Customs what did you get done today?

this is what i did. first time sewing vinyl. i am pretty stoked on my self right now.

 

Looks Good!
What is it going in?
B.

 

51 plymouth. or a 50 plymouth i'm not sure yet.

 

Looks real nice.

 

looks really good what kind of machine do you have?

 

i wired grill lights on 53 chev clear leds better put them on a lighted red switch
forgot to put on a shrink or 2 before solder, takes a lot of time to do it right!!
also wired red leds on fender well s and firewall, it seems to light the covers good got fined covers with a dark burgendy painted between the fins, it cranks me up
got the heater in last night
got a lot more wiring , speakers, CD to install but got heat and time

 

I wired the light post in my front yard so I can put out MORE christmas lights. My wife wants me to put my '27 cowl in the front yard and light it up too, have a couple of reindeer behind it like their driving...I dunno, sounds kinda cute now that I think about it.

 

it's a chandler. i picked t up like three weeks ago i had never sewn before. i thank i'm getting the hang of it. thanks for the comments guys!

 

I put the lower sub structure tubing in the 28 chevy sedan delivery. At the rear section. And built some body mounts...ghost

 

That seat looks killer!

I had a good day. The bed frame for my truck was basically done. I found a guy that will do some bending and had him do the front wall and tool box segments. The frame and fuel tank come off with 12 bolts and the fuel line. I was able to paint the front, and do some plug welds that wont show.
During the week I bent up a firewall between the tools and the filler neck. Its a good snug fit, but can be removed. I used 2 sheet metal screws on the outer edge as cheap insurance that it won't move. The finger pull/drain hole gives me access to the fuel sender. The little bent section of 16g keeps the boxes from sliding into the oil bottles, and in a pinch beats nothin' for a wheel chalk. Theirs enough room for 5 qts. Leaves plenty of room for 3 big ammo boxes for a few tools, spare tune up stuff, little bottle jack and some tire plugs. Hope I don't ever have to use any of it. Stil need to brace up the left side then fit a hinge to the door. The door has to open backward... it was the only way I can lock it by hooking under the front rail. Heres some pix

 

Chicken and I built this.

 

Finished the front fender install. Next the exhaust system to finish and a more practical carb, and the old girl is on the road real time. Ice man

 

Put the #$%&*#@ Christmas tree up!!! Seats look great BTW!!!

 

went to the mooneyes xmas show and i have some drinkin planned to finish off the day

 

Worked on an '06 Audi for my gf's sister. At least it was freezing cold to aid the beating.

 

Took the band saw and planer to 600 bucks worth of maple to start building B and C pillars for my Zephyr woodie.

 

I drove 2 hours to pick up another project 2 door coupe Chevy .Dragged it home and my wife approved .Very good day .My 2 cents

 

dialing in the 1405 on the 4-71 / 303
so far runs best with 404 main jets and .068x.042 rods with silver metering rod springs
put in a fresh set of Autolite 295 plugs gapped at .020
and set the Ronco at 11 degrees initial

drove around for about an hour
pulls real strong and smooth
hardly noticed it's only about 37 degrees out

 

Paul,

Glad to hear you are sorting out the 4-71. Sounds like you about have it dialed in now. Nice photo. Good inspiration for mine.

How did you handle your water pump and fan? Did you just use your stock pump pulley, etc. I am trying to figure that out for my hemi version and the pulleys I have don't seem to quite work out yet. I have a 1 belt fan pulley and a 5 blade steel fan. But the fan pulley doesn't line up with the blower pulley groove. Need to trim the stock water pump housing (which seems odd to have to do) and maybe even make a custom pulley. Would be nice to a clear photo of your water pump/fan/pulley area to see how you did it. I know it will be different because of different motor, but I might be able tot gleam some useful insight out of it. I see you accessory belt is on the inside. If I recall, the crank pulley has mine set up for the outer most belt.

This doesn't show the crank pulley with it, but best photo I have for the moment:

 

Michael,
thanks for the kind words, when I first stuck this motor in I was having doubts about my sanity, yanking the perfectly good Stude setup.. but now it is without any doubt the most fun car I've ever had

I'm running an electric fan, puller mode.
had to, the motor sits too high to line a mechanical fan up with the radiator core..

my measuring was off about an eighth when I had the lower hub made, pushing the lower pulley out that much, so I made a spacer and put it behind the pump pulley to get it to line up. I knew the blower pulley was going to need to move out an eighth to line up with the pump pulley to start with, so now I had to make a 1/4" spacer to go behind the drive coupling to get all the pullies in line.

don't know if that helps at all, as you say your setup is not exactly the same..

I'll see if I can find a picture..
here's a couple I took yesterday with the new water crossover I just made,


oh yeah, mine had the double pulley on the pump too, I pulled the short one off and am only using the long one
and I had to make a bracket to mount the generator so it lines up with the pump pulley too.

 

spent the whole day wriring an alarm for my house. cause some punk kids broke into a couple of my trucks last friday. now i get to pull the front end of my 50 chevy and start rebuilding.

 

i froze my *** off putting,sheathing on a waterfront roof.my boss is lurkin in here somewhere so ill say no more

 

Nice work. I didn't do anything that constructive. Just Xmas shopping and putting up with my wife's ****.

 

Spent the day being pissed I could not go to mooneyes xmas because I got laid-off yesterday. So now its hunkerdown mode until I get another job. As for the afternoon I changed the starter out on my O/T 1973 suburban and put a new battery in it also. Mocked up some stuff in my model A and shot the **** with my nephew. Now its bar time soon enough.-Weeks

 

Saturday morning breakfast with the old geezers in south Denver. Then remaking the 3 window dash for my coupe.

 

Had big plans to do some heavy duty car shopping.
Got home from work to discover the house water heater had sprung a leak
Spent the next twelve hours re-arranging **** in the ba*****t, rounding up a water heater and getting some guys over to get the water out.
Went to bed 2 a.m., with 10 fans and 3 de-humidifiers blasting away. Merry Christmas, you filthy animals!

 

I know this was started back in March . . . but really cool seats. Great job! I just bought a sewing machine and all the gear and can't wait to try it out . . . but my wife says I have more than a few projects to finish first. I spent the day ***embling my new radiator test tank and trying to figure out how to post my first message on HAMB! lol Now people want pictures . . . I'm an old man!

 

spent most of the day with my kid at the parts yard...

 

cleaned the garage,.. where does all this **** come from?

 

Worked on the Plymouth wagon a bit. That was about it.