I can't tell you how bad of a year it's been between surgeries and funerals I really haven't had a chance to DO Anything with my roadster...!!! Well the other night while recovering from a recent Back surgery... I thought that I'd just go out to the shop and think of my game plan... then I realised that there is always a ton of small things that can be done while sitting in my chair. So I picked up some Grease and grabbed my wheel bearings and started packing them full of grease... of course I could ***emble my hubs and rotors from the same chair. Next thing I knew... I had my little roller stool by the front end of the car and I swapped out the old drums for the vintage JFZ set up...! That was easy... and my Vicoden was working pretty good as long as I didn't test it with any lifting...! So I installed a custom bracket that holds my $12 Mr Gasket Econo shifter to the transmission and it works perfect!!! The bracket was designed by myself and a friend and the actual bracket was whittled out by my friends 16 year old son who's turning out to be quite a master machinist...! Then I drilled a couple of holes and mounted the trunk hinges and rear License plate bracket/light. It's not alot... but it is the answer to an old question... "How do you eat an Elephant???" "ONE BITE AT A TIME"...!!! Today I gave my neighbor a 24 pack of "Lienenkugals" and he pushed the "Crusher" outside for a couple of shots...!!! Still waiting for some steering stuff to arrive... Here's the Real reason people call my car a "Rat Rod" actually I named him "Crusher" he's pissed and would appreciate people keeping his Race out of their car terminology...! Crusher reffers to the car as the "Roachster"... not Rat Rod...! Guess I'll be hearing from the Roaches about that...!
Wow, you must be recovering really fast! I had back surgery about a month and a half ago, and I am just barely getting back into working on small stuff. Glad to hear you're doing better!
If it were mine, you could call it whatever you wanted. I'd be too busy driving it to give a ****!! Looks good as is!
Where did you buy that shifter setup at? I realize you made the mount, I have a similar need for my caddy motor and I think that will work.
Dude, you rock. You've done more from a roller seat while recovering from back surgery than I've done all month! I am a worthless pile of lazy ****. I will now go out to the shop to TRY to redeem myself. You oughtta have that roadster done by what, Sept. the latest? Get well, bro. MIKE.
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