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DW Horton, with his Daughter Lily


	Article 35 Odds and Ends / Powderific

Since the last "miscellaneous stuff" email, there hasn't been a whole lot going on with the '32, let alone much more miscellany. In highway terms, it's "driving on the shoulder". There are some items on the excuse sheet we've hung in the window, however. First, the space we use to work on the car has been seized by hundreds of odds and ends, all with pallets as magic carpets. The people who were renting the building where we were storing this "stuff" moved, so we had to take it all out. It's invaded our car building space; thus a chunk of the delay can be blamed away.

Second, the powder coaters had some electrical issues while they were trying to set up their oven. The story is a bit longer than that, but all that's important to me is I can't be help responsible :) We did get some powder coated parts yesterday though, and they look really great. We are doing most of the removable frame parts (bars, batwings, adjusters, brake pedal, etc.) in flat black. I have a thing for flat black. I would take a punch for flat black. So once we get the rest of the parts back in black (should be very soon), I'm able to start reassembling the frame! Now if it wasn't for all these odds and ends... I think I'm going to have an egarage sale. If you like, sign up for our newsletter and you'll be able to see what edds and onds we've got and how cheap you can get them.

Well, we're all powdered! Now the next step is to make the frame black too so we can start putting the pieces together.

I can't believe the clarity of the parts even after the powder coating. The welds aren't muddy looking, and the finish is very consistent. I hope it's as durable as it is good looking. I'll keep you posted on the frame painting process.


	Article 36 Reassembly

Seems like it's been a while... sometimes reality is right. We've been really cooking at Welder Series which has lent less time to the '32 as we would like. But being busy is a very good problem! Now that the frame is black, it's time to start bolting stuff back on. I'm really enjoying looking at the flat black / aluminum / powder coat black contrast. I hope to be able to update this more regularly now that things are moving on the car again.

Another big treat is having Cam back to help with final assembly. He's helping out over at Lowdown Hotrods and comes by when he's done there for the day.

Cam attaches the fuel lines to the rail. Cam is so good, he can thread a bolt in upside-down.

Here's the brake pedal return spring/brake light switch activator I made.

I know, a mallet and drift in a final assembly picture isn't a good sign. No paint was harmed in the setup of this photograph.

While putting the aluminum brake line clamps on the tie rod, I discovered that the end mill I used to create the larger hole had shrunk by the time I drilled the third bracket. Two slipped on nicely, but the third wouldn't cooperate. Here's how I enlarged the hole just a tiny bit using a rat tail file.

Using a Sharpie, I drew two lines on the inside of the hole.

I gently persuaded the lines to disappear with the file. Having two lines meant that it was more likely that I could keep the file perpendicular to the hole. Working on a black surface was nice because I could see the files as they came off.

I'd say it worked very well! Three or four rounds were necessary because each time you're just filing enough to remove the marker line, but you know that you're keeping the hole round.


	Article 37 Nice Heads

As the car goes back together, we’re finding little things that we’ve wanted to get done which have made their way to the bottom of the proverbial pile. We had talked a long time ago about making some sleeves so we could put 3/8″ button head bolts in the spreader bar holes instead of the 1/2″ bolts that came with the spreader bar. The thought was brought up again during reassembly, and instead of trying to machine some spacer / washers so the 3/8″ bolt wouldn’t be sloppy in the 1/2″ hole, I made a pilgrimage to the lathe and removed some metal. Here’s the result - a smaller, thinner head. This is a before / after shot, with the before bolt in hole on the right.

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