Nobody has started one ...so ... what did you get done this weekend ??

Laundry. Lots of damn laundry. Feh.
Also got a deuce perch pin to move 1/4"...

 

Rewired the '40...(does that rat's nest of wires look familiar, Deuce?)

 

went to pick up the rear springs from being de-arched and was denied, again, so I finished painting the new house. yawn.

 

It been 100 degrees here too. I did manage to get my steering wrapped up in my 32 chevy. I used a 51 chevy car box, plenty or grinding machining and welding and, I finally finished. It even works!

 

sat in the pool, drank way too much beer, walked around the chevy a few times tryin to figure out what the hell i'm gonna do with it.........
basically screwed off

 

It needed it ...
Glad to see it being done. It was one of the "to do" things when I put Lukeman on that new TCI ch***is.

I like your plans a LOT better ...

I do really miss Lukeman ...
More than I thought I would ...
But, I am glad you are taking so much better care of him than I was. He is in much better hands now ...

Sadly ... I would have made him a street rod ... eventually ...

 

Made major progress on chopping a '35 Ford 5W coupe. Top is pretty much there, just a small filler patch or two to go. Still need to put the doors back together. Coming along nicely...

Chris

 

Took care of a little termite damage





Oh, and that's just a dark spot in the wood next to the trim. Man, I wish I'd noticed that before I installed it.

Spent the rest of the weekend cleaning, painting, and throwing out the previous owner's trash (completely filled the dumpster and then some). Got the truck running again (just bad plug wires), and meant to get the throttle linkage done on the '51, but I ran out of time.

 

Drove about 51/2 hours to pick up a set of used custom made stainless steel roadster side pipes. Got a really good deal on em'! BTW, anybody know of a good method of restoring the finish on stainless steel that has turned a yellowish gold from lack of attention and cleaning?

 

Unmasked and put the stuff back on, clean trim....

 

My brain hurts....

I drove 200+ round trip in a mini van with no A/C in 96 dgree weather to get some fenders and sheetmetal for a truck I don't even own yet. In the heat I must have started having visions because I think I'm gonna cut the 2 rear fenders from a '54 Dodge truck up to make a grille shell.

 

went to the asphalt invitational on sat....alameda swapmeet on sat morning then finished up the wiring on the 51 belair....and was it ever hot!!

 

Worked on the TRK '65 T-Bird on Saturday! Shaved the door handles and nosed and decked her! Next is lowering!

Spike

 

I got the ****** Header dual's back from media blasting and after two coats of POR-20, even the 100+ degrees in the garage couldn't deter me from trying to get them in the '61 Comet ...



BUT... The steering gear has multiple "issues" with them:

> The center link is right in the way of the tubes (and the starter)


I "flipped" the link by reaming the idler arm and pittman to mount it from the bottom. :


> The idler arm bracket interferes significantly with the # 2 tube and more problematic, the # 1 tube interferes with the idler arm when it swings left (right turn):



The solution for me was the precision forming tool (BFH)
I had the idler arm in and out at least a dozen times marking, heating and "forming" to minimize damage. :



I am concerned with the amount of restriction I made on the #1 tube . I probably crushed it @ 30-40%.



Hey Improbcat - Hood look familiar?
Powerband
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v296/Powerband/

 

wel me and godzilla and g***er driver fred built my new motor for the drag vicky, a 408 bbc roller mter, turned out nice, ............look at hamb drags.

 

Well, I had a wheel stud break in a way that I can't explain. It had to have been defective or in a bind and weakend because I was hand tightening the nut when it broke. Either that or my friday night dates have made me super strong in the left hand.

I got to make some parts runs because everything I touch now breaks or everything I buy is defective or missing something.

I managed to kill an air hose...actually it just collapsed from age but my Dad and buddies get more miles out of putting the blame on me.

We did get a lot of project work done on three different cars, so all was good.

 

Friday I drove home from 2 weeks away - 750 miles. Left at 6.30am, and arrived home at 8.30PM. Slept in Saturday morning, then unpacked and cleanes up a bit. Had a "nanna nap" in the afternoon, and Sunday morning went to a local swap, had lunch with some friends and then had a mini shed crawl before crashing again early Sunday night.
Michael