Motor mockup

I've finally had a chance to put a couple hours into the Coronet.

We meet great friends of ours every Summer in Osooyse for holidays. They drive in from Calgary to join us for a weeks worth of fun in the sun. Tim ,who is kind enough to supply the boat for our vacation every year, also brought up some "goodies" for the Dodge.

Tim races enduro cars and had some hidden treasures left over hiding in the corners of his garage. He supplied me with a nice intake and carb. He also threw in a 63' 327 corvette block.I've done a mock up on the motor i have in the car already and am going to save the 327 for a rainy day.

I would like to do a write up on Tim and his racing in the future and a few pics of his cars. The motor I received is no stranger to me. I saw it race down the track in one of his cars. That was a summer I helped on his pit crew at Race City Speedway in Calgary AB. That was also the year he took 1st place.

 So here's a few pics of the 1950 Dodge Coronet with the new parts.

39 Pontiac Update

I stopped by Dons fab shop a few weeks back. When i arrived he was helping a local rodder
"Ian" properly align his doos handles. This is another car Don built. I beleive its a 51 Chevy. This car was being built at the same time my car was getting clipped.This visit gave me a chance to check on how the 39' was coming. Looks like hes getting close to driving. I didn't get much of a chance to ask about the motor and tranny, but i did get a change to snap a few photos.  The first pic is of the Chevy.

About a month ago i found a baja bar on a 2003 F-350 i really liked on Google. I already have a pipe bender and a welder in my garage so all i needed was some pipe. This is something i have never done before but to save a few bucks i was up for the challenge. it took about 4 hours to cut and fab and ready for paint. Keep in mind this is my first one and was also new with the pipe bender. I have since with the help of you tube figured out some better ways for bending with out ripples. my next project is to make another one using the first as a jig. I would also like to fab up something for the rear.

Here's a funny story about after i put the baja bar on. I was backing out of a parking stall after my sons hockey practice. I noticed a green pillar in my mirror while i was reversing. I was so focused on not hitting the pillar i ended up hitting the Dodge 3500 beside me. if it wasn't for that baja bar i would of recked my front bumper. So that being said its paid for it self already. I'm really liking the fab work and plan on trying new thing in the future. I'm also going to be making one for a 95 Dodge 2500 and maybe a 03 jeep liberty.

Back from the fab shop!

Sent my car out for some more work right after Christmas. Schwab Customs in Langley BC takes care of the things I fight with in my shop and some thing I might be to lazy to do my self. There the ones that did my front clip and rear end swap. Don Schwab is a veteran when it comes to old school hot rod building. His son Dustin is his right had man and some times his left to. I met them in Langley at Tim Hortons Friday night meet about 4 years ago. Don has a 50 shoe box and has just started a 39 Pontiac. Dustin cruzes a 1960 Impala around.

 On my last visit they installed my rad and made the front end supports for the Chevy clip to meet the Dodge fenders. The front bumper was also installed and brackets were made to join the old to the new.  I supplied them with a pair of Flowmasters and my exhaust was fabbed and installed. Dustin wired the complete car for me and Don secured the fuel cell in the trunk. A custom battery shelf was also made by Dustin but the install  is a home work project. Its going to go on the passenger side fire wall . I had to make a bracket for the back side of the fire wall so the bolts don't tear through. All this work gets me closer to driving the Coronet but there is still a quite a lot to do.

  I'm going in for shoulder surgery on February 1st so all work on the project comes to a halt for a month or so. I'm planing to devote some serious time to the Coronet when I've had a little time to recover. This time off should give me a lot more time to blog and hunt for cool pics of other projects. So next post coming soon,,,,,I hope! Till then.

Cool Dodges and plymouths I have found

Here are a few of my favorite Dodges and Plymouths ive found on the H.A.M.B Forum sight. Hope you enjoy. 1948 plymouth, 1949 Plymouth, 1950 Plymouth, 1949 Coronet, 1950 Coronet

Heres a up and coming 39 Pontiac

My friend and owner of a small hot rod and fab shop had this car dropped in his lap. its a 1939 Pontiac. Its been Frankensteined quite a few times over its life. It has a V8 and straight axle. Hes going to try to create a Gasser out of it. He also has a 50 Ford that's been customized.

Getting more work done!

OK its been quite a while since my last confession (lol). I had the Dodge towed to my friends fab shop this morning. Getting some brackets to hold the front end on properly. I was trying to do that part my self but found it to be over challenging. Trying to match 60 year old parts with 21 year old parts is something i have not mastered yet. There also installing the rad, exhaust and break lines. Pats drive line is going to be doing up a drive shaft for it. I'm hoping to be driving it by the summer. this is something I've been saying since I bought the car 4 years ago. Finding time and patience seems to be the biggest factor in this process. I usually blame it on the money tree but that's not the complete truth. If there are parts I need I would be able to scrape up the money some where. I took a couple pictures of it on the hoist.