Y-Guy Todd:      I like the big mirror...is that to keep an eye on "Scrubs"

                 that might be gaining on you!!! Jokes aside, ya'lls project

                looks awesome...keep us informed.

                                           Bill

                                 

Bill

Pelham,Al

Tod

Don't get me wrong, I love the picture, but you have to let me ramble.  Geaser ville, makes old looking things more apealing to me. Its your vision, go for it.

Gary Ryan San Antonio.TX.

Todd - that is NICE! Gives me some motivation as I continue on my project. Still have a ways to go to be where you are at...but the fordor is almost completely down to the "nubs" and off will come the body. Its frame will be used as a dolly for the Sunliner body while I get the Sunliner frame completely prepped.

How low are you going with your stance?

dj

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

I've been away form the site for too long. THIS IS RAD! Good luck dudes. With any luck I'll see you at the flats this year!

Heber City, UT (15 mins outside of Park City- basically it's in the mountains)

55 Effie

You guys have been awfully quiet.  How about an update? 

They are hiding something from us .

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
www.hollowheads.net (just click the hole in the head to proceed)

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Todd in Central California...about half way between Fresno and Sacramento

1956 Thunderbird - 1960 F-100 - 1961 Starliner - 1961 Imperial

How about a little pre-Superbowl update?

First of all, thanks to all of you who are following this build...makes it all the more satisfying to have an audience that I can share with. Please forgive the fact that there are fewer pictures during the reassembly. Most questions can be answered by reviewing the fab/mock-up pictures. But, feel free to ask anyway.

As you saw below, last time Tim came up, he dropped off a pick-up load of goodies.

Unfortunately, I have had a hard time getting into the garage the past month due to a pretty serious series of events, including my Dad's health issues rearing their ugly head again, a job change, a bad round of the flu, etc...but that's another story.

A little clean-up goes a long way. And we're back on the axles! (Springs aren't yet painted, as I anticipate playing around with the pack a bit for final ride height once the front end is properly loaded).


As I mentioned early on, I built in 10º negative caster to the axle flip for stability at speed...


Relocated and re-mounted steering box, with steering tube running through the revised firewall reveal. Shift arms will be cut off the column as the 3-speed has been replaced with a T-5.


Front end will drop a few inches with the engine and front clip, but you can see how the geometry of the pitman arm/drag link are falling right into place. (please note the bolts and lower plates are for MOCK-UP. For those of you that only look at the pictures in a build thread, I'll anxiously await your comments on the matter)

I love it when a plan comes together.


Another view of the revised suspension layout.


I believe I'll refer to this as a milestone. First time it's rolled out of the garage since it rolled in...feels much closer now. Won't be long until it heads down south to Tim's for the repaint, roll cage, and other goodies.


The 301" Y-block (+ .080" 292, standard stroke) that will be the first test bed engine built, of course, by Tim McMaster. For those of you that don't know the story, this is the engine that I bought on Craigslist in Oregon. My firend Bryan picked it up for me and shipped it down to Turlock in a reefer. It was chilled to 40º when it arrived, but a great benefit to having a good friend with a family trucking company.

Turned out to be a great "sight-unseen" purchase. Engine was a beautiful virgin block in really clean shape. Tim worked his magic, and bere we are. I spent an 1 1/2 looking for the engine mounts that turned out to be in the solvent bath, or else this would have been in yesterday. Oh well.



Todd in Central California...about half way between Fresno and Sacramento

1956 Thunderbird - 1960 F-100 - 1961 Starliner - 1961 Imperial

If I remember right, you will be using a 5 speed. You can get rid of that column shift stuff. It will save you a few pounds. A trip to the junkyard, and you can get a collar assembly from a 4 speed truck up to 1977 which will directly replace the shift collar to clean it up.


Lawrenceville, GA

I'd thought about that, but weight isn't really an issue, and with the changes of late effecting my schedule, I just can't take the 2-3 hours to go junkyarding.

Instead of living 10 minutes from my office (being away from home between 6:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. each day) I now commute to the bay area (away from home from 5:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. each day)...

Todd in Central California...about half way between Fresno and Sacramento

1956 Thunderbird - 1960 F-100 - 1961 Starliner - 1961 Imperial