Glen-L Hot Rod

We've added kickouts to the rear sump and added a new sump at the front. Click here to see how the pan was fabricated. ( a new window will be opened)

The ledge around the bottom of the sump should inhibit oil movement. We want to ensure that the oil pickup doesn't run out of oil when the bow rises while accelerating.

The breasthook was notched to a depth of 3/8". The strongback was taper-notched from 3/8" at the leading edge to 1/8" at rear.

The tip of the strongback is flush with the breasthook's leading edge.

The sheer can now be faired.

While we're waiting for the last wood order to arrive (Douglas Fir for the carlings and intermediate deck beams), we prepped and painted the Velvet Drive transmission.

The transmission was stripped of old paint, sanded to bare metal, metal conditionned, degreased with DuPont Wash & Wipe, primed with DuPont DTM Urethane Primer and topcoated with Dupont Imron urethane.

Welded joints were silver-soldered and the oil pan was tested for leaks. Several rounds of aluminized body filler (Evercoat Metal-2-Metal) were applied and smoothed out. The pan was prepped and shot with two coats of DuPont 2580CR DTM primer.

The two plugs at the top of the pan will be used to insert a hose into each sump. A rotary drill pump will make short work of oil changes. Several rounds of primer surfacer and block-sanding will be needed to get the substrate ready for paint. We're thinking of going with Corvette Yellow...

Pan interior will be chemically cleaned and have all seams sealed with multiple coats of DTM primer.

At last ! The finished product... Pan was shot with Dupont Uro-Prime primer-surfacer, block-sanded with 100 grit, reprimed, puttied, blocked with 180/220/320 grit, sealed, topcoated with white basecoat followed by Corvette Yellow basecoat and finished with several rounds of two-part Urethane Clear.

Pan interior was previously sealed with multiple coats of Dupont DTM primer.