April 22

With a friends help, I tore the rear apart. It was just what Lance, the previous owner told me......will need to be rebuilt. The ring gear had a lot of wear on the teeth. It looked like brown mud on the inside of the Halibrand section. The next step will be get it all cleaned up and rebuilt.I will order a new ring gear and pinon from Speedway on Monday. Then reassemble it, paint the bells, backing plates and hubs. I will also take 5 leaves out of the rear spring to give it a little better ride.
I did reprime and sand the frame. I still hope to get it painted in the next few days. I needed to do a little project at our daughters on Friday and will finish that project on Monday. That was much more important than building a hotrod.

Not much progress

Well thought I had better post something....Al and now Gary are giving me a bad time about being too silent.
Not much progress.....I had a terrible cold, in bed for a couple of days and then just no energy. Went to the shop and looked at the car and thought about it.......LOL.
I did get the "boat rudder" cut off of the trans and the bell housing transferred from the old trans to the new. (see pics).
I sanded and puttyed the frame, I think one more coat of K38 primer, block it again and then its ready for paint. During all my "think time: sitting there, I decided the dark blue paint I bought was too dark, it is almost black. So yesterday it was back to the paint store, I picked a nice dark blue, much like the old Ford color of Washington blue, had flattener added, I think I got it now. Any one want a quart of super dark blue cheap ?? LOL
Last weekend it was of to the GSTA rod show in St Paul. They invited my Victoria to be in the Deuce showcase. It was a non comp deal but still had to be cleaned. I had it pretty well cleaned before Friday morning drive there, but then it rained on the way. Big thanks to Terry Nystrom for the help cleaning her up, has not been that clean for a long time. I am not a cleaner I am a driver! Driving home Sunday evening was fun, hard rain, a little hail, wind, tornado watches, some lighting, all kinds of fun. I did make it home fine, a little wet (all old cars leak somewhere) this one its the cowl vent, so my right foot was rather wet, no big deal.
The show was tons of fun, lots of visiting with old friends, met some new friends too, I really enjoy the GSTA show.
Thats all for now, I really hope to have the frame painted this week, will show some pictures of that by the weekend...wish me luck.

April update

Its been a month since I updated the progress. I am watching Jessie James new show "Outlaw Garage" while I write this. They are building a complete deuce roadster in 30 days.....makes me feel pretty slow!!
I have completely disassembled the chassis, pulled the engine and trans, removed the front suspension and the rear end. I have sandblasted the frame inside and out. Blasted the front suspension, painted and reassembled it. The side frame rails still need some more body work to get all of the pits filled. The fire wall has been blasted, some holes welded, ground and sanded and primed twice....almost ready for its new cream white paint.
I got the 5 speed back from JMJ with a complete rebuild, new forks, a couple new gears, all new bearings and seals. It should be good to go now. Tomorrow I plan to cut off the "boat rudder" that sticks down on the bottom of the case. It looks bad and is a real good place to hit your head on when the deuce is on the lift....don't ask me how I know that.
When it was so rainy outside I could not sandblast, I moved inside and powder coated a bunch of little parts. Brake and clutch pedal, slave cylinder bracket, steering brackets, hood brackets and a bunch of other little things. I keep the oven hot for a couple of days.
I have the dark blue paint for the frame here, as soon as I can finish the body work on the frame I will paint it, probably early next week. I plan on the rear to be painted about then too, it will be black like the front suspension. As soon as the frame is painted then I can reassemble all of the chassis...frnot, rear, brake lines, engine/trans, all of that should go rether fast.
The gas tank has been resealed and the radiator modified to fit the bottom water outlets, I am glad those are done.