prestonlal Posted July 2, 2018 Author Share Posted July 2, 2018 . I keep letting small stuff get me distracted..... Last night when I should have been getting the distributor ready for the mold, I kept staring at it and thinking....it's missing something.... Like plug wires....AND PLUGS! Here's my first attempt...I got so excited making it...I screwed up the dimensions...it should be longer at the thread end and shorter at the white end... And I need to figure out how to hold the brass Rod so it doesn't bend when cutting the threads with the die. Also managed to get a nut pressed into the block so the plug is removeable.....! After I get the mold done, I will have a go at it again....see if I could get the plug a bit more scale....got to make 8 of them..... Anywho... Watcha think? image by Preston Lalan, on Flickrimage by Preston Lalan, on Flickrimage by Preston Lalan, on Flickrimage by Preston Lalan, on Flickrimage by Preston Lalan, on Flickrimage by Preston Lalan, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestonlal Posted July 2, 2018 Author Share Posted July 2, 2018 Made an old school points and condenser distributor ..... Still haveta prime, putty and wet sand then make a mold for it...then try pulling a few casts... Watcha think? It's mocked up with glue dots in the pics so a bit askew....lol...:blink: image by Preston Lalan, on Flickrimage by Preston Lalan, on Flickrimage by Preston Lalan, on Flickrimage by Preston Lalan, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestonlal Posted July 2, 2018 Author Share Posted July 2, 2018 Got a bit more done... image by Preston Lalan, on Flickrimage by Preston Lalan, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestonlal Posted July 2, 2018 Author Share Posted July 2, 2018 Sneaky peak into coming stuff ... image by Preston Lalan, on Flickrimage by Preston Lalan, on Flickrimage by Preston Lalan, on Flickrimage by Preston Lalan, on Flickrimage by Preston Lalan, on Flickrimage by Preston Lalan, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaughingIndian Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Koool stuff ... great job on the distributor and plugs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestonlal Posted July 3, 2018 Author Share Posted July 3, 2018 5 hours ago, LaughingIndian said: Koool stuff ... great job on the distributor and plugs! Hey thanks mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 OMG, screw in plugs?! Amazing work on those hood hinges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunmza Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 This whole topic is just, WOW! Great job so far, I am really looking forward to updates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestonlal Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share Posted July 4, 2018 4 hours ago, bbowser said: OMG, screw in plugs?! Amazing work on those hood hinges. 3 hours ago, shaunmza said: This whole topic is just, WOW! Great job so far, I am really looking forward to updates! Hey thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Happy to see you back at it. Your attention to detail is fantastic. More, more, more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestonlal Posted July 5, 2018 Author Share Posted July 5, 2018 23 hours ago, cobraman said: Happy to see you back at it. Your attention to detail is fantastic. More, more, more. Lol...thanks mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestonlal Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 So...I think I may be on to something here....lol..... finally got the hinges made in 1/8 scale... well...based on my measurements of the 1/18 scale ones...lol... Installed it in ole cuz...seems to work pretty nice... I will have to make some adjustments to the hood latch, as the hinges with the springs have put some load on the hood so it no longer closes like it did when it was free floating.... Anywho...here’s a vid of it ... whatcha think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbeard Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 that looks fantastic and it looks real Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestonlal Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share Posted July 12, 2018 4 hours ago, blackbeard said: that looks fantastic and it looks real Thanks mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbeard Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 can't wait to see what you come up with on your next update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belugawrx Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 What do I think,..? I think your nutty,...in a good way Really nice work on those hinges and latch ! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestonlal Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 On 7/14/2018 at 9:55 AM, Belugawrx said: What do I think,..? I think your nutty,...in a good way Really nice work on those hinges and latch ! Cheers Lol...thanks mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestonlal Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 Back at it again...kinda dropped the ball on posting updates on here...apologies guys... Finally got some decent time to spend on the Sandman... here’s a few updates.. I got the valve cover bolted in and then pressed in the nuts for th plugs to screw into..:huh: 1F57AEDD-4EF9-44FE-9DE4-49596459FB87 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 6A6329A1-22CD-4A06-ADA7-5AE6F0CBAA65 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 411E6948-9EB2-4E45-90E7-1DD3EBEF68B1 