The Rodding Roundtable
Motorhead Message Central => Rodder's Roundtable => Topic started by: Crosley.In.AZ on January 01, 2021, 11:19:02 PM
A new year. new projects. New ideas for olde projects.
Hopefully we are moving towards a smoother year in 2021 than 2020 proved to be. :lol:
I have spent the last 2 days doing cost estimates of various configurations for the 51 Ford, I purchased. To say costs have risen since the last project would be not completely correct. The desire to use better components will be what drives the price more than basic inflation. The 2 items that are really apparent are shipping costs and parts with lots of steel required to make them. I purchased $271 in tubing in 2013 to build the frame under the last 51. I haven't got a cost on that yet, but I bet it is very substantial in increase. It works well for me to purchase a donor car for drivetrain. I'm not sure where this will end up. I would like to do something different from the past projects. Availability will probably provide the answer. :)
I punish myself , but to be fair I dont know what will happen when I order a part on eBay. I am looking at the sellers closer in an attempt to avoid shipping messes from over seas like I had in 2020
Tracking in the northeast shows the package accepted at 2 different USPS locations. One in Woodland WA and the other in Portland OR . Package was accepted about 15 minutes apart at each location. Google maps shows these 2 cities about 35 miles apart. Maybe there is a time zone change and the times I read are really 1 hour and 15 minutes apart?
Weird stuff. :lol: Likely I simply do not understand the tracking process that USPS has?
2021 would be a good time to quit forums, snap to reality and embrace the fact that my last project was 20 years ago and could fail at anytime leaving me V8-less for keeps.I don't believe I will ever figure out how any of you do it. :)
Exciting stuff! Not. :arrow:
Have a good roddy year, everybody. :)
Dropped the engine oil and transmission oil out of the wife's daily driver Honda Civic.. every 5k miles that happens.
I did not want to over work myself , so a small amount of yard work was performed too. Tomorrow I finish grout work on the slate tile I installed on a fence pillar last week.. No need to over do it.
Helped a buddy pick up his engine from the machine shop today . 351C , he has used good parts . It was a dished piston motor with about 8.2:1 CR , should be 10.2:1 now with a good forged flat top and more suitable head gasket . The cam was selected years ago and would have been good if the old version of the motor had some compression. I think it will really respond now. Man are Cleveland parts ever expensive .
Quote from: "chimp koose"Helped a buddy pick up his engine from the machine shop today . 351C , he has used good parts . It was a dished piston motor with about 8.2:1 CR , should be 10.2:1 now with a good forged flat top and more suitable head gasket . The cam was selected years ago and would have been good if the old version of the motor had some compression. I think it will really respond now. Man are Cleveland parts ever expensive .
Pantera guy was singing that song last time I saw him. Thinks a ring broke but an act of congress is required to remove engine. My project today was spending a couple hours responding to PMs. Before that, fell asleep watching a sleep lecture. Go figure! Interesting, the adaptations living things develop in order to sleep living with predators. Our human adaptation has been all but crushed to nothing and we deny there ever being one. How silly. :?
Might get warm enough to prime carb tomorrow. That'd change my tune. :arrow:
Spent sometime putting some stuff away on shelves. Painted a transmission, cruised the web for awhile. Contemplating getting back to work on the '40 Ford coupe. Want to sell it this year. Grand kids back to school this week...man, I sure miss them!
I think about doing things in the garage. By the time I'm done thinking about them it's too late to get started.
I dream about my creations being a big success. When I go to the garage I find a pile of parts that need assembly, but the parts don't fit.
Put a kink in my back going back and forth from mill to bench top with my aluminum engine block. My wife said I need a lift for that. She was standing next to it at the time.
C.K., Richard Holder's favorite engine he dynoed in oem configuration was a 1970 "M" code 351. That was a single 4 intake, small chamber heads and 10 to 1 comp. It made right at 370 hp. He said that was the highest over stock rating of any engine he's tested. I believe he said the intake ports flowed 270 cfm from the factory. :)
This one is a 71 with the same heads . A bit more cam and compression ,headers and an intake made in australia that is supposed to fit under the factory shaker hood (a must) and make WAY more low rpm torque than the eddy performer . Hoping for 13s in a 71 torino C6/3:70 9"
I spent the afternoon removing bolts from the 51 F6. Most with a cutoff tool. There are 2 bolts left and the front clip will be ready to remove. The hood and running boards are off. This had not been disassembled before. It's interesting to see the differences from the 51 F1. It's only warm enough for me to work outside in the afternoons. We have a couple more decent days before the weather changes again so I hope to get the cab off before the next cold blast.
I spent the afternoon setting up the new compressor. The pressure control switch was broken, that may be the reason it was never used. The new one came in Friday. I got that installed and wired. I need one 1/4" pipe nipple, I will pick that up in the morning. U plumbed in a ball valve for the shop air system in 3/4" pipe, I still have to connect that to shop air. I still have finish the tank drain, I am relocating it so I can reach it once the compressor is installed.
The O&S exercise program was back in action today. I started a little after 12 and finished before 5. I do believe I'll be plenty sore tomorrow. I've had enough rusty bolts for a while. I got a good look at the top with the sun just right. Let's just say it needs work. :)
Quote from: "kb426"I got a good look at the top with the sun just right. Let's just say it needs more Viper reveal. :)
Fixed that ^^^ for ya! :lol:
Finishing up this commission today. The client wanted the car this light green, so it needs a dark background to show up. Decided to try something different, I like it and the client said it was "badazz" ! 😃 A light color on a car is a challenge for me, you need dark to show light (reflections) so you have to be a bit creative. The pic is washed out on the left side from my bright LED light, it's actually much greener.
I cleaned up from yesterday's mess. I gave the cab and front clip a bath. Not as much dirt as some of the others. :) I removed the windshield and back glass. I exercised a couple of cycles. It got up to 61 degrees this afternoon. Headed back to normal temps after today.
Measured up my buddies cleveland last night to figure out compression ratio options . It will either be 10.4:1 or 10.8:1 . I suggested we go with the lower one to avoid detonation . Near 11:1 for a full size car with 3.50 gears and stock converter on pump gas is cutting it close . He is bumping up from 8.2:1 so should feel the kick well enough. He is hoping for a 13 second time slip , I think we can get him there.
