{"id":349,"date":"2011-05-30T09:33:28","date_gmt":"2011-05-30T17:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/?p=349"},"modified":"2012-02-27T12:55:36","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T20:55:36","slug":"34-ford-coupe-details-part-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/?p=349","title":{"rendered":"’34 Ford Coupe: Details Part III"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gary and I continue to work on Bill Evan\u2019s \u201934 coupe. If you\u2019ve been following its progress, you know the car has been under construction for a number of years, and that several famously talented craftsmen have laid hands upon it. While the past workmanship is awesome, one of the design elements we inherited was not: a trunk-mounted air conditioning system.<\/p>\n

Mounting the Vintage Air<\/em> A\/C-Heater on top of the gas tank in a sealed trunk presented a variety of problems, not the least of which was the need for fresh air circulation these units require. But we had an additional problem: we also needed someplace accessible to mount the car\u2019s complex electrical system. The solution was to move the A\/C unit up into the dash area, and move the electrical to a new bulkhead panel in the trunk.<\/p>\n

With a little work, the A\/C dropped in behind the aluminum dash Gary has fabricated. He modified an area under the dash to accommodate the heater hardware\u2026
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\u2026 then louvered a panel to provide fresh air to the system.
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Gary also fabricated new hard lines on both sides of the firewall. That one floppy, braided hose will also soon be replaced.
\n\"\"<\/a>The solenoid-operated gas cap came from an Audi TT. Its slightly contoured bezel perfectly fit the curve of the coupe.
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But its installation was not so simple. I fabbed up a stainless mount and Gary modified the coupe\u2019s steel structure and glassed in a mount to which the bezel could be bolted.
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I\u2019ve also been working on the wiring. This isn\u2019t your basic hot rod with headlights and a horn. The creature comforts in Bill\u2019s coupe rival most modern cars: power windows, power door solenoids, power trunk release, power gas cap, retractable license plate mount, CD, AM\/FM, XM radio, GPS with traffic alerts, a ten function remote control, plus a full audio-video system that syncs to Bill\u2019s iPhone and iPad.<\/p>\n

I began by fabbing up a dummy bulkhead and laying out the components. At this point it\u2019s a snake farm:
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The components came from multiple manufacturers so there was a bit of system integration involved in making them cooperate with each other. Using Adobe Illustrator<\/em>, I\u2019m drawing up color-coded diagrams that will be put into a binder we\u2019ll give Bill when the car is completed.
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I fabbed up an aluminum bulkhead\u2026
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\u2026and transferred the layout. Then I drilled and nut-serted the panel\u2026
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\u2026and moved the components and wiring onto it. Count up those relays! I\u2019m up to twenty and have a number of circuits left to noodle out. Check back for updates.
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Gary and I continue to work on Bill Evan\u2019s \u201934 coupe. If you\u2019ve been following its progress, you know the car has been under construction for a number of years, and that several famously talented craftsmen have laid hands upon it. While the past workmanship is awesome, one of the design elements we inherited was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current_projects"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1I3Pf-5D","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seabrighthotrods.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}