projects in the works...

Customer pics....

I recently got some pictures from a customer of an S-10 T5 going together behind a 250 Chevy.  He is getting ready to install it in a 1st series '55 Chevy Truck.  He used adapter T5-4116 .

Nice and fresh...