I have a leak in my 4 post hoist cylinder at the shaft seal. I haven't done any cylinder work before. I am going to be better off taking it in to replace the seal or is this something I can do?
I can make a spanner wrench for it. Will I be dealing with any thing other then the seal when I take the end off?
5am this morning: my wife gets out of the shower and asks me if the water heater (electric) is off or the timer is off.. Quick check out soon turned into a full drain and both elements replaced. A 3.5 yr old Rheem brand unit.
You guys know the story: My last Rheem heater in this house lasted 16 yrs. I do not remember replacing the elements in that heater, but my memory aint what it used to be.
I imagine most water heaters are the same cept for stickers on the outside
Dave, if you can make the right tools to hold the cylinder and remove the top plate, It's won't be too bad. If not, take it somewhere that does it everyday and hope they don't cross thread the cap. :)
Quote from: "Crosley"5am this morning: my wife gets out of the shower and asks me if the water heater (electric) is off or the timer is off.. Quick check out soon turned into a full drain and both elements replaced. A 3.5 yr old Rheem brand unit.
You guys know the story: My last Rheem heater in this house lasted 16 yrs. I do not remember replacing the elements in that heater, but my memory aint what it used to be.
I imagine most water heaters are the same cept for stickers on the outside
Spent the last three days replacing a thermocouple on a water heater for an 84 year old friend. Pilot won't stay
lit, probably the thermocouple right. Go get a new one and while removing ng the burner assembly to get at the thermocouple the 1/8" pilot tube snaps, the break away ferrule was stuck in the gas valve. (We needed an EZ Out to get it out) So, we spent the rest of the day chasing a pilot tube, nope, not gonna get one, one supply house says they can order one, OK, sounds good. No call from them the next day, we call them, they haven't heard from their supplier. My brother finds a pilot tube, pilot light, and igniter in a town 25 miles away, supposed to be for this water heater....nope, not even close...so, we call the 800 number on the tank, after 35 minutes someone answers the call. "Oh yeah, those ones have a bad gas valve, we'll send a new one, and a new pilot tube assembly overnight, for free! Put it in today, all is well.....the water heater was installed one year and five days ago...Richmond brand, made by Rheem.
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That's not that of an uncommon story anymore. It's become increasingly difficult to find something you can trust. Rheem has a good history but they do make stuff to someone else's specs. I'm glad you were fortunate enough to find someone to fix the problem. :)
I've spent the better part of the last 2 days watching the Engine Performance Expo online. This used to be an in person trade show like PRI. Because of covid, everyone that registered gets to see it. The video will be archived if you search for it. There was a big focus on modern equipment as well as practical knowledge. I'm fascinated by the modern equipment. There were some shots from Dart's block plant and Blueprint's new engine plane. Blueprint's plant looks like Amazon with robots moving parts to different machining stations. All of this makes me wish I would have spent the 2 decades after I quit racing being involved with engine development for a company that had "adequate" resources to do it right. It would be a toss up for me as to whether I found engine building or chassis fabrication more fulfilling. The newer tech available to chassis builders get's me excited also. If your goal in life is to always be better than yesterday, the possibilities increased at a tremendous rate with the inclusion of computer processing with most machinery. :)
KB I grew up in Windsor Ontario and went to high school with Gary St.Denis (we're still friends 60 years later) the founder of Dart Engineering. He started with a pair of ragged SBC heads and figured out how to make them better than stock in his dad's single car garage. And the rest of the story is somewhat history
I put a "Big Dog" air horn on my truck yesterday, after one of the puny horns gave out. That was fun. The trucks keep getting bigger, but have less room to work on them. Today, I had to drop the front bumper cover and grill off the Subaru Forester just to change a leaking windshield washer hose on the washer tank. And people ask why people like the old cars.
The 63 Galaxie washer pump didn't work last year, so I removed it easily with only two bolts holding it. I took it apart and repaired it and now it works fine. The washer bag hangs on the inner fender. Easy peasy.
I have the new air compressor in it's final position. There is a shelf above the location where I wanted it, and it lacked clearing by less than 1/4". So I modified the shelf a little and it fit right in. Then of course the required three trips to the hardware store to get the right fittings to plumb it in. I still have the drain to do, and I can start it up.
I just finished up The Engine Expo. Today was great. John Callies told the story of turning the Fiero into an Indy pace car. Pat Musi and John Kasse did segments. It was entertaining as well as informative. :)
I'm continuing a never ending effort to get rid of years of hoarded stuff. Today I was taking pictures of things to put on craigslist and noticed this logo on my grandfather's machinist's chest. It was made in enjenjo's hometown.
In the box is a 1917 edition of the Machinery's Handbook.
I've been doing the same...on my third "witch hunt"since this time last year. This one is clear out junk and the quest has been underway for about 3 weeks now. Ive reclaimed a lot of floor and shelf space and hope to be back to hot rod work soon. I've thrown out at least 6 drum liner bags of light stuff.
Quote from: "purplepickup"I'm continuing a never ending effort to get rid of years of hoarded stuff. Today I was taking pictures of things to put on craigslist and noticed this logo on my grandfather's machinist's chest. It was made in enjenjo's hometown.
In the box is a 1917 edition of the Machinery's Handbook.
Hang on to that machinery's handbook. It's still very useful. After all an inch is still divided into thousands. There are also a lot of useful formulas in there. The copy I have is from the 30s.
I know several members of the Pilliod family. There were actually two Pilliod companies in Swanton, The Pilliod Machine Company which was a descendent of A D Baker Company. It was renamed when one of the Pilliods married A D Bakers daughter and took over the company. Pilliod Cabinet Company was the other one. It started out as Pilliod Lumber but soon started making tool chests and similar items. It was bought out in 1994 by LADD Furniture Incorporated. It was sold twice more since then but the brand name is still in use for furniture similar to what Sauder makes, also a local company.
Pilliod machinist's chests are worth some money if they are in decent shape.
