Sand box with seats for the grand kids.

Took a week of from the truck box and made a sandbox for my two grand kids.
Two little boys in Victoria. This is neat,My wife was in Denmark visiting her sisters for a couple of weeks and her brother inlaw had bought a kit and assembled it in the backyard for his grand kids.
She took a photo of it and I spent a day deciphering the picture then made one  myself.
Very clever those Danes and their Danish design.

Next week we will take it to Victoria and position it in the backyard and fill it full of sand.

It is made of 2x12 ,1x6 and some 4x4 and carrage bolts.

Trial fit for rear fenders

Bolted on the left rear fender to see how it looks. WOW! the Jag rear is sure narrow! I am using a set of Original Jag salt shakers,the ones that have all the small round holes that look like table salt shakers.
I have a Friend that has  a set of original Jag steel wheels that would look good and I can use my early 50,s Cadillac hubcaps,It would look fine except that the wheels are set in quite a bit. Looks more like stock wheel position.
At least I have room for after market wheels and I have a set of  Halibrand Speedways that I got years ago and the rears are wide so this will work,good summer wheels. I do plan on using this truck as a driver all year. Very little snow where I live  just a couple of times a year and it goes in a few days. Those days it can sit in the garage.
Once I get all this so it fits I will finish assembly of the box and it can go on for good. I will paint the truck with the box on,fenders off.
Thats it for now.

Box repairs and Gas tank

Been awhile since my last post. I have the gas tank mounted and need to finish off the lines,It is a Jeep Comanche tank and the filler will be at the left fender with a 47 Ford car filler door. I managed to locate a new fuel sending unit and fuel pickup it is all one piece.
The box was rusty so cut out pieces and welded in 16 ga metal,now will fasten the sub rails. Am using structural adhesive and the original rivits so it should be strong. Problem right now is finding a blue print of the crossmember and subrail locations,anyone know about that?
Now back to the garage.

Car Show 2011

Car show was a great success,650 cars entered! Good weather and a car guy from the next town won the BBQ.

BBQ raffle

We had a Chev eng BBQ donated for the Fathers day Show and Shine. We will sell tickets and give it away at the show. The money will go to the food bank and the hospice.

Other projects

I have a 97 Ranger stepside. From Oct to march I never used it so loaned it to my son.

Meanwhile I decided to build a trailer and it should take the place of the truck.

Tows well.

Finished shock mounts

Here are the mounts installed and finished. This keeps the inner fenders intact.

One thing, with the XJS12 front end and the heavy springs the bumper stops are still contacting and I have the engine tranny and cab on. When I jump on the front frame horns it does go down but I am 200 lbs and am curious as to how stiff it will be. Time will tell.

Front Shock mounts and Radiator

This week I am finally getting something done after Christmas. Christmas was great Kids, grand kids, but getting back to the grind suits me fine!

Front shocks and how to mount them? I decided that since the Jaguar rear had the shocks mounted to the cage and I had dumped the rubber cage to body mounts and mounting it solid then mounting the shocks to the front cross member would work. I have bolted it in so can all ways get rid of it and mount the upper shock mounts to the frame if I have to.

The Radiator is a 74 Dodge 1/2 ton for a big V8 and just needs a little trim on the rad outer flange and in it goes. I have been wondering the Rad {aluminum} weighs 15 lbs and holds about one gallon of water for a total of 25 lbs. If I mount it with 8 bolts that is 4 on each side equals about 3 lbs a bolt would that work or should I find some kind of rubber saddle to support it? Help me out here. Happy to say that the inner fender panels only need a slight hammer work to clear the shock mounts.

Up on wheels

It's a ROLLER!

Dropped it down on the groumd today. I am useing the jag wheels for now. I have an old set of 15 inch Halibrands which will look good on it.

This truck will not be low/low. I hope it will be down about 4 or 5 inches in front and about 3 or 4 in the back. Maybe like an old farm truck with bagged out springs. because after I get through painting it will definitely look like an old bagged out farm truck,what with my painting skills!

Oh well building things out of junk seems to be my style.

Ordered a radiator the other day,dodge pickup,will shoot some photos when it arrives.

The gas tank will work out OK from a jeep Cheroke,I want the filler to come through the left rear fender with a 47 ford car gas filler door.

The front shock mounts are next,I am going to attempt to avoid mounting them on the frame. I would like to get them on the front jag member somehow?

Cab on

The rear radius rods are 46 ford I used them because I like the taper and the load is fore and aft no twist because the rear diff is rigid and fixed.

Hope this is the final time the cab goes on!

Well! Cab is on Exhaust under the cab is done and the heat shields are all on. I used stainless .060 for the shields. years ago I used the same on the hot rod and they have worked out great for 25 years.

Bled the hyd clutch it was easy as I had put a high point on the line on the right hand frame rail with another heat shield.

Emergency brake line runs along by the master cyl and booster. I am using the jag master so as it uses remote reservoirs I am thinking about placing them behind the seat about two feet up the back of the cab, I would like to keep the firewall as clean as possible. this should give me a bit of a head of pressure to ensure that there is no flow back when the car sits. The rear calipers may be higher than the under floor master cyl.

Lots of clearance for the steering shaft,I did move the engine and trans one inch to the right.

So next is to turn it around and start on the jeep Cherokee tank.

The rad is still a question,I want a three row and as wide as possible and am looking at 72 /73 Dodge 1/2 ton rads.

Last salt Flats post

Here is the usual salt flats photo and don't forget to take a bike the pits are a long way from the parking viewing area.

The VW has been racing at the flats for years. In 1999 when My son and I went to the flats this fellow was there,he spent a lot of time talking to Jack as Jack also had a Bug and he still talks about it. This year I met him again and said how my son had enjoyed talking and how he spent so much time talking to a kid His comment was "That's the way we are here"

I agreed and thanked him again,PS he did 176 MPH!!

More salt

These three photos of the 32,s are the rollin bones or as they call themselves the Boners drove out from the east coast. The photo of the coupes with the trunks opens is at the hotel parking lot, they were selling Tee Shirts probably to help out on gas costs as they drove out one to a car or so it seemed as they were always just one driver no passenger. That is hard core driving!