Projects It's Sunday afternoon, what did you accomplish this weekend?

Well starting saturday I drove the 46 all over town and Sunday drove the roadster out on the hiway and put a 100 or so miles on the new motor and running gear and also found time to watch the NASCAR Dover race. Now thats a successfull weekend for me!

 

Set up my like brand new (!) 1941 South Bend lathe that I picked up a couple of weeks ago. I am pretty sure that it has not been run in at least 20 years.

Oiled it everywhere, wiped a layer of grime of the still nicely scratched ways and gave everything a grease. Then made a few chips just for good measure.

The lathe is a benchtop and came on a wooden drawered cabinet - all tooled up!

Also pulled the driveshaft out of my OT musclecar and determined that it is likely out of balance due to the weld globs on one end and about 2 inches too short.

 

started the Flathead for the first time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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Cleaned my nasty garage out so my brand spankin new 49 chevy would fit ...

Oh yeah, knocked about 20 things off the "Honey Do" list so she would be less mad about the 49

 

mowed a bunch of lawns so I could make money to then later work on my car

 

Painted my M/C bracket i altered and then cleaned my bar-b-q grill for a cook out. Used it last weekend and it kept catching fire. To much grease built up in the bottom.

 

Got the trailer for the roadster done for the trip to billet proof Wa.

 

Drove 200 miles home from the Rust Revival in Wayland, MO. Stopped by this gas station for some pics.

 

Picked up a '72 Chevy 12 bolt to stick under my friends '63. Gutted, steam cleaned, hot tanked it and a 350/TH350 to use for mockup. Got a new cluster for my daily - couldn't stand driving a stick without a tachometer.

 

Brought home a 35 Ford Panel Delivery truck. More on that later......

 

WELL YOU SEE IT'S LIKE THIS. I had bought my wife a mothers day gift a few weeks back..a buffing wheel... and it is starting to pay dividens already.. so this weekend i had her buff out some stainless for the 57 and install it. a little at a time

 

Repaired the hood for my roadster and painted all the sheet metal.

 

more pics of sunday

 

Took my 10 year old racing today. Finally got some consitancy out of his car. Made it down to the last 5 cars out of 23 before he red lit in the 1/4 finals. Saturday he pitched one inning in his little league game and had 2 strike outs. good weekend in my book even though I got no work done on my project.

 

After our trip to the junk yard we played around with the "tub"...

 

I hung the doors on the Merc and fixed all the broken bolts that were left for me.


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Figured out why my '55 Dodge died, the rod that's attached to the fuel pump diaphragm broke off at the top. Ordered a new one, but not real confident that AutoZone is going to be able to provide the right pump. I checked everywhere and they were the only place that offers one.
It's June tomorrow, I thought I'd have 2 months of driving in on that car already, I maybe put 100 miles on it so far. It's killing me, why can't the shit just work?

 

Finished my wobbly scalops/flames and went for a ride.

 

Saturday I experienced a miracle. I needed a new starter relay for my F100. I called NAPA and they said they had it, went there and they actually had it and it was made in the USA. Unbelievable! Truck still won't start.

Mocked up my frame and actually started a post about it here on the HAMB. Here is a little cardboard mock up of the X- member and the front engine mount. I'm thinking about doing the mount up Bass style with some holes and stiffeners.

 

I started cleaning up the dash on the rambler. I got the glove box door down to bare metal and primered. The gauge cluster was a bear to pull with out destroying.

 

my friend Jack came by. Jack Shit.





didn't accomplish jack shit.





NOTICE: don't put any hidden meanings into the above statement,,,

 

Went to check this bad boy out. It's for sale we'll see this week

 

Fired up the Merc for the first time since December and drove it down to my neighbor's for rewiring. Got about half done wiring it. Went to parts store, refrained from attacking guy behind counter, put a belt on a friend's car, did a bunch of housework, slept and ate a lot.

 

My 97 was on display at a car wash grand opening so I took the time to clean up the garage. I can actually see my work benches now.

 

took 23 inches out of the frame of my truck and got it back together, went to a breakfast cruise and then a small show/ benefit. figure 8 races in monroe after that. Visited my dad on Sunday, dinner with the daughter Sunday nite. A good weekend. Bud

 

Helped a buddy who's wheelchair bound from surgery work on his 32 today.

Welded in engine mounts, installed tranny mount, installed engine & tranny, installed radiator & shell, wired up motor (except alternator), installed driveshaft, intalled headers, hooked up column to vega box.

About 2 hours tomorrow night & we fire it up.

 

Got a new circuit installed for my new compressor and worked on the 283 teardown. Turned out to be a pretty good weekend.

 

Drove 550 miles in a 1932 Ford roadster ... on Saturday to be with over 25 other Deuces at the " ALL DEUCES RUN 2009 "

 

cleaned the custom out,washed it,changed the oil,cleaned the grit/grime off the engine....thanks to a trusty can of easy off oven cleaner....finally found the "mercury" lettering on the heads that has not seen the light of day in 20 years.And cussed the world because i cannot sell my rebuilt th400 for freekn 200 bucks so i can get new water pumps.....