1928 Roadster project "Salt Shaker"
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John in Oz
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That does look really great, a neat traditional rod, good on you that will give you loads of enjoyment.
WoW! Makes the heart race! Mighty fine
Car is coming back together it’s a lot harder trying to not scratch anything
Dash sets in nicely against the blue
One thing I wanted to change was the 3rd brake light I decided I wanted a wood trim strip I then got some very fine LED strip lights and set in into the wood and covered with a pice of the old 3rd brake light to have a set into the wood.
Dash sets in nicely against the blue
One thing I wanted to change was the 3rd brake light I decided I wanted a wood trim strip I then got some very fine LED strip lights and set in into the wood and covered with a pice of the old 3rd brake light to have a set into the wood.
Looks good.
Really like that centre section of the dash…what’s that piece from?
Very nicely done. Thumbs up on your 3rd brake light idea.
It’s the Aviator panel from Davis Haus of Style. He made a small batch of them and I really liked it so I picked one up with the inserts and then polished it up
What a pleasure watching you build this. Great stuff, an excellent eye for detail!
Thanks again for sharing.
Greg
Thanks again for sharing.
Greg
Looks great..like it with the hood…
John in Oz
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Wow, man you should be very proud of yourself, the car looks great, the hood is handy if it rains but looks great without it to. Congratulations on a job well done.
Looks fantastic. Great job.
Thanks everyone
Yes it is great to have it together and finally see your plans all come together. I got it out for a few more miles tonight around town. The front breaks started to lock up seems I tightened the brake pivot a little too much and it was not allowing the front brakes to bleed off. Will give it another road test and see if that fixes it
Yes it is great to have it together and finally see your plans all come together. I got it out for a few more miles tonight around town. The front breaks started to lock up seems I tightened the brake pivot a little too much and it was not allowing the front brakes to bleed off. Will give it another road test and see if that fixes it
Time for an update on the car. I have put about 200 miles on the car since putting it back together after paint. I have had a few issues I’m sorting out
Ignition timing- for the life of me I could not get the timing too set. The marks were jumping around 20 degrees on me when setting base timing. The engine seemed to run very well so I figured it must be my timing light picking up bad signals from the solid core wires running through the steel looms. I replaced the red solid core wires with a set of 7mm Petronix wires. That seemed to do the trick and I was get it set to 4 degrees and 26 total by 2500RPM. I preferred the look of the red wires but I must say the insulated boots make it easier to work on the engine with out getting shocked
Front tire shake - once got above 50mph the frontend would start to shake enough you could see the radiator bouncing around. Lucky it just needed the front tire balanced and that gas seemed to take 80% of the shake out. Was able to do a little 60MPH trip out side of town
Brake drag - once the car would get hot my front brakes would start to drag. I found the plastic bushing in the pedal was grabbing and preventing the master cylinder from returning all the way causing the front brakes to drag. A little work with a flap wheel and it’s returning with out binding anymore
Brake lights - Out driving I have had a couple people tell me my brake lights don’t work. They are wired in with a pressure switch and do require a bit of pedal pressure to activate. With down shifting and a light touch on the brakes guess is not enough to trip the light. My plan is to use a mechanical switch in parallel with the pressure switch that will activate with minimal pedal
Made the first car show this weekend in Airdrie AB about 100mile round trip car ran very well 170F 50psi oil pressure @60MPH. It is definitely a new experience driving this car in heavy fast traffic
Ignition timing- for the life of me I could not get the timing too set. The marks were jumping around 20 degrees on me when setting base timing. The engine seemed to run very well so I figured it must be my timing light picking up bad signals from the solid core wires running through the steel looms. I replaced the red solid core wires with a set of 7mm Petronix wires. That seemed to do the trick and I was get it set to 4 degrees and 26 total by 2500RPM. I preferred the look of the red wires but I must say the insulated boots make it easier to work on the engine with out getting shocked
Front tire shake - once got above 50mph the frontend would start to shake enough you could see the radiator bouncing around. Lucky it just needed the front tire balanced and that gas seemed to take 80% of the shake out. Was able to do a little 60MPH trip out side of town
Brake drag - once the car would get hot my front brakes would start to drag. I found the plastic bushing in the pedal was grabbing and preventing the master cylinder from returning all the way causing the front brakes to drag. A little work with a flap wheel and it’s returning with out binding anymore
Brake lights - Out driving I have had a couple people tell me my brake lights don’t work. They are wired in with a pressure switch and do require a bit of pedal pressure to activate. With down shifting and a light touch on the brakes guess is not enough to trip the light. My plan is to use a mechanical switch in parallel with the pressure switch that will activate with minimal pedal
Made the first car show this weekend in Airdrie AB about 100mile round trip car ran very well 170F 50psi oil pressure @60MPH. It is definitely a new experience driving this car in heavy fast traffic
