[sbauman2]

The Cragars were as classic as anything, but Torq Thrust equally classic.

Cragars were my my second favorite wheel after the Torque Thrust followed in 3rd place with slots.

 

[dsb]

to me, cragars are the perfect choice for a stock-ish car, but the ones you have make it seem a little more business like.

 

[Tuske427]

In addition to helping my 75 year s young friend Tom install a 700 hp Wedge into his '48 Plymouth gasser I had just enough time to build this out of some metal I had laying around- a bolt on bumper for the '56 to give it a little more gasser aesthetic. NY state requires a bumper, but I don't think it has to be chrome, ha ha. I also fitted the new steering column and made as bracket for a clutch starter safety switch.

 

[Tuske427]

various pics of more updates on this car. It's been getting all my free time. I've worked on repainting the dash from the lifeless street rod gray and brought it back to black. Had to fill in some minor pitting, too. Also have taken apart the driver side glass to replace all the felt/ channels and of course all the rubber and glass frames were shot, so they are being replaced as well as the glass itself. So I'm in the midst of that as the more I work on it the more I realize I need to replace, the more I order new parts and wait for them to arrive.

 

[Tuske427]

This past week, after painting the dash black I located a roll of gold turned metal looking decal and added that, as well as assembled a new gauge pod with larger to see gauges and added this, too, as well as repaired and reinstalled a few of the AC vents, and started on making new door panels out of masonite. the ones that came with the car I was hoping to use but they are crumbling so they are only good for templates. new ones are expensive so it's off to making them again.

the rear window garnish needs some love, too ,so I'm working on that- dent and crack repair...

Also, the glove box that came with this car looks like it was made from corrugated cardboard and painters tape. so I'm making a new one with leftover masonite

 

[maddog3299]

I really like the look of the dash after you finished. The gold metal turned pattern sets it off. Are you planning to continue the gold design into the door panels? Keep up the good work, I am sure your Dad is going to be proud to get this!

 

[1937Austin]

That turned metal gold is really a nice touch!

 

[sbauman2]

That "turned" look adhesive backed vinyl sheeting is great stuff, I used the silver for the dash panels on my Willys. At first I thought I'd try doing it myself but knowing that it would take just one misplaced swirl to ruin the whole piece I decided not to, then I looked for some plate that already had the pattern done, way to expensive but that search led me to the vinyl sheets. It's available in a bunch of different colors and a couple different swirl sizes. Like Brendon I chose the smaller size. That turned look is a really nice touch for certain dash applications.

 

[Tuske427]

I really like the look of the dash after you finished. The gold metal turned pattern sets it off. Are you planning to continue the gold design into the door panels? Keep up the good work, I am sure your Dad is going to be proud to get this!

Thank you. I don't have a plan yet on how to apply that gold on the door panels, but I'll give it some thought and see if I can come up with something. Maybe an insert in the door panel? If I do anything it needs to look intentional, not an afterthought.

 

[Tuske427]

Taking Maddog's advice I found some galvanized sheetmetal strips at my local home depot and wrapped more of the turned metal vinyl decal with it, and made some strips to insert into the doors. I also used it on the ends of the package shelf as the material I had wasn't wide enough to cover it and it's tough (for me anyway) to cleanly align the material together seamlessly. I also upgraded the wheel studs on the axles to some ARP ½"-20 which fit quite nicely. Now I'm worried I won't be able to get the wheels on/ off ha ha I also modified the rotors to fit.

 

[rlcarter49]

That's coming along very nice! Can't wait to see what the finished car will look like!

 

[maddog3299]

Those door panels and rear panels look awesome! Also, just curious, on your lathe, are you turning down the inside lip of of the disc to fit your spindle? Have fun.

 

[Tuske427]

Those door panels and rear panels look awesome! Also, just curious, on your lathe, are you turning down the inside lip of of the disc to fit your spindle? Have fun.

re: disc- yes, I had to bore out the center hole slightly to fit my axles. they had slightly larger flanges that these discs wouldn't clear. I was forewarned in the instructions, too, ha ha. It was very minor, though, not even enough to completely remove the chamfer that came on them.

And since then I decided to take the axle back to the shop to have it narrowed 2" per side. this was the amount they could do before it snowballs into a lot of modifications (tubs, spring relocation, etc) and this allows me to use an offset rim for a deeper dish look in the rear, and give me more room from the axle studs to the quarter panels.

 

[Tuske427]

time for more updates. I was out of town last weekend for a diecast convention but I did manage to swing by the March Meet on Friday and check out the event for a bit as well as hit the swap meet there and picked up some rear rims and an intake for the engine. Below is a photo dump of some updates including painting said rims, getting my now narrowed rear axle back, making some brake and fuel lines, some seats I picked up this morning at a local swap meet, etc.