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Had my Wavecrest shirt on yesterday too. This car is more likely to be heading east than west so probably wont ever be at that show, but stranger...
Me too. Got your message but it was on the phone at home in the shop. Wife and I were out walking around all day Saturday, saw some things more...
A few of the finished car.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
On the cars I do the panels are screwed in place so rattling is not a problem. As far as road noise, Dynamat would help keep that down. Whether or...
Most veneered plywoods are interior grade, depending on how your car will be stored and used that might be fine. Marine ply, if you can find...
Wife and I, so, plan on lots of rain.
A/C fan motors will typically be of the induction type, which (with very rare exceptions) do not have brushes. There are different types of...
Wasn't really ignoring you, just in a sandpaper induced trance.... My part is done and the plan is still to have it in Minneapolis for Back To The...
I wish I'd had someone dragging me through car shows when I was a kid.
Did you happen to meet the guy that owns the butterscotch colored 32? Heckofanice Guy.
Not counting lawn mower engines and watching other people while thinking I was helping, my first was a 350 Olds. Built a couple automatic...
When I was 14 my cousin who had his license and a 65 Mustang, 200-6, 3 speed stick shift, used to let me drive it all over town. Not all by...
I make sawdust.
Back when Chris Craft was using (mostly) Hercules engines they used reverse rotation tachs. They were Stewart Warner and only went to 4000 rpm....
If it were mine and it spun over OK and had clean oil in it I would start it. A compression test on an engine that has not run in a long time can...
Sounds like a pretty good plan! Finger joints can be done on a table saw too, and just have to have one cutter made. The joints are 1-1/8" depth...
I dropped the ball. I normally try to keep a complete photographic record, but. About halfway through building the doors the owner stopped in and...
Thanks. The cutters were custom made and it was quite a while ago, I think the company was Nordic Tool, and in California. All from memory though,...
Yes, is the short answer. The longer one is that it is almost never a matter of whether something can or can't be done, as much as a matter of...
I have a 41 9n that's all original, 6v, points, generator, etc... I cut the field behind my house a couple times a year with it. Sits all winter...
These....[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And a few more. Here's another build thread from a while back....
Been there. Cecil and Greg are great guys, and they build beautiful cars.
My first thought when I hit the power button for the first time was something like....Holy Sh.....I'm not getting my fingers anywhere near that!!...
I've seen some incredibly realistic wood graining, if you found someone who was really good at it you could probably make a lot of people believe...
What it ends up costing depends on a lot of things. Being custom, it's time and materials.
Thanks. For finger joints, and most other things, I use a 2 to 1 ratio epoxy.
Thanks. Other people have other ways, but I use these and a 5 horse shaper.[ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Skipping ahead just a little bit, have the insert panels and trim made. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] No reproductions available here, had...
The cowl on this car is from a sedan (I believe, the car was delivered to me as you see it in the first picture), not a wagon. They were different...
Thanks. I had a set of finger joint cutters made for my shaper. NWC member for about 10 years.
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