What's doin' inside your garage tonight?

The Lincoln needs a new gas filter and I've got to clean some electical connections to the starter and starter solenoid.
The '36 needs the exhaust finished up tonight before my wife will drive it.
And the '32?...................... It needs everything!
Should keep me busy while switching channels between the Red Sox game and watching Barrett-Jackson's auction.
It's gonna be a fun Saturday night at home!

Beer's chilled in the fridge guys............door's open for anybody around here this fine Saturday night.

 

goint to go figure out some stuff for wiring looms

 

maybe the left front corner is coming off the car new spring ball joints and shocks...

already did the right and rears....
long dark night, drop lamp, and busted knuckles...
hey anyone have a good idea on making brake lines? should i gett all flexible steel braided or should i run hard lines? it seems a challenge to do hard lines when you never have

 

i'm welding in motor mounts for a SBC into a model A ford frame

 

cars will rest and tools will cool down. just left my shop. spent the day decking, filling, grinding, priming and putting on a solenoid to open the trunk on the buick. now i drink beer and watch tv.

 

New carb for the nailhead in the 63 Riviera, clean up some wiring in the 54 dodge panel, Mad Fabricators on the big screen, Pacificos chillin' in the fridge...gettin' up early tomorrow and heading to Pomona

 

Were you watching tv in the middle pic? Nothin happening in mine tonight I'm not there but I spent the day workin on the olds.

 

I'm in the process of parting my '65 'backup' Chrysler to make room for two 'new' '57 cars underway to my garage.
The '62 wagon in front of the camera is waiting inline to take it's place on one of the carlifts for a much needed brake-service/upgrading to discs.
The '60 NewYorker on the right carlift just had it's transmission dipstick sealed again with a new O-ring and will be getting it's beefed and balanced driveshaft installed again soon. It's 496ci motor will also be opened up shortly after that to receive a nice roller cam.

 

FIORANO............................Go with the hard lines.
It will be good practice for you and will be much safer in the long run.
When I first plumbed my '36, each line took me 3 or 4 tries before I got it right.
Don't use chrome juntion blocks like I did.
They require ridiculous amounts of torque to tighten up and they will probably still leak on you.
Plain old raw br*** is the way to go.
I used a RIGID tubing bender and RIGID fare tool. Nice quality items, never failed me.
Also DOT 5 , silicone fluid worked well for me although it is a little more difficult to bleed that stuff.
It doesnt screw up your paint though when it drips on the wrong places.

 

Working on getting the gas tank back in my '33 Woodie.
I gotta get some of this junk back on the road.

 

Sweet shop

 

Cleaning shop. Getting a couple bicycles ready to ship. May start on my sandblaster project. Beer fro the eve, Hammns Golden Draft.

 

nothin goin here. 35 degrees outside and no heat in the garage

 

cleaning the shop, started tearing down the roadster pickup for the v8 swap !

 

Splitting and stacking wood this weekend and hitting one swap meet in toledo..nothing much going on in the shop except for tuneing up chain saws and servicing my log splitter..

 

just an ole 40 ford.

 

I got a new toy today for 100 bucks. My new PIT bike for Speedweek next year. I'm gunna get er cleaned and straightend up tonight and terrorize the neighbors around midnight after Happy Hour B

 

Starting the 4 speed convertion on the 55.

 

Went to the local "U Pull It" with a friend today.
This afternoon went to a cookout the car club held and now am sitting here wondering if I should tell the Missus about the 700r4 trans that jumped out of the wreck we worked on today,into the wagon,thru the pay gate,into my buddies truck and back to his house for storage.....
Whew,need a breath....

 

Headed out now. should be able to have headlights by the end of the night. ALL the wiring on my '53 needed replacing. Have turn signals now, headlights tonight, maybe tails. brake lights tomorrow, then i cruise!

Scott

 

went to local junk yard and picked up 2 wheels for the front end of the topolino...ended up with 2 steel chrome ranger rims with decent rubber for $30..impossible to find 2 plain ford steel rims..been spending the nite trying to get topo mocked into place on the body...need to weld in the new hairpin mounts, panhard mount and shock mounts to be able to set it on the new font end..ordered new inner and outter rockers for it last nite...have buddy coming by tomorrow to see about bringing over his portable welder to handle the frontend tabs...........

 

Spent the night showing the 81 Trans am I have for sale, wanna buy it??? Need to get it gone and the old ladies **** for her yard sale this upcoming weekend so I can get my 31 home and start figuring how I can put it back together........

 

Cleaned the 32 for a car show at the Sugarloaf Lodge tomorrow. It's about 15 minutes north of Key West. Stop by if you are in the area for a beer and a burger. Starts at noon. Casual.

 

Holly Sweet Jesus! With garages like that I'd never be found . . .

 

Okay . . . Im in . . headed to my pit . . . time to clean and get organized. I need to prep for a harness conversion.

 

wishing i wast 500 miles from the garage oh well

use the hard lines they take a little practice but there not that hard and a shelf edge works good for bending

 

I'm rebuildig the carbs on my dual quad set up - again - and installing a new fuel pressure regulator. Maybe working with my girlfiriend on her Fairlane a little.

Definitely drinking a few irish coffees.

 

Garage is pretty much closed up for the winter. -10C here already and no heater/insulation in the garage, plus there's not enough room in it to do the things I need to do to the truck.

 

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Me and you need to talk ............Im starting the same job soon..............PM me or send a phone number and a good time to call you.........

If its OK............

Chuck.................
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well glad to see this post up again.............today first day of really good hard work on the lil beast.....(can ya tell i like that, king???)..........rockers came yesterday and i started cutting and installing the left outter tonite..2 peices ..inner and outter...found out where theres lead filling in it, in front of the left rocker...thought i burnt straight thru when i clicked the mig.......finding out how solid the topolino is for 70 years worth...have to rebuild the "frame" around the front doors down at the lowest front part up 2 inches on both sides..and gonna add new metal at rear attachment point of rocker inside of the wheel wells, both are solid, but distorted from time....made me think of the guys who welded it all together the first time..and how many have welded on it over the years..retired drag car...tomorrow it's finish the skelton of door lowers and install left inner..then hopefully get started on the right side with the outter rocker...still trying to get a portable guy over to weld up the hairpins and rest of the front end tabs...rear kick and almost a roller after that.......then body mount and start flooring...