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[Chateau Slate 66]

 

[Chateau Slate 66]

 

[MP&C]

Thank you sir!

 

[scrumpy]

Wow, 1 hour, 46 minutes. Very impressive.

 

[MP&C]

Moving on to closing up the ends of the outer seat riser... Quite a bit of stretch to get this corner to match up to the seat riser...

Then the corner was Tig welded in place and another test fit with the bucket seat..

 

[matt_i]

I just wanted to say I have gotten thru about 30% of this thread. Thank you for such a great education! I wanted to ask about silicon bronze + tig. My first boss when i got out of college swore by this, the example I recall was drilling a hole in a sheet, dropping in a flange nut possibly with a bit of downward "funnel" in the metal and then filling it back with silicon bronze to create an easy panel nut of sorts. He had access to some sort of metallurgical lab services and had submitted some "samples" and the conclusion that i recall was that it wasn't just a solder-y substance that wet the surface but had some co-mingling with the base metal. Just curious if there are any negatives or if its sometimes used in other ways?

 

[MP&C]

Cody Walls took the Dave Thomas 35 Chevy to Pomona this weekend for the GNRS, the car took 2nd place in it's class and also received a paint award for the 57 Cadillac Biarritz colored finish. Well done Cody!

 

[MP&C]

Well, let's back up and punt one more time. The owner of the 55 stopped by about a week ago and sat in the mocked up bucket seat. She said it sat too high, so our version 2 seat brackets were out. Cutting the floor pan was over-ruled (for recessing the brackets) so we opted for a 14 gauge flat seat pan directly on top of the floor, which also gave us a shape we could eliminate the "step" in the floor.

Next is to add the wedges to the rear ramp for attaching the rear of the track slides...

 

[yaidunno]

Bummer to hear the seat brackets needed to be remade. Looks like V2.0 is off to a good start though. The 35 Chev turned out beautiful, body/wheel color is spot on for it. Thanks for sharing Robert!

 

[johnyg]

nice work...no great work but who is paying for all this??? that wrong bracket was a work of art. thank you for your time showing your skills!!!

 

[MP&C]

The owner.. (she) Yeah, we also moved it rearward almost two inches.. She sat in the car as it was up on the rotisserie, so I thought that may be giving a false sense of being too high. So we went to my B-I-L's to sit in his still original 56 and compare.

Where the seat heights were the same, the original 56 seat has more "compression" to its springs . The buckets are both power heated seats so we opted to slam them down as far as we could without cutting the floor pan, they can always be adjusted up.

 

[larry4406]

Awesome as usual!

Nice 56! Next?

 

[MP&C]

Divco milk truck is next in line, BIL wants to keep 56 as it sits. It's only original once, he says..

 

[larry4406]

Divco milk truck is next in line, BIL wants to keep 56 as it sits. It's only original once, he says..

Divco will be cool. Looking forward to it. Understand on BIL's only original once.

 

[Bighead38]

Cody Walls took the Dave Thomas 35 Chevy to Pomona this weekend for the GNRS, the car took 2nd place in it's class and also received a paint award for the 57 Cadillac Biarritz colored finish. Well done Cody!

Any more pics? Would like to see the car from the front.

 

[Strouty]

Most of the newer power seats have a lot of travel, but up and down is usually limited, you may want to test them before getting too far. Of Course you can easily add a spacer if needed.

 

[MP&C]

Any more pics? Would like to see the car from the front.

Here's some night time pics from when it was being loaded up for the trip home...

Most of the newer power seats have a lot of travel, but up and down is usually limited, you may want to test them before getting too far. Of Course you can easily add a spacer if needed.

Oh, it's plenty tall now. Sitting on the second version of seat brackets and seat all the way down, anyone over 6' tall would have been smacking there head when getting out unless they ducked..

 

[BORING HOP YARD]

Hello Robert, I was just wondering what class the 35 Chev was entered.
Thank you.

 

[MP&C]

Classification Place Name City, State Vehicle​

Class Results Summary​

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Booth​

4350.0 Custom Rod Coupe - 35-48​

c Paul 6-322 Bradley San Jose, CA 1935 Ford 5 Window Coupe​

c 8-304 Lane Myers South Jordan, UT 1935 Ford Coupe​

2nd 4- Dennis Mariani, Sr. Winters, CA 1941 Willys Coupe​

460D​

1st 7-520 Tony Wille Gillette, WY 1940 Ford Coupe​

4370.0 Full Custom Rod Coupe - 35-48​

2nd 7-200 Dan Wathor Rio Linda, CA 1937 Ford Coupe​

1st Donald Cannella Colorado Springs,​

CO​

5-424 1940 Ford Coupe​

4380.0 Radical Custom Rod Coupe - 35-48​

c 5-01 Mike Bello Chula Vista, CA 1940 Chevrolet Deluxe​

c 7-412 Linda Lowry Fallbrook, CA 1940 Ford Coupe​

2nd David Thomas West Chester , PA 1935 Chevrolet 3 Window Coupe​

1st 7-218 Thomas Zink Gresham, OR 1941 Ford 2 Door​

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[BORING HOP YARD]

Wow small world, one of the guys in my office is good friends with the guy that did the paint work on Tom Zinks car that took home 1st.
They wanted to enter it into the Detroit Autorama Ridler but were blown away by the effort it takes to get one in the show.
Greg

 

[MP&C]

I was trying to find pictures of the Tom Zinks car, have you seen it online?