I pulled the check valve out of the compressor today. Guess what I found? No check valve. I suspected this was defected out of stock, and now I m sure of it. I have the check valve coming, it should be here Wednesday.
My copy of the Machinsts Handbook is copyrighted in 1942. It was given to me by my deceased friend, Howard who was cleaning out items left to him by his father. His dad was a machinsts at Walker AFB in WW2. I repeated the spelling from the cover. :) For those of you who are cleaning out, reality has something to do with this. We keep items looking for "some day" and realize that some day may not happen. I use the 3 year rule a lot because of lack of storage space. I've disposed of many usable items. It's painful for a short while. Than the useful space makes up for that. :) Being aware that much of that is not valuable to very many people will help make decisions. Since freight is so expensive, selling so much is impractical. My plan is to not leave a mess for some one else to clean up. :)
Same thing going on here, don't want to leave to big a mess for others.
I have some copies of the Machinsts Handbook, my oldest is 1941, I use these books often in the shop.
The older copies have information that has dropped out of the newer.
Finished this one this morning. 16" X 24", now have two motorcycle re commissions to do.
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I wish that M5 was in my back yard. That's really nice. :)
I spent the evening doing something I have not done in many years , machining titanium. A friend is building a 6cyl hemi for a willys jeep project and had some titanium valves laying around from WAY long ago . They are too long so I am shortening them and cutting a retainer groove in them . 11/32 stem so I am using a 3/8 collet with a bronze guide liner inside to hold them . I made a tailstock center adapter to hold the valve head centered while I machine the stem. HSS very slow , parting tool very sharp , Rapid tap ..lots, cutter right on center and do not let up on the cutting pressure. Got the intakes done tonight , the exhaust valves are a different length so I will have more stem to hold on to for them .The last time I cut titanium was in the 80's :lol:
Quote from: "kb426"For those of you who are cleaning out, reality has something to do with this. We keep items looking for "some day" and realize that some day may not happen. I use the 3 year rule a lot because of lack of storage space. I've disposed of many usable items. It's painful for a short while. Than the useful space makes up for that. :) Being aware that much of that is not valuable to very many people will help make decisions. Since freight is so expensive, selling so much is impractical. My plan is to not leave a mess for some one else to clean up. :)
I have been cleaning "out" stuff here n there for a few yrs. My wife says she sees the progress, I do not. This week : I sold off 4 transmission cores. 3 - thm350 and 1 - thm400 .... If I walk around the shop the empty space I gained? I do not see it. LOL
Over the weekend my water trap on my shop air lines sprung a leak. The O ring on the catch bottle had shrunk , plus corrosion had gotten into the groove for the O ring. I looked at it and was sure a C4 Ford forward drum inner O ring would likely fit. Problem was......? I had tossed out (cleaned) nearly all my extra transmission kit parts.
In the transmission bizness, you end up with extra parts kits, O rings here, there. You may open a kit to pull out 4 to 6 pieces, put the remainder in a box for backup when you may need one part, you rip a gasket or cut an O ring on installation.
Now I have none of those back up parts. Dammit :lol:
In Michigan doing a brake job in the driveway in January isn't normal. But that's what I did today. It got up to 46 degrees and sunny. Retracting the rear caliper pucks threw me off for a bit but youtube saved the day.
George, that really didn't sound like fun. :) I bought a cheap ebay caliper retractor kit last fall. All of the newer stuff I work on needs that. This used to be simpler. :)
Quote from: "kb426"George, that really didn't sound like fun. :) )
Actually I was saying that it was warm enough to do it. Not exactly fun but tolerable. January is usually much colder and snowy.
It was a reminder that I need to keep getting rid of stuff in my 3 car shop so I can work on a car in there. It's out of control :(D)
George, there seems to be something of a common thread about us downsizing. :)
I had the grandsons tear down a small engine yesterday. Fun project for all. I try to have stuff around for them to take apart and see what is inside. They are better at taking apart than putting back together.
Alls I need's a dumpster, to downsize. Unless one of you guys wants a couple 400 blocks and cranks and half dozen bad iron heads, long tail BOP TH400 core maybe too. Etc! Oh and a car with 400/400 also. Come and get it is all you gotta do. Free piles of old electronics if theres leftover cargo space! :)
I don't seem to be doing anything today. This week I put another five or seven minutes into a metal picture frame on a lunch break. Revisited a photo colorizing project last week and made progress. Tried drawing my 68 Malibu from memory and couldn't quite. Got to talking art with Mom yesterday and she gave me four art brushes she could do without. Showed me a painting I did dated 1973.:shock:
Looks as though next weekend may contain a 2 or 3 hour window of minimum 455-usin' temps. The two outdoor Pontiacs must glare at the garage door every day and resent me anew knowing the tiny space behind it is open. They probably think the indoor Pontiac gets all the love but thats wrong. Been a month easy since the GT ran. Might have had the loud one out once this year, she is weary and can be reluctant but having wintered in the same spot more than twenty times I suspect she may have evolved the ability to hibernate. No need to poke a stick into her den, I'll just scare up some car chases and crank the speakers for V8 ambience as sanity preservation. :arrow:
Just got in from the adjuster checking my roofs, all ugly. We had 75 mph winds the other night, LOTS of trees down and torn up roofs in town. I should get 2 roofs out of the deal, but possibly only one and a half.
the water trap re-installed in compressed air lines. The C4 O ring for the drum fit. Kind of a force fit. OK , I used a 3 pound hammer to slip the 2 parts together. So far no air leaks.
Also: yes, that is PVC pipe.. Schedule 40 pipe , 1/2 inch diameter on the left of the trap... On the right is 3/4 inch PVC pipe. The shop has 3/4 inch pipe around the perimeter at the floor.
Quote from: "Crosley"the water trap re-installed in compressed air lines. The C4 O ring for the drum fit. Kind of a force fit. OK , I used a 3 pound hammer to slip the 2 parts together. So far no air leaks.
Also: yes, that is PVC pipe.. Schedule 40 pipe , 1/2 inch diameter.
