1930 Ford Roadster From the Subrails Up! by Flop

By diyauto
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4 minute(s) of a 35 minute read

7-4-2012

1930 Ford Roadster From the Subrails Up! 


Compliments of Flop @ aaca.org


7-4-2012

This is really just a pile of parts that I need to turn back into a roadster . No big history on the body just evidence of a 6 and a half inch channel !! So I ran to Ohio to pick it up now the fun begins.

heres a few pics to get this thread started .plenty more to come once i get the wheels turning 

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firewalls out .

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the replacement isnt pretty with a little work it will be ok 

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its looking like a ford factory more and more every day !

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well the firewalls came back from the blaster nice and bare.

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a few pictures of the messes 

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not horrible by any means

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i had to use a ratchet strap to actually get the firewall back together .quite the stress crack 

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and heres it all finished up . next is to get the subrails in order!

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no rust repair on this car . its amazingly solid 

heres where we are at now . 

an old torch cut 

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i wish i knew how many spot welds and rivets ive drilled in the past few months !

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firewall sitting in place 

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and the new subrail connectors 

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everything is fitting well together for being a mismash of cowl and firewall and new connectors! nothing set in stone just yet just checking fit .

surprisingly the subrails are pretty damn close and should only need some minor tweaking to get them perfectly lined up !!

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got a ton done on jeffs car today . I got all the places primed that will be covered by subrails . underside of the subrail connectors primed and the subframe put together for the first time with the exact measurements off of the other roadster i have in the shop right now.

had to fix a few little spots before i started on the subrails though

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mesurments were 

37 inches at the door pillar 

31 1/16-1/8 " at the first subrail crossmember 

35 7/16 " at the second crossmember

35 3/8 " at the third crossmember

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Comments

Wow great build! Details and photos ????

Posted by Diggymart on 10/5/19 @ 1:52:45 PM

Wow great build! Details and photos ????

Posted by Diggymart on 10/5/19 @ 1:52:44 PM

Wow great build! Details and photos ????

Posted by Diggymart on 10/5/19 @ 1:52:40 PM