Who is spending Memorial weekend Thrashing on their cars 2012

Haven't had my '55 on the road in 5 months. Gotta get the coil springs in tomorrow and get her on the ground!

 

Ran spark plug wires under headers and fixed leaky freeze plug .Went to car show sat .

 

Knee deep in grinding dust this weekend. Been relocating my springs inboard, prepping a rearend (cutting all the brackets off) and cutting out the inner fenders to clear the new tires and wheels on my 51 (see my thread for more info if interested).

 

ME !!! Or I should say we. My bother and I are still plugging away at my coupe.
Spent most of the day Sat., all of today and will be back at it tomorrow. Here's a link to the progress.....http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=685170

 

11 hours on 50 Merc today, probably a few hours Monday. Thrashing for Salina.

 

Blasted and built some 40 Ford rear brakes this weekend. Also put some new wood in the 34. Tomorrow is a wash since BBQ and remembering a few of my family & friends who have been touched by war.

 

put a motor in my 57 f100 today . started at 8 am drove it at 6 pm!

 

All fabbed up and painted.I did screw up on the alternator bracket..Back to the drawing board....Tomorrows project....Garage is getting cleaner..........

 

No work on the car to-day, but did get some parts ordered for Tuesday, does that count??......GOD bless and watch over all of our service men and women....

 

How's this for thrashing on my car on Sun. afternoon with 90 degree humid temp. So hot in drivers suit and helmet could hardly see with the sweat running down my face but it was fun

 

Both sons and I worked on the Studebaker. Oldest worked on the patterns for the floor boards, the youngest made a steering arm for the cross steer and i cut panels and welded. Awesome day. Many times I thought about a young man who didn't make it home who loved wrenching, and I was truly grateful for his sacrifice.

 

OT 68 RR paint by my friend lowlidx50

 

Timmy, she lookin' good.

 

C&C time!!! (Chair& Cooler)

 

Spent the day in the shop working on my fenders. Hanging on the wall are my uncle John's boots that went through 5 major campaigns and 9 countries during world war 2.
Thanks, Uncle John.

 

Spent today working on the sail panels for my chop. Got the passenger side all fitted.

 

Finished reinstalling engine for the daily driver Sat.Spent Sunday driving down to Pittsburg to pick up my sons new ride(non H friendly but real nice)Broke down on the way,alternator.Moving parts around and cleaning up garage on Monday.All this so we can start on our 30 Dodge 3W so I guess this counts.If I had a dollar for every dead deer alone 79 in Pa ,I could have a nice start to paying the engine bill!!

 

Yawn, still block sanding.

 

Fabricating an "under the bed" gas tank for my '29 Model A rpu.

Bob

 

Takeing my floor out so I can pull the trans from the top and do away with the hyd throwout bearing in favor of a slave cyl.

 

No real "thrash", however our son and I lowered the box framing/mounts 3" and threw together a front bumper and override

 

Installed old Edy fuel block and jetted up the outer carbs yesterday... also made a pair of slimline mufflers to install today as the car is causing hearing loss at a staggering rate... gonna wire up some turn signals and fab a pedal/steering column plate to keep the hot Y-block wind out of my face too.

 

Building / installing motor mount towers and transmission crosmember for the 41 today for me.... on that note I'm off to the shop!

 

Since I'm in class mon - thurs, I have to work on my customers 64 impala over the weekend as much as I can...

 

Painting the truck chassis with POR15 and trying not to get it on me.

 

Just finished installing new fuel lines, painted valve covers & scoops. Next, working on fixing a small leak @6 o'clock on the oil pan/timing chain cover seal ..... It's Always Something!

 

Forgot to attach the pictures

 

Sweet car and Im off to the garage again this morning.............Bracket fab and other misc. items today...................

 

Continuing to take apart the body of my '46 to get it ready for a chassis swap. Have my wife and 5 year old daughter helping too.

 

Installed new rear leaf springs and front coil springs on my 50 Merc. Raining down here this weekend with the Tropical Storm, so it was time well spent.

Also finished painting the underside with Red Oxide primer.