RoyG

On mine I decided to make a few "adjustments". Because I'm using the R-3 airbox and wanted a little more clearance I went with two 1/4" plates (3" x 4") at the "A" pillar mounting pads and a thinner front motor mount. I didn't want to effect the original rake so I made rear spring shackets 1" longer than the original ones. I lowered the body down onto the A pillar plates (1/2" total) and used 1/8" shims at the rear most body mounts (rear of the trunk). Then I started sliding stacks (a combination of 1/8" and 1/4" as needed) of shims into all the remaining spaces. Not until I had filled all the spaces did I start tightening up the bolts. I also added rubber pads under the frame/body rubbers to take up the addition spaces. I ended up using all the original shims and a handful of new ones I made from flat stock the correct size.

I'm in the process of putting my car back together with an R-3 clone engine. My plan was to use the R-3 air cleaner set up, but after looking at these pictures I don't like the idea of mounting the air cleaner in front of the radiator (for a couple reasons!). I'd like to avoid drawing in air from the engine compartment, so I'm open to options.

With the chassis completed, body finish painted, and body remounted on the chassis, it is now time to organize the rest of the needed parts and put my car back together. Today's problem is that when I sent the interior parts out to be recovered the upholstery shop "lost" the cores for the two front and two rear armrests, so I need to track down replacements. I'm hoping some of the members on this forum have a '63 parts car that has "salvageable" cores that I can talk them out of. I'm going to have them recovered so I don't care what color they are, but I hope to find cores that are not so water damaged that they have to be rebuilt. I live in Mass, so if I could find them close I could hopefully pick them up to avoid problems with shipping (a guy can hope can't he??).