It's been three months since my last post and I have some updates.
Engine Head - In my last post I was talking about the engine head and how I was told that due to the deep pitting the head would be unusable. I have done some more research and have found that it might be repairable. Metal can be melted down to fill the pitting and then re - finished for a smooth surface. I am hoping to get this done. It's important to me, to keep the engine original.
Gas Tank - I found a company in Toronto called Gas Tank Restorers. They will take my original tank re coat it and fill in any holes or weak spots. I have been told it will look and function the same as did 100 years ago. The restoration of the old tank is slightly more expensive than a brand new tank, but to me it's worth it.
Let's talk Steering!
I am going to use a few pictures to explain this.
This pic is of the steering mounting bracket. This bracket mounts the steering column to the frame.
Here is the base of the steering column, the centre cylinder is connected to the steering wheel at the top of the column. The other two smaller cylinders are connected to two levers on the right and left hand side. The lever on the left controls the spark in the engine, and the lever on the right is your throttle which controls the flow of gas and allows you to go faster/slower.
The above pic shows the nuts connecting the steering bracket to the frame. The next picture is the bracket connected to frame top view.
So as you can see from this pic the base of the column fits perfectly into the bracket.
The column comes in through the firewall, and you can also see how it looks from the driver view. Not to bad!
Now this is only part one of the steering install. Next I have to connect the base of the column to the steering linkage. The linkage connects to the wheel spindles allowing the wheels to turn right or left. I do have a steering linkage, but I need to do some research to get this task completed I might be missing some parts.
The car as looks to today!
In the past three months I have tried to piece this car together best as possible. I took all the original body parts I had and either clamped or screwed them on to the body.
I even put the rear doors on just to see how it would look:
I had starting to sand down some of the quarter panels. The paint on the panels is lead based. The more research I have done suggests that it isn't very safe to be sanding and grinding these original panels. The paint dust is toxic, and even if you wear mask you put that dust in the air who knows where it could travel. In the interest of safety I am just going to buy replacement cut sheet metal.
Anyway that's it for now, I hope everyone is having a great summer!
Adam
