"Shootin' The Breeze" - Old Skool Chat Thread  

DeadSled

While we're on the topic of hot rod stuff thanks to no more holdens, heres a little something from me.

I scored this american made "Yankee" early 1940s foglight on ebay over the weekend. Its fucking awesome if you ask me. I just think its so damn neat, and since i'm going for a 1948 Southern California look for my roadster.. i thought a fog light would be cool since a very large majority of californians ran them on their hot rods, and they all only ever ran one on the drivers side.

So this arvo i thought it'd be neat to knock up a fog light stand. I started with one of my original Model A headlight bars. This was my worse of the two, and i'm using the other for my headlights.

This was one end of it that i started with.. Now as you go further along you might be thinking to yourself "It doesn't look like he's done anything with it other than make it look more pretty and cut it off from the rest of the bar.." well thats not quite right, the picture doesn't show the angle that it starts at or that the headlight cup is not centered on the bar, but completely to one side.



I had to cut it into three pieces, so i could put it back together all facing the same direction so it'd work for my application. These are the parts all sanded up and ready to tack together.



This is it all together. After i test fit it, i found that i'll need to move the top cup forwards and down so that the bottom nut can be done up completely. I've never built one of these babies before, so i just put it where i thought it looked good. It will take a second to cut and move it and retack it, so no dramas there.



Here is the fog light mounted in the stand.



And just another angle..



I'm still not sure if i should mig weld it, and sand the welds to appear as if it is all one peice.. or TIG weld it and leave the welds visible.. don't know yet.. I'm leaning towards option one as they didn't have tig welders back in the fourties.

wbtonner

Lol if you get the $40 and one point fine for 'dazzling' other road users.

DeadSled

"But officer, they came with them from factory and the stock headlights just aren't that good!"

Eh, i think they'd be more interested in looking at the car than its obscure fog light hanging off the front

I already drive the kingswood with high beams on the whole way down mt cotton road as it is, they aren't any better than normal beams on new cars. I'll drive the roadster with the fog light on on roads like that for my sake, not theirs

wbtonner

Haha, I got those phillips + 100% or some bullshit bulbs for when I worked out in Jacobs well and regulary drove through the cane fields after dark. Worked really well for the old kinger. Maybe retro fit some HID's to your car. A guy at work has a KE70 and fitted them and they are legal as its older than 85 or some shit. Sounded legit at the time haha.

DeadSled

Are they the blue ones? I've seen them before.

As far as the roadster goes, nah i want all old stuff on it. Will convert it to 12v but they will still be old style bulbs and all that jazz. Can't have something that looks right out of 1948 with fucking blue LED headlights now can we

HSV

Anyone know a good Soda Blasting place in Brisbane at all?

Anchor

Deadsled, i hope you used an authentic welder from the 1940's... Otherwise your car won't be classified as a Hotrod.

GTRVspec95

Ask Ivan where he got the S15 shell done

Monaro454

sunstate soda blast, Dion, 0457 371 380

he is mobile Ben. (based northside)

Monaro454

speaking of purple.... I bought this today:



pick it up tomoz.

wbtonner

So i'm selling the tonner and buying an early 70's pontiac firebird to fit in with the rest of pre 85'

OT - Tough.

DeadSled

Ben theres a place off Queens Rd in the industrial estate there called Metal Prep. They i'm pretty sure use whatever the pink media is. I had my Chev and Model A chassis' blasted there and they do a good job and very quick turnaround, same day i'm pretty sure they were or the next day. Also well priced, and do cashy jobs too if you say will you do it cheaper for cash.


Blah blah blah. I'm not using a stick welder, fucking hate that shit.. And i don't really feel oxy welding chassis rails is a particularly good idea.

Most of my stuff will be tig welded, and all the visible stuff will be metal finished to appear one piece anyway so suck on that

wbtonner

Why blur the plates and the mustang or whatever it was in the back ground?

Monaro454

cos it ain't mine... it is someone elses, and let's face it, there are some not so nice people out there eh?

car is a 67 SS 350 with a 4 speed trans, large 12 bolt diff with torsion bar fitted standard.

now has a 327 in it but still has the 4 speed.

needs interior and a tidy up of the paint.

where are you U.S car owners buying most of your parts?

wbtonner

Fair enough, it had an american plate i think so how would that help. Eh, I dunno. Nice.

Monaro454

nar, Mine had the U.S plate, the other car is his daughters and I don't want to cause anybody any heartache eh?

74QEE

What are you going to do with the Hq Ash?

Monaro454

ummmm.... drive it??

is still my daily and will be until somebody offers me a stupid amount of money for it.

this car will go on club rego and be a weekender or something like that.

no more holdens

"Now sonny, your authentic hot rod doesnt have the 6V system, your converted it to 12V,so lighing shouldnt be a problem"
Would be the cops reply !!!

Cmon , authentic pre 1948, that means all of it , not some
Spose the 350 SBC, 4 wheels disc brakes , youll sneak in also ???


Its alright im just hanging shit on ya ,

HSV

Ash, are you talking standard parts or aftermarket?

Monaro454

Both Benny!!

Anchor

Classic Industries, Ecklers, etc. Get on a few Camaro forums and find out where the best/cheapest place is?

Also, there's a fuckload of 1st Gen Camaro guys on www.protouring.com and they are always selling stuff. You'll find the best tech reviews and shit on there too.

DeadSled

Hahaha damn i don't know what i'd say then.

Monaro454

FAR OUT!!!

I can buy a whole interior kit for $510, door trims, hoodlining, seat covers..... everything!! I LOVE my Camaro already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HSV

Lol Ash.

American stuff is easy to get parts for because there are so many of them (cars/people).

Anchor

Make sure you get the quote on freight too Ash... Then get excited if its still cheap haha.

Monaro454

yeah, true, but I know people too

Anchor

If you're prepared to wait for a container then thats all well and done. But still make sure your order is under $1000 or you'll get stung 10%.

Normal UPS freight isn't that expensive really, and it only takes around 5-10 days.

Monaro454

cool thanks, good to know.

Monaro454

can get these rims for reasonable money, what do you think?






I know the car needs lowering, but what do you think of the rims knowing that the car will sit over them!!

74QEE

Or even use these on the Hq..and use the gts rims and redwalls on this?

just like pontiac wheels!

Monaro454

thanks photoshop:







thoughts?

VersionR

Can someone tell me if there's any special primer I need to paint chrome with?

74QEE

I painted a pair of chrome valve cover the other day, i scuffed them up with a scotch brite pad and just put some normal spraycan primer on them and then coated that with hi temp engine paint and it seemed to stick ok.

Anchor

Rear rims look so tiny Ash...

Get on summitracing.com and look at rims. If you register they give you a postage cost in the shopping cart before you enter credit card details.

But i guess it depends on how much you're getting them for