1931 Ford Model A

Added 5/4/08

Bill and I will be toiling away over the next few Fridays with all the upgrades. Hopefully I'll be back on the road again late in May. Below are the latest pics of all the cool mods and upgrades.

Bill and I fabbed up a mount for the panhard bar this morning. While the rearend was under the car Bill tack welded the new
bracket on, then we disassembled everything and rolled the rearend out from under the car for final welding and cleanup of all
our brackets, flanges and widgets in preparation for painting

This photo shows the "Z" brackets that got welded in place between the radius rods (the thingies that are sticking straight up in the air.

Welding helmet up to see.....

Helmet down and we're joining metal pieces together

Here is the finished bracket for the axle end of the panhard bar. If you're wondering, the panhard bar pivots on both ends and is attached
to the axle on one end (the bracket you see here in this picture) and a piece of the car frame on the other end. The panhard bar keeps the
rear axle from moving left/right while it bounces up/down.

Bill found my camera while I was wire brushing all the remaining rust and goop off the rearend parts so we could paint this thing.

I'm kinda glad my shirts tucked in.

There is the finished axle ready to go all back together after the paint cures.

That's the panhard bar on the left and the two radius rods on the right.

This is our high dollar paint rig. You have to remember that this hotrod is built to drive, not to be trailered around town.

The right rear fender well wall was dinged on the bottom before I got the car. This was bothering Bill so he decided that while it was
easy to access (no axle in the way) that he would tackle some body work.. We ended up peeling off some bondo chunks that were at
least 1/4" thick in some places.

And finally, how best to top off a day of hard work? It's Miller time!