Long weekend. What did you get done??

Some of us were luckey enough to have a 3 day weekend The weather was perfect for a change also.
I did a post a while ago on weather or not I should run a fan shroud on my 50 Sedan. I figured I might as well do it so I don't have to worry about it running hot and having to deal with it later. Last friday I sheared up some 18 guage at work and this weekend I went to work on it. I cut the inner circle out with my friends plasma cutter.( I gotta get me one of these!!) I looks kind of bulky now but I think once I slap a coat of paint on it it will look more like it belongs. Todd

 

I went to the crusing the coast on the mississippi gulf coast

 

I went to the Hunnert Car PileUp outside of Chicago

 

Painted chassis for my sedan.

 

My brother and I "dug" up a 1946 Chevy coupe so I could have a project too.

 

Went driving around on dirt roads looking for old cars and tractors. Found a complete 34 FORD COUPE, Almost everything was there except for the "body". The guy said I could have all I have to do is cut down some trees around it and pull the flathead out and give it back to him. Now I have something to do this weekend and I am going to try contacting the guy that took the body. So I had a good weekend besides getting chased by a rot at one persons house that I stopped at.

 

Changed out the master cylinder on the Edsel and got the headliner ordered. Ready to roll to DOTD!

 

Nothin', recovering from open heart surg. two weeks ago and wife is watching me like a hawk!

 

went and looked at a couple 34 ford pickup cabs , what a waste of time sellers idea of salvagable & mine were a little different ! hauled some parts i sold to a fellow hamber ! drank way to much !

 

Did some long over due cleaning of my house, slept alot, and...........Oh brought this little freebee home. Now I have another project to get side tracked from my other side tracked projects I have been working on.

 

got my frame squared up and onto the jig! full steam ahead now!! (photos soon)

 

CHHR!:d

 

yard work and lots of it!!!! but hey at least im seeing the light now that I cut down 8 trees!! next week is the week ill start the planter. hope to get to a point where I can concentrate on cars instead of the house.... anyone care to come help? free beer and food!

 

Here's to your recovery!!!!
Skot

 

Cool "new fangled" Flathead ya got there.
Skot

 

Drove 10 hours got a 54 olds on friday, rebuilt the carb, replaced all the lights, did a tune up on sat., cleaned the interior sunday.

 

Had our annual re-union from back in the late 60s. A group of about 40 of us that got together every weekend. Some of whom were rodders like myself. This photo is only about 1/4 of the total group. Many didn't make it up from Fla or NC this year, others didn't make it from Saturday night. This was a Sunday morning breakfast so we are not all looking our best.

OOPS!



Sorry if anyone things this is O/T. If so Ryan can delete the post or I will if asked.

 

still recovering from knee surgery, so sanded down a shifter handle and mocked up the new stake pockets on the 41

 

Did some landscaping. I'm sore.

 

Tearing it all apart again...

 

Another one in progress...

 

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Then got together with a bunch of guys and cruised in 75degree weather, oh yea!!-MIKE

 

Cleaned out the garage to fit the car in before S N O W!!!

 

Finished the rear brake lines last night.

 

Closed my pool

and went to Octoberfest

 

I picked up an 81 Camaro stalled project for $500, no motor or trans, but all new suspension, ball joints to bushings front and rear. 3.42 posi.....oooh hope he doesn't mind me scrapping the mullet mobile and throwing the suspension under my 55 pickup...Lux Blue style. he he hee

 

I put together the lower end of my 327, did some grinding on the rear fender opening areas. Changed out the oil cooler lines on my '96 4WD Chevy, don't have any desire to do that again.

 

Weld, hammer, grind. Repeat. This chop on my shoebox is really testing me! Almost there. All I got left is the driver's sail panel and the 1/4 window corners...only taken me the better part of 6 weeks.

 

Went on a fall cruise co hosted with our car club ( Pair A Dice cruisers ) and the Minnesota GTO club. Drove from Red Wing MN through SW Wisconsin and ended up 200 great and scenic miles later in Rochester Mn . There were 35 cars total from both clubs.
Bought a set of dog dish 64 Galixcey police hub caps for my 62 Falcon.
And moved our youngest daughter to a town house in Brooklyn Center.

yes Mrs Jalopy and I are officially now empty nesters.

 

Cut out my firewall and set it back 4 inches to fit my flathead.