Stickylifter's Chop Progress Part II

Just AMAZING what can happen in exactly two short months..... You two kicked ***! I'm thrilled to see that it came out so great!

 

Thanks Denise. I want it out of my garage, and he wants it painted. Go figure.

 

Fan****intastic.

Olson

 

Marc's ride is really looking sweet with those find line's covered in flat black.............congrat's gentleman!!! This baby is sure to be pulling the crowd's at the Poor Boy's display at Autoramma!!!

 

That thing is silky SMOOOOOTH

 

BWAHAHAHAHA! That's the truth, Ruth! I have been wracked with guilt because of what started out as a weekend bondo bash... "Yeah man, I'll bring it over Friday, we'll bash it out on Saturday, and then Sunday I'll come and get it..." Riiiiiiiiiiight.

Fast forward about 6 weeks and it's just about ready to go. I don't know what I would have done if he had made me keep my word and get it out of there when I said I would.

Just remember folks, that was the guy I bought it from, not me. He covered all the nice patina with something like a combination of black shoe polish and whale blubber. It is apparently impervious to laquer thinner. Due to availabilty issues, we were unable to try lasers. Next time, next time.

It's like painting in the best cave ever.

He means that I like door handles. Can't a guy like door handles?

And now, also courtesy of WOMC, I hear "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" in my head every time I see a piece of sand paper.

Awrite folks, next on the list is the Lincury. Look for updates coming soon to a Hokey *** Message Board near you. I am going to don my Red Baron getup once more tomorrow and pilot the mighty Heap back to its narrow, unheated roost where further mods will take place. Stay tuned, faithful readers. Same bat time, same bad channel.

 

Awesome job guys. IT's great to see this car progress so fast.

Mad props to Kevin for sure. And I know Mark has been edjamacated big time during this whole prosses.

CAn't wait to see it live and in person.

 

Dead. ***y.

Ben

 

Man the car looks great! Can't wait to see it at Cobo!

 

Bad ***!!!! you guys really kicked some *** on it cant wait to see it.!

 

flat out drop dead gorgeous!!!


PS. . . door handles are over rated

 

Nice!

 

Speechless!

 

The car looks great, such fantastic progress since the November roof chop bash.

 

I just found this picture and I thought I'd post it just for kicks. This is where I was doing the finish welding on this car trying to get it ready to go to Kevin's for paint. This is early December in below freezing weather.

 

Hey Sticky,

That's alota bondo dust in that picture ya posted......BURRRRR!

 

That's the before pic...you should see the aftermath...I have a "flour" mill on my hands!

I like piles of bondo dust. Makes me feel like I accomplished something!

 

Last post for this thread:

The end of the StickySaga (TM)...Marc picked up his car and drove it home tonight, Red-Baron style again, sans windshield & other gl***. It was about 30 degrees out and he lives 15 minutes away. He said the full eye protection googles were much more comfortable this time. He encoutered one old couple who gave him strange looks, so he poked his arm out the windshield hole and waved. Old man smiled, old lady looked confused.

He did a nice smokey burnout as he pulled away, and the bondo dust flying out of the car kept him shrouded in a dull haze under the street lights as has he drove down my street. Priceless.

Look for it at Autorama this year.

Marc, I had a lot of fun, you're a great friend to have. I look forward to working with you on the Lincury.

Mercman

 

Well, The Heap was all ****oned up and the time had come to move it back to my place so the work can continue on the gl***. That meant that I needed taillights. However, there are no holes for taillights on this car anymore so DIRTYT fabricated some custom mounts in no time flat. Next, we had to solve the problem of the missing weatherseal on the trunk (I didn't want the lid to slam down and chip the paint). I quickly whittled some one-off bump stops using gaffer's tape. In the picture I detail the proper manner in which to make these.

(more in a moment)

 

Here you can see the end result of the work on the taillights. This is an exact re-creation of the cl***ic "Harry Westergard Zip Tie Effect" that was used on high end customs in the late 40s. It is a testament to our style and craftsmanship.

I bundled up and headed for home, bringing a close to another chapter in the ongoing adventures of The Heap. Along the way, like an old episode of Fat Albert, I made new friends and even learned something about myself.
So stay tuned, loyal reader for the next installment. This one's going to be a double feature: "Stickylifter Gets Gl***," and "Return of the Attack of the Son of The Lincury." Coming soon to a Hokey *** Message Board near you.

 

This has been a damn good post!Great chop.well done to all those involved.Kol

 

That rear end shot looks AWESOME! The Heap looks great! Can't wait to see him live and in person under the lites of Cobo Hall next month.

You guys should all be very proud of yourselves. You boys did good!

 

I still think you need to keep the tail lights like that they look sweet

 

It's looking great, and I'm not just saying that

Realy looking forward to see how the gl*** goes in.

You are the man Marc.