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr Remember these guys? all screwed in now... 5C56F7A4-3E8B-4127-8B79-CAB68FA35214 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 001B2595-23FC-459F-9537-DAB0744BF998 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 6F81B4C9-EE96-4019-BE39-D4B40E5F5A6C by Preston Lalan, on Flickr Also got the exhaust manifolds bolted in... 19A381DA-FBB3-44D9-B220-A3AC38152FDA by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 87DD966B-8580-43B4-8823-7F8F61ABB08C by Preston Lalan, on Flickr Still need to complete the low profile air cleaner...just need to paint the white area then do a faux filter core and I got some fine wire mesh to wrap it in... 56A8A43A-896B-44CD-AF14-470C807AE846 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr Mocked up the plug wires and the dizzy...the firing order probably isn’t correct lol, I just stuck the boots on the distributor to see how it looks...:thinking: 9965B953-0651-44C4-AA10-AF805A10F0CA by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 5B858D53-D8B0-4FB0-98BC-416AE7283A0B by Preston Lalan, on Flickr A30F3BF4-BB3E-4E8C-BB14-02417CA50CFD by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 30BAEFE4-8FF1-465A-875B-BC16146FBF53 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 30BAEFE4-8FF1-465A-875B-BC16146FBF53 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr Looks like I got myself a buck for the roof...lol...came out pretty nice! 204FB7B5-0717-49D7-AB34-F73AFA4495B0 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 4512F532-855E-4566-9786-E20F967081B1 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr A1079BD7-B3CF-4B1C-99F1-0EE89A6AE30C by Preston Lalan, on Flickr A05FCD85-7A37-4382-BF39-A7E40DA409BC by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 369CB0CE-1F9C-4D23-9DEC-17534E4E89C8 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr Gonna have to notch the motor mount slightly to clear the exhaust.... more to come soon...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestonlal Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 I had to notch both of the motor mounts so the exhaust manifolds clear them. Will try to take some pics of it in the morning when the light is better. The distributor turned out to be a bit too tall and was obstructing the cowl panel so I had to cut off about 3mms from the bottom of it (the distributor). Managed to get the firing order sorted on it however, lol (not in the first pic :o). Will have to fab up an old school ignition coil as well, got the wire for it laying on the intake. Still need to complete the air cleaner, will try to get that done tomorrow. Still have to make a few items for the engine bay, like radiator overflow bottle etc, but may do that later on. Will also try to make some headway on the interior for the next update...I hope! Lol... Any who...here’s some pics BBAB484E-6107-47B8-BE20-B2FF96B9E412 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 4CD77D59-8BBF-4EB2-9190-4077F19181FF by Preston Lalan, on Flickr B431C6AD-FAF6-49A0-A190-CC0ED59944B2 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 16925A3D-B0E2-4C87-B1CA-581EA3D9FB6C by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 1DF4A0FD-F82D-43AA-A18C-2867EC7A721A by Preston Lalan, on Flickr E852E5AE-D396-4D97-8964-2DDFD838A007 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr F07E7AD2-BD8A-410B-BBD3-6C4C3D8B7291 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr F125FE2D-6A45-422D-A6C1-7F6CC0DEF9E5 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr B601AC4B-412F-42BB-9F1B-8CAB67FF104C by Preston Lalan, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestonlal Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 I did manage to complete the air cleaner tonight. Took a little while to figure out how I wanted it, but I think it worked out pretty nice...:o tomorrow I will get the ignition coil done and then I may stop working on the engine bay and start focusing on getting the interior set up...it may take a day or two before I actually start putting it together as I will have to figure out how I’m attaching the flooring to the chassis and then the seats etc to the flooring..... so more to come soon! Any who, here’s a few pics of the air cleaner installed....watcha think? 6FCF7408-7F01-48D4-BA56-A70EE0681DCE by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 48203543-C7ED-4684-9827-8F495F82E74E by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 7DFA4F77-AFB0-47B7-95AC-57BBA258549A by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 92C248EB-5412-4C06-963A-DD9EFCCDA5D0 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestonlal Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 Managed to get some time yesterday and today to build the ignition coil. Usually it’s mounted on the back of the intake just behind the carby, but I don’t have enough space there for it so decided to go with it on the inner fender...:huh: this should be the last item for the engine bay for now, as I want to start on getting the interior installed... will come back to the engine bay later on to do the radiator over flow bottle, radiator hoses etc. Any who....here’s a few pics....watcha think? CC4F812D-72EE-4AA5-AF02-8176BD4BE0E8 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 69BC9F18-A3B7-4CFD-86C3-1A791AF3BCC2 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 04A2A6BE-5181-4C39-AC4D-324DD67DD146 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr AE9BE8CE-A310-4572-A8D9-28A5822AAD5F by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 