legendlives 1938 Ford 8. The Reaper's return

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Hinge time.
I seem to have forgotten the pictures which show the hinge top mounts, but here are the start of the hinges.
These are made from 3/8" steel tube, the pivot end is 1"cds with a 6061 alloy bush pressed in.



I made them, then realised that although they would work fine it's only a matter of time before someone uses the open boot as a seat, so reinforcements were called for:



These were welded in, and then the top hinge fixing bracket welded to the assembly:


 


Here's the finished hinges in place:


 
All I have to do now is cut the outer skin between the two horizontal brackets and I have a hinged boot!
(There's still plenty to do before it's finished though).

 

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More work on the bootlid and closing panel.


 
On the bootlid I've added a 2mm reinforcement along the lower lip which is welded to the reinforcement panel and edge-welded to the skin.



On the closing panel I've added a vertical blade which will (probably) have a seal along it.


 
Still lots to do but I'm getting there!

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After a quick clean-up and beat out of a few dents the trial-fit works!
Here's the lid in closed:


 
And open:



Positions.

All cleaned up, ready for the next step:



But it looks a bit bare....... So:


 
That's better!

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Bootlid - the final (ish) chapter.
All that was left to do was fabricate the inner drip/seal section.
This started life as part of an old fire surround (upcycling is good, yes?):



from which I sliced a 90 degree angle section:



And curved it the old fashoined way by using hammer and dolly:



Then edge-welded it to the skin:


 


Once it was all made and welded into place:


 
I made up this little tool.


 
to bend the inner return. This is done very slowly by easing it down in gentle angles until it reached 90 degrees


 
Once that was done, all there was to do was make up a couple of small closing panels for the bottom:


 
And welding the top section to the 'C' section that will be the support member for the lock.


 
The return is there so I can rivet an aluminium panel to it which will clean up the look of the inside.



I've left the bottom corners of the drip/seal rail unwelded as I may need to reshape them slightly when the lid is in place.
That's about it until the hinge panel is welded to the body. Stay tuned!

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Whilst the bootlid is ongoing at work, I thought I'd attack the front end at home.

 

 

 
In it's past, someone had bonded in original steel grille and side-vents. These have to go as I'm looking for the smooth look like Blair's car.
Fortunately the rust had loosened all of the filler, and within an hour it looked like this:


 

 

 

 
Next job will be fill the holes. I already have a plan!

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"At last" I hear you say "Something different to that bloody bootlid"

The drop-tube front axle came with vented (Holden) discs, but no calipers.
I found these on a local auction site. They are JFZ aluminium 4-pot calipers (same as Willwood). I paid a lot (for me). $101NZ, but they did come with 3 sets of pads, a master cylinder to suit and some flexible brake hoses.
Cleaned up on right, as bought on left:



Although I didn't know it when I bought them, they are the perfect size for the discs I have. Just need to make up mounting brackets and they'll be fitted:


 

 
 They have a nice old-school feel about them, but will undoubtedly stop the old Ford like an anchor has been thrown out the back!

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So planned out the brackets (this stuff is all planned you know!):


 
Cut and drilled the bracket material (this is 8mm mild steel plate). The four mount brackets are already tapped m10 thread in this pic:



Trial fit before going any further. The mount bolts are M10 12.9 countersunk allen head bolts.



Then weld on the correct spacers. These were through-drilled the correct diameter and then tapped m12 after welding:


 
and bolt it all together. The uprights will be countersunk more to allow the bolts to be flush, and the caliper bolts are only there for trial fit:


 

 
There will need to be very thin shims between the calipers and mounts, but at least I know it will all works.

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This arrived today:

 

 

It's a Getrag six speed from a 2012 Mustang which will live nicely behind the quad cam and give my right hand something to play with.

Also arrived was this:

 

Which is a sprint car chassis. It's damaged, but I want it to cut up so I can use the tubework and brackets etc. Cost was $34.99NZ, a fraction of what the Dzus brackets would have cost new.

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More progress on the rollcage.
Engine bars:


 


Dash bar and main door diagonals:


 

 
And the top screen/roof bar:


 
Just another 17ish more bars to go and I can fire up the TIG again.

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Loads more progress. Check out the facebook page!

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http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/cheatin-the-reaper.1011157/page-5

 

Lots more updates, and more to come!

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Getting on really well with this.

If you haven't kept up with the build, follow one of these links:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/cheatin-the-reaper.1011157/page-4

http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/garage/cheating-reaper-176602/page29

https://www.facebook.com/mk1gasser/

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There have been a myriad of updates since my last post here.

Over Christmas I managed to mount the engine, diff and some of the suspension (it's all got to come out again when it's painted), and there are lots of little projects constantly on the go.

Catch up via one of the links below.

 

oh, and Happy new year!

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http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/media/img_0966.547211/full

Say 'Hi' to the twins

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I know I don't post on here a lot, but yesterday was a very important stage in the 'Reaper build - I got it on its wheels!

All of the suspension is in place (it will have to come off again for detailing and painting) and the wheels bolted up to the hubs.

Really pleased with the stance of the car.

Loads more detail pics on facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/mk1gasser/

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The car will be at the CRC Speedshow in a couple of weeks' time.

In the 'unfinished' category'.

So there's a bit of a push at the moment to get some of the clever stuff finished......

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Early start this morning to get the car to the CRC Speedshow. It's in Hall1 in the 'unfinished custom car' category.

I'd appreciate a vote if you're going:)

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Preview vid from the CRC Speedshow.

My little beut is at about 1:15 on:

 

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That went well!

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Since July I've done quite a bit. All of it documented on the facebook page, but in a nutshell:

After seeing the car out in the open, it needed to be lowered. As the wheel to arch fit was perfect, the only option was to move the arch up the bodywork by 2".

Then added exhaust 'holes' to the front of the arches.

The boot has now got the returns and drip rails:

The rear lights are in:

And the roof panel is welded in:

A few small rust repairs to do, then the body can come off to finish/paint the chassis.