The weekend is over - What did you accomplish?

I mowed the dirt in the back yard, Upgraded the Blackberry Enterprise Server to SP4 (work junk), got my haircut down at Lefty's, scored a deal on a model A gas tank and window frame and got the 250 that GMC Bubba built onto an engine stand... I have had it for 5 weeks now and I finally moved it - crazy how much you can't accomplish when you have a new baby at home.



Oh, yeah - I re-caulked the kitchen sink - so it's dinner out tonight!

- Joe

 

I got a sunburn at the Stray Kat 500 with my glasses on.... now I look like I got pinner whitewalls on my head!

 

i tore three layers of shingles off and then re-layed shingles and have about 6 more square to do yet...we worked from 8a.m. -7pm yesterday and about the same today..shit sux!!!

 

Drove to PA to visit an elderly family member and landscaped all day today. What a beating that was. So much struggle to simply survive in suburbia.

 

Yesterday...Put a steering stabilizer on the car, adjusted the toe in, and changed the oil pan gasket.

Today...put some exhaust baffles in the pipes, they didn't do much. Drove the car around for a bit.

 

Worked on Saturday til about 2, then went to look at a truck to buy. Time for a big new diesel for me! Today I drove almost into PA to pick up an S10 subframe for my '51 in my buddies pickup. Then I realized that god damn I need to buy a truck.

 

My '53 sat untouched in the driveway for another weekend, while I troubleshot/replaced the voltage regulator on my NHF project, only to find out that water continually pours of out the water pump weep hole.

So I stripped the front of the engine down and pulled the waterpump (318) and the radiator, as the whole cooling system is getting replaced.

Today I waited for several hours for an auction to end on a XS650 frame for a new project i wanna start, which i ended up losing....

 

battled with my add and finished the passenger side foot well. today i rode the bike some then cut up some an bulkhead fittings for the heater hoses

 

got some more welding and bondo work done.

 

Saturday, we went to the Straykat 500. Drank a bunch of free beer. (Thanks Budweiser guy). Met a lot of cool people, looked at a bunch of cool cars. Spent most of Sunday trying to get over my hangover. If I can get up the nerve I'm gonna try some hair o' the dog treatment. Pretty good weekend.
I'll be back next year. Good times. Josh.

 

Painted half of my panel, fenders and roof, a f'n aqua color from Hot Rod Flatz. It looks like half a damn Easter egg. Gonna finish it up in a couple of weeks and paint the body a creamy yellow so it looks like a whole Easter egg. Maybe even put a couple of stencils of rabbits carrying baskets on it.

 

Any pix?

1 word man - Menudo

 

now that is some funny shit!

i modified a '71 mustang auto shifter for my '48 prefect. sucker is about 26" tall now. if i wasn't so lazy i would go take a picture and post it.

 

I put new front springs on the '50 thanks to information from the H.A.M.B. on using Aerostar springs to lower the car 3 inches. My old springs were in such rough shape that 3 inch drop springs raised it up almost an inch, but it rides a lot better.

 

Did some sanding on the 35 cab and, oh yeah some beer drinking!

 

Any pix? No way, too embarrassed. Colors are way too gay. But hey, I can't stop now.

 

Felt like 10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound bag yesterday because I get severe migraines...Today I got up and cooked the wife breakfast and left for the junkyards. Scooped all of the trim and some glass from a 56 Savoy for my sons Regent,picked up a Chevy straight front axle with leafs,several vintage tin cans,barn door glass from a 49 Chevy panel,one back window from an old Cornbinder,gauge panel from an old wooden boat "crecent needle AC cable drive tach". Stopped at the dump and scored a just removed dual exhaust system from the header flanges back and another vintage tin can. Got home and did some work on the deck ,the railings are rotten. Now I,m just fucking tired.......

 

Went to a swapmeet,got some gauges and a sunburn.
Saw Devil Doll saturday night.Good show.
Oil change on the daily and basic household stuff.
Also picked up some Heywood Wakefield and McCobb furniture for the house.

 

I went to Rhinebeck swap meet on saturday and on sunday got a little work done on the coupe heres some pics
I got my headers from lakeheaders.com a few days ago

and I got the 2 quarters all patched and rear body panel in

 

Thanks for the heads up on the MENUDO. I had some cans of Menudo that I thought I wanted to try. I might get up the nuts to one of these days. Those cans sat around so long they expired though. I never knew that it was a hangover cure. Time to buy some more. Later Josh.

 

On saturday we went to the Violators C.C.'s Spring Bash show , then went to my Grandfather's & we had a baby shower for my wife (8 mos. in with our 1st) , went to dinner then home & crashed out
Today , got up , made breakfast , went to another old car show , mowed my mother's grass , went to a friend's house to check on his '51 Ford p/u progress , and sat down lookin' at the HAMB .

All in all , we put another couple-hundred miles on our old vintage Volvo "rod" . A good weekend !

 

well I worked on my BBC and found out why I had no or little to no oil going to the right hand bank. f'n MSD junk distributor didnt fit in the oil gallery right and leaked off the oil pressure. POS. so now I got to go get a slipcollar distibutor to correct the problem. God I love engines..... Why do I torment my self this way????

 

Was going to take my 39 Buick to Canfield swap meet,but there were bad thunderstorms over there.So I stayed home to finish my 454 Chevelle.Had it running out behind the garage filling the antifreeze,went back in the garage to get some more.When I came back out the car was gone.Dam E brake kicked off[I tried it again after this happened and the release handle apparently doesn't have enough spring left to fully engage the pawl]and the car rolled down a slight hill about 30 yards right into the front of my truck.Screwed up the rear bumper,1/4,trunk won't open,just made a mess out of the car.It is darn hard to find much here in NY with the original sheetmetal,but this car had it and it was nice.Yeah it hurt the truck too but I could care about that.No insurance on either one,both off the road.So I went backward this weekend.Better days are coming!

 

A little more done on this-




To some this is known as the Flat Stanley car-long story on that.

Tim

 

cool frame rails

 

Did some bodywork on the '68 Chevy car hauler, went to an auction and bought a milling machine.

 

I finished of the stripping of a donor s10, 4.3 going in my jeep, swapped the trans & transfer case for a trans for the 55 wide window.

Picked up a sweet Crossfire injection setup off an 84 vette, not sure what IO am going to do with it, but to good to pass up. (i know Crossfire????.)

Biggest accomplishment was making a hole in the garage big enough for the little woman to get her car in. She better get home soon, Nature hates a vacuum!

 

Well saturday went to a high school girls softball tournament. It was two and half hours away. Two hours away from home and got a call that it was cancelled because of the stupid rain. So then we decided to drive over to Yogi's. I got a gas tank for my 46 Ford sedan. Found some cool old stuff along the way but forgot the camera.

Sunday took the 46 around the block and got one of the two cars in the driveway running. I could not get the battery charged up on the TPI V8 Blazer that is sitting in front of the garage door. I need to get a car that has been sitting on the trailer for a week and half off the trailer and into the garage. New Project

Oh yea mowed the lawn for the 1st time this year too. That sucks....

 

Spent Friday nite and all day Sat. slinging mud on the 49 Ply. Should have just looked for better fenders. Mud, sand, repete. Hope to get it in primer by Friday of next week. Weather is getting nice, need to start driving it.

 

Got good and drunk for the Ky. Derby, opened the pool, BBQ chicken on the grill, and spent time with the GF and kiddos.... Pretty good weekend considering I acomplished nothing