Inliners International Forums General Discussion Electrical headlamp holding clips

Anyone here familiar with this spring clip used to hold seal beam lamps in place? I need a couple of sets but cannot find any locally or on the web.

I didn't really expect to find these clips but it was worth a try anyway. I have procured some flat 1/32nd spring steel stock wide enough and will make what I need. I will post a new photo of the process when I can. Thanks to all who looked. S

One cut, bent and ready to heat treat.

Nice job! How much time do you have in have one? What won't we do to fix these things?

It took a little over 10 minutes to drill, cut and bend. Not as long as I had thought and with a little practice it should drop under 10 minutes. Not sure yet how I am going to tackle the heat treat but should not be too difficult following normal flat spring methods.

I spent months on the steering wheel and shifter knob on my '28 r/p. It is not the time but the fun that grabs me.

It's fun when you get good results and when other guys that do their own stuff notice. I did a few flintlock springs that worked well. Just find some instructions and follow them.

Thanks Beater. I think the heat treat will work out OK but may take more than one attempt. Meanwhile, here is a photo of the steering wheel and gear shift knob for my "A". The trigger is the horn button.

Holley crap! That's fancy. Don't try to drive through California. When talking of missing a shift it's usually not a bullseye thing.

Truly works of art!!

Truly a work of art, great job, not sure if you'd want to use a drive thru bank teller tho.

Thanks for the comments...I am very particular where and when I drive my Model A. It is the first car I ever bought and I have owned it (mostly as a pile of parts) for 56 years, purchased in '56 for the princely sum of $15.00

S

A bit off topic but here is a photo of my A

It is always pleasing to see the work of a master craftsman, who lavishes love and care on the things that he makes. It is a fine example for all of us, in whatever work we do.

Thank you for sharing these things.

God's Peace to you.

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Inliner #1450

Hi Sam . . . it seems that

all keyhole saws aren't created equal or perhaps it's the hand wielding the saw!!! You have duplicated by hand that which was punched by machine. Very impressive.

And I am blown away by the craftsmanship on the shifter and steering wheel - are you a gunsmith/engraver by trade?

Thanks for sharing with us.

regards,
stock49

Thank you for the comments Stock49, and yes I am a full time gun engraver and have been for many years. I first started studying engraving in '67.

It took me some 20 years to get the A back on the road. I have been working on my '38 Stude during the same time frame. Lot of work to do on it yet but I have most needed items on hand. Regards, S.

PS...the saw in the photo is called a piercing saw used by engravers and jewelers as well as model makers.

Very old so tough to find now

Since this thread is still up front I thought I would continue the off-topic bit for one more photo. This is a guitar I just finished building as a tribute to my Model A truck. The removable soundhole cover is a rendition of the steering wheel I made for the truck and the bridge is made to resemble the dash board. The speedo points to 56, that being the year I bought the A and also means I am stuck in the '50s. Other inlays show the headlights/grill, V8 emblem and shifter column.



I guess I could ask how to add electonic pickup to be back on topic...

Very nice.

Workmanship! Craftsmanship! Fine art, done well and with obvious love for the work.

How we admire it when, so rarely, we see it.

God's Peace to you.

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Inliner #1450

Did you build the guitar too or just do the fancy work? Henry would have made it out of a shipping crate.The new stick on pickups are easy. Nice work!

Yes Beater, I scratch built the guitar, my second one. Bloodwood back and sides, Sitka spruce top, the engraved metal inlays are thin aluminum and the white dot perfling around the outside of the rosetta breaks into Morse code and says "hearken unto me and I shall entertain thee". A lot of fun and learned a lot of new stuff. I don't play guiter but had several people play it for me at a recent engravers' trade show in Reno.

Should make an interesting dispay and the next Moab car show.

a home made acoustical is always impressive, it looks like a twenties or thirties Gibson in shape. My son and I only put solid body electrics together, much easier, less talent, but have done a metalflake Telecaster like a Buck Owens/Don Rich double bound with black & white checked binding spelling out sssssssssssssssssss,etc. We call ourselves the "Double E guitarworks" where "Two Eds are better than one"

You may already know this, but check out Stewart-McDonald for all kinds of parts and pickups with no wheels.

Thanks Preacher...I buy from Stu-Mac and LMI but got the beautiful top wood (Sitka spruce from BC) from an outfit in Goose Bay Labrador. "Pickups with no wheels"...I like that!

The shape (my curves) and build is classical guitar all the way, including fan bracing, though it is a steel strung guitar. The bracing is carbon fiber re-enforced.

Impressive work. I've repaired a few of my guitars but nothing like building one. The shape reminds me of an old Martin New Yorker.

"Two Eds are better than one" But still not as good as ........... Sorry Preacher I can't help it.