Technical What are you working on?

A-fucking-men!! I hate those wheels! I've counted over a thousand sets of those wheels at Bowling Green before

 

No idea why so many people put those damn things on their cars, they're f'n everywhere though.

 

I pulled the spacers and put a thick steel core cork gasket on, I did order another 3/16's thick cork gasket and will glue them on top of the others, not trimming those drippers just yet lol



Touched up the paint on the lower fenders I trimmed on the henry J and have them bolted in place permanently, the to do list is short now.

 

Well this has been an education. At least knowing what I know now the next one should be a breeze.

 

Checked the valve to piston clearance last week called Tony with the specs not going to work the pistons need to be notched. I didn't want to notch the Egge pistons so I'm ordering forged from Tony and having him notch them
So out came the pistons for the third and hopefully last time. This is on my 303 rocket.

 

Desoto dash panel done..made it from steel instead of aluminum...next.. trim ...gauges , switch layout....column drop cover...rained all day ....at leaat winters over.....

 

A year ago almost to the day I quit working on this mph scoop, it was a bad casting that someone filled with bondo.



I milled it out with a hole saw in my drill press and then jumped to the same process on those valve covers that I recently finished after sitting a year. Do you detect a theme here ???



I started whittling away at it with hand tools today, it's beginning to look like something on the one side.

 

Curious what lift you have in your cam that you have clearance issues? Just went thru this with Tony myself but i was OK with my flat top pistons and his cam in my 324.

 

Gene, as you well know that's some of the hardest work you'll ever do. Glad you got it done.

 

some primer to see what the dash looks like...

 

Well 80 mile round trip and 55 bucks I got new seals for the rams for my lift. Man this piston seal is made of hard rubber of sort. Had to put it in some boiling water to get any stretch to install it. Was like stretching a nat's ass over a hoe handle.

 

Finished the other side, I'll bead blast the spots I "milled" out and polish the rest, it's not perfect but much better than it was.

 

Switching external alt to single wire alt.

 

The journey continues. It has been several decades since I have built a Dana so the going is slow. I am using a case spreader so that makes things a little easier and right now the carrier is empty so that helps a lot also.

 

went to the local yard and was surprised to find a 78 CJ that had the T150 shifter I need for my top loader. Took me about 40 minutes to get it removed from the jeep. The best part is that they only wanted $20 bucks for it. I smiled all the way home

 

Finally got the tilt wheel installed in wifes nova.

 

P1900 Signal Lamp Upgrade

 

Finished the scoop today, no fingerprints left and could probably crack a safe with how tender they are lol
How it was and where it is

 

Nice modification on the scoop....never would have thought about a hole saw to mill aluminum....

 

I think I would try using a Rotabroach instead of a hole saw, probably give a better finish to work with and they aren't that expensive.

 

I think it does a pretty fair job, especially in this old ass Craftsman drill press, I kinda enjoy figuring out how to make whatever I have on hand work, I'm not a professional here.

 

current project

 

my other current project

 

It was just a suggestion to make it easier and work better by giving a smoother finish that woudn't require so much sanding time.

 

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner I haven't looked at this thread for awhile the camis a solid roller lift at .357,duration at .243 lobe center at 112 so it's not to big but a had a clearance of .065 Tony needed .100 on EX.

 

Painted my headers and ladder bars white this winter so today was nice for a change and I decided to fire the fairlane up and burn in the paint not much smoke held up well but gave it a antique look kind of like it the paint I used was barbecue paint. Two pics the old gold and the new white

 

Packed up the original 1950 Desoto dash gauges and dash trim , other miscellaneous parts to ship off to a club memeber in Colorado...Hes 76 and still restoring cars....Pics of Desoto dash with new insert and gauges coming soon....

 

Making drivers floor panels in the Belly Tank project. JW

 

JW Looking great. If I can pickup parts and ship to you PM me.
Terry

 

Thanks, Terry. JW