Projects PROJECTS: What Did You GET DONE This WEEKEND??? 2/13/11

I finally managed to get this....



installed and kind of working....

Not happy with how the linkage is working and I have a dead spot still.

And I am looking for something different than the little chrome caps.

 

thanks a lot man! it feels like its finally coming together getting the interior in. a quick trip to the chrome shop for the mouldings and i'll be happier than a pig in... a t coupe haha

keith

 

Finally finished the project on the rear suspension, Took a few weekends though.

I had bagged it a couple of years ago and wanted to go a little lower in the back. Also get rid of the old lever action shocks and fab in modern gas tube shocks. So mission acomplished. New style bags....check...Lower...check. tube shocks....check, rear sway bar...check. Happy with it... O'yeah

 

Got the Jag suspension for my F1 project pulled and cleaned up.

 

Started cutting the headliner for my F1,
No pics. yet

 

I didn;t get anything done on the car I'm down in Va visiting my daughter and grand baby
But on Sat I visited a couple of Va HAMBers that I met thru the HAMB and had a nice visit with them They were working on a reallt nice triumph cycle that was really cool and had a model a in progress that was really cool

 

After several MONTHS of casual searching, found a 200R4 GN core for my O/T project car!!!!

 

got the grille installed, hi, low, installed, blinker and park lights installed, horns installed.....wirer them up this week........

 

repaired a door on the 26

 

Got the Jag rear end partially dismantled. Now ready to start building the crossmember on dad's 66 Chevy. My 64 on the far side still covered with crap, LOL.

 

Finally fitted up the engine and trans in my Olds sedanette. Not a lot but something. Trans pan is level with bottom of chassis rails so it'll clear most obstacles at normal ride height. Chassis work is next so at least I can locate everything and add my new suspension. Clears OEM floor, toe boards and firewall.

 

got my firewall in,gas pedal mounted and brake assemblie, still got to remove and paint.... 1 step at a time....

 

Fired up the engine in the Cabrio, sounds so sweet but just so much to do and no time to get it done by roundup, thinking of trailering it

 

Got my 32 chassis outside on four wheels for the first time. Later,Bill

 

Helped my friend Jon install his volarie clip in his 59 Ford F-100...

 

Made a lot of progress on the '62 Falcon daily driver. Got the engine in last weekend and did all the under the car stuff on Friday, i.e. drive shaft, clutch linkage, mounts bolted up, etc.

Yesterday I did all of the engine bay connections, choke cable, heater hoses, all the electrical. Then dropped the new radiator in only to find that the fan is tight up against the core! Not good. Researching now to find out if a shorter water pump is possible or might just have to resort to surgery on the core support.

 

Actually spent the whole last week/this weekend volunteering for the tornado relief efforts down here in the south. Set up a local drop-off point for collections, and have driven all over AL/TN delivering food, water, flashlights, blankets, etc. to a lot of folks who are "newly homeless". It's pretty bad down here, but feels good to be able to help. Back to the workshop soon..

 

Installed tow bar brackets on my 64 that my son made up for me last week.

 

Polished a 25' Spartan trailer. I'm very tired....

 

I got quite a bit done this weekend between yard work and Mothers day festivities. I detailed the '58 gauge cluster and painted the needles flourescent orange to match the new SW gauges, covered my upper door panels in vinyl, built kick panels with speakers behind the original vent grilles and cut waterboard panels for the lower doors. I also managed to fab a spacer for the alternator bracket and reinstall the spark plug wire looms.

By next weekend my goal is to fatmat the cab, install new jade green carpeting, seatbelts, kick panels and lower door panels...

 

i'm getting back in stroke after laying off pool for a long time. i found a $50.00 Gandy Pro table and now it's ready for play. i ran 56 the other day. hopefully, i'll have a 100 on tape soon. http://vimeo.com/23412925

 

I got my suspension almost finished and rolled her out side for the first time in 6 months

 

put a little mud on my '51



Painted a pontiac for a friend



and some mustang parts for another buddy





productive weekend.