Peter's '35 Hot Rod Truck - #294

[peterh226]

Ordered 9/23/2024
Paid 10/23/2024
Shipped 11/9/2024
Delivered 11/21/2024

Color: TBD. Initial plan is a sibling to my 33 Hot Rod (Red Velvet with Black fenders and roof)
Wheels and Tires: TBD
FFR Options

• Full Fenders
• Wilwood Brakes
• LS Engine (Details TBD)
• 4LXX Automatic
• Power Steering
• FFR Powder coated frame
• Bucket seats
• A/C (FFR)
• EFI option
• Stake Pockets
• Aluminum Bed Kit
• Moser Rear

Planned additions

• Holley Terminator Max
• Dakota Digital gauges and other options
• Lokar Shifter
• Other electronic gadgets
• Center Console
• Custom Dash
• Other interior customization
• Power Brakes
• Custom stakes in bed
• Rear exit exhaust

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2cx-9C521tI

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Next steps are inventory and design a frame to be able to move the chassis around.

[Guardm16]

Congratulations. Let the fun begin.

[edwardb]

Congratulations. Your build sounds a lot like mine. Build thread link in my sig line just in case you haven't seen it. Having had the FFR heat/A-C in my Coupe, which is "OK" but could be better, I opted for a Vintage Air system in my truck build. A significant improvement. Both in cooling capacity plus the ducts are controlled. There's plenty of room for it, unlike the Coupe. Maybe it's too late if you've already received the FFR system. But throwing it out there. Good luck with your build.

[peterh226]

I wanted to have a dolly to move the frame around before I got wheels and tires.
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If you want more details, let me know and I'll send a PDF of the final version.

For fun you can watch here.

[peterh226]

Got though the review of all the boxes in one long day.

Only a couple of small things missing and I know they will be taken care of. POL list is not long either.

• New inventory system has nice labels and reports
• Boxes are well packed as usual!
• Emergency Brake has been redesigned but manual has not been updated yet.

Getting the boxes organized and consolidated. Some now on the upper shelves as well.
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[peterh226]

Hi Folks
Once I decided to order a 35 Truck, I knew I wanted to get a rendering from Julio.
Peter Heath FACTORY FIVE TRUCK.jpg and the siblingHotRodSingle.jpg

www.jcarcustom.com

[peterh226]

I completed my frame dolly (ground down some welds, put vinyl around support points).
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I decided to prepare the bottom panels as one of the first things. This make drilling a lot easier. There is not that will go through these areas anyway, so doing it first has no issues.

[jcarcustom]

Hey Peter! Is very awesome to see the progress of your car here! I will follow and see all the progress. Thank you very much to share my work with the others members!

[peterh226]

I wanted to install the floor while i could still flip the chassis over pretty easily. This frame is bigger and heavier than the Hot Rod, so the hoist came in handy.

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Completed
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[peterh226]

It's been a few years since I did the front suspension on the Hot Rod, so I needed to double check all of the steps in the process.
Put the rubber pieces into the suspension parts and then slide in the lubricated steel core.
On the rear shock note you can move the clip up so you have more adjustment to raise the rear ride height.

Here's some comments on the changes I noted.

Pieces laid out ready to install IMG_3277.jpg
I had to look around to confirm the shock location. 2610--> Front (shorter) 2611--> Rear (longer) IMG_3279.jpg
Assembled shocks Shocks.jpg

I trimmed and touched up the frame to clear the rack in the lower position IMG_3285.jpg

The top spacers needed to be slimmed down a bit because of the powder coating.IMG_3287.jpg

Added the Steering stuff and it's good for now. Lower ball joint kit is POL.IMG_3290.jpg

Next up is some assembly of the brakes (Wilwood) and planning for power brakes.

[peterh226]

The Rear Lower Control arms were on my POL list and arrived yesterday. They included a design change to include a larger front rod end. It looks good and fit as expected. A little persuasion is always needed to get the ends into position. Also, you may need to scrape out the holes where the powder coating makes the bolt fit a bit tight.

I also had to drill out the hole in the Moser rear end bracket for the panhard rod to connect.

Here you can see the new Rod End spacers and the 3/8 stainless spacers. 2 were in my kit so I used some leftover tube to create a couple more spacers for the other side.
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The shocks needed only fit a single .32 spacer to fit them into the arm. I think a couple of .16 spacers would be better. IMG_3302.jpg
Here's an overview of how it looks now. IMG_3303.jpg

Comments welcome.

[Guardm16]

The shocks needed only fit a single .32 spacer to fit them into the arm. I think a couple of .16 spacers would be better. IMG_3302.jpg

Comments welcome.

I ended up using both spacers on each shock. Just took a little time to grind them down on the bench grinder. Used needle nose Locking pliers to hold and easily removed enough material to space the shock evenly in the control arm.

I did the same for the top shock mount as well.

[peterh226]

I ended up using both spacers on each shock. Just took a little time to grind them down on the bench grinder. Used needle nose Locking pliers to hold and easily removed enough material to space the shock evenly in the control arm.

I did the same for the top shock mount as well.

Yup, I have ground down quite a few of these as well. Also, sometimes you can spread the mount a bit. In this case it’s a bigger difference - I think I need a total of about .4 instead of .64 from 2 spacers. Just looking for some other folks experience with the new tube based arms.