Projects What did YOU get done this Weekend?

Found myself another 'new' car. 1942 GMC army truck,6 wheel drive. Running condition,needs new wood on the bed and some new paint.
Gonna drive it home next weekend. And the price : 390 USd. -and the tires were good too....all ten of them plus a spare.

 

Drove the snot out of the roadster Saturday, and went to the Pomona swap meet Sunday. Bought a cheap car duster, whoopeeeeeeeeeee!

 

Is it just me, or is there a little face staring at you from inside the steering column hole? Man....I gotta cut back on the codine cough meds!

 

I cleaned out the carport connected to the side of the shop, and moved the '58 Apache under it. This will be my new workspace for the duration of the build. No more climate control, but it's getting to be some nice weather outside so it shouldn't be bad
I finished welding on the front bed frame mounts and capped the ends of the frame and 2-link. Gotta start on shortening my new longbed fleetside panels this coming weekend hopefully. A few more welds and the chassis will be ready for paint!

Sorry, no pics. I forgot to take the camera with me Saturday.

 

...3rd Sunday of the month, so we all stood in the cold sunshine at Krispy Kreme in South London for cars, coffee and doughnuts...

 

Got the engine, trans pulled out of the truck,removed the wood from the bed took a few parts off the truck getting it ready to take to Norm for some body , paint work as well as a couple of other things.

 

Other than take down the two Christmas trees, pack up all of the Christmas decorations, go shopping for food, put up with my daughter and her friends, go shopping for more food (because of the preceding reason), and watch the Steelers whoop the Raven's collective asses, not much of anything else.

I going to go back to work on Tuesday to get some rest. Besides at a high of 9 degrees during the the day, it was just too freaking cold to be in the garage, other than to fetch another six pack.

 

Picked up a 32 Chevy frame that I bought from a fellow Hamber for my 31 Chevy rpu project.

 

Went to Martinez, Ca. and picked up a 62 Ranchero from Farmer.

 

Now that you point that out. It's pretty creepy. I didn't see it at first. I had to stare at it for a minute.

 

Weekend counting today = 12 hours Sat for me, 0 Sun, 10 Mon for my son and I, we finished Battery/Fuel Pump Box, Finished tying in the rear of the coupe at the new EMS Tool Tray and new Drake rear panel to our tubs and inner fenders/wheelwells/floor pans.

Overall a good productive weekend, even if it fell a little short of my goal....

I had early on considered not redoing the rear section of the car, but all things considered, it was best to go ahead and make some improvement in this area. It was a shit load of work getting all of that stuff done, but well worth the effort at this point.

Would post a few pictures, but the battery in my camera is dead, and frankly, this fact combined with the fact that I don't have the energy to really give a shit enough to make the effort it ain't getting done today... If the thread is still alive tomorrow I might think about it.


And as far as those of you who have posted here that have gotten a lot more and a LOT BETTER done than I did,,,, screw you!!! (Just joking,,, but I have some covetous issues with you guys!)

 

Replaced the door on my 48 Chevy.

 

I stripped 50 yr old undercoating off the underside of my hood while my pal bones sanded my front frame and crossmember down and blocked out a fender.

FONZI

 

got started on my suicide doors on the 53 Dodge truck

 

the rest of the pics, still need to finish welding and making braces for the pass door, then it's on to the drivers door. thanks to tinman for his tech post about suiciding his doors. It was a great help.

 

We it all started picking up the Y-block last week. I had the better half with me. She noticed that a house had two pipe corrals that were not being used. Seems she has picked up on my observation.
So I stopped and asked if they were for sale. Yup! What normally cost about $2500 went for $400. Pipe corral is not cheap.
So the pain began friday. I loaded 7 24 foot panels(160lbs each) with the help of the seller. Then I unloaded the panels myself. Decided I would get started and surprize her. Our old two stalls were 20 x 20...So I began to build the larger corral outside the original. Saturday was 6 hours of work. Then another 6 hours on sunday. Finally finshed putting up the corrals and two shelters.
Totally exhausted. Shoveling and raking and leveling....then today I finished the round pen.
So my card is punched till the summer time. Nothing but building the truck.

 

Got my A's windshield frame apart (during the week) cleaned it up . removed the upper frame hinge and cleaned up the windshield opening.
Cut more on the fuel tank for access to put my electrical, and gauges ( no holes yet for the gauges), need to learn the use of danimals plasma cutter better.
set my crown molding, and tacked the roof edge to it.
cleaned up my cowel.
cleaned up the floor

 

62 Merc dropped the front, had my dual exhaust done !

 

Got engine and tranny ready to pull. Removed radiator and support. Got in a fight with a bench seat...I lost. Replaced oil pan gasket on work truck. Motor, tranny and body come off next weekend!

 

its the australia day long weekend here, i had big progress planned for the 3 day weekend but it just turned out too hot and muggy so saturday i spent the whole day body boarding with my son at the beach, sunday i had saw arms and bad sunburn and it just turned into a rest day, now its halfway through monday. i am only wearing shorts, inside the house and sweating like a pig but i must drag myself outside and do something or i am going to have the shits with myself bad when the long weekend ends and the car is still the way it was on friday.

 

Finished up putting the Gizzle Hopper back together. Had to raise the seat an inch, move the clutch back an inch and move the loud pedal back and up an inch, install a new windshield. Damn whiny ass driver wnats everything her way.

 

Dug up the back yard with my fiture Son in law looking for the cause of a septic backup. Found it, things are flowing, not a fun job in sub freezing weather. He's a great kid!

 

I thought I would have my second garage up by now so I could make room in the old garage to work. Instead I was working on a letter that's going to the prosecutor's office in the morning to press criminal theft charges against the contractor that took money for a job that he didn't do. If you have a contractor do any work around your house make sure he is legal to do the work. Registered in your County, bonded, and Insured.

He was nice enough to leave a message on my answering machine telling me. "I don't want to go to jail, you can hold my tools, and sale my pepsi collection until I can give your money back to you." I told the Detective that this guy is a talker, and he said a lot on the machine. Him going to jail really doesn't help me though.

 

burnt my fingers. got my boots on fire. caught my overalls on fire. hmm and this

 

Pulled the starter to replace the soft plug on the 1948 8N Ford tractor. Got it runing this afternoon. I''m hoping by having it ready to plow snow (after already getting more than last year) it will stop snowing for the winter. Since I inherited it from my grandfather every time it's laid up it snows like there is no tomorrow. When it's ready to go it never snows.

Frank

 

Cut some coils outta the front of my 51's MII suspension.. Tried to restore the factory wheels on the 51 still a little pitted but sprayed em black metal flake

 

Been building my front end for the 31 fendered roadster. Over the last few weekends I have installed new king pins in my 46 48 spindles & actually have them installed on my dropped A axle. Last weekend I reversed the eyes on the main leaf (thanks loudpedal for the tech) Today I prepped my split A bones to accept the weld bungs. Next weekend I will weld the bungs in & then do more clean up for paint.

The rear end is next. This is actually a ton of fun.

 

Yes keep working on the tractor so it will quit snowing here in Indiana as well, we get your drifts.