More motivation pics. And this is with Y.

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
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Seppo, that's the one for me.   I have an idea of building a Y powered '50s style FED someday, this will give me inspiration too.

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Santa just dropped us two skinny Front Runners today. A whole day before Christmas, so he must have been on his way to Australia with a hurry !

Yesterday I got some progress with installing the shifter and the steering box to our chassis. Not completely, but so and there....

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
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More welding done, more to weld... Front A-arms in progress and steering box and butterfly in it's place. Steering is made so that it can be removed quickly by removing five bolts and lifting that all away.

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
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So...no huge '59 Ford steering wheel anymore?


Hyvinkää, FI

No '59 or even '57 steering wheel this time. So, Simo you can sleep your nights tight. We're not going to steal your wheel for that project .

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
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Seppo,  where did you get your steering box from? and are you happy with the quality?  Also what spindles are you using?  If you mentioned earlier I'm sorry for asking, at the time of this writing I was too tired to read back through the whole thread.

Thanks!

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Tim, we have allmost all parts from Chassis Shop.

C42-390 Stiletto Steering box with splined coupler and pitman arm.

C42-454 Spindle set, Anglia style with C42-457 5" steering arms. 

One extra 5" long steering arm to change the direction of the movement.

C42-590 Billet Wheel hubs with three bolt patterns.

C42-592 Bearings & seals.

C42-624 Dust Caps.

C42-487 Steering Wheel with black grips.

C42-036 Steering shaft kit, includes two tubes, quick release steering hub, two nylon bushings, two bushing sleeves, slined coupler, anti push back sleeve.

We also bought C42-543 control lever for using the brakes, but we decided to operate brakes with foot, so that lever may find it's way to be used as a chute release handle .

Also we have that three bar front end kit from Chassis Shop, but I quess you will be using front axle? I think you can also use their rack-n-pinion steering with u-joints. Rack is half the price of that funny car steering box.

Pro-Werks is the brand that they sell. And so far all parts have been excellent quality.

www.chassisshop.com Go there and drool

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
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Safety first!

Drag Harness with arm straps and transmission shields arrived yesterday .

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
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Good to see that others get great progress with their projects ( Charlie, Tim & Glen ).

We just got the order through to US Body and it takes about 12 weeks to get that Altered Wedge up here north. Eight weeks to fabricate it and about four to ship it. So, we have to focus on other things meanwhile Without body, it's hard to tell what fits where and how all the parts should be done. I know... we could have ordered that body earlier, but...

Well, there is lots of things to do....

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
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