1941 project fenix

[gigamanx]

The 65' looks awesome! Are you going to change out the gas tank or just the sender/pump?

Originally Posted by joedoh

sorry, its not just you. photobucket got rid of their free hosting for 3rd party linking, it hasnt filtered down to everyone but it will. its a ToS update and they want me to pay 40 dollars a month (almost $500 a year!) to keep pictures up. I deleted my account instead because screw them. essentially what they are doing is picking popular images and monetizing both ends of it, a membership fee for me and ads for everyone to view.

I have already signed up to flickr who doesnt play these games, gives you 1TB space and unlimited bandwidth.

if you use photobucket, you will have this problem soon. they want to hold your images hostage, you will think "geeze I have to upload them somewhere else and edit every post with a picture" well no you dont. delete your photobucket and move on with life.

This is screwing up a lot of sites. I noticed over the weekend while doing some research that a lot of pictures I could have used for reference are now gone on various build threads over the Internet. It sucks!

[joedoh]

Originally Posted by gigamanx

The 65' looks awesome! Are you going to change out the gas tank or just the sender/pump?



This is screwing up a lot of sites. I noticed over the weekend while doing some research that a lot of pictures I could have used for reference are now gone on various build threads over the Internet. It sucks!

yes, my 65 build thread is decimated by the pb thing. here is a shot of when I had it. his HOA complained about the patina, so he plastidipped it. he also bought it without the wheels, which I think were perfect on there.
IMG_9191.JPG by Joe Doh, on Flickr

I replaced the pump and strainer. I tried to find a complete setup in town but only one place had it and it was $259 for precision brand, compare that to $65 on rockauto. so I bought just the pump and strainer and you can see it in the pictures, as well as the video of how well it runs right after it. flickr doesnt put the play button on the videos so I guess I have to say "its a video" from now on. I replaced the tank earlier in the build because it was so rusty, and the fuel pump had the same issue. the guy said he wrecked the truck and pulled the tank and sold it to me. seems like it sat a while longer than he said.


I did a little more last night, it was pretty hot but I mocked up the seats. its a little tight in there, but I am not building a winnebago either so its to be expected.

IMG_6609 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

seats are 89 lebaron that I had recovered in oxblood.

[joedoh]

well mother flipper. I tried to get the truck to idle but it would not. some of it is the small amount of bad gas, I added 5 gal fresh but still there was about a gallon of trash in there. I added some seafoam and a gallon of xylene to combat the problem but still no good idle. one plug wire had a squirrel chew so I did plugs wires cap rotor and IAC, still no idle. I didnt need a noid light to see the drivers injector was barely squirting so I resigned myself to a rebuild of the TBI
IMG_6622 by Joe Doh, on Flickr
IMG_6623 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

new injectors, cleaned the throttle body completely, new o rings and seals and gaskets. cleaned the EGR while I was in there. only hard thing was getting the fuel lines hooked back up, I moved them to get to the EGR and that was a big mistake.
idles great now. the whistle is the IAC letting bypass air through, click for running video
IMG_6627 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

wanted to make the seat risers so marked out the pattern
IMG_6629 by Joe Doh, on Flickr
IMG_6632 by Joe Doh, on Flickr
IMG_6633 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

I dont think I need a riser for the rear mounts, just a nut plate. I will tack them down and start on the bed, probably today.

[rusty76]

Looking good. Like the look of the seats in there.

[Nut Case]

Strong Work, your threads are full of great ideas and innovation.

Keep on keepin on

NC

[Palf70Step]

Nice work. Love watching, hearing you work thru the little challenges.

[joedoh]

hey thanks! that was a really nice compliment

turned it around under its own power, almost went for a blast on the dirt road but the hood isnt bolted down and there isnt an air cleaner yet so probably best to stick to the yard for now.
IMG_6637 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

de-floored the bed and trimmed it slightly, just wanted to see where the wheel arch center is in relation to the bed and back of the cab. remember that this is a 3/4 ton so it originally came with a 47-55 long bed and fenders, so I bought a 1/2 ton short bed and 41-46 fenders. the s10 long wheelbase is a little longer than the 41 short wheelbase so I wanted to see if I could get it close enough to look right.
IMG_6638 by Joe Doh, on Flickr
IMG_6639 by Joe Doh, on Flickr
IMG_6640 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

obviously the bed sides hit the tires because the s10 axle is narrower, I could have thrown on some spacers but I like the way the wheels look in there currently so I decided to hit northern tool and pick up a single 10" wide trailer fender. when I got it home I cut it in half, then marked and plasma'd the bedsides
IMG_6645 by Joe Doh, on Flickr
IMG_6647 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

I ran out of welding gas building the seat mounts so while I was out I stopped for a new bottle. turns out they were out of 88cu ft bottles so they loaned me a 24 so I could keep welding. silly little thing!
IMG_6648 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

but I got them tacked in and the bed mocked up, looks super dope!
IMG_6651 by Joe Doh, on Flickr
IMG_6660 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

that oxblood color interior is my absolute favorite. I dont mean to gush by jeeze I love that color on a hot rod.

more to come!

[OutlawDrifter]

Looks good

[99 to Life]

gush away!!

[rusty76]

Awesome. Glad to see things coming together.

[4msfam]

What did those seats come out of again? Look fantastic!

