Sat Aug 27, 2011 8:08 pm
franken-bug
hey up all, well this is my new bug, codenamed franken-bug because of how it looked when it turned up!
its a '66, plan is/was to get it put together quickly and have some fun over the summer with it and then alter it over winter to make it into a gasser, but time and money have got the better of me and the summers slipping out the door! so its looking more like it'll stay a ratty cal looker for a year or so and the move to gasser will be next winter instead!
anyway the story in brief is... it turned up like this as a half finished project....
it was a bit of a mungral really! the previous owner had put some upright wings on the front, a later 'box with 4 stud brakes at the rear, wide 5's with addaptors up front and made some pretty odd choices about welding stuff up! but on the plus side it had a 2" narrowed beam, cali imported doors, bonnet and front clip and most of the welding that was done was done pretty well!
me and the mrs spent fking aaaaaaaages getting the paint off it, i'd have left it on but there were so many layers, and the top one had reacted with some of the others in places. so off it came back to bare metal!
then it all got a coat of red oxide, i was tempted to leave it at that and run it for the summer but in the end i figured if i blacked it up it'd look a bit better (not really)
amongst all the painting there was a fair bit of welding left to sort out, some nasty rot on the front quarters up the door seam, the Previous owner had opted to de-seam the passanger side in an attempt to sort it but it looked shit to be frank! so i repaired the drivers side with some sheet metal and the passanger side i had to make a seam from some L section that i hammered flat and then welded in place. its never gonna win a beauty contest but it certainly lookes better than it did de-seamed.
the rot..
the finished result..
and the seam i re made..
and then we jump forward a bit to now..
i picked up a set of day mouldings wings the other day so the uprights are put away for a 68 i have in the back yard, the bodies back on the pan loose at the moment because i need it back off to run the fuel lines and some of the other daft bits. the burners are half painted, and the seats are ready to go in!
the seats are out of my old jeep, they were too comfy to scrap with it and as it happens they fit with no mods! full electric leather! Mmmm
and last but not least the motors my old 2109cc lump from badluckbetty, no turbo this time but its getting fuel injection instead to try and make it a bit more usable! pretty much got everything i need to rebuild it now so thats one of the next jobs!
steve
its a '66, plan is/was to get it put together quickly and have some fun over the summer with it and then alter it over winter to make it into a gasser, but time and money have got the better of me and the summers slipping out the door! so its looking more like it'll stay a ratty cal looker for a year or so and the move to gasser will be next winter instead!
anyway the story in brief is... it turned up like this as a half finished project....
it was a bit of a mungral really! the previous owner had put some upright wings on the front, a later 'box with 4 stud brakes at the rear, wide 5's with addaptors up front and made some pretty odd choices about welding stuff up! but on the plus side it had a 2" narrowed beam, cali imported doors, bonnet and front clip and most of the welding that was done was done pretty well!
me and the mrs spent fking aaaaaaaages getting the paint off it, i'd have left it on but there were so many layers, and the top one had reacted with some of the others in places. so off it came back to bare metal!
then it all got a coat of red oxide, i was tempted to leave it at that and run it for the summer but in the end i figured if i blacked it up it'd look a bit better (not really)
amongst all the painting there was a fair bit of welding left to sort out, some nasty rot on the front quarters up the door seam, the Previous owner had opted to de-seam the passanger side in an attempt to sort it but it looked shit to be frank! so i repaired the drivers side with some sheet metal and the passanger side i had to make a seam from some L section that i hammered flat and then welded in place. its never gonna win a beauty contest but it certainly lookes better than it did de-seamed.
the rot..
the finished result..
and the seam i re made..
and then we jump forward a bit to now..
i picked up a set of day mouldings wings the other day so the uprights are put away for a 68 i have in the back yard, the bodies back on the pan loose at the moment because i need it back off to run the fuel lines and some of the other daft bits. the burners are half painted, and the seats are ready to go in!
the seats are out of my old jeep, they were too comfy to scrap with it and as it happens they fit with no mods! full electric leather! Mmmm
and last but not least the motors my old 2109cc lump from badluckbetty, no turbo this time but its getting fuel injection instead to try and make it a bit more usable! pretty much got everything i need to rebuild it now so thats one of the next jobs!
steve
my own fault but still frustrating so i've ordered some propper stuff now, i've got pretty much everything i think to finish the running gear off once it turns up so hopefully i can get it all ran through this weekend and get it all bolted back together!
still got to weld in a lambda boss but i cant do that untill i have a sensor for it and i know what size etc.
