So. What did you get done this weekend??

Pretty good weekend here. I installed the motor and trans in my car Friday night after the local cruise night. Pain in the ass all by myself but I managed to do it without scratching or denting anything!
Sat I went to my folks in Jersey for there 50th anniversary, I taught a safe boating class today and started fitting my exhaust manifolds (a little firewall trimming required) this afternoon.
BACK TO THE GRIND TOMORROW! Todd

 

im still gettin-R-done. -- shocks are on & bones are mounted - (im REAL tired of this 1/4 steel!! cut grind & weld cut grind & weld & the drill press is down so all these holes are wearin me out) neighbor has the pitman arm hes cutting it down. ill get brake hoses tomorrow & as sooooon as my hubs get here & i give this tierod a stagger im rollin!

 

Burned up some gas and smoked some tires. Tired of lousy weather and working on the 55, it was time to cruise

 

Had a couple of friends over yesterday, pulled the cab and box back off. Will now do all the plumbing on the chassis, exhaust, brakes, fuel, clutch. Had to trick them just a little with a bluegill fry and plenty of cold Natty lights. Should be able to put them back on in about two weeks.

 

well,not much.yesterday i laid the crank back in my motor,painted a set of valve covers i had setting around,made a little bit of cash cuttin grass,made maself a nice benchtop-buffer(works great!!!)had some friends over and went fishin in the middle iof the woods on someone elses property(an old rock cory).fire,friends food,ya know.

 

I only got Saturday to work, F'ing Oregon rain and only a leaky carport. I got my motor and trans ready for paint and started planning my motor mounts for our 55' Zephyr Zodiac.

 

I think yer rod will be cool glad you made some headway,I started pulling the 350 olds out of my race car to make way fer my 455!!! cjc

 

tug you still useing the 305? If its what i remember you will be happy with it!

 

Finished up the new counter top/dishwasher/kitchen sink/taps redo in the kitchen for the wife and packed more stuff for a 4 day swap meet.Built a rack for my vintage windshields to take with me. That shit is heavy and hard to transport without breaking it.3 big containers of door and back glass also. My back is killing me.....

 

all non rod related fer me this weeekend but still totally action packed. muay thai fights on sat afternoon, and paintball alllllll day today!..bustn heads!

 

cut nerf bars - located and reversed the eyes on front spring - cut down rods for radius rods and started locating mounting point - started grill shell frame - made 1/4 eliptals for rear susp. and watched everything rust from this dam rain in Tenn. - jaxx

 

i got oto work yesterday(which is rare in the construction industry) then went over to al berglers and watched the sign painter painter but the finish touches on the two year restoration of the LOGGHE STAMPING COMPANY front engine dragster sorry no pictures but you can see it at the HHR in bowlingreen

 

Put a NOS mechanism in my speedo, reset the odometer to zero (it was on 00,039 when I got it and hasn't moved), repainted the needle and cleaned up the insides of the housing, bench tested it and put it back in with a new universal cable core. The core doesn't fit the speedo head correctly so I still don't have a functioning speedo but it sure is purty! Can't find the correct cable so I bought a S-W adapter for the transmission end off Ebay last night and will start hunting for a screw on cable that will fit my speedo.

Also practiced the "3 on the Tree Shuffle" some more. When nobody is around it slides right into second but as soon as somebody's watching or behind you in traffic 2nd gear hides on me. But if I can get the column shifter straightened out I may just keep the 3 speed/OD instead of swapping in the 200-4R. I hated the "Three on the Tree" when I was a kid but it's kind of cool now.

Also set the timing and nosed around in the nooks and crannies underneath I couldn't get to before to see if the car is really as solid as it appeared when I bought. It is.

Remember the green tinted sun visor extensions every old fart had in his car back in the 60's? Guess somebody still makes them or at least did fairly recently. My kid bought an 80's Crown Vic for a demo car and found a brand new pair under the front seat. He gave 'em to me for the Stude. My rolled her eyes and said "You are NOT putting those in it are you?" I have to, I'm an old fart.

 

I just got done tearing out the temp. roller rear end and whacking off some extensions I made for the frame about a year and a half ago, getting ready to get that frame finnished up.

 

Yup, 305, TRW274 cam (basically a 350 cam) Cast iron manifold from a 67 Camaro and probably a 600CFM Holley.

 

Learned better how to hand-crank my 2CV so I can continue being too lazy to order a starter. Plus I enjoy being weird.

Re-upholstered the kitchen chairs, matching the living room couches.

Made armrest covers for said furniture.

Rode Triumph.

Not bad for my only day off (Sunday)

Cosmo

 

Let's see...spent four hours installing a left exhaust manifold on my '56 only to crack one ear...

Today I've been loading up my swap meet trailer with flathead goodies...

 

Kind of an off topic project that we did.

 

Did nothing but ride the Harley and drive the convertible this weekend,well I did cut the grass if it counts as doing something. Still waiting on parts for the 37. Jeff

 

All totaled up, about 30 Coors.

Oh, I did get the mirror off my '36 parts truck

 

made a door panel for the Riv.

 

I got a bunch accomplised this weekend,,car wise anyway!

I reworked the gas pedal and repaired my non working floor mounted emergency brake handle in the roadster.

Then We took all this,,



and made this,,,



The grass didn't get cut HRP

 

Got the car together, and pretty much ready for Billetproof. Leaks a bit at high rpm from balancer, slight overheating issue im going to try to take care of. But it runs and drives.

 

I went to the Good Guys car show in Longmont CO, on my way home with my 56 DODGE. Good Show.

OLD HEMI

 

Dropped the Ardun Banger between the rails. Started on the wood kit install. Mounted headlight stantions and Mounted the 28 buggy spring to the 40 ford rear. A great productive weekend for sure. B

 

Went to a auction saturday bought a large floor jack a set of chev car rally wheels , a 300 ford with a C6 tranny a front wheel and tire for a M farmall tractor eight old bicycle,s made in the forties and fifty,s.also a olds car frame with the engine overdrive automatic and rearend. hauled most of it home.Took the wrecker back today(talked the wife into going along) and brought the olds chassis home. put $60 gas in the wrecker and did not fill it up.Played with my new treasures all afternoon and got extermely filthy and greasy.Had lots of funOldWolf

 

I need to do that too...got any picks from the back?

 

My 37 Plymouths frame is finally stripped and ready to prep for paint. I'm going to try the KBS coatings.....has to be better than rust.

o/t- prepped my daughters room for paint. Getting ready for the new one coming in August.

 

8, maybe 9 seven and seven's and and detailed my engine in the 34. Not guite sure how it turned out, might check it tomorrow.

 

I finished dressing all the welds in my Chevy, and I sat the new quarters in place. HOT! Waiting on new doors before I can hang and finish the quarters. They should be here in a week or so. I'm about 95% done with the metal work. What a journey! New floors, new braces, new inner/outer rockers, new trunk floor/braces, splash pan, under tail lights, new inner/outer wheel wells, and new quarters. Disregard the mismatched primer, its just a coat until I can get it media blasted.