Greetings once again fellow SCMAFC Members!
This is the third in our series of irregular updates to keep you informed re: the status of the Club's "Tupper Coupe Project".
To recap a bit, - - subsequent to Ted Tupper's August 19th sale and the previous information contained in our first and second status reports, work on the project has continued unabated with a goodly number of club members involved.
The acquisition of many of the parts required has continued, Paul has held his motor disassembly session, Colin has made great progress with the sheet metal items, and the front and rear-end components and the frame have now been assembled to the 'push-around' stage while the drive train components 'from the fan to the U-joint' are being dealt with.
As previously noted any club member wishing to learn or contribute to the project can simply contact those listed below in order to participate in whatever component of the project they may be interested in either helping with or learning about.
Members currently working on sub-components of the project include:
Paul Chudek: - - During the course of its disassembly the need for major work was identified in order to restore the Coupe's original motor such that a discussion relative to the multiple options available in that regard was held at our September 12th meeting. Paul was then asked to review the pros, cons, and costs associated with utilizing either of the two primary options selected which were to utilize either of two motors available from Troy Dillabough and Paul himself. He has elicited Murray & Glenn's review assistance and their collective results will be discussed with a view to a decision being reached at our October 10th meeting. In addition Paul and his son David with the assistance of David's trusty welder have now modified a pair of long brake rods to serve as park brake rods.
Colin Outtrim: - - Colin has now restored the firewall and cowl assembly, currently has the pair of rear fenders donated by Dan Adams, and in essence has been and continues to be instrumental in the restoration of all of the sheet metal components excepting for the cab itself.
Dan Adams: - - besides contributing quite a number of parts inclusive of a coupe style spare tire carrier to the project, he has both the generator and starter in order to restore them. Also, as our resident 'Special Coupe cab/body specialist' he has volunteered to provide guidance to our participant's during the course of the Coupe's body restoration.
Note:
During the winter Snowbird season when we meet at the Woodridge boardroom instead of the Clubhouse, work on the project is expected to be reasonably limited to our various members working on the items which have been disbursed to their care. Work sessions on the Coupe body could also proceed in this manner if it could be relocated to a reasonably central shop or garage for the winter.
Our request therefore is with respect to whether any of our SCMAFC members either has or knows of a heated and lighted facility that might be available for this purpose.
Ron Rigby: - - further to his previous efforts has now completed the spare wheel assemblage, restored the flywheel housing, and will soon paint and assemble the bell housing/pedals unit while continuing to try and locate the 6 volt windshield wiper motor he thought he had.
Jim Leew and Glenn Smith: - - have volunteered to modify our 7-tooth steering column assembly into a combination 7-tooth (upper) and Gemmer 2-tooth (lower) unit. They would be more than pleased to host members interested in learning about this process and may even consider utilizing it as the topic of the day at one of the Club's 2019 Tech-Talk sessions.
Glenn Smith: - - has now rebuilt the carburetor, has also volunteered to rebuild the transmission, and has contributed a good U-joint to the project.
Dave Dodd: - - has now both restored and tested the distributor.
Keith Robinson - - besides his role in having the radiator rebuilt has donated the bell housing that Ron Rigby is currently working on.
Barry Osborne: - - had the gas tank steamed prior to relaying it to Colin to be mated with the firewall/cowl assembly. One discussion at our September meeting related to the merits of now lining the tank as well as having had it steamed. Gary Callander has indicated he has enough lining compound with which to do this.
Bruce Brander: - - has contributed a great set of 4 shock absorbers as well as the related arms and dog bones. Paul Chudek anticipates personally doing any cleaning and painting required as well as assembling them all to the 'initial assembly'. Just give Paul a call if you want to help!
Brian LeBlanc: - - as our Treasurer and financial guru has requested that those members incurring expenses in conjunction with their various Coupe project assignments submit their claims in a timely manner such that he can keep our project costs documentation current.
More in due course but for now please don't hesitate to contact any of the aforementioned members with respect to participating in, contributing to, or learning about whichever aspect of the project you may be interested in.
Ron Rigby on behalf of - - - - !
