Hot Rod Photo Journal - morryman's Journal

hotrodders.com: Project Journals: morryman's Journal

Go to my journal

Entries: 212
Views: 49967

view from the beginning || now viewing most recent entries

Pages (43): ‹ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 [18] 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 ›

11-21-2009 03:03 AM

MORRIS 48 "Z" PROJECT (CONT)

WE ARE STILL WAITING ON DASH MATERIAL BUT WE DID PICK UP THE RADIATOR THE OTHER DAY SO WE DECIDED TO MAKE UP THE LOWER MOUNTING FRAME. WE ARE USING THE ORIGINAL PIN AND LOCATING RUBBER MOUNT SYSTEM AS USED IN THE DONOR CAR.
WHEN THE RADIATOR WAS TURNED ON IT'S SIDE THE BOTTOM PINS WERE RELOCATED FOR THE JOB. THE SIDE PINS ARE YET TO MADE AND FITTED AS THEY NEED TO BE TIED IN WITH THE INNER GUARDS LATER ON. THE RADIATOR FILLER WAS MOVED INBOARD TO TUCK UNDER THE FRONT GRILL PANEL
THE HOLES LEFT AND RIGHT IN THE TOP OF THE MOUNTING FRAME WILL BE USED TO LOCATE THE INNER GUARDS AS WELL AS THE RADIATOR SHROUDING.

(click photo to enlarge)

[Entry #127]

11-07-2009 03:16 AM

MORRIS 48 "Z" PROJECT (CONT)

WE ARE WAITING ON SOME PLATE AND TUBE SECTION TO MOVE ON WITH THE DASH SO WE TURNED OUR ATTENTION TO THE HEADLIGHTS. THE ORIGINAL LIGHTS ARE AN ODD SIZE THAT NOTHING IS AVAILABLE FOR HERE SO WE WILL USE THE 7" UNITS THAT WERE BOLTED TO THE PROJECT WHEN WE BOUGHT IT HOME. WE WILL HOWEVER USE THE ORIGINAL TYPE MOUNTING SYSTEM WHICH HAS THE LAMPS SEATED IN THE HOLLOW OF THE GUARD ON A CONVEX RUBBER CUSHION. WE STRIPPED THE 7" LAMPS AND DRILLED OUT THE PIVOT MOUNTS. NEXT WE CUT THE MOUNTS OUT OF THE ORIGINAL LAMPS, CLEANED AND SHAPED THEM READY TO SPOT WELD INTO OUR 7" UNITS. A TEST FIT BEFORE THE WELD JOB SHOWS HOW THEY WILL SIT ON THE GUARDS.

(click photo to enlarge)

[Entry #126]

11-04-2009 02:27 AM

MORRIS 48 "Z" PROJECT (CONT)

BEFORE WE STARTED ON THE MAIN DASH PLATE WE MADE A COUPLE OF WELD IN CORNER PIECES TO FIT UNDER THE EXTENDED AREA OF OUR TOP HINGE MOUNT POINTS. THESE PIECES WILL STRENGTHEN OUR HINGES MOUNTS AS WELL GIVING US OUR LOWER DASH MOUNTING POINTS. WE USED THREADED PLATES WITH 6MM SCREWS. WE HAVE ALSO MARKED THE INSIDE DOOR LINE ON THE "A" PILLAR AS A GUIDE. THE MAIN PLATE WAS BENT TO SHAPE AND RECESSED MOUNT PLATES WELDED INTO THE BOTTOM TO PICKUP OUR 6MM SCREWS. AFTER RADIUSING THE TOP OF THE PANEL TO FOLLOW THE LOWER WINDSCREEN LINE WE SCREWED THE PANEL IN PLACE TO MARK THE LOCATION OF OUR GAUGE PANEL INSERT.

(click photo to enlarge)

[Entry #125]

11-02-2009 04:40 AM

MORRIS 48 "Z" PROJECT (CONT)

WITH OUR CARDBOARD DASH PANEL, STEERING WHEEL, MODIFIED SEAT AND WINDCREEN BOLTED TEMPORARILY IN PLACE WE CHECKED ALL FIT LOCATIONS AND CLEARANCES. NEXT STEP IS TO TURN OUR CARDBOARD PANELS INTO STEEL.

(click photo to enlarge)

[Entry #124]

11-01-2009 02:16 AM

MORRIS 48 "Z" PROJECT (CONT)

WHEN WE SAT IN OUR BUCKET SEAT WITH THE RUNNERS SITTING FLUSH TO THE FLOOR. THE SEAT BASE WAS TOO FLAT GIVING NO SUPPORT UNDER THE DRIVERS LEGS. AFTER A LITTLE MEASURING WE DECIDED THAT EXTENDING THE FRONT MOUNT PLATE OF THE RUNNER WHERE IT BOLTED TO THE SEAT BASE BY 1" WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. WE FABRICATED A COUPLE PLATES FOR THE JOB AND USED A QUICKLY MADE JIG TO MAKE SURE THE BOLT HOLES ALL LINED UP WHEN THE MODIFIED RUNNERS WERE REFITTED TO THE BASE.

(click photo to enlarge)

[Entry #123]

Pages (43): ‹ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 [18] 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 ›

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 03:03 AM.