Carbs...

For some reason, I haven't yet braged about the carbs, I've found for the hopped up B!
I'm now the owner of TWO Stromberg 81s!
The first one I found on a swap meet, paying 200,- danish kroner (less than $40!), the second one I bought from the webmaster of the danish Ford early V8 forum for 500,- kroner (around $90).

Looking forward to getting them on, combined with the Scintilla magneto!

Keep 'em kruzin!
Dannerr

Subframe 3

My girlfriend wasn't home by 7:30 last night, so I took the chance and went to the Pirate shop, in order to fix the lowering legs for the cowl.

Cut and ready to be welded:

Welded topbrackets and in the straight angle bend:

Testfitting with clamps in order to try the placement of them and the cowl:

They needs some grinding of the weld in order to fit, but the height seems to match the cut in the front.

It was not supposed to be this low, but I think, I might end up liking it like this!

Next thing is to measure for the exact placement, grind the welds, weld the legs to the subframe, and then start fixing the bottom of the cowl, fitting the doors (when they are fix at the bottom), make the roof with the wooden skeleton, and then slowly start the rest of the body, which will be mostly sheet metal work.

Still thinking about fitting a rollbar on the inside of the rear wall - just in case of a crash, it might come in handy!

Keep 'em kruzin!

Dannerr

Subframe 2

Today Victor and Malene thought I should have a present, due to a unlucky incident sunday night.

It even included the instructions!
Okay, guys, point taken! I'll be more carefull. And thanks!!!

After that I got a little more work done on the subframe.

But in order to know the length of the legs, I had to decide how much lower I want the cab. And since I couldn't, Victor kept pushing "Just cut at the edge!", and finnaly, so I did:

Thanks to Martin and Victor for leaving the brushes and holding the cowl!

Now I have to decide, if I like it that low, or if Victor should weld the pieces back in!

Keep 'em kruzin!
Dannerr

Top off and into my eye

Yesterday I was in the garage, had finally gotten to take the top off the B-engine, I bought in the fall.
The top had been sitting there for a long time, and it wasn't keen on the idea of getting off. I tried with almost every sharp object in the garage, screw drivers, hammers heads and the only chissel, I have, and finally I borrowed my father in law's chissels for breaking wood - then it budged and came off!





When I got to open it, I could see the second cylinder's valves had been open for a long time, since it contained leafs and dirt.





When I took off the water pump, I accedently fliped it upside down, and I think half of the housing came out as rust!


I started cleaning up the cylinders, discovering that it has already been bored to ,030" oversize. What Nova means, I do not know.


For some reason, the intake valves reads "Ford R" - if anyone knows, what this stands for, I'll be very glad, if you'd let me know!


I got an itch in my right eye, but thought nothing of it. As it kept itching all the next day, only getting worse, I drove to the hospital 23 hours later. They told me, I had a scratch on my eyeball, measuring 1x2 millimeters! No fragments left, and the eye will heal it self, but still a very annoied eyeball!


So I got a patch for my eye.


So remenber: old cars are fun, but be carefull!

Keep 'em kruzin!
Dannerr

Top off and into my eye

Yesterday I was in the garage, had finally gotten to take the top off the B-engine, I bought in the fall.
The top had been sitting there for a long time, and it wasn't keen on the idea of getting off. I tried with almost every sharp object in the garage, screw drivers, hammers heads and the only chissel, I have, and finally I borrowed my father in law's chissels for breaking wood - then it budged and came off!





When I got to open it, I could see the second cylinder's valves had been open for a long time, since it contained leafs and dirt.





When I took off the water pump, I accedently fliped it upside down, and I think half of the housing came out as rust!


I started cleaning up the cylinders, discovering that it has already been bored to ,030" oversize. What Nova means, I do not know.


For some reason, the intake valves reads "Ford R" - if anyone knows, what this stands for, I'll be very glad, if you'd let me know!


I got an itch in my right eye, but thought nothing of it. As it kept itching all the next day, only getting worse, I drove to the hospital 23 hours later. They told me, I had a scratch on my eyeball, measuring 1x2 millimeters! No fragments left, and the eye will heal it self, but still a very annoied eyeball!


So I got a patch for my eye.


So remenber: old cars are fun, but be carefull!

Keep 'em kruzin!
Dannerr

Frames

I finally got around to pick up the wooden frames for the cab, so now I'm starting to have the overall measurements cleared up.

The wood, that goes in the back of the cab:

The wood, that goes in the top.

Still needs some of the wood, but the seller didn't have it.

So last night we started on building the subframe, using Tim's subframe for a longer model, so I'll have to shorten it next week.

Keep 'em kruzin!

Dannerr