Well Tony I had the check valve come in, so I installed it and fired the compressor up. Worked fine, but the 2" to 3/4" bushing on the side of the tank leaked. Come to find out it was BSPT, and not NPT. So I went and bought another bushing, but all they had was 2" to 1" bushings, so I had to get a 1" to 3/4" bushing to finish the job. Reassembled and fired it up. Now the nipple was leaking. I dug up a used nipple. the hardware store was now closed, and installed it. Pumped it up again and the new valve was leaking. So I replaced that with a used valve from a cement mixer and no more leaks. At that point I noticed the drain valve had a tiny leak, and I was tired of messing with it so I moved on to something else.
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When I was young, I never had leaks on my plumbing. Now, I'm like Frank. :) Did we lose our touch?
Sirstude, after the hail storm of 2011, I put on a metal roof. I think a tornado will be the only reason I might have to replace it. My town might be 30% metal roofing now.
If your pipes and nipples are made in China, that's probably where your problem is. Before retiring in 2014, they were having problems at work.
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"If your pipes and nipples are made in China, that's probably where your problem is. Before retiring in 2014, they were having problems at work.
They were. The stuff I get local is US made.
I haven't seen US made steel pipe fittings in some time. The pvc parts I used for the yard last summer were all US made. I haven't checked the brass parts lately.
Frank: Quite the adventure you have in that air compressor
I drilled out some more of the dash knobs, the largest so far is 1/4".
I have to cut a hole in the dash to install the new radio. Sometime in the past someone filled that area of the dash, probably because some one enlarged the hole with an axe or similar tool. :shock: The dash is painted, and he doesn't want me to mess with it, and the new radio has a faceplate the covers that area. So I made a pattern out of 1/8" steel, covered the back with tape, and will bolt it to the dash with bolts through the knob holes. Then cut out for the faceplate through it. That way I shouldn't make any scars in the dash paint.
Machined the hinge pin out of a 46 chev door hinge for a co workers dad .
Help needed, I was going to use my bead roller with some step dies I picked up at an auction and they are a different size. Anyone able to make me two sleeves to go inside my dies?
The shafts on my bead roller are .785 dia and the inside of the dies I want to use are .860.
The shaft has keyways so I will remove the key, while the dies are smooth with a setscrew.
Will pay in beer, whiskey, cash or chocolate (Vickie requires Chocolate). :D
Dave , a piece of 7/8" .058 wall tubing would be a good start for this. I don't know that I have any left. I'll look and see if I can help you.
Thanks KB.
Dave, If for some reason this falls through, I can do it.
Finished this commission for a local guy today, he's an airbrush artist! 16" X 24"
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Nice.
Quote from: "phat46"Finished this commission for a local guy today, he's an airbrush artist! 16" X 24"
Very nice. );b(
Dave, all my rolls are 1.5" long. Is that what you need? This will be tomorrows job. Pm me an address.
Listening to a co-worker thursday as he B'd & Moaned about things in his life. He wants to change directions in his job - career path.
He is 50 yr old and does not want to be building transmissions when he is 55 years old... as I stand there at 67 yrs old and retired once in March 2020 only to return in July 2020 for 90 - 120 days. That was 6 months ago. :lol:
I told him his path was his choice and it was not always easy to change directions.
I retired late 2014 after 40 years and 2 days. I'd had enough, and don't work for anyone now. It's a very good feeling, Tony.
Dave, I made 1 long spacer that you can cut to length.
This is what blind guys need to do machine work. Every time I use the dro, I just smile. I wish I would have purchased them years before. They used to be a lot of money, then. :)
Sold some equipment today. Craigs List. My first ad was not online for more that 8 minutes and a spam text message came in. Bad English grammar, New York area code phone number and all.
I had a clothes washer I set at the street and placed a ''phree, come and get it" ad on Craigs List. Emails came in asking various questions. "does it work?" " Will you deliver?" "Will you hold it for me?" Answer was no to all of them. About 1.5 hours and it was gone.
young fellow bought my steam cleaner. He is a welder (looked like it).. he buys old equipment and refurbish them for himself or sale. He asked if I had any other equipment for sale. So: I showed him the inside of my shop and gave him prices on items from my lathe, 16 inch disc sander to air compressor. His eyes were very large and told me he would call me saturday. I guess we will see.
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"I retired late 2014 after 40 years and 2 days. I'd had enough, and don't work for anyone now. It's a very good feeling, Tony.
I knew (my wife knew too) when I retired last year and she was 15 months from retirement that I would get bored , yet had 35 things that needed done , finished or started then finished.
Friend of mine does not understand why I am not in the shop 18 hours a day working the project cars... it is simple.
He spent decades managing tire - wheel warehouses or tire shops selling stuff. Sitting mostly at a desk on a phone or 2... I spent the same decades turning wrenches on vehicles of some shape or size. Cars to medium duty trucks, some small engine powered equipment, transmissions. The last thing I want to see some days when I come home is another car to work on.
I tried to bury one of my parts cars. :D I guess I needed a deeper hole.
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He's not to cadillac ranch, yet. :)
Finished another commission today, 16" X 24". Ths one was a fan one, not too many struggles.
I took the block I was putting a deck plate in to a machine shop to have it decked last Thursday. They thought it may be done this afternoon. I am anxiously waiting for their phone call. I'm a pessimist. I'm betting it will be several days before I hear from them
Quote from: "phat46"Finished another commission today, 16" X 24". Ths one was a fan one, not too many struggles.
Looks great! :D Thanks for the inspiration you provide.
After 21 years, I have my 69GP trained. Yesterday it needed brake, steering, and trans fluid. And gas. But all at the same time. Atta girl. She went flawlessly though. Chirping second all over town and saw redline and everything. Used her enough to run the rust off the pulleys. Boy I needed that. Strong medicine! Did not bother the GTP all weekend, had outings in the cheerful but lonesome GT. Meanwhile, the fix list does grow on the 'P. I just about need to do a mini-resto on it.
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I tried to bury one of my parts cars. :D I guess I needed a deeper hole.
LOL, up a my deer camp, in the U.P., there was an old farm by camp that had tons of old cars, trucks, tractors, etc. on it. Out behind an old Kaiser the was the back corner of a 49-51 Ford sticking out to of the ground, exactly like that picture, I always wondered how much car was attached to it. 😄 I couldn't budge it.
