Oh, I forgot... I got the motor in my coupe to fire! Stevo and I lit it up enough Saturday to know it wants to run. The official first fire and timing, dwell and valve adjustment is scheduled for Wendesday evening.
UPDATE: the mother-in-law gave me a Ed Roth's How to Pinstripe, a new Mack .00 and 4 colors of 1-Shot that I didn't have! - Joe
Girlfriend got me a ebay "original" hood and a set of Filling Station cowl repair panels for my '32 chevy. She's a keeper................
Ditto, plus a book of American pin-up artists, a kinda lame '07 classic car calendar, lot's of gift cards, Northern Tool(1), Borders(3) (already have earmarked for that pinstripers book w/ Skratch in it), Barnes and Noble(1) and some restaurants(3). Plus I bought myself the MFS IV DVD and some SW gauges offa Evilbay and a 59 Olds wheel offa HAMBer... Hope it gets here soon.
I got a fuel pump that dispenses whisky......then ended up praying to the porcelain goddess all day today. The irony of it all.
12 sheets of 600 grit sand paper, and a weekend alone in the garage. I am ready to spray the flake!!!!! I HAVE NO FINGER PRINTS. 24 hours of Christmas story! Next year I want a Red Ryder BB gun and a leg lamp! Dave
I got a radio delete for my 40 dash and tac drive dist. and the adapter to put 40 drums on 32 spindles from Rusty. Some cool window handles from Dennis. And Danyelle Made me smile all day.. I wish all you guys could feel that..
My bride hooked me up with a ultra 23" gennie shifter for my ford uni truck.....a replacement 17" flat steering wheel too..... some odds..some ends.... All & all - great Christmas! She's a keeper....... PACO
A book, "the Hot Rodders Bible" so I can carry on studying for my first project, a big 9 drawer tool box to go on my roll cab so all my tools are now in the same place rather than scattered in lots of small boxes and a few tools.
My car, Big Olds, is scattered throughout that book. The author, Steve Hendrickson (RIP), is the hot rodder who started "Project Big Olds" back in the early '90's and used alot of that build as reference for that book. It's a great reference book, Santa did well.
I got a Hobart 187 welder and some other goodies for the shop, but BEST of all, my g'kids came back from Kentucky for the holidays !!
From my in laws: 50 bucks cash, 2 new 670-15 Firestones and one of my Robert Williams prints put in a nifty frame. From my parents: another Robert Williams Print I had put in a frame, a bag of dog toys, and a CASE of instant mashed potatoes. True Story.
Santa brought me a chest and roller tool box set, 2 tray tool cart, and an electronic digital level. Now how to get level headed and organized? Hmmmm...
I got a new welding helmet, the typical clothing items, and a new set of wheels for my daily driver truck... the factory ones look like shit, so my sister hooked me up with some nicer ones. And to think, all I got her was a tattoo (now that is a white trash christmas gift). -Joe
Tales of the RAT FINK dvd and the Art of Big Daddy book, new belt to hold up my pants (that's a good thing believe me) time with inlaws and outlaws etc Generally a good day
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