CHANGE OF PLANS ! 1954 Glasspar G2

[@dalestofer4301]

Your enthusiasm for the build is shared by us. You love what you do. That makes all the difference. That's why we watch.

[@rookie__pilot]

Thank you ! ✌🏼❤️

[@noo4pass]

​@@rookie__pilot Have you seen this Glasspar video? kzbin.info/www/bejne/qovOeXqcj6arY9ksi=BF_o1F4LCp-wKET0

[@IndianaJoe3]

I'm not a mechanical engineer, but I do know that right-angle corners concentrate stress. That's exactly where the body is cracking.

[@NikMitchell]

Ozzie always taking breaks! Keep him on task! 😆

[@rookie__pilot]

😂😂😂

[@Paul_D_Lashley]

Find the closest circle track, dirt or asphalt, the track itself or one of the racers will definitely have a spring rate tester. For future reference most of those guys are happy to help or share knowledge typically.

[@d_w_s_]

And your buddy has good taste in hats! 😂

[@1944chevytruck]

yup surprise!

[@madDadMusic]

Jeez, I jumped when scrapstang revved

[@rookie__pilot]

@@madDadMusic me too lol😂

[@MrCauphy]

I was wondering if someone that might be related or a friend or what not would get in touch. Very cool.

[@bobuncle8704]

Probably, more than anything, I’m here for your personality. Why buy expensive equipment when old school can do. 👍👍

[@garyworokevich2524]

Will you modify the frame to accept the torque of a small V8?

[@TxStang]

The first thing I would do is check that frame over really well to make sure it is not twisted or bent even welded together crooked with that drivers side frame rail corner poking out . The way the frame is pieced together look sketchy and wonky to me .

[@ryanmassey1022]

6:39 y'all are welcome for the coffee. Poor Ozzie 😂.

[@barackmycat9448]

Lots of work for you!

[@rookie__pilot]

Yup!

[@darrencatenacci2737]

Hi Angel, looks like a mess of just do this it’ll work. Body mount holes don’t line just cut them off it’ll work. And now you got to figure them out! It’ll be wild figuring it out after you fix it! Keep up the great work! Stay cool

[@rookie__pilot]

Right! Thanks Darren!

[@500MilesLong]

Hooray, another cool Glasspar video. Interesting stuff. Looking forward to the next episode. Are those old Chevy tail lights? Late '40s, early '50s I think. They probably have GM or Guide markings on the lenses. Maybe the model year too. They did stuff like that back then. BTW, transverse means cross-ways, not upside-down. Cheers, bud!

[@hansnordstrom2373]

1948 Pontiac taillites 1937 to 1948 Ford front axle spindle spring and wishbone ? 1937 to 1946 spindles ? 1942 to 1948 wisbone ?

[@MS-hd8yq]

Thank you for another entertaining video Angel

[@frankpowell1778]

That chassis doesn’t look like it can handle much power

[@rookie__pilot]

Its had quite a but of cutting and modifications you MAY be right

[@robertlugo3388]

Is the frame level from side to side? Any twist? Definitely 3 link. Maybe a sway bar. That pinion moves a ton when you were bouncing. A 3 link with good geometry would keep pinion angle right. It doesn't need much travel. A Chevy small block weighs about 450 pounds, right where you measured for a one inch drop. My first Glasspar had the same cracks at the door sills. I think we need some more longitudinal stiffness. You're doing a great job.

[@mcoffroadinaz4075]

FYI, You can find a composite spring (either CF or Fiberglass) to replace that front spring. It really opens up your options.

[@jimcabezola3051]

Wow! Just the forensic history of this car could fill video after video. It's great that you're "writing this all down" so to speak. From your video here, it's easy to picture some folks on a hot, sweaty day in the 1950s thinking, "Cripes! These holes don't line up! Ahh...just cut off that bracket that's in the way! Whew...it's blazin' out here. Let's drop this for now and go to the movies; at least we can be in the air conditioning for a little while..." I can't figure it out myself...but I wonder if the designers of the body ever got it on a straight, level floor and measured the location of all the body attachment points to see if they were at the appropriate distances from the floor. It almost seems that the body isn't level, and this may explain why it was/wasn't attached to the frame at equidistant points. However...who cares, right? It was 1954, these folks just endured/served in two friggin' wars. People wanted to have fun in those days...and I hope they did! You're OBVIOUSLY having GOBS of fun, and that's all that matters! Aloha and take care!

[@rookie__pilot]

@@jimcabezola3051 very VERY great points you made here! Thanks for really watching, this just gets more interesting by the day!

[@robertlugo3388]

It would be fun to do test runs in each other's car as well. I'm sure the owner would trust your driving it, since you'll know how to fix it, if you break it.

[@rookie__pilot]

I like that idea!!

[@gerrywinzor1103]

The body wedge on the driver side was to raise the door to the proper height for the driver to lean his left arm on. Just a dumb guess but you never know...

[@rookie__pilot]

Thats actually a good point!

[@georgegoncalves6907]

Looking good. Go Eagles!!!

[@chrisbailey5055]

6:13 not dead.

[@tigersnipez_87]

Someone buy that another mexican a coffee 😂

[@rookie__pilot]

😂😂

[@philwilberg6004]

Those stress cracks might have been before taking the body off, but picking up the body and not bracing the door pillars is folding the body in half at the rockers.

[@MrLargePig]

Take the body off the frame and set it on a flat(ish) section of floor. If the body is uniform on the floor (no high or low spots) particularly under the doors, then the problem is with the frame. Which is not a surprise- that frame doesn't look too cool, frankly.

[@tommcl8548]

👊👍

[@rookie__pilot]

✌🏼

[@aaronmcdonald8135]

Just me, but if I were not restoring it, I would do a Mustang II front suspension, and an older Jag irs. Just me though. 😊

[@jamiegroves1761]

😎🍺👍🇦🇺

[@luvwrks]

typical old school….make it work!

[@hansnordstrom2373]

1948 pontiac tail lites

[@johngrimley3523]

Is that car a kit and Kaboodle or just a Kaboodle kit :)

[@thekatmann9730]

Vote Ozzie!!

[@mrwest5552]

Ozzie está profundamente dormido.

[@LanguidFuzzBeast]

MMMMmmm. Wood, fiberglass, Particle board. Not structural support. Methinks ... investigate frame first lol. The standard stuff - squareness, twist etc - and . As Nathan Explosion of Deathklok would say - "so Metal".