Ian's Tennessee Honey '64 Short Box Step-side - England

[mjh1965]

Happy birthday mate . Like you I usually take the day off . Hope you had a good day . Thanks again for the gas monkey bottle openers . I will drop Rian's to him tommorow . Don't forget to post lots of pictures of the brake pipe install as I need to do mine .

[Grizz1963]

Good instal Ian.

Thanks for the Prezzie !!

In fact, you are the one who should be receiving presents.

Happy Birthday.

[ibrown50]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Shock mounts came out great! …and it's hard to beat a box of cubans...
Happy Belated Mate!...

Thanks Don, apparently those Quintero's are better if you age them for about 18 months........ somehow I can't see them lasting that long

Originally Posted by mjh1965

Happy birthday mate . Like you I usually take the day off . Hope you had a good day . Thanks again for the gas monkey bottle openers . I will drop Rian's to him tommorow . Don't forget to post lots of pictures of the brake pipe install as I need to do mine .

Thanks Martin and yes I'll do the photos

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Good instal Ian.

Thanks for the Prezzie !!

In fact, you are the one who should be receiving presents.

Happy Birthday.

Thanks Rian

[Grizz1963]

Life certainly is good.

First I get to copy your relocated battery tray, then I get a cool Gas Monkey Garage bottle opener/key ring in the post.

Thanks Ian !! That's very generous of you, as experienced before.

[ibrown50]

Well another rainy holiday weekend, my time has been spent between building a window seat for my daughter (she only been asking for 2 years) finishing plumbing in my brakes and finishing the lid for Rian's heater box.

The master cylinder and booster have been fitted for a while, The brake cylinder is a GM style jobbie (disc/drum) with a 7" booster and proportioning valve all from MBM. I had to make the bracket to mount them to the fire wall and used the mounting holes from the previous master cylinder.



I also had to make up a push rod, this was made from a piece of 3/8 threaded bar and a long stud connector ( for maximum adjustment) with locking nuts to keep it all safe.



I borrowed my mates flaring tool to make the pipes up. It's probably old that I am but it makes great flares!



I noticed Andy (Uber Cool) has the same pipe bender as me, they work great and for £10 (ish) good value too.



The tubes are 3/16 cupro-nickel, I prefer it to copper as it doesn't work harden. The front flexis are new and came with the disc brake kit the rear one is ordered and should be with me by Thursday. I also fitted a Wilwood residual pressure valve to the drum brake circuit. All the pipes are clipped up using nylon clips, so once the rear flexi arrives I can get it all bled and I'll be good to go.