[joedoh]

they are from an 89 or 90 lebaron, I made a nice drawing of what I wanted the upholstery to look like and dropped it and the seats off at the interior shop and they blithely ignored it. blithely may not be strong enough, they pointedly ignored it.

anyway.

got the bed standing on its own. looks nice! after these pictures I added a third cross bar at the rear.
IMG_6722873 by Joe Doh, on Flickr
IMG_67672 by Joe Doh, on Flickr
IMG_6665 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

I had bought a set of bolts and nuts thinking I would slot the rectangle tube for the bolts and weld them in pointing down, so that the studs would find the holes instead of the bed slithering around trying to line everything up. well I couldnt find the bolts but I DID find the 1/2" all thread I bought when doing the motor move. I cut some chunks and drilled the bottom hole big enough for the all thread and the top hole just a 1/4" hole, then I tacked the all thread on the bottom and welded up the hole to the all thread on top. works perfect and this way I dont worry about the slots weakening the tube.

I also raised the seat risers (rised the risers..) in the front two inches. now the seats are more comfortable.

[lower50's]

Nice work!! It's so satisfying when they move on there own, even if it only in and out of the garage. I had Lebaron seats in my Jeep, most comfortable seats I ever had.

[joedoh]

yeah I want to uncork it but there are things to do.

the seat riser risers worked well, as a mock up. unfortunately welding an 18" long butt joint turns metal into a pretzel no matter how careful you are.

so I popped out some new fronts
IMG_6669 by Joe Doh, on Flickr
IMG_6670 by Joe Doh, on Flickr
IMG_6675 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

and because I raised the front I needed to raise the back, so a couple more plasma cuts and
IMG_6676 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

I like using the box break method a lot now, makes it super easy instead of joining small pieces but needs a bit of forethought

IMG_6677 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

bed is ready for wood, but I need to roll it out and cut down the filler neck, now that I know the max height of the filler. maybe tomorrow I will stick the seats in too.

[Nut Case]

Joe

I'm sorry I need to challenge/correct a phrase in post #232.

Sorry "super dope" is incorrect it "B1TCH1N"

Just couldn't let is slide. Strong work.

Keep on keepin on

NC

[OutlawDrifter]

Coming along nicely!

[joedoh]

got the bed ready for wood, added the very front wood support and used my 6ft level to make sure it was all lined up.
52313029358__7DB9A46B-4581-47C9-94FC-B1D8D8F88C36 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

did the filler too
IMG_6695 by Joe Doh, on Flickr
52314288215__D517347D-75C7-4488-B028-B49B348403A9 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

seats are in. the passenger side seatback sits 1/4" higher than the drivers because these are 30 year old seats no matter how nice the new upholstery. I can live with it
IMG_6689 by Joe Doh, on Flickr
IMG_6691 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

my brother gave me a heat buster, I like it, works great.
IMG_6690 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

I think after dinner maybe I will take the seats out and finish welding the risers in, then bolt down the trans cover and lay some sound deadener, and maybe start a carpet party.

[99 to Life]

good score on the fan. looking good you'll be done in no time.

[joedoh]

thanks henry! next is the fenders I picked up in your neighborhood


when I saw a 41 for parts on the meadville pa craigslist, I called my brother who lives up there. I made a deal for the rear fenders and my brother shipped them to me in a giant box. I got this truck and it had a 47-55 bed and rear fenders so I was glad to find some rear fenders, even though one had a watermelon sized hole in it.
IMG_3177 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

I picked up another passenger rear fender the next week but it is black, plus I hate borrowing from future projects (now haha, wasnt always that way). I found a bed that had a scrap of a drivers fender left on it and postulated that, properly trimmed, this scrap could fill the hole.
IMG_3772 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

time to test that theory. I was tired of bending over so I tackled the fender. I used my air nibbler to trim the rust on the fender only enough to get back to good metal.
IMG_6698 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

then I roughed in the chunk. this might work!
IMG_6697 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

using an ancient and super secret method of marking the cut exactly (I held the chunk over the hole then used spray paint from the back side) I trimmed it and whadayaknow
IMG_6699 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

tacking sheetmetal is not much fun especially stuff this thin, but I got a lot of the way before stopping for the night.
IMG_6700 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

I need to rebuild the inner mounting lip too but the scrap fender had a good amount of that part too, so I might just get this done tomorrow! no plans for body work, this is just the kind of patch that would have been done in the life of the truck and so I will just grind the welds, protect the bare steel, and be done with it.

[OutlawDrifter]

Nice work!

[99 to Life]

dang, yah that stuff is hard to find around here. can't believe he shipped those to you, musta cost a fortune with this conglomerate shipping these days. one of the rare times I say cut something up to fix another that was about the only usable thing left on that donor fender. What luck you had with those two fenders eh.

[joedoh]

I wasnt sure it would work, the scrap drivers piece on the rusted passenger fender, but I had a feeling and I am super pumped it worked out!

[rusty76]

Great work. You get every once it seems.

[lower50's]

I love it when a plan comes together.

[joedoh]

got the fender done, but not much else. I got the old headliner out and a new one picked up and I guess the dust of mouse guts past gave me some kind of sickness. I will wear a mask next time

52322472188__3DE53FDC-BCE7-4DC8-BBE2-4B105C3973DC by Joe Doh, on Flickr
52322473075__B3D736F1-CF19-47EC-AF4D-18BE1A4A439F by Joe Doh, on Flickr