A Girl, Without A Gun. . .Part Quatre, Cuatro, Quattro, Ofen, Vier

Oh - that's not what you meant.

Those are the coolest signal and shifter knobs I've ever seen, MissPrint.

 

LOL, thanks!! Like I said, Mike (GlassBender on the HAMB) here in Austin made them for me.. .he can make you a set too!!!

 

So after the festivities of the weekend. . .a few pics (and some stolen from others , because of course, my camera crapped out along the way this weekend. . .) of the Edsel at the Round-Up:

Leavin' her temporary home at the shop last Weds:



At Reggie's BBQ (thanks Malcom for the pic):



On Congress, at Doc's Friday night, waiting for the Ladies of the HAMB:



But after all the falderall this weekend, finally recouperating, and realizing that I haven't been out on a solo drive in weeks (since my grrl was in various stages of paint/body work) I rolled her out to a little abandoned gas station in Elgin for a sunny drive and some photos:















Felt incredibly good to just be back on the road with her. . .I've missed my car, and the view from the road. . .

 

fantastic pics,,,,LOVE the one with the taillights,,,,,,,,,,you have worked so hard on the car,,nice to take a breath, stand back, drive her,,,and just enjoy her

 

It would look quite phallic on the 4-speeds in my trucks. I think he could create a distinctive ball shift knob for my '54 and '48 Chebby's. Instead of a pair o' glass ones, I might get my friend at the foundry to make me a pair o' brass ones. Dunno.

 

Great job Frankie! Man, does she look sweet. Nice photos as well. After seeing last weekends weather in TX on the news, I thought you might be considering a periscope

 

You and the car rule.

 

All that work payed-off.......Looks Great

 

cool photos. its good to get out and enjoy some of the hard work once in awhile. clears the mind.

 

what a cool old ride!....has just the right attitude.

 

What a great picture - looking very good!

"Somewhere.... on a lonely highway......"

 

Why is it still black? Bring it with you to Jersey...

Nice pics, I love finding cool spots to take cool pics at.

 

car looks great, is it still getting the rest of the scallops? Also, i thought you got some diff. hubcaps?

 

Looking real sweet Frankie, you should be proud of all your hard work. So the big question is, how she run? With all the body work you've done is she gonna make it out to Midnight Mass in July?

 

Frankie that is turning out to be quite a car, you should be very proud of it and the incredible amount of work you did to it. Here's a HUGE ATTA GIRL!!!

Wicked

 

I stopped by and took pics of my hubcap for ya. The wife wants to keep them for the pink car even though they came off the green one.

 

Any new progress?

 

I'm new here, but, i've been lurking for a couple of years. Been following your build, and all i can do is take my hat off to you!! Fantastic!!
Charlie!!

 

Man that's lookin' great...it is an awesome feeling when you slide back behind the wheel of your car and do what you are supposed to do...drive it...scallops still in the works?

 

really nice lookin project and great documentation.

 

Killer pictures!! The Edsel looks better every time I see her.Quite a transformation from when it was rotting in that back alley seat less ,dirty and abused.Good going.Im impressed.

 

Tell your wife she's got good taste!! Those are the ones, the rare ones.. . hard to find and of course, the ones I want

Thanks to y'all. . .haven't been around much. . .just got done working 16 days straight (I think? I've lost track at this point); have today off, then 14 more in a row, then a much needed break and I'll be gettin' back on my car then. . .June is right around the corner. . .

Exhaust first, then back on paint. . .have to take care of my exhaust "leak" (i.e. complete lack of working exhaust system. . .) . . .that's the priority at this point. . .

Scallops and shiny paint are still in the works, but I'm leaning, at this point, towards taking a bit of time off on her, so that I can really do it right. . .Once I get back on the paint, she's off the road, and I would really like to enjoy her this summer, and not have her in the shop for the entire summer season. . .

We'll see. . .while it may take me a bit longer than originally anticipated, she will be shiny and scalloped soon, very soon. . .after all, I haven't even had this car a year. . .so. . .I think I've made a bit of progress on her

 

16 days working, one day off, then another 14? Did you join the reserves an go overseas? Damn girl that's harsh.

Not that we didn't miss you but you might be better off sleeping than being on here. Enjoy your day and keep an eye out for a thread of when mine gets here.

 

Those are gonna be some smart kids, but I bet theyre a little pissed not having their wknds off anymore. Crazy Texas school systems...

 

Youre doing a good job spend some time behind the wheel and enjoy it for a while.

 

I would definitely get the exhaust fixed and drive the wheels off of it this summer. If you used DP90 Epoxy black primer, it doesn't have very good UV protection. I'm not sure about an answer on that, a paint pro can probably say, but heck you deserve a break after all of that.

What kind of exhaust troubles are you having? Just bad pipes, leaky gaskets? I would definitely get that fixed for sure. If yours has the crossover in front of the engine it might have a crack in the flange, theres some good stuff to fix that called "Magnum Steel" made by Devcon. I have patched some holes with it, I have a bad header tube that I was able to patch with that and a piece of stainless wrapped over it and a worm clamp.