1937 ford hot rod project

[bobs77vet]

well mounted my new bracket on car tonight.....will look at length of coil wire this weekend...





and not so long ago...that is the coil bracket i modified

 

[Arthur Brown]

love that car :thumbs:

good job Bob !

 

[bobs77vet]

thks Art

wrapped up fuel pump blanking plate and changed mounting location of fuel pump, fuel filter to the rear area under the trunk floor pan and installed Holley fuel pump regulator...still some more to do...




ate a couple mote bites of the elephant last night and today and mocked up my filter pump box












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well heres what the fuel filter and pump look like, i grinded the fugly welds and used body filler on them to make my removable filter pump housing look pretty.... and heres the holley regulator with pressure gauge








done new fuel line completed...

heres a picture of the bracketry painted gray and everything is now hooked up with metal lines except for the flexible rubber hose from regulator to carb inlet line

 

[enkeivette]

Looks good! Keep it coming!

 

[MYBAD79]

Bob, that's some nice work !!!!

 

[bobs77vet]

well car started running poorly and i went through the electrical and fuel supply and cleaned up some areas that i had needed to go back to with the ballast ignition circuit and determined that the old 97 carb needed more help then i could give it. i realize now that when i put the new fuel filter in the back of the car i never flushed the fuel line so i think i pumped some crude that had collected in the fuel line right into the carb. heres the old 97 on the way to the shop to get a rebuild....

 

[mrvette]

Bob77, I going our right NOW and take inventory of my tool and parts collection and if I find my shit missing......I coming up and take it BACK!!!! damnit.....

that little fuel pump, the rest of the tools, even the hammer....
it ALL looks like my shit.....

down to the wear marks.....:surrender::rofl::thumbs:

 

[bobs77vet]

its like looking at shirts at the cleaners....they all look like mine...

i got it installed tonight and then ran out of time.....the test drive will be tomorrow if we dont get rained out.

the carb was buitl by Max Furguson out of salt lake city and it even looks better in person!!!!!

 

[BangkokDean]

I love those old flat head motors, back in the late 50s early 60s we used to race them on a 1/4 mile oval in Seakonk Mass. Fun times.:loveletter:

 

[bobs77vet]

well i sent the flathead off to a new home today and it was fun project i am glad we did it. we brought it as far as we planned to with doing the body work and mechanicals

 

[MYBAD79]

somebody is going to enjoy this ..... it's an awesome car, I wish I had the space for more "projects" LOL

what are you buying next ? another Vette ???

 

[bobs77vet]

you know i think i am turning into a premadonna......as strange as this sounds I think I actually like working on only one car in the garage at a time. i get to open the car doors fully and can swing the car jack around freely and actually enjoy the open space of the garage with out crawling over anything. i guess after sharing the garage with two cars and a motorcycle for the past 6-7 years I am honestly looking forward to only the 77 vette in there now. In fact last night I moved the vette to more in the middle and was just smiling the whole time. I guess as I get older the atmosphere in the shop adds to the enjoyment. Now i can tell you i remember vividly all those years of working outside when i didnt have a garage and getting wet and cold and being miserable, so i guess I am getting soft and spoiled complaining about being cramped in a heated well lit garage....jeez I am turning into a premadonna. whats next a cadillac?????