Been kinda quiet here this weekend, I assume you guys were having fun and or working on your rods?! Heres what I did. I got the front of the touring frame welded up, crossmember welded in, ready to take to a pals for the new rear kickup. I also laid back my chopped posts, banged a bunch of tin on the body, removed the rear seat riser for the kickup. I also filled in with belt sanding the bumps off my 348 manifolds. I finished off tonight by helping my buddy Randy set his body mounts on his 31 Coupe. A good weekend!
Did some tuning on the Y-block in my 57 wagon to get it ready for GG @ Kansas City in a few weeks. Some welding to the "A" PU frame. And started reshingling the garage. Not a hunny-do all weekend!!!
Spend most of the weekend with my family, but a got a few hours shop time in today: Cleaned up my 'bones: They had the ugly spring hanger in the front, so I cut them off, and smoothed out the metal. I think they are 46-48 'bones... To his:
Friday got home from vacation proceded directly to garage. Drilled wishbones, and mocked the frontend back in. Saturday puttered around the garage...Sunday went hunting for 59 Belair that was for sale, couldnt find it. Monday went back looking for 59 and found that i drove past it about 4 times on Sunday....DOH. Got the rear of the A set down over the rear rails looks much better now.
Straightened the garage up a little and more body work on the roof of my '53.. man i gotta lot more to go Rat....
Finally got time to get all that great Bonneville salt washed off my modified before there was only a frame left.Then got under my pickup to see what salt was left on it after a day of washing. Now i feel better, that by this time next year i still have something left to look at .It's nasty stuff to say the least.If your after the correct patina, then take it there, then let it sit under a leaky tarp when it's 75 degrees and raining. p.s. that chopped top looks just right.
drilled 15 holes in the front axle, 5 in each wish bone, sleeved one, (drunk, but still welding), 2 cuts on my home build frame, some light body work, cleaned the garage. not as much as t-man, but i'm still figuring this shit out.
I worked on getting my y-block back in my 56 vert just to find out that the timing marks on the (hi tech super cool double roller chain timing set I got) were off 90 degrees so now I have a cool motor that suck through the exhaust and blows out the carb. Impresses the friends... Some days it doesn't pay to get out of bed Well I guess I am gonna be tearing the frontend on the motor off and use the orginal timing set to get the correct marks. One of these days I will learn to check shit like this before I button the engine back together.
Suffered burn-out from thrashing the last few weeks for the HAMB drags so I didn't get much done at all...tried to visualize the finished truck. When that didn't work, I tried to map out a plan of action on the top chop...couldn't unblock the ol' brain to figure it out.. laid the radiator and the radiator shell out on the living room floor to see how much to trim off the shell...went in and watched the nascar race until I fell asleep...had to axe a friend who eventually won... Cleaned the damn garage and visited everyone in my hood with a project going.. Dar with is 40 pontiac sedan and his 61 Catalina bubbletop: Jamie with his 61 Olds ragtop, bantam with pinto power and 50 Prefect...but he was mocking up his 46 Harley with 88 cube aftermarket engine.. John with his 29 RPU [finished] and his latest project..a 30-31 coupe with no top and "dipped" doors.... Took my buddy, Tom, out to see my 53 stude coupe. he may wanna buy it. We ate lunch at a riverside cafe and got mooned and flashed by the drunk boaters cruising past on the river...The weather was magnificent ....sunny and low 70's.
This is actually my Friday night after a looong week. Haven't had a day off sonce I got my '57 Effie home from a shop (who took to long to basically get the motor fired up again). Tried to finish unbolting the bed from the frame, to prep for paint, but the round bolts are rusted shut, will have to get a bolt cutter, tomorrow. Good thing I'd gotten a new bolt set, already. Need to get it primered, which'll take some convincing to the landlady next door to our stingy townhouse complex (to use her area of land for the job). I have too many lil' things to do with the motor, mostly with the carb. I've yet to successfully tame down the mad idle, since rebuilding it, and can't figure out why the wheels spin especially fast in Reverse. I've had high-idle problems with other cars, but didn't have it transcend to the rear diff with as much force as now. Is there a vacuum connection I'm overlooking? The vaccum tube between the back o' the Holley and the master cylinder is fine. Can't figure out what's wrong. Anyway, happy to have it home, just riddled with motor probs.
I finally picked up the pieces for the front end of my Pontiac delivery. I am the proud owner of two completely RUST FREE front fenders for a 56 Pontiac, plus inner fenders, rad cradle, and a couple intake/exhaust manifolds with oil filters for 261's If everywhere else is like here, 55-6 pontiac fenders all rot out arond the headlights, and there are no real patch panels for them. I looked for 10 years for a set this nice. Not a bad score.