Quote from: "phat46"Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I tried to bury one of my parts cars. :D I guess I needed a deeper hole.
LOL, up a my deer camp, in the U.P., there was an old farm by camp that had tons of old cars, trucks, tractors, etc. on it. Out behind an old Kaiser the was the back corner of a 49-51 Ford sticking out to of the ground, exactly like that picture, I always wondered how much car was attached to it. 😄 I couldn't budge it.
Years ago my grandfather had a place just south of Atlanta Mi. It was all dirt roads to get to it. There was a farm on that road that had three 36 Fords in the yard. A two door sedan, a four door sedan, and under a lean-to a Cabriolet. All three appeared to be in running condition. There was usually an old couple sitting on the porch and we would wave as we went by. After some time it appeared that the old couple died, and the cars were still there but the tires were flat and some of the glass was broken.
Those cars were there from the late 50s to well into the 80s. Every time you went by more and more small parts were missing. The cabriolet was the first to go missing, the two door next, and eventually they were all gone.
That was about a half mile from my grandpa's place. On the back of his property I found a Complete Model A sedan completely disassembled down to the last nut and bolt. All that was missing was every fastener on the car. :shock: I dragged all the pieces home, and parted it out.
We had to hand carry all of it out to the road by hand. Me, my brothers, and my uncles, it took us the better part of a day. Brought it home in my uncles 18 wheeler.
In my part of the world, I used to find partially buried bodies left over from the dirt storms of the early 50's. Most had plenty of other damage. With the land becoming more valuable to farm, those are all gone. Just another part of our history that I doubt will repeat itself. :)
Used to be so many old cars in the U.P. On the old farm by our deer camp there was literally piles of them, one pile, as near as I could tell, was at least seven late '40's - early 50's Buicks, I got tail lights off one piece, they were all cut into pieces. That same pile had a '46 - '48 Ford sedan body, and a big truck cab. They cleaned out the place about ten years ago and hauled 53 semis of "scrap". That didn't count the tractors, they were all bought by a collector from WI. including a few steel wheelers and a Fordson. A barn on the property had the biggest lathe I have ever seen, the bed was about ten feet! That barn also had several milling machines, a forge, lathes, etc, all scrapped.
The first time I went to the UP was in 59. When you drove down a road you would see a line of cars in the driveway. One from the 20s, behind it one from the 30s, then a 39 Ford, a 49 Ford, and a new Ford they were driving. Every farm was like this.
There's an old wrecking yard north east of London On. that's been there for, at the very least, 80 years. He must not have liked the early 50's Chevs., his fence is made from 50 to 52 Chevs with their noses dug into the ground. It used to be a great source of cars and parts IF you could get him to sell you anything.
Young guy that bought my steam cleaner called me... He and his buddies came out sunday morning and bought many pieces of my shop equipment. It was a difficult moment for me , yet a new chapter of my life is about to start.
They are setting up a fab shop.. Car stuff and other fab work. Something they hope to grow into a full time gig. I hope they do well.
I get upset with some of the vendors on Ebay. They give you a date you will receive the parcel, and then wait to the day before to ship it. Then they try to blame it on the USPS, or FedX or UPS. sorry fellas it doesn't work that way.
Tony, I understand what you just said. You are about to get a new life that may or may not be a good fit. When I have thought about relocating, the possibilities of not having tools and equipment is always part of the equation. I have become so dependent on being productive that I want to continue that part as long as possible. Frank, I have the same exp. on ebay. The real pita has been the people that are using amazon to do their work. If that is the case, I never use them again. This isn't pc so regard it as such: the Chinese sellers are all using warehouses on the coasts. You get your stuff when you get it. They list locations all over the US but when you see the label, you know it came from one of about a half dozen locations. They have nothing to do with shipping or packaging. Should they receive equal feedback from the person that does it all????
Quote from: "kb426"Tony, I understand what you just said. You are about to get a new life that may or may not be a good fit. When I have thought about relocating, the possibilities of not having tools and equipment is always part of the equation. I have become so dependent on being productive that I want to continue that part as long as possible.
Frank, I have the same exp. on ebay. The real pita has been the people that are using amazon to do their work. If that is the case, I never use them again. This isn't pc so regard it as such: the Chinese sellers are all using warehouses on the coasts. You get your stuff when you get it. They list locations all over the US but when you see the label, you know it came from one of about a half dozen locations. They have nothing to do with shipping or packaging. Should they receive equal feedback from the person that does it all????
Oh yes: I think I spend more time checking a vendor out on eBay to see who , what , where they are , than anything else now.
Also as a buyer : I do not provide feedback till I receive it. If the seller can not leave feedback first, usually no feedback is applied from either of us.
I received a package last week that was from a Vendor listed as in Florence KY. The package was sent China Post. :shock:
Laying on my side..trying to dig..with my hands..UNDER a later model Dodge minivan..through packed in snow :lol:
Yes..it is -20C..blowing snow. About 1' of snow each day for days now.. I have ONE lol..of my big suits on. Yep..the snow is packed up quite a bit higher than the air dam :lol:
Just WHAT :?: can I even FIND to hook on to pull this thing out. This model should come with J hooks..or whatever recovery hook works :roll:
My,my,my just what kind of vehicles/life have we made :roll: The guy who comes with his big tractor to blow our lane..he knows shi*. He can drive tractors/equipment..fix stuff..spends a lot of time at the local garage..fixing stuff. He comes..as this mini van is stuck in our lane. He has NO idea what to hook on to. Oh..this is NOT good..if HE doesn't know..
His dad and another neighbour have given up on trying to pull stuck newer vehicles..
2 guys here who work around farms. 3 of us and my better half.Sure..start to pull and I will be the guy who jumps on the tow chain to change the angle of pull..so it does not rip off the front 99% of this vehicle..plastic and tin underneath..
Got it out no damage.
I am GRATEFUL to still have the health AND Sanity to do this..