034373BF-225D-4774-9215-7DA5B4D0E26F by Preston Lalan, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestonlal Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 Did another test vid of the hood popper and the pulley system now that I have most of the engine detail sorted.... :thinking: now I’m thinking maybe I should try to get some more video recording practice in ...lol! Apologies for the crappy video :puke:...but at least the mechanics are still working:nice: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestonlal Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 Time for another update! So here’s what’s been accomplished so far... had to modify the driver’s seat as it was in too much of a reclined position and needed to be more upright. I then had to figure out how I was attaching the floor to the chassis, found some threaded bolt holes on the top of the chassis that worked out pretty sweet. Then I got some magnets installed on both seats and then installed magnets under the floor to attach the seats. Once I got that dialed in, I finally primed and painted the floor... After it dried, I started to lay down the carpet....not an easy task...but I think I did okay with it...:p. Lol. Then I had to figure out a way to mount the center console, I think I will still need to rework the arm-rest on the console as it looks to small, the 1:1 looks bulkier...lol.... Got the door cards assembled, then hit a major snag, the seats get hung up on the door handles and just won’t drop in to attach to the locating magnets...:facepalm: I tried various angles etc but no worky...:facepalm: So will probably rebuild the door cards with the standard trim that the Sandman came with. The trims that I did were for the premier editions.... D659ED77-C951-44A7-BD8D-4C80698291A7 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 9F2CAAB9-812C-4203-A455-7CA796F41671 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 8C0775A7-0FE6-434C-AD94-C5A6EE48B602 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 56A34BF9-64A2-4A81-8654-A7832FD1F331 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 30679825-6B58-4997-850A-67D5A8AAA8B8 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 33268389-01CA-4B02-9EC5-5E460744FA26 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 66F6E4EE-1CDB-44FD-A974-37854A90C2C0 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 988D3791-B0D9-4684-A40E-03CE1C285E92 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr B638F49E-2281-44AE-B82E-6D514BDD8E45 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 3581075C-7D64-42EB-BE5E-0E278A413BED by Preston Lalan, on Flickr E33D0F3F-7471-4190-B1D4-EE6175C60512 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestonlal Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 Got the door cards sorted...and installed..so it all fits together now :nice: got some badges I have to put on the dash, window winders for the door cards and a shifter for the center console. Started working on the rear Shaggin’ interior, :thinking: figured out how I’m making it removeable...so whenever I want it to look stock, I can easily pull the whole flooring with seats out, then the wall panels and the roof liner. Also chromed the pole...lol...was too lazy to paint it, so I used some bare metal foil I had on it...looks okay, but I will eventually paint another pole to replace it. Hoping to get some more done tomorrow...need to make some exterior door handles and a door mirror, get ‘em installed and then start looking at the Sandman decals :banana: Anywho...some pics... watcha think? 01CD574E-D753-48FE-81F1-070E60B707F0 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr DE35AE35-21AF-49C8-B3E9-31C5BF0D0B01 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr CAE34F07-E881-429A-B2EC-9D40E8B044AC by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 362F24CC-835E-40EF-A9BD-15A3A4B5B3E4 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 8C7DD450-8A5D-4A7E-8369-DDE95279C1E4 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr D902B3B2-C483-4DE1-9068-487A682DEE33 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 42874D6A-E95B-4B93-A125-4E6A524FDE0C by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 17CD01D0-71E7-4B2D-B6C3-14DFF24AD58B by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 22182608-E0CA-4DA3-91F6-6D9179905520 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr F47097B0-3C02-428D-BEFB-2E197ED4C5B9 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 21B52406-B7E4-4093-8A1C-4BC2E6108332 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr 8A515F07-FC13-48C5-86D9-2CA21AF51665 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr EB5342FF-6AE6-4515-9AD6-FBC524A85718 by Preston Lalan, on Flickr CC63EF5F-F287-442C-8472-D30F0AA4A2DF by Preston Lalan, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codea Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) Okay. Nice try. “shaggin’” and “dizzy”. There is no way that you are not Australian. I cannot believe that someone who has not lived here for most of their life could do this. There are guys here in Oz that are just jaw dropping at this. Not only is it Incredibly fine work, but RC as well? Well sorry I’m just not buying it. Fess up, come on. You live on Sydney beaches don’t you? insanely good Preston just insanely good. Edited January 11, 2019 by codea Sorry used BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH and it didn’t like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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