{"id":4684,"date":"2016-03-20T15:44:57","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T22:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/?p=4684"},"modified":"2016-03-20T15:44:57","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T22:44:57","slug":"1940-ford-project-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/2016\/03\/20\/1940-ford-project-update\/","title":{"rendered":"1940 Ford Project Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not a whole lot of major news. I finished stripping the chassis down to the frame so that it could be powder coated. I also ground down most of the factory welds on the Ford 9&#8243; axle housing so it should look good to anyone laying on the ground in back of the car! ;-<\/p>\n<p>Also packed up the spindles, the brake pedal lever, rear shock spacers and the front fender apron supports that I made. I was planning on taking them to Flagstaff Powder Coating in an effort to try to support a more local business however I was lucky in that I called them first; their oven is only 5&#8242; x 5&#8242; x 5&#8242; so there was no way to fit a frame into it. Plan B was to head down to Arizona Power Coating in Phoenix. They do an excellent job and are very reasonably priced.<\/p>\n<p>Since I had the differential out, I took it over to Toby at Performance 4&#215;4 to have a limited slip put in it. I decided to keep the rear axle ratio at 3:50 to 1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\n<link rel='stylesheet' href='http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wow-slider-plugin\/40\/style.css' type='text\/css' media='all' \/>\n<!-- Name: 028 - Off to Powder Coating  -->\n\n<!-- Start WOWSlider.com BODY section -->\n<div id=\"wowslider-container40\">\n<div class=\"ws_images\"><ul>\n\t\t<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wow-slider-plugin\/40\/images\/028__off_to_powder_coating__001__.jpg?w=940\" alt=\"028 - Off to Powder Coating - 001 - \" title=\"028 - Off to Powder Coating - 001 - \" id=\"wows40_0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/li>\n\t<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"ws_frame\"><\/a>\n\t<div class=\"ws_shadow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- End WOWSlider.com BODY section -->\n\n\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wow-slider-plugin\/40\/script.js'><\/script>\n\n<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Off to Powder Coating!<\/h3>\n<p>On Friday Michelle and I drove over to Chino Valley to Absolute Sheet metal to pick up a 5&#8243; recessed firewall, tranny cover, toe plates and such to provide enough room for the set back on the LS3. While I was there I noticed that they also make a really Bitchin set of front fender aprons with LOUVERs &#8230; never had a car with louvers so even though I dont need them I bought them anyway.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\n<link rel='stylesheet' href='http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wow-slider-plugin\/41\/style.css' type='text\/css' media='all' \/>\n<!-- Name: 029 - New Sheet Metal  -->\n\n<!-- Start WOWSlider.com BODY section -->\n<div id=\"wowslider-container41\">\n<div class=\"ws_images\"><ul>\n\t\t<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wow-slider-plugin\/41\/images\/029__new_sheet_metal__009__.jpg?w=940\" alt=\"029 - New Sheet Metal - 009 - \" title=\"029 - New Sheet Metal - 009 - \" id=\"wows41_0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/li>\n\t<\/ul><\/div>\n\n\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"ws_frame\"><\/a>\n\t<div class=\"ws_shadow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- End WOWSlider.com BODY section -->\n\n\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/csmonroe.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/wow-slider-plugin\/41\/script.js'><\/script>\n\n<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">New Sheetmetal<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not a whole lot of major news. I finished stripping the chassis down to the frame so that it could be powder coated. 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