Alf

Update #4 1/25/07 Hey everyone, I've been working my tail off on this thing lately. Things are going smoothly, the only hickup was when I ran out of wire in my welder, but I'll be off to the welding shop tommorow to pick up a new spool and get back to work. As it sits at this moment the rear suspension is 95% done, I just need to do some welding and finishing, then I can bolt it together. Anyway, enjoy the pics. I got lazy and bought these brackets from Tractor Supply, after some minor cleanup they were ready to go on the axle. After I finished up the spring install, and while I was waiting for a protractor, I cut out some wedges and welded up some gussets for the kick-up. The next day I went to work on the axle install. This picture is just prior to tacking the brackets in place. I did about 100 measurements to make sure the axle was centered and straight, then I set the pinion angle to -2 degrees. After I tacked the brackets in place I pulled the rear and welded em up. At about 4 A.M. central time on January 22, 2007 the car supported it's own weight for the first time, (notice the blocks are not under the frame). After gawking at my handiwork and jumping up and down on the frame for an hour or so I figured it was time for bed. Here you can see my rediculously over complicated lower spring plate, and my wood spacer block, ( don't worry it's only temporary). The wheelbase is going to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 100" give or take an inch or two. Shock mount on rediculously over complicated spring plate. Here we have the upper shock mounts. I'm running a fore and aft placement to help with spring deflection and axle wrap-up. I got the idea from my 69 Camaro, it should work nicely. The rear end should be easily finished tommorow and then it's engine mounting time. Thats the end of this installment, hope you enjoyed it. So long. Alf

Well my name is Alfio Previtera ( pronounced Al-fee-oh, it's Italian) and people have been calling me Alf for short for as long as I can remeber, so I figured why stop now.

I just got the MM 140 with Auto Set last week. I have used it everyday since I got it, and I've come to the conclusion that this welder is awesome, I love it. The Auto Set works pretty good, sometimes I find I need to back the wire speed down a little, but all in all it's a nice feature. I'm running gas on mine by the way. I don't think you'll be disapointed, good luck with your new toy.

Update #3 1/20/07 What's up everyone, back again with another update of the VG30 rod. Today I woke up to find it snowing like crazy, it didn't stop either. The snow didn't stop me from getting something accomplished though. I picked up my front suspension today and now I have just about all of the major components of the car. I also finished up my rear spring install. Next I need to get a protractor and start welding up some spring perches and get the rear suspension done. Well, enjoy the pics. I finally got my welder this week which has really let me acomplish some things. I got a Miller 140, this thing is awesome, it makes me look like I actually know what I'm doing. Here's the beginings of a rear suspension. I cut holes with a hole saw and welded a pipe inside for my rubber shackle bushings to ride in. This is how it looked after I bent my shackles to shape. Here's the front spring eye brackets and template. For the front mounts, I cut another hole with the hole saw on the outer part of the kick-up only. This is so I can put my bolt and washer on only one half of the tube, so it doesn't crush it. Then I welded a washer on the inside of the kick-up and ground it down on an angle to compensate for the lateral angle on the springs. Then I bolted it up with some nylon washers in between the spring and brackets and tacked it in. Here's a finished front spring eye bracket, sweet! I also picked up my front axle today, and I didn't even let the snow melt off it before I had to snap a picture of my prize. It's a Ford Model A I beam with a transverse spring. This is going to be a project in itself, 80 years of use has taken it's toll. I had to do a quick mock up now that I had the axle. I can just about picture how it might turn out. B!tch!n. Thats it for now folks, thanks for stopping by. -Alf-

I've already got one parted out, just let me know what you need. Click on the "parts for sale" link in my sig.

Is this guy serious? He's asking $75,000, yet his add only contains two measly photos and a three sentence write-up complete with bad grammer, what a joke.

I recomend using Shell Rotela diesel truck oil. The truck oils still retain wear additives that passenger car oils do not because trucks are not as strickly regulated by emissions. What kind of rings does your engine have? What about your old engine?