Projects 1920 T Roadster Build Thread

love it!!!

 

Hey Brent ... I need some inspiration. How about an update?

Ron

 

Hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooo?

 

Awesome build thread.....now get back to work!!! lol

 

I saw your frame on the frame thread and it reminded me that I had not bugged for a while so...

 

Yes, I have been slacking.

Here's why:

I cleared all my debt, except for my student loan and bought a house. It was built in 1945/46 and the garage shortly before it. I've been remodeling it... electrical updating and now finish work.





And then, this showed up!



I will get onto the car(s) once the house is occupied and the garage is back to being a hot rod only space, instead of being filled with boxes from the house.

 

Also... thanks fellas - for keeping me in line. I appreciate the PMs and queries on the thread. I'll get it done, for sure!

 

Holy crap! Congrats daddy-o!
Cool house too!

Mike

 

WOW, that house looks great. congrats on the kiddo too

 

Congrats Brent!

 

X2
Very Cool.... What only one in there

 

looks like more important things going on than hot rods....glad things are going well for you.

 

Congratulations Brent!

 

Thanks fellas. And yes Bill, only one. Two would've been nice, however, you've seen the size of Linh... I don't think it'd really work.

 

Congrats on all accounts!

 

x2!

 

x3

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Congrats! I had been wondering about your build.. Thanks to whoever bumped this back up.

 

More Projects! Congrats

 

Make that x 4.

Can you PM me your new details?

 

Beautiful house and congratulations on the little one.

One question, though - how on earth do you grow that much grass in Salt Lake City??

-Dave

 

Thanks, Dave.

Haha... on the grass, everyone has to use sprinklers. This property 1/4 acre, which isn't typical for SLC, has a water share meaning I don't have to pay a water bill since it was an old farm "back in the day." We get nearly 14 thousand gallons a month as part of the share and if we go over that, then we pay. When we looked at the house it had the lushest, greenest grass on the street - now I know why.

Anyway, work on the house has consumed all of my time when I'm not at my paid job. I figure I put in about 55-60 hours a week, so there is certainly noticeable changes from one Sunday to the next. This past week I fixed a lot of the electrician's sloppy work in the crawl space, installed a crawl space entrance, took out a door in a load bearing wall and expanded it to nearly 7' wide between the kitchen and living room.

It's got really old crown molding and I wanted to preserve it, thus I had to be delicate during demo. It took a bit longer to do but I was able to get it all done with only one crack in the molding, which will be an easy fix.

I guess all the time as a carpenter paid off. If I work in the garage this much when the house is done, I'll be pumping out hot rods. That little fuzzy black pic tells me that that's not going to happen!

I do appreciate all you fellas chiming in. You're all good people in my book.

 

Brent, Congrats on the little one. When is your wife due ? We are expecting our 25th Great Grandson in Dec. Also in Apr '12 we will be expecting our second Great Great Grandchild. Mom and dad don't want to knoe what is coming !

Your house is going to be great for your family. Wish you all the best as a vintage home owner. Mine was built in 1941. No where as neat as yours but it is on 1 1/3 acres with detached three car garage.

Dave

 

Congrats on both bits of good news! Never had the kid thing going, but do live the old house thing every day. Mine is a tiny 1915 craftsman bungelow in downtown Phoenix , deep under the smog berry trees.. Welcome to lifetime of lot's of work!

 

awesome build, looking forward to seeing more.

 

Thanks again, fellas.

The house has come a long way on the major re-do. So far it's been updated with wiring from 70A to 125A and while the walls were open I ran data, cable, hard-wired smoke and CO2 alarms, GFCI (where required) and various odds and ends.

After the electrical, I took out the door between the kitchen and living room and put in a LVL going from a mere 29" door to a 84" opening. I've got a curved archway moulding to install this weekend.

We got a decent deal on a granite countertop so we had that put onto our old "farmer-built" cabinets. The nice thing about a small place is higher end materials don't kill the wallet. So, we're going with the best we can afford. Especially since I don't plan on moving my butt from this place. (Especially after the shop is added on to!)

James, aka HAMBer "SteeljunkyII" has retiled my kitchen. For the floors we chose a porcelain tile which looks like 6"x24" wood. We also had him do glass mosaic tile. Man, the kitchen is turning out to be an amazing part of the house and that guy flat-out rules.

So, now it's onto the house nickle-and-diming us to death. It's all finish stuff from here on out until we move in. I'm looking to be in the house by mid January. We could be in sooner but I want the flexibility of the couple extra weeks in case something pops up. Plus, buying carpet after the holidays will net us a better deal than buying it now when everyone's geting ready for the holidays.

My wife says there'll be a few months for me to get the roadster(s) back together before the baby shows up. That'd be nice and if I keep up this work-pace, I'll be sure to get something accomplished out there.

Anyway, thanks again. It's nice to hear.

 

We could sure use an update.

 

Yes we could.

Jeff

 

Hey fellas, thanks for thinking of the T. Unfotunately it's still relegated to sharing space in the garage with all of the items that belong in the house. We ran into a few hurdles with the remodel. For one, a "contractor" I hired turned out to do more damage than work. So I've pretty much finished repairing all of the stuff he'd done to the home, as well as doing what he was supposed to do.

Also, I've picked up another job - a part-timer to help us get rid of some of the debt we created with the house remodel. So, I work 40, then go to work on the house after, and then a few days a week I work PT.

I will be sure to provide updates as soon as I start working on it.

And, thanks fellas for bumping this back up. I appreciate the thoughts.

 

Reading your build thread is what inspired me to start this project;



It's on hold now, I also have other folks projects in the shop. Hopefully I can get back on it in a few weeks.

Do what you have to do for your family first. We'll be here for ya when ya get back to it.

Ron