baught or built? what did you get done this weekend?

Did a WHOLE LOT of cleaning in the garage.

With MAJOR help from KRITZ and a couple of my non-HAMB buddies, we hauled out 2(!) 17' U-Haul trucks FULL to THE TOP, of junk. Worked from 11am til 9:30pm, mostly non-stop.

Now all that's left is to organize the crap I decided to keep!

 

saturday i pulled out the front and rear seats plus the carpet and insulation from my 55 4 door. i took a wire wheel to the rust on the floorboards and coated them with a primer that kills rust and allows paint on top.

sunday i got to meet A32Flathead (Dave) and his wife at the strangers show. ran off to the Giants game, had a polish dog, got sunburnt, came home and sprayed a bedliner material over the floorboards. after dinner i went out and bought a Jerry Lee Lewis CD set (2) and washed mom's 99 SS camaro.

Dinger

 

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Hot Tub Pad, not totally O/T as its full of 49 Merc leaf springs..........Early rebar!!!............OLDBEET

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OldBeet, You do that yourself? I want to do a patio in my backyard. I have some buddies lined up for the grunt work but the floating technique is what's scaring me. SORRY OT.

_Eric

 

On the road (mechanically speaking) by labor day is my goal so I have chipping away at getting all my parts ready for a big push starting next weekend. Had to go for broke on getting parts but I am getting a bunch of new and old stuff back in my garage this week that is going to help me get on the road. Brake lines, flaring tool, bending tool, clutch slave, pedal assembly. Ordered my rear whitewalls from diamond back. Painted my steelies flat black. Picking up my front axle and steering arms that have been machined for Ford ends with new tie rods and kingpins. Hopefully some progress pics will follow next week!

 

Did GG cols thurs,fri,sat and sun.Bought a louvered hood (from charlie chops 1940) and hardware ,and a outside mirror for the 32.I had car problems on saturday morning,engine miss,popping.Turned out to be a short in the dizzy.
I also noticed a leaking water pump so I pulled that off.
I'll need to rebuild that.
SD

 

changed the oil on the wifes car, went down to rumble rods to b.s for a bit and got a peek at H.H.'s chevy....if you lay it down can you pull the wheels off the ground?? that thing is deep!! and bitchin striping on the dash!!... spent half a day trying to make an upper steering arm for the '27 outta 3/8 plate and then ordered one from speedway, went to mooneyes on saturday, and ran all over the place doing this and that.

 

I put gas in my sedan an got some driving done.

Spent the better part of a day, cleaning my daily driver pickup. It had been neglected too damned long.

 

Four days of almost non stop thrashing, aside from the requisite family time.



Look Ma, no more billet!















JonJon and Dad, without whom this would not be possible.



Next Steps:
Body has to be raised, cork strips put on frame rails and then the body can be bolted down

Rack still needs shortened. Then the banjo column can be set. Will probably have to get new Borgenson joints cause the geometry is going to be different from the former power rack/billet column combination.

Pulleys, GM alternator, Fan, Radiator. Car needs all wiring still. Needs my stealth guages mounted. Heater mounted. New windshield, wiper motor, floor cut and prepared for Gennie Shifter.

Body: For now... it's done. It will retain it's "barn fresh" look for '04. Fenders have to be finished and will be flat black.

 

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Oh yea, I forgot. I rebuilt the Holley carb that I got from Pork-N-Beaner.

Didnt get a chance to try it out yet though.

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You did take time to put the power valve protector in right?
Did you take pics? Make a good short and sweet tech post.

 

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Did you take pics? Make a good short and sweet tech post.

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The good old Postal Service treated the carb pretty rough in shipping , so I have the throttle plate off to do a few repairs.

Anywho, I will be putting the power valve protector in tonight and then I will slap it back together.

Good idea on the tech, I will take a few pictures as I go.

 

had too much fun friday night. saturday i got up late started making garnish molding to meet up with the 57 fairlane dash. sunday was fuked i had to goto b-day party for my sister.

 

Called a ton of parts stores until I found 1" soft plugs to go in the spindles that cover the kingpins.

Stabbed the 460 back into the late model tow rig.

 

On a side note
I was reading all this cool stuff last night with the wife looking over my shoulder.
She up and says, “You guy talk about what you did over the weekend?” Ya why? “ Your like a bunch of old fuckin lady’s”

That’s some funny shit. No?

 

I worked on my Banjo steering wheel a little. I buffed up the stainless and flilled all the crackes in the plastic. Now I need to paint'er up. Im thinking black with some flake..

 

Not that anyone really cares, BUT MY FUCKING CAR RUNS! It sounds tough.

 

welded new frame rails for my 26 T truck. should have some sort of a frame by the end of next week when i go to pick up the donor car for the mill and running gear.

1st run, hell of a learning curve

steel is real .... heavy

 

welded some frame rails for my T truck project on fri and sat then picked up the donor car on sunday (69 markIII with 460, C6, 9" rear) this should make a T move at least 700 mph!!!

tried to load some pics but the file was to big.

how do i make the file fit?

 

this thread is nearly four years old,
I'm sure there is a more recent one you could post your work to.

 

Gotta give this guy props for doing his back research here before posting! Wow! Mustve took over a month reading non-stop to scroll back through 4 years worth of posts.

 

Fixed the tail lights on teh ol 65 Impala. Also put new vinyl on the rear dash.. the interior is complete.

 

had sex in the backseat for the first time...

best 3 minutes of my life.

This counts right?

 

Picked this up at the swap meet;



I'm sure you guys have seen, (and probably own.) a lot of them but this is my first!

David

 

Working in or under the dash..
Fab this weekend ,,
I don't have a drill press, so I'm experimenting with with some jingle on the dash..
I've always hated the plastic nob on the cig lighter (other / cell phone recharger outlet) ....
so at the last (Puyallap, wa ) swap meet, a real nice couple from Kenmore donated a handfull of old spark plugs for my project...
here's how it's taking shape..
Upside.. : looks cool, fits the dash...
Downside: need to fasten better, lock nut IS needed to allow the lighter element to slide into the contact housing.. problem arises when a-fixing the plug to the element unit.
Anyone with an alternate way of connecting/ and or drilling out that sucker..
Thanx
-41

 

yeah...old posts are like old cars, just crush them!!

btw thanks for the help concerning posting pics