Nostalgia Dragster Rebuild

[Preen59]

looking good p-dogg.

can't wait for the next update!

Thanks dude. More pics tomorrow.. Hopefully.

[rayray086]

Great stuff Preen! Those CNC machines sure come in handy for you!

[Preen59]

Great stuff Preen! Those CNC machines sure come in handy for you!

No CNC machines there dude. That was all manual on my lathe at the workshop! (Unless you're referring to the drive shaft cover...)



Got a few more things done today.

Dad got the brake master cylinder installed and bled the brakes etc. I made the fuel pump drive adapter, which turned out to be a but of a pain. We didn't have much material lying around, so I had to oxy cut it out of some 10mm mild steel flat bar. I then drilled a 10mm hole in the centre and put a 10mm allen screw through it, a couple of nuts behind it and stuck it in the lathe and turned it down to size. Followed by marking the PCD for both sets of holes. I then marked the holes out, centre punched them and centre drilled them.



After that, i put it back in the lathe, machined both sides and machined the register for the drive. After that, i drilled the holes, chamfered them and tapped the inner hole set.



I now need to get some more button head screws, modify them and counterbore the holes to bolt the adapter to the cam gear.

All fiddly crap, but it has to be done. This stuff is all unseen so it doesn't take quite as much finesse to ensure everything looks spot on.

[Oneofthegreats]

Preeny.

I have to say you are the tool master! hahaha.

Absolutely awesome work dude. I wish I had 1/10 of your experience with tool making & machine work!

Keep it up.

[Preen59]

Preeny.

I have to say you are the tool master! hahaha.

Absolutely awesome work dude. I wish I had 1/10 of your experience with tool making & machine work!

Keep it up.

Thanks man.

Like i said before, though, its my trade and i'd want to be alright at it! haha.

[Jarred]

sick too work preeeny..

anytime I need stuff done, you know who I'm calling!

[Preen59]

sick too work preeeny..

anytime I need stuff done, you know who I'm calling!

Dom?? Hahahaha.

Thanks man.

[Jarred]

Dom?? Hahahaha.

Thanks man.

yea, how'd ya know?

on a side note, I saw a blown hemi today! actually, two! I liked them alot.

[Preen59]

yea, how'd ya know?

on a side note, I saw a blown hemi today! actually, two! I liked them alot.

Yep.. They're down right sexy! (And heavy as F*CK!).

[Preen59]

John Maher, Calder Park 1969. This is our car on injection.

[schoona]

Hey Preen. Had my first go on this today. I believe it is an "Asquith" and it would have to date pre WWII surely?

Condition isn't that greeat, gets flogged year in year out by novices. Genuinely smiled as the old girl soldiered on to give me my 25mm holes. Am building a G-clamp out of 20mm thick plate. Lots of hacksawing involved (as part of a hand-tools module).

Just thought i would share...

[Preen59]

Hey Preen. Had my first go on this today. I believe it is an "Asquith" and it would have to date pre WWII surely?

Condition isn't that greeat, gets flogged year in year out by novices. Genuinely smiled as the old girl soldiered on to give me my 25mm holes. Am building a G-clamp out of 20mm thick plate. Lots of hacksawing involved (as part of a hand-tools module).

Just thought i would share...

Not bad! probably ~WWII i'd say or maybe a bit newer. I bet its got some nuts. That baby would spin some seriously big jobs around without too much effort i'd say. Looks nice and rigid too. Almost as big as our radial arm drills.

Good to see you're enjoying yourself. Just remember that everyone starts at the bottom and we all make mistakes!

[schoona]

Was intrigued so made time to find out what was going on with the drill. Here are the plates:




Amazing how a 52 year old piece of equipment is still running today, and I'm not even sure about the maintenance of the machine. Goes to show how much "built in obsolescence" there is in todays products...!

PS.Sorry to clog your thread, sligthly relevant/not worth a new thread/you know what you are talking about...


Back to the dragster

[Preen59]

Now back to our regular program.



First up.. Here's a Ford Galaxy my old man does work on and a rego every year.. It's all original and the guy has had it since NEW!



We got the fuel pump extension finished. All holes drilled and tapped etc..



I ended up remaking the fuel pump drive adapter. The original was a little too small on the OD and the counter bores for the outer holes would have -just- broken out the side. It would have been fine, but it would have looked like crap. Even though you can't see it, i couldn't have a whole lot of good work and then one part that looks sh*t, so i remade it out of some tool steel.

Here it is screwed to the cam gear with the pump drive attached aswell.



I made the flange up for the blower-drive for the starter today too. As shown mounted to the blower snout. It has to be removed so that i can get my welder mate to TIG weld the drive dog and the flange together on the back using 607 tool steel/dissimilar metals filler rod. (This is because the drive dog is hardened and using normal rod would cause it to fracture)

Also shown below, we now have the blower belt tensioner pulley brackets (with the spacers etc i made) fitted and the timing cover has been re-fitted for (HOPEFULLY!) the last time.



The fuel was delayed by 2 weeks and should be here hopefully next weekend. We'll be raising the rear end of the Caddy up a but and heading to sydney to pick that up..

[Jarred]

this thing looks wickid.

can't wait for it to all be done.