Technical Details that you're kinda weird about.

Wiring. Drives me crazy to see a trash load of wires running all over the place.

 

Paying thousands for a paint job only to see 6 months later all the sanding marks and dents missed.....................................................................

 

I foresee some pranks headed your way..............better lock up that ride.

 

It’s probably a look at me I got new tires thing

 

That ego trip has got to be a short one, 3 miles maybe.

 

@lothiandon1940 -
Amen to that one. Irritating to the 24th power.

 

Neat welds. If you can't weld neatly, learn to dress them up with a grinder but don't leave "chicken doo" welds on your cars, people.

 

^Right on. Birdshit welds = r*t rod rash^

 

Window crank position. With window all the way up, looking from driver's seat at driver's door, crank points to 2:00... mirrored on passenger side.

 

How about 1/2" aluminum gas line, all bent up every inch, then connected to rubber hose that looks like somebody bit it off, secured by worm gear clamps that are too long, and kinked over and down ?

 

Not carrying a theme all the way thru a build. Not as big of a problem here, but in other automotive areas dudes build half pro street, 1/4 pro touring and 1/4 custom. Big blown engines in stock restorations. Mix and match. Make up your mind! Drives me nuts.
SPark

 

Hose clamps that are too long, rear axle/spring U bolts that are too long, sheet metal screw tip that is visible. Above all, the area that you forgot to paint. Bob

 

Door/panel gaps. 20k on a custom paint job and the gaps are all out of whack.

 

those screws are fillister head, not flathead..........

 

Wiring needs to be neat and loomed up. Plug wires routed well. No matter how good everything else looks, I always wonder what else is wrong when folks have unkempt wiring.

 

When I converted my OT 66 Fairlane to RHD I used a local RHD cowl forward with skirts and frame rails as well as side scuttle panels forward of the front door hinges. RHD heater box bolts right in as does steering and brakes. Plus the wipers swept to the RH side. I wanted to retain the OEM look and as such all the visible factory spot welds were intact. Where other welds were visible or not I finished them so it appeared totally original. Believe me it was a lot of work, even the dash, shifter and instrument configuration were mirrored to RHD format as was the parking brake pedal. I didn't do the console, too much work and no one would have noticed anyway. I even moved the radio aerial across to the opposite RH front fender. Some think I was anal by doing so much work. That separates the men from the boys.
All the 'Know it alls' went over it and commented that Ford had never produced a convertible Fairlane and that I had done a great job cutting the roof off and lengthening the doors etc etc. If they'd noticed everything about the body was different, fenders, bars, hood, grill. Even the 390FE and C6 which wasn't offered locally in the smaller Fairlane; all we got were poverty pack 4-door sedans, nothing else.

 

Adjacent hard lines that aren't parallel.

I spent hours getting my Chevy's brake m/c lines parallel:

 

I have a weird fetish for removing casting flash. Can't stand it. When I was in high school, I was broke all the time, so I filed and ground everything. I could work in the shop for hours and when I did finally get around to painting parts, it was a better finish. It just carried forward.

 

Love's me some Shiner Bock

 

Washers installed upside down.

They do have a radiused side and a sharp side where they are stamped out.

Sharp side down!

 

Fake patina, dirty whitewalls, chain steering wheels, astro turf, splash graphics, cry baby dolls, fuzzy dice, mud flaps, car alarms, power parkers, electric fans running after the car is parked, bright colored spark plug wires, long shackles, tweed interiors, billet wheels, chewing gum on your shoe & your carpet, bird crap, and people that write " Wash Me" on your dirty car. HRP

 

Anything else? Bumper stickers are gay and especially ones that are off center or crooked.

 

Thanks for pointing that out. I never knew that. I even googled it after. Now Ill never forget. Its cool what you can learn here.

 

Mismatched valve stem caps can make me hyperventilate with anxiety..

 

Seems like a lot of us have issues!

 

I like what you did but Im more of a if it aint broke dont fix it guy most of the time, It would have leaked if I had done that

Dont know why but this reminds me of one morning I was trying take my time and "create" myself a "perfect" looking over medium fried egg for breakfast, when my wife walks by and takes a fork and quickly mutilates my masterpiece just for laughs...it was pretty funny even tho the joke was on me, but still.....

 

Shiner Bock or Skiner Back ? I guess it depends on the county farm where you spent a vacation .

 

People who display there vehicle with the hood all the way up. A door that is opened up all the way or worse, both doors. And the trunk lid also opened up all the way. It reminds me of an airplane.

 

Corrugated universal radiator hose makes me crazy. Even if you have to join parts of two different hoses it looks better than the universal stuff

 

Only thing that looks dumber is a row of like cars, (think small wild horses by Ford) with the hoods all up, looks like feeding time at an alligator farm. Bob