You bet Fred I will The bombers are actually really nice, a work of art practically. At $500 a piece they should be. Frank does nice work.
I have the top taken care of, I put the car in my trailer last summer and hauled it all the way over to Michigan to Rod Tops and had them do a one off top for it. They did a nice job, here's a couple of shots, one in the Rod Tops shop and the other back home. Larry.
Yes Larry you are "bat shit krazy" Or is that me? I'll tell you what I do. I lie to myself. I say self Gary go out there and take one nut off and clean it up and paint it. That gets me out there and I/you can't go out there and just take one nut off. That would be krazy. Yes I know I'm lying to myself do you think I'm "bat shit krazy? Don't answer that. Your "bat shit krazy" friend Gary
Hey Gary, I think we have to be part that way to be involved in his hobby in the first place. I won't tell anyone Larry.
I put all my cars on the road rough the first year, rarely have to change anything, they're fun at that stage, I tend to run them hard. After they're painted and done, I take it easy because of all the work I just went through. I like the top, nice job on the car generally.
Blue one.......I'm in exactly the same boat. I'd like to whip up a trans cover before I rip mine down for finish welding on the chassis [and fill all the unused holes] and slap some paint on the body and chassis. I'd have to store the body at my son't place 'till I get the chassis done and don't want to begin..
Your at the point I always run into motivation issues on a project. I'm always excited to get one together enough to "visualize" the final project, hard to go backward from there. My problem is I hate painting, especially the seemingly endless number of small parts. Once everything is finally in paint, chrome and polish and it starts going back together for hopefully the last time I'm ok again, least till I drive it. Sometimes I have to push myself to finish all the little details left so I can get the car to my customer, my own sometimes never get totally finished till I decide to sell it.
Like me and others, you are a victim. Yes, a victim of that insidious and evil VELCRO! While you are asleep, velcro sneaks in and secretly attaches itself to the seat of your pants and the seat base upholstery. Then what happens is you just can't remove yourself from the seat and are forced to keep driving and enjoying the car. I know, I had to deal with this terrible problem for almost 4 years. I was just going to drive the car a few miles and then blow it apart for paint and full upholstery. Alas, there I was, forced to have way too many fun miles. Curse that evil velcro! Are there any other sad innocent victims of this sneaky item out there besides us? There is no cure, all I can recommend is what I did. Wait until the velcro is not expecting it and escape to finish the car. Good Luck!
It appears to me that almost all of the fitting is now done. I think you'll be suprised how quickly you will get it done. Nice car
When I blew my 32 apart I bagged and tagged the parts. I had a piece of sheetrock in the storage shed so I brought it in the garage and tacked it to the wall(over my finished wall), I then hung all my bags in the sheetrock so I could see the parts.
Ha ha! You nailed it squirrel! I often hit that wall even when I've just figured out how to do everything. What a cool build - and with a Y-block sound! Pease do a video.
Glad to see you're back on it... Honestly though, you are at great part of your build (one of many) in my a opinion. You get to finesse, tweak, fine tune, and detail your work. From your pic it looks like you still have some areas that need finishing (steering, drivetrain, etc.). That should keep you motivated and busy!
Another two days and it'll be in parts. You got any close-up shots of the frame where you have the exhaust run through?
Steering is all sorted out and fully built, drivetrain is done as well, a new Tim McMaster built Y Block waits in the crate, the C4 is rebuilt and the winter QC and brakes are all new. All that's left now is some final welding, then making everything pretty and plumbing and wiring.
Well now you have gone and done it man....you will have to paint all that stuff before you can see it back together again. That should motivate you. Get crackin,you only have you only have 5 months to get all that stuff done!
Glad you're back on it. It's a lot easier to start than it is to finish. If it was easy, everyone would have a cool hot rod. Press on.
3 x stages down here where I am and each needs to be inspected and passed before you move on to the next stage as per handbook that the government has agreed to (Engineering standards etc):- Rolling chassis Rolling chassis with body and everything else done / fitted; and Final inspection ready for registration. Some of those inspecting your car have never actually built or owned one themselves and some wouldn't know the difference between a gas or radiator cap let alone know how to put a key in the ignition. It's not what you know but who you know.
Sure glad we don't have to put up with that here. I have had a VIN number assigned to it and all I need now to get it on the road once I finish it is a basic safety inspection.
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