OT? What are your other projects?

Yeah I'm finally getting started...albeit slowly...gotta pick up a few more pieces this weekend and then start the big dis-***embly If I have any luck it'll be at the pileup next year.

 

No other automotive projects other than tracking down vintage cars and stripping them for resale.Would you believe I bottle dig and metal detect in my spare time when I can. Before you laugh and say what the **** get this....I sold a dug bottle for $1,573.00 and two old trade axes for $500.00. Two grand buys alot of cool ****!

 

I'm not sure what else there is beyond the world of cars and speed...???

Oh yeah.. my little girl consumes most of my life

 

I collect and work on Vespas and Lambrettas.

I go to about 10 scooter rallies a year. While there, I shoot a ton of photos.

I'm also deep in restorating/remodeling my 1922 house.

 

Here's the "after" shot of my last project. Worked on it for over three years;


And my latest project, a mighty 160cc Ducati. Since this was taken I've added a valanced rear fender and started painting it:


After this one there's a 250 Ducati Monza I plan on making into a track toy. I've got a soft spot for the Italian stuff...

 

as do I...

and I've got an 860 lined up for another project...

 

my other projects..
My four year old boy.(Ineed to make sure he turns out ok)
My 64 Karmann ghia--almost done.
Messing with my daily driver 87 chevy p/u

 

"Project" is my middle name

 

Beautiful bikes.

I'm partial to the old Kaws myself...

That was my last project. ​

 

my other projects

51 mer. and 56 panhead both nearly done

 

Everything I buy is a project. My most pressing one is getting a van toghether for my service truck. I'm getting a freebie Astro cargo van (it is just a shell),that I plan on swapping a V-8 into. After that I plan on redoing the rear suspension on my air bagged 84 GMC. I also want to redo how my wifes truck was lowered. My wife has told me that my next project is my extra bedroom. I have car magazines in every corner of the house, so she wants me to build book shelves in the extra room. Covering two walls floor to ceiling.

 

Hey great looking Chevy truck! Here's mine. I have know idea what to do for wheels.

 

3 children and a wife, Love 'em all, wouldn't trade em for a million,
wouldn't give a nickel for another. Not much time between Volleyball, basketball, wrestling, baseball and softball. usually get about 30 days off in the late summer, when its 110 degrees with 99% humidity. I just keep reminding myself that the kids will be gone sometime and
then can support my activities. yea rite!

 

Right now I'm focusing on finishing the house I built. Interior trim work is all that's left. Then get my '61 F100 swb on the road, then my Jeep. Then my model A. Also doing a resto mod to my '71 F250 hiboy, finish my wood shop, back to the next phase of my '61 F100 and a bunch of other **** like build furniture etc. Damn, why did I post here, this is depressing!

 

-My Kids (2 girls, 1 boy).
-My art and the artshows I put together.
-my music-I'm working on getting a cd's worth of songs together.
http://www.myspace.com/s****grimesyndicate
-trying to finish college so I can get my teaching certification.

 

Mechanically prepping my '70s Gremlin bodied DIRT modified for the '07 season of racing with two vintage circle track clubs. It was restored as a display car but needs quite a bit of this and that to actually be raceable. In fact, the Gremmie is the project at the moment. My '64 Ford, '37 Chevy circle burner and an off-topic '79 T-Bird mild custom project that I've owned for many years are on the back burner until this car is done.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b304/tbirdchick/gremlin1.jpg


Jan

 

Metalshapes, what kind of car is the red on in this pic? I know where one like it is and thought it could make for a KooL lookin' altered.

-Troy

ps- Everyone, sorry for interrupting the thread.
Please return to your regularly scheduled program....

 

Lets see.........Hot Rods.....and.......Hot Rods.....oh yeah......and.........Dragsters.

 

I know it's frowned on upon here, but I bought back the ride I had in H.S. 10 years after I originally sold it. I have been slowly putting it back into the condition it was in when it first left me. I bought this car the first time back in 1990-91, and sold it in 1994. Call it "sentimental value":

 

Royalshifter, I'll 2nd that...

Though I'm finally finished working my carbs, linkage and 2x4 Offy manifold over for the 396 in my Impala. And am in the middle of semi-restoring a pair of 16x8.5 Torq-Thrust look-a-likes. Had the lips polished, painted the spokes "cast-iron grey" and put a set of new old stock ET center caps on 'em. Working on the matching 15x6 pair right now....


-Troy

 

my other projects are 4x4s.

I've taken an old high rail truck and turned it into my parts chaser.

before:


After:



my Ford Ranger winter beater on 36" tires.

 

Turning an old half block into a bed and breakfast has been going on for five years. If traveling through San Angelo,Texas p.m. me (I have space for HAMBERS @ no charge!!!)

 

Its a Fiat 600.
Which was the production car these racers were based on...

 

Getting my life in order seems to be the biggest project right now, more than I expected.

Other than that, not much else goin on.

 

i sold my jeep last spring,i work at a 4x4 shop so i kinda have to have a 4x4 toy, so thats in the works .

 

I spend all my time training for my sport of speed skating...i do that for around 20+hrs a week plus going to engineering school...i got zero time for the 28 model a sedan not to mention its over a 1000km from me right now....man i cant wait for the summer to get back to her and do some more work!!!

Talky

 

I dont realy have any other projects right now. Overhauling my Poncho is realy all i want to try to do right now. Although i guess you could call keeping my vintage Isuzu daily driver going a project. Theres always something minor that could stand to be fixed with that guy...

 

****, now ya done it...

'63 Dodge Town Panel (in process)
'70 Triumph TR6R w/ sidecar (runner since '99, hack'd since '03)
'05 Slug Bike (Runner)
'65 Triumph TR6SR chopper (gathering parts)
'67 Triumph TR6R basket (future project)
'69 Triumph 250 Trophy basket case (future project)
'71 BSA A65F basket (for sale)
'54 Triumph Tiger Cub basket (for sale)

***orted parts and projects to last me for several years

In stead of posting pics of everything, I'll just post a recent pic of the Triumph w/ hack hauling the Slug Bike to a show about 5 miles from home and a link to everything else:

http://triumphchoppers.com/gallery/Les

 

Recently started building another Yamaha XS650. This one has some retro board track features.

 

Art.

and school. Back in college (LMC) in the welding program. Taking the theory cl***es too. Learning from a couple old guys that have probably forgotten more about welding than I'll ever learn. Luckily they still know enough to teach.

At least my welds look a lot better now... but still a LONNNNG way to go.