Projects What's everyone doing with their weekend?

100 + degree weather is perfect for working on and in black cars, right? Pulled the steering wheel off my Chevy to straighten it (crooked, drove me crazy!) so I decided to repaint it, seeing as how it's peeling anyway. Well, I was until it started pouring rain on me! What projects are you guys working on with your weekend?

 

Im trying to get my engine to start (Coil problem I think) and making a cover for the hole i cut in the trans tunnel to fit the stick shift through. at least it is in the garage so the suns not beating down on me like it has been through most of the build.

 

Drove my 1940s bulldozer around a little this afternoon, and now I'm just waiting to see if it'll rain tonight...supposed to meet up with the guys around 9pm.

It's cloudy and cool here, but humid.

 

Reporting in from the *** end of the planet , its fine and cold down here, and ive done no car stuff so far this weekend.
Except get some puter time on the hamb today.

 

took the family to a small car show/ open house. it was so hot in that parking lot that nobody was moving. people were hiding in the shade and staying there. we left after an hour, at least the ride to and from was nice.

 

Kiwijeff, I would like to trade some of that cool for some of this heat, almost to hot to do anything in the shop today.

 

Staying inside after 11am. It's too ****in' hot out.

 

Cooking eggs on a rock in my yard.

 

On the HAMB in air conditioned house with a beer!

 

Too freakin' hot an muggy to do anything.. Just sitting in the house with the air on and a fan keepin' me

 

got up 4am cleaned up garage and worked on my jeep.bought a used car with good intentions on cleaning and repairing it to earn extra money(kids college tuition due) after in sun about ten minutes decided to put on c-list.sold it thirty minutes later and better than doubled my money.pretty good day over all.flying out to chicago tomorrow for several weeks (no computer)ill catch up with the hamb in august.everyone enjoy youselfs and be safe

 

just came home from doing a fence repair in death valley (yes, there are people who live out there) it was a brisk 109 and i had a baseball cap. neck is fried and my farmers tan got worse. but i would do it again, because i finally got enough money saved for some new bike tires. tommorow its back to the same place, but whatever money i make then is pure profit.

car wise, i scrubbed an polished the old truck and went to my grandmas house to take mine for a spin. no liscence (me or my truck) and i dont know how to shift perfect, but it was a pretty damn fine ride around the block.

 

Not the weekend but scored major points with the bride yesterday. I took her back to the place where I asked her to marry me, got down on my knees (which were both replaced last year), asked her if she would still say yes and presented her with the diamond ring I've been saving to buy for the last few years. When we first got married I was bringing home $54/wk. and the diamond ring I could afford then was,shall we say,small. It was almost a joke that I used to tell her, "someday I'm going to replace that with a bigger one". Well, yesterday was THE day, 48 years to the day after the first presentation. She was thrilled beyond words but ***ured me that it was not necessary. I offered to take it back and buy that set of Ardun heads I've always wanted but that suggestion was met with "no way". I love that woman beyond any words I've got to express it.

Frank

 

Working a overnight double then attending a open wheel hot rod picnic later on Sunday.Best of both worlds...?

 

Frank, that is awesome and truly inspirational! My best to both of you.

 

Put A/C on my daughter's new(ish) Beetle and lower ball joints on my 92 Chevy pu. Outside on the driveway. What a great weekend it has been.

 

started a chop on a 55 caddy

 

service and some repairs on the wifes O/T car then see if i can finish building the air planishing hammer i started on yesterday

 

Workin on my 50 Merc...Body filler and new bottom for the p***enger door.
Swimming and drinkin coffee!!!

 

Finished off last weekend's wiring job on the AV8 tudor. Last weekend I got the charging, ignition, starting, fuseblock etc done, this weekend got all the lighting circuits finished, including the directional indicators.
All done now except the battery hookup. Got to get a battery and make up a long cable to locate it behind the rear seat. All in all, a very satisfying job.

 

Id gladly swap.
The rains just turned up, but i did get my shed door open. Took a look at the A, and decided to come back into the house, where i have the fire cranked up.
Guess its back to cyber rodding for me today.

 

Off topic, but I brewed some beer today, and have another batch to bottle tomorrow.

 

I'm not doing anything, stepped in something wet and slid up and fell Wednesday and haven't been able to do anything since, my back is killing me. OUCH!!!!!!!

 

beer is never off topic

 

Turned on the air in the garage which is too small But friday managed to clean garage ,Today Finalized all mud work on a body,Tomorrow wet sand ,Followed by 3 coats of high build primer

 

That's just cool as hell, Frank. God bless you both.


I spent the day grinding off the old paint on the inside of my cab. I got most of the floor and the inside back of the cab down to bare metal. I can't say that it was fun but at least I'm moving ahead. I've got a little more to do then shoot primer tomorrow, hopefully. The weather was perfect, sunny and in the low 80s.

 

working in my shop and staying real close to hurricane gussie.

 

took my car to the track...first time to pull the front wheels ,,,,,now that the car hooks i have a carb prob....

 

painted the roof and quarter of an old police car, went over the design of our new kitchen with the cabinet builder, worked on a new woodshed, measured a neighbors broken window he asked me to fix and traded for a set of cultivators for my Farmall super A with another neighbor to fix the starter on his Farmall. a trip to home cheapo and tractor supply looking for ss hardware for a restoration project.