http://www.donjacoby.com 1933 Vicky Sat, 28 Aug 2010 23:08:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We thought it would be good idea to revisit the brake situation since we disconnected the lines by the engine when we did the exhaust ... Yes, we did have to make a new bracket but I think we're actually getting better at fabricating those bad boys.  We're even getting a little ... http://www.donjacoby.com/?p=201 Gosh - it's hard to believe that it's August already; thought I'd be further along with the Vicky by now but so many interuptions too little time ... 100+ degree temperatures haven't helped much either (especially when the garage isn't air conditioned). My wife got me a mig welder for my birthday ... http://www.donjacoby.com/?p=192 Mission accomplished!  The headers now have room to breath...                                                                                                              We cut the frame with the engine still installed.  I originally didn't think that we could do it that way but it worked just fine.  Afterwards, we pulled the engine and welded in the supporting pieces and boxed the open ends complete with ... http://www.donjacoby.com/?p=177 I’ve tried four sets of headers from cast iron OEM to the tubular hi-performance variety and all refuse to be installed without a fuss as a simple bolt-on.  They all seem to have their own little quirks about inferring with something that would prefer to be left alone; but, no one ever ... http://www.donjacoby.com/?p=171 Here is a shot of the plumbing job we did just today ... My wife, Janet, loves it that I finally put something on this car that is of Edelbrock origin, albeit the "Russell" braided hose fittings.  Russell is an Edelbrock Company. Down and to the right is a shot of the installed fuel ... http://www.donjacoby.com/?p=151 Any questions? Okay ... so we tell everyone that Baltimore has mild winters.  For most years that's pretty much the case but this year we've had record snow falls - 2 and 3 feet at a time!  Where's that global warming thing when we could make use of it?! Well, we're almost out of it ... http://www.donjacoby.com/?p=144 Forgot to mention that Santa was pretty good to Don ... he brought a few more tools and a better place to organize the ones I already had too!  You can never have enough tools ... Thank you Santa!        I threw in a shot of the steering column mocked up (not a final install).  The steering ... http://www.donjacoby.com/?p=124 Is it 2010 already?!  I must have slept through 2009 because it certainly went by quickly.  I've received a couple of requests for status updates and the like so with that as inspiration, I'll try and bring everyone up to date again ... and, BTW - thanks for all of the support ... http://www.donjacoby.com/?p=115 I found a set of plain Ford wheels that I want to use during the "mount-the-body" phase of the build process in order to turn the frame into a rolling chassis.  They work great in the back but get hung up on the front disc brake hubs.  The wheel's center hole diameter is a hair too ... http://www.donjacoby.com/?p=107 We have arrived at a point in time when selecting a steering column is in order.  My friend Jim loaned me three GM steering columns with different features from which to see which type might work best.  The one on the right is a short version from a van with some very nice options contained within the column.  The ... http://www.donjacoby.com/?p=99