Ha ha, I've got most of the chassis work done, Jim Meyers front end, frame notch rear (though I haven't lowered it yet) dual master cyl, etc. The motor was stuck when my daughter brought it home, so I did a lot of work to it, then split the manifold, HEI conversion, full oil filter system, 2v carb, power steering, alternator. I got a little carried away from the original plan. Anyway, I finally drove it out of the garage today, everything seems to work pretty good so far, and Misty inspected it, and seemed to like it- Her favorite feature was that there was no door on it. She must have figured it was finished though, since she jumped right in and proceeded to eat all the tech info I had printed over the last few months from the HAMB. I wonder if Chip Foose ever has that problem? Now that the first phase is done, and I know it moves, I can move on to the body mods and chop over the winter, it's a real relief to be able to easily move it around now.
"Her favorite feature was that there was no door on it. She must have figured it was finished though, since she jumped right in and proceeded to eat all the tech info I had printed over the last few months from the HAMB. I wonder if Chip Foose ever has that problem?" Where else can you see stuff like this? BTW, congrats on getting the car running. Man, I love the HAMB.
A good thing to have a project running whilst working on it. When you get down in the mouth about something and don't feel like actually working on it, fire it up and practice paralell parking in the driveway..........
They used to jump on things, but they're very intelligent and were quickly trained to stay away from the cars. My shrubs look like hell though! And don't forget, they crap constantly! I had 2 of them, but the male Echo was killed buy a dog a couple weeks ago. Misty relied on him for everything, and now she doesn't know what to do with herself so she follows me and my Great Danes around like a little puppy dog. I never used to let them in the garage or on the porch, but now she sleeps against the back door and does pretty much whatever she wants--- I feel sorry for her. I had them for about eight years and they were better than a dog in many ways, they never ran away, and I would take them for walks and they'd stay right beside me. I got echo before he was old enough to leave the mother, and I had to bottle feed him. He wore a diaper for about a month and lived in the house, so we got very close. I really miss him.
that sucks i lost my rot about 3 weeks ago she was 140 pounds of lazy and i loved her. i feel your pain man.
Sorry to hear about your dog, I have a fat old Dane here that just lays around in the garage or where ever I am, gotta love an old dog. Most people think I'm weird for grieving over a goat though.
That happened before I added the HEI, split manifold, and 2v carb. That 235 is puttin' out some serious horsepower now baby!
It's lookin' like your well on your way! It's always nice when it rolls under it's own power. I also have a 54 2 door that I just purchased for my family and I to make into a street/strip car. I am looking into a Jim Meyers front end kit as well. Was it the bolt in kit? What did you think of it? Fit and Finish? Good stuff? Thanks much!
I liked Misty reading/eating your tech sheets very funny! I think you should get another Goat/Tech inspector.Two sets of eyes are better than one, don't want to miss those little details!!!!!!
As far as the front end goes, it's ok but not low enough. I think they're a little too pricey compared to the others out there but a friend had this one and I got it at a good price. This one is actually for early corvettes though so it wasn't exactly a bolt in, I had to do some trimming and drilling, and decided to notch the frame instead of adding a third joint. Vette guys usually want a stock look so I guess it's not really designed to lower it much, but if you do order one, see if you can get it with dropped spindles, that's what I'm going to get for this one I think. here's a couple picture here's anther, no, I'm not running that rusty pipe, just using it to mock up
Thanks for the good info! I saw on Jim Meyers website that you could go lower with the 2" drop spindles. But the way it sounds, the 4" adjustability built into the kit doesn't give enough for a good low look. I thought maybe the adjustability might be good for race weekend setups. Thanks again for the helpful input!
I forgot to add the work you did on that stuck motor looks beautiful! One piece at a time till the whole thing looks that good!
i have a opossum living in my garage and that little bastard sure makes a racket! nice thing is they keep the mice and rats away so he can say for now. those goats will keep ANY unwanted shrubs, plants, blackberry vines gone! they use them around here in the parks to get rid of the blackberries.
Mine are pygmy goats, and they're picky eaters sometimes, I actually have to run the weed wacker in their pen! Don't be afraid of the possum, and please don't hurt it, they're very gentle, peaceful creatures. But good actors.
congrats! the 1st drive always feels good. even if it's just a few feet. all that matters is that it moves under its own power!
Pretty much .... at least mine do. Used to drive past a place with an early '50s Dodge panel truck in the goat pen, be goaties all over the top.
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