Arnold, I agree with your statement. Several years ago, the Nissan Altima had a square place on the front bumper. It was a removable plastic panel that covered a tow hook. Some of my wife's cars have had a single round hole in the front crossmember that you might have gotten a portion of a hook in. I have cautioned her about where she goes that might not end well. :)
I've spent numerous hours reading the manual and watching teaching videos to learn Freecad. If I had a memory, it would go faster. :) It's been at least 2 or 3 decades since I used any cad. They were basic programs. I'm amazed at what Freecad can do. It's open source freeware based on Python programming. What I know of Python will fit in a real small thimble. :) There was a young man that used to come to coffee sometimes who had been up all night doing programming for a company in Germany. He used Python. I have no intention of doing any programming. I will be using this to design the chassis for the F6. I don't know that it will be better than mechanical drafting but doing scenarios sure will be quicker and with accurate measurement of distance and angles. Every so often, I would have to stop and give my eyes a rest. I will probably watch one of the videos again before thinking I can remember all of the functions. I'm excited to get to use this.
Quote from: "kb426"Arnold, I agree with your statement. Several years ago, the Nissan Altima had a square place on the front bumper. It was a removable plastic panel that covered a tow hook. Some of my wife's cars have had a single round hole in the front crossmember that you might have gotten a portion of a hook in. I have cautioned her about where she goes that might not end well. :)
Kb..oh this topic came up today..amongst others who knew a fair bit about it. Seems that for a while more manufacturers started doing this..then some started..some others stopped. The most experienced said that the only way to tell what was behind the plastic plug..was to take it out and see. I have had cars with the plastic plugs..and behind them nothing. Reminds me of seeing a pretty new truck and noticing how far in the tow hook was on the front. NO regular.normal size hook etc was ever gonna go over this. Looked like the ONLY way to use those hooks was to loop a piece of thin cable there somehow. CLEARLY the manufacturer of this truck did not EVER intend on these things being used. I have neighbour who has an awd Jag..in his Jag collection. The tow ring is a thing of beauty! BEAUTIFUL..comes in it's own beautiful bag. Has a threaded part that screws into EACH corner of the vehicle after you take the caps out. He is a good man..he PROUDLY states that it has been used on EVERY corner of his Jag..
Speaking of these things and factory tow hooks..not long ago I read an article and talked to my garage owner buddy about people
doing extensive damage to their vehicles by using what they THOUGHT were tow hooks..well..they are really. NO..they are hooks put there by the manufacturer for one reason. ONE. For securing the cars to the loading levels on rail car carriers.
I have had lots of vehicles with the single round hole in the front crossmember. Some like my 1994 GM 1 ton van..oh my..the meat around this hole..wow..WOW. This ain't never gonna fail..Other vehicles..ya..um..no..(even larger vehicles) the crossmember looked just too thin..weak..this was just going to be a bad idea pulling here. I had a truck with a factory skid plate..ya..the hole was there..tempting. The hole was there because that was pretty much the only way to drain the transfer case.
Quote from: "kb426"Tony, I understand what you just said. You are about to get a new life that may or may not be a good fit. When I have thought about relocating, the possibilities of not having tools and equipment is always part of the equation. I have become so dependent on being productive that I want to continue that part as long as possible.
Yes, I need to keep busy. I hear most RV type vehicles need upkeep - repairs on a regular basis. I do not think my passion for working on or building cars is gone , it is just tired and needs a rest.
My wife has always helped me , supported me on the car hobby deal. Now she want to wander about the country for 1 year or so. I figure I owe her that.
We are not sure what or where we want to setup the next home location. We still own the 2 acres up near Show Low AZ .. That is paid for, utilities are to the property line. Only property taxes come due 1 time a year.
My wife thinks a Toy hauler type trailer does 2 things. After we sell this house it gives us a place to live as we travel and figure out where to set down roots again. It also gives us a place to store & carry the motorcycle. We enjoy the motorcycle together. She has ridden with me since she was 15 yr old and I was 17... The last few years we have not been able to get out on the cycle as much as we would like.
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If you get a toy hauler, make sure the brand has a good warrantee policy. My son and his wife bought one and had a terrible time getting warrantee repairs done.
Quote from: "enjenjo"If you get a toy hauler, make sure the brand has a good warrantee policy. My son and his wife bought one and had a terrible time getting warrantee repairs done.
We are not buying a new toy hauler. No warranty likely. From what I have read it is an industry standard for RV warranty problems.
I have noticed on some trailer reviews (you tube) the units may be listed as full time use warranty.. When I quiz these sales people on how the manufacturer would know an RV has been used full time or too often to deny a claim. I receive a "sales persons" answer: "I have never seen a claim denied for over use of a RV". Does the manufacturer have a flush counter on the toilet or what?
It was a Grand Three. Daily got an oil change. :)
Oop, there was another thing I did yesterday perhaps worthy of mention, I am excited about anyway... scored some acrylic paints, brushes, and canvas panels. ~:)
All cheap crap, of course. So look out! :shock:
Naw, :lol: this might be as much fun for me as fixing up your cars is for you guys. Before today runs out, I'll wet a brush. As usual, the first stroke is the toughest one. Looking forward to seeing if the ol noggin file system kept any technique notes once I get going. :arrow:
I was thinking maybe I should start off looking at and going from but not tracing, a photo. For cars anyway, at some point.
Sure was good taking a rip-snort offa the 455 yesterday. A shot of gosh-honest willing retro survivor V8 joy goes such a long way these days. :D I hope you all get a warm snap now and then, enough to get your own version of that ah. :)
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Oop, there was another thing I did yesterday perhaps worthy of mention, I am excited about anyway... scored some acrylic paints, brushes, and canvas panels. ~:)
All cheap crap, of course. So look out! :shock:
Naw, :lol: this might be as much fun for me as fixing up your cars is for you guys. Before today runs out, I'll wet a brush. As usual, the first stroke is the toughest one. Looking forward to seeing if the ol noggin file system kept any technique notes once I get going. :arrow:
I was thinking maybe I should start off looking at and going from but not tracing, a photo. For cars anyway, at some point.