 

[BORING HOP YARD]

I have seen 3-4 pictures on a cell phone from the person that I work with took.
I will ask Monday if I can get copies. If I can get them, I will post them up.

 

[MP&C]

Please do..


Just read that Street Machine magazine in Australia picked the 35 as one of the 15 "coolest cars" at the GNRS.

Cody Walls of Traditional Metalcraft in Milton, Delaware received huge attention after finishing his custom two-tone green, straight six-powered ’59 Chevy wagon a few years ago which has recently landed on Aussie shores with its new Canberra owner. One of his latest achievements is this stunning 1935 Chevy coupe, built for Dave and Deana Thomas. It’s powered by an immaculate Corvette small-block mill screwed together by Davis Race Engines and the beautiful paint colour was laid on by Richard and Brandon Glymph. Their work was enough to earn the car an Outstanding Paint award at the show, alongside a Second In Class.

https://www.streetmachine.com.au/ev...rs-from-the-2017-grand-national-roadster-show

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Subscribed.

 

[MP&C]

Final design on the bucket seat brackets... and owner approved today as well. One down, one to go.. This is made from 14 gauge cold rolled steel and puts the seat about as low as we can go without cutting the floor pan..

Video of the seat bracket:

Seat test fitted:

 

[Lhorn]

Very subtle, clean customization. Doesn't get better than that. Nice

 

[MP&C]

Thanks!


Well, I need to make a little progress on a 16 gauge fender, so the highly precise stand for the Laser Level was used. We have about 13-3/4" difference in height from back edge of fender to front edge. So Laser is set at 13-3/4 above the table, with heights verified to all four corners of the table.

Prior to trimming the front of the fender we had measured some reference marks to the front edge for locating the new cut line..

Adding those lower edge marks back on our fender patch, we adjusted the height of the fender front for the laser to match those marks by sliding our jack stand fixture around inside the fender until we had the correct height. Hey, this is technical stuff!

And traced the laser mark with the sharpie...

Initial cut to remove the bulk was done with the Milwaukee shear, the final was done with Midwest Shears. I figured slower = more precise...

 

[stinkity stoink]

Great stuff Robert !!!!!! Always have great info, thanks !!!!!

 

[MP&C]

Dave, my sister gave me the laser for Christmas a few years back, and I never once thought I'd use it for carpentry work!

 

[BORING HOP YARD]

Sorry for the delay, I had robotics after work. These are the only pictures I could get of the car.
I would like to see the front end.
Metal work was done by Donn Lowe in Oregon City, I don't know Donn but my co-worker said Donn is considered one of the best. The car then went to Marsh Burns to do the Paint work as well as some fabrication work. Marsh has been customizing car in the Gresham area for at least 40 years, could be more like 50 years.
I was told there may be some pictures on face book, If I can get any more pictures I will do so and post them.
Greg

 

[MP&C]

Beautiful car, that black finish is a mile deep!

 

[TimeWarpF100]

Thanks!


Well, I need to make a little progress on a 16 gauge fender, so the highly precise stand for the Laser Level was used. We have about 13-3/4" difference in height from back edge of fender to front edge. So Laser is set at 13-3/4 above the table, with heights verified to all four corners of the table.

Prior to trimming the front of the fender we had measured some reference marks to the front edge for locating the new cut line..

Adding those lower edge marks back on our fender patch, we adjusted the height of the fender front for the laser to match those marks by sliding our jack stand fixture around inside the fender until we had the correct height. Hey, this is technical stuff!

And traced the laser mark with the sharpie...

Initial cut to remove the bulk was done with the Milwaukee shear, the final was done with Midwest Shears. I figured slower = more precise...

Nice use of those custom "height" tools!

How about a tripod next time you need a certain height for the laser?

Infinite adjustment . .

 

[MP&C]

Yeah, all the ones I had in stock have been modified to 3/8-16 studs for my motorcycle fender painting fixtures, laser was 1/4-20. Need to source another tripod and keep this one unmodified

 

[MP&C]

Doing a test fit of the Biederman fender....

Was going to do a little bit of touch up on the front weld seam, needs more shape..

The fender spans about 53" at the bottom, where it wouldn't fit in the wheeling machine sitting on the floor. We added a lift kit under the legs, except for one which needed to be open under the leg..

in process....

Needed to wrap the wire edge....

Note the genuine John Deere anvil...

The flange was hammered over using various hammers and dollies (anvils) with the final wrap tightened up with a pair of vise grips modified with smooth jaws...

 

[Ohmthis]

Timewarp and Robert, awesome ideas on the laser and tripod. I need to "invest" I a couple junk tripods

 

[BassProCamaro97]

I love this thread. I hope to have 1/2 your talent one day

 

[zmotorsports]

Love the way the seat base turned out Robert. Great job as usual.

Mike.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Damn, nice work.

 

[MP&C]

I love this thread. I hope to have 1/2 your talent one day

Too bad you're not closer!

Timewarp and Robert, awesome ideas on the laser and tripod. I need to "invest" I a couple junk tripods��

Love the way the seat base turned out Robert. Great job as usual.
Mike.

Damn, nice work.

Thanks for the comments guys!

 

[MP&C]

Always a new challenge every day....

The strong winds this weekend knocked over a dead oak tree across the chain link fence at the local high school, and this was the bus that found the overhang..