What are you working on?

Yep. The fuel line, vacuum lines, and oil lines are all copper.
 
Stretch said:
Yep. The fuel line, vacuum lines, and oil lines are all copper.
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I've seen copper used for oil lines well beyond the 40's but I can't recall ever seeing it used for fuel. Interesting. :hmmm:
 
The pickup in the tank is copper. The line from the tank to the fuel pump, and the pump to the carb is all 1/4" copper. The vacuum line from the engine to the wiper motor is 1/8" copper.
 
I am finally feeling good enough to work on this thing again so I spent about five hours out there last night.

I got the brake pivot rod installed in the frame and the rear axle and springs bolted together then installed in the car. I also reinstalled the covers for the interior lighting wires.

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I couldn't get a good picture of the brake pivot rod because the flash quit working on my camera.
 
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Nice work on the 904 engine stand adapater there Dippy....:2thumbs:

And nice carry all for the Llyods 69. Little easier to store those on the shelf....:D

Resto...the charger is looking SWEET!!

And Stretch....The work your doing looks great!!
 
I got a little more done today. I only had about 3 hrs. to spend out there today so I repaired the broken right rear bumper bracket. It had what I thought was a bunch of goober welds on it but once I started grinding on it a found it to be brass. Someone brazed the damn thing together years ago. After I ground it down I "V" ground it at the break and then welded it together and ground it smooth. I thought I took a before pic but I guess not.

After that was done and painted I started assembling the rear brakes. The Right side is done but I need to pick up a few small coil springs before I can assemble the left side. Two of the three are damaged.

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And one quick pic of the brake pivot rod between the frame rails.
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"It had what I thought was a bunch of goober welds on it but once I started grinding on it a found it to be brass. Someone brazed the damn thing together years ago."
No MIG machines back then and only the expensive shops had stick welders. Oxy/acetylene or nut and bolts... that's how stuff got fixed. The goober welds, well, not everyone could use oxy/acetylene. :)

"Isn't it fun welding that 100 year old spring steel?"
They don't make quality steel like that anymore. I've forge welded some steel of that vintage - it almost makes forge welding easy. With a torch, it's like Heaven.
 
restoman said:
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"Isn't it fun welding that 100 year old spring steel?"
They don't make quality steel like that anymore. I've forge welded some steel of that vintage - it almost makes forge welding easy. With a torch, it's like Heaven.
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High nickle rod makes welding spring steel a easy task.
 
ill toss up a bunch of pic's when ive got time but i just recently widened my "skeleton" trailer..which was setup for hauling smaller cars but id run into clearance issues in the past and added in 15ish inches to the axle and entire width..ALL done with the stick welder
 
I'll use stick for some things and MIG for others. Depends what I'm working on.
 
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