I then tacked my brake pedal assembly to the frame. The brake assembly is wedged in between the cylinder block, the crossmember, on top of a motor mount, and under the steering box. I have full pedal travel and it doesn't hit anything. That took awhile.
I lowered the steering box mounting bracket down as far as I could possibly go. I didn't want: 1.) the steering wheel scrunching my long legs, 2.) the brake pedal hitting the steering box, 3.) the steering wheel or my knuckles above the windshield, or 4.) A neccessarily long steering arm coming off the steering box. I was balancing the height of the steering box with the height of the steering arm on the drivers side spindle. I want the steering rod angle to look right, so I bent the front steering arm to raise that end about 2". See picture. It should look alright, close enough that I can make a custom length steering arm to hang out of the cowl.
I see now that my tack needs to be mounted on my column somehow. When I'm sitting in my seat, I get a perfect view.
I cut off the fuel fill neck on my swather fuel tank and patched the hole. I drilled a hole behind the cockpit and installed my '38 ford fuel filler neck.
I have a driveshaft!! Thurlows rocks. I assembled my rear brakes. I'm going to use some side mount (on the frame) '47 ford front shocks on the front of my car instead of those other top mount units. I'm putting the top mount shocks on my rear crossmember. If anybody sees an issue with this, speak up. I hope it works better. I'm going to find out how much I don't like lever shocks. I quickly mocked a spot behind my seat for a fuel tank and battery.
Next up, windshield frame, brake lines, fuel lines, and a way to mount my seat belts. I need to finish my lower seat frame and figure out some way of finishing the rear of my interior/front of my trunk area. I haven't decided if I need a new subframe in the rear of my car. Oh, and since my front roll hoop that holds my steering box is preventing me from taking the body off, I'm going to have to make it a bolt on roll hoop instead of welded in. Sound scary? I have monday off too, but I have an exam at noon. Til next time. . .