Finished getting the transmission buttoned up. Trimmed the floor & transmission tunnel for the shifter. Got the shifter put in and adjusted. Got the rear cross member & trannie mount put in. Hooked up the hydraulic clutch line and got the clutch bled. Bled the brakes. Got the speedo hooked up and working.
did more to the body frame , mounted battery, finished front half of body frame after finding out it would not fit in one piece so it now splits in two have a look at the pics it's easier than explaining,,, didn't tidy the workshop ,,,,see other thread on workshops had to leave on sunday lunch time to fly to France for tyre testing for work UKAde
Well...Sunday and all day Monday my buddy and I took a flathead powered '51 Ford that had been stored for 20+ years (more like 30+) and made it run. For 5 seconds any way. We actually now have fuel pump problems and the latest theory is that we have a mouse nest in the intake. There is some funky shit going on with that motor. IT WILL RUN Dammit! TDC
I stuck a cordless screwdriver through the nail of my thumb one screw short of compleeting my new workbench.!!.
Straightened up the shop, removed the step bumper off the 61, cleaned off the frame all the old hangers, removed the pinion seal, cleaned the hood hinges, more paint work on my buddies 41 Willys frame, replaced the rear end in my racing mower, and got drunk and drove my daily 91 truck into a tree and then pulled the core support out to get the hood to latch.
Lit up the neighborhood with the new exhaust flames on the 37. Boy those things are fun, the best part is watching the faces. Installed a new starter in the 50 chevy pickup, adjusted the timing changed oil and greased and fixed a couple of minor nagging electrical problems. Yesterday was 2-1/2 inches of rain yuk!
surf, surf, drink, surf, drink,eat, sleep, surf, drink, eat, surf, drink, surf, eat, sleep, surf, eat, drink, surf, sleep.
Spent time with my Mom at the hospital with my stepdad, got a little painting done and spent the rest of the time admiring my new "Skate Fink" art from Johnny & Kali!!
My son and his wife were visiting for the weekend and he had never driven my '34.He's over 6 foot so I couldn't wait to watch him fold into it.Once he found his "sweet spot" behind the wheel,I couldn't get him out of it.We drove the wheels off it on some windy mountain roads.Cool fun !!!!
worked on the gasser shifter + checked out the BA for more parts sat, talked to a bunch of tire kickers all weekend, and sold my cheaters to "eyeball"(nice to meet you guy), felt like shit sun /mon so nuthin got done those days but some photoshop work on my 56 sedan delivery drawings.Enjoyed my wifes company for the whole weekend (not a common thing as she works weird hours)
PakRat32, That top looks tits! Lessee, Do I deserve guilt for not "doing" anything this week end? No! (in no particular order...) I got the drain hooked up and not leaking on Wife's Bathroom sink. Hung all the towel rails in just the right spots.(drilling holes and putting them up is only 5% of that job, as anyone who's done it knows) Watched the NASCAR race from about lap 200 to the finish. Cut the roof off the Burbdup Volvo Wagon and carted it out in the back whaer it is going to become the roof of my "new" lawnmower and garden tool shed. I'm going to put 2x4 studs in the "C" and "D" pillars and frae it in that way, since they are angled the roof will have a pitch since I will place the posts (and pillars) verticle and the roof at the pitch. I've got the frame plan in my head and the studs on the back porch. Think I might wall in the low side with the hood.....Or screw the tailgate back on....Maybe I shoulda cut the whole back end off...No, wife didn't want me just parking an old car body in the back and filling it up with "stuff"... Worked on the fuel line on the Model A some. I HATE plumbing. I'd rather change a light switch with the circuit breaker still on than do plumbing. pluming has to do more than just make a connection, it has ta not leak... Anyone besides me notice how many of the "old" lakes racers have copper carb plumbing? Like the one on page 100 of The Rodder's Journal #23? Now that's supposed to be a no-no..... We use it to plumb houses, and here in California, they get flexed as much as an old ladder frame.... Did a few other things, but they're off topic...
Pushed on the brake pedal to help fix brake lights Ripped out remaining interior in the herase (back part) Sanded the hearse Sanded the hearse Sanded the hearse Flipped turn signal arm to help fix turn signals Shopped for headliner for the hearse Watched that biker build thing on Discovery Visited friends, had a few beers Sanded the hearse Painted a little Sanded the hearse
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