Sure was good taking a rip-snort offa the 455 yesterday. A shot of gosh-honest willing retro survivor V8 joy goes such a long way these days. :D I hope you all get a warm snap now and then, enough to get your own version of that ah. :)
Go for it! It is indeed as much fun for me as doing the real thing, plus warmer! I have a project in the shop I'm dying to get to, but meanwhile the painting scratches the hot rod itch for me. I also do boats, we have a lot around here. This is a commission for a local guy I finished today. Looking forward to seeing your brush work. 🙂
Phat you are a talented man !
Sure is! :)
I didn't allow enough time to try much but it was enough to remind me of my thoughts on it. Which are I will probably have to learn using it opaque, no washes. Which is what I think I see on Phat's. I'll have to study those more closely. My only other observation was that I didn't buy good stuff. The main adjustment will be working opaque. Done it before but rarely and not with anything very colorful. It definitely takes a different plan to start. I may get flustrated before anything proud comes out. Time will tell.
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Sure is! :)
I didn't allow enough time to try much but it was enough to remind me of my thoughts on it. Which are I will probably have to learn using it opaque, no washes. Which is what I think I see on Phat's. I'll have to study those more closely. My only other observation was that I didn't buy good stuff. The main adjustment will be working opaque. Done it before but rarely and not with anything very colorful. It definitely takes a different plan to start. I may get flustrated before anything proud comes out. Time will tell.
I mostly do opaque work, but using washes is a great technique for certain effects, like "patina" on a car. I have used up to seven layers to achieve a certain look. Quality paint does make a difference, I bought some heavy body acrylics and had to make adjustments for them compared to the regular Hobby Lobby stuff. I recently bought a tube of cheap paint at Walmart just to see how it was, it actually isn't bad, but I wonder about the color fastness, time will tell.
Phat46, you are turning out work at a good pace. When you were young, would you have been better or worse? I was pretty creative when I was young but a lot of what I thought about wouldn't have turned out very good. Lack of sophistication comes to mind as a simple explanation. :)
Quote from: "kb426"Phat46, you are turning out work at a good pace. When you were young, would you have been better or worse? I was pretty creative when I was young but a lot of what I thought about wouldn't have turned out very good. Lack of sophistication comes to mind as a simple explanation. :)
When I was young I drew cars incessantly, usually in school when I should have been paying attention. I kept that up for a while even when I was out of school too, but then family and life were more important. I occasionally run across an old drawing and see the date on it and think, "hey, you were pretty good!" 😃 I didn't pick up a brush till about ten years ago and did the Bob Ross thing, but no cars. Then switched to acrylic paint and cars and found my niche. I really regret not painting when I was much younger, I am still learning and wonder how it would be with fifty years experience behind me.
Many a ballpoint masterpiece was done on notebook paper. :wink:
My Dad's brother was a pro artist straight out of the gate and into ripe old age, starting with bread n butter hospital literature and ending having done portraits as a specialty, ducks with oils for pleasure because he had a pond to sit by after retirement age, then illustrations for a wonderful children's book rounded out a life full of just art. It can be done. My point is that his son passed at around 30 years of age. Rare conditions got them both but, my cousin never pursued anything but his father's footsteps and by the time he died, he was every bit the portrait artist his Dad ever was.
Me, I did the school and tried for the career but every step of the way circumstances kept yanking the rug out from under that direction. So all that just went on hold like putting an old car in a storage unit once I realized mind wasn't enough. Young ones have body to spare and ought to use it, so I pulled up stakes and plunked down in another state where a friend was and answered an ad for paint delivery boy. Cars were passion #2.
Over the years I scribbled cards or cartoons and once every so often I'd watercolor a car to be sure I still could. This art push is like a time capsule to me. Now, I do this partly because I've about used up my hands and want to preserve art ability. An ol bodyman came by the other day, told me he has lost feeling in his hands. Still has their use, just no feel. Shot. That there is a bad kind of thing, where you suffer but nobody can tell or believe. Enormous mental burden there. I don't want that, leastwise before I have given the art pedal a good romp. :)
Thats gonna take awhile with a full time job. :)
My wife and I hit a couple antique malls today, and in one I found two '58 Chevy dog dish hubcaps in pretty good condition, for $10 each. BUT...they each had a nail hole in them to mount on the wall. The Rambler dog dish next to them was the same. What kind of person does this? I hang mine on a nail or screw that catches the lip on the backside. And, I have a wall full of old license plates that are mounted through the mounting holes with screws.
I mean, you know, after I die, there MIGHT be someone still collecting plates, and I wouldn't want that person to have to deal with extra holes in the plates. Geez...
Oh, and I didn't buy them, and told them why.
Count this as a PSA. I went to the CVS pharmacy today to pick up a prescription refill. MY cost was $192. What?! We had switched this prescription from the Kroger Pharmacy. Well, we pulled out our GoodRX card, looked it up on the phone, and the cost dropped to $74. It would've been $48 at Kroger, but that place is a lot further away. It pays to get a GoodRX card, and it works at most places. Once in a while, they aren't the cheapest, but most times they are.
I really don't understand the discrepancy in prices at these places. We've never been refused the GoodRx price anywhere that we've used it. Want to save some money? Look into it yourself.
Disclaimer: I don't have any stock in this company that I know of, just putting it out there.
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"Count this as a PSA. I went to the CVS pharmacy today to pick up a prescription refill. MY cost was $192. What?! We had switched this prescription from the Kroger Pharmacy. Well, we pulled out our GoodRX card, looked it up on the phone, and the cost dropped to $74. It would've been $48 at Kroger, but that place is a lot further away. It pays to get a GoodRX card, and it works at most places. Once in a while, they aren't the cheapest, but most times they are.
I really don't understand the discrepancy in prices at these places. We've never been refused the GoodRx price anywhere that we've used it. Want to save some money? Look into it yourself.
Disclaimer: I don't have any stock in this company that I know of, just putting it out there.
The Good Rx actually works. I have the Kroger plan and some meds are free. Their plan doesn't cover everything though, but recently I went there for a script and it was $220! Pulled out my phone got on the Good Rx site, got their "coupon" it said $14... when the gall rang it up it showed $7... how. is that possible?
Phat Ill bet you ran out of the pharmacy saying "start the car , start the car!"( do you remember that ad ?) :lol:
My GoodRX card came in the mail today. :D
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I bookmarked their website. I don't need it now but you never know what the future might hold. :)
I have 100% coverage from my job . :D got it in place of a pay raise many years ago .
It got up to 72 degrees today. We have another cold front coming in. :) I worked outside in the afternoon. I made a trip to the county landfill to get rid of some stuff rather than wait for spring cleanup in a few months. The scale ticket said the 2000 Dakota which had a full tank of fuel weighed 3920. I hadn't thought about what it should weight. I know that the 32 and the 51 weighed right at 3350. Useless trivia. :)
Started repairing the door bottoms on my T today . Patch panels are not accurate :shock: . The inside lower panels were an optimistic interpretation totally missing the 1/8" shoulder at the bottom (snyders panel ) and the outer lower panels have a flat reveal with a 45 degree bevel rather than a rounded reveal with a tight round curve ( howells panel ). I will have to leave the last 2 or so inches from the reveal not welded when I try to beat a curve into the 45 angle at the inside of the reveal . The panel is low in those spots at the bottom of the bevel so trying to get the curve will likely raise them closer to the original panel . This is the last bit of rust repair on the car :D
C.K., is it time to build a set of dies for a bead roller to do what you need?
I did this instead , thinking I would save some time and get the project rolling instead of always getting side tracked with building the tooling to make the part. Its ok, an experienced tin basher would fix this with out too much trouble . I will take it slow and maybe learn something new. Frustrating thing is that I bought the inner door patches because I didnt want the hassle of making a multi stepped die set and the patches I bought omitted the 1/8" step /shoulder I was fussing about .
Is this step something that can be bent on a brake and then curved by shrinking the foldover flange?
I think what you call reveal, I call a bead. :? So the radius or lack thereof on the face of the bead on the door skin does not match cowl and / or quarter? And then a seperate issue with an absent contour on the door shell? I don't know the first thing about a Model T. :oops: I tried the R.O.P.E. method for that (Relies On Plastic Exclusively) with the A but it doesn't work unless one personally carves the filler to shape and blend. What I got was no we can only work with already perfect so the line stays wrong. :roll:
You guys can probably "tell"...Temperature dropped a good 20-30 degrees this morning and wind picked up by that much, my left thumb is not only useless but also delivering sharp pain each minute but can't wear the brace and work and the only alternative to work is death... and I am about to build a late model 4x4 in the paint booth so it can go home today.... and spent the entire morning trying to get a one foot square to look straight so's I can weld it. Boss says we have all these vehicles coming in so first thing I did was spend an hour getting my current task and all parts related to the job packed into my stall only. First thing then was bang a kneecap because of all the stuff around. Last thing I did before lunch was ping bottom corner of left thumbnail with sharp corner of light slapping spoon. Cuss, put stuff and bandaid plus waterproof tape then ice cube on that and wrap with blue towel and tape. It smarts.
Etc. I'm a fine mess, eh? Yesterday, placed hand on hot weld and got nice second degree blister inside index finger. Left of course. The build task is a bazillion stacked shims under tiny bolts and a gajillion push clips that take a thumb to engage.
Painter asked hows the world treating you, which is strange in itself... and I said its an anti-Matt-er. :-o Typical IDJ.
I went out this morning to take the 78 to go walk at the civic center. The drivers door didn't open We had a skiff of snow but there was no way it was froze. I walked around to the right side and it opened properly. This afternoon I ran it in the shop thinking I might be able to adjust it. Not enough travel. I removed the handle and drilled the tab that hits the rod and tapped it and installed a set screw. The set screw is loctited so I think it will be good for a while. Another example of repro parts. :)
Today I helped push a cool Pontiac into the stall next to mine at work. Betting I won't lift a finger on the job because its not an F truck but its a 68 according to me with two pedals and a stock 400 with head castings from around then. There was no opportunity to get a picture with coworkers swarming it.
I had a thread about BO at work when it was warm last. The stinker's wife caught the crap so he is missing another quarantine period. Today I had broom guy toss out the half eaten and now far past ripe... something he left in the little refrigerator we use. So each time all week that I have gone to refresh my cool beverage, the fridge is head high on a shelf so I get the nasty funk waft in face and lingering on sandwich bag. So I been getting "got" by his stink even in his absence.
Thats all my ranty crap for the day. :lol: :roll: I got to work on the f250 in the stall in front of the booth instead of actual booth. Between the drafty door and booth intake. It ran almost the entire day. ;) Now to unwrap that thumb and look forward to Friday. :)
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The gift that keeps on giving. :) I find that when I get a smell in my system, it stays long after it should. Maybe there should be a sign on the fridge: open with caution.
Yes IDJ the bead as you call it is not the same . This repair panel I put in 4" from the bottom of the door so at least it is on a section of the door that is curving back inward toward the bottom so in my thinking will be easier to hide my lack of skill . Also my 1/4 panel repair is seamed at the same level so any creative pudding work I do can be matched all the way down that side of the car. :lol: The bead is about the same width as the original part of the door so if need be I can sculpt a radius tool to match the original contour and sculpt the pudding to match . It would not be more than 1/16 thick at the centre if I go that way. The bead along the bottom of the door is wrong compared to the other side but since it is the only horizontal bead on that side of the car it will only look wrong if you run around to the other side to compare . I can live with that , I just have to accept that I will never win the riddler award :shock: I will be happy to have a rust free car with decent paint one day . This thing will likely get its share of road rash anyhow and knowing it was never perfect will make that easier to accept. :lol: It feels good to finally be able to get back to working on the car again. I have been looking after a pit bull/mastif puppy ( 9 months @ 80 lbs) for the last 2 months and could not leave home to work on the car . Puppy is now re homed to a nice location and I am able to get out.
Some of those orange biohazard bags from the hospital would be good for the fridge. BTW, the new work music arrangement sucks hard too. Everybody hired in the last few years uses constant earbuds and ignores everything. I take my bluetooth speaker and put it at arm's length from where I am working and keep volume so low as to not be enjoyable or irritating to a person two arms away. Not much help. Charging five devices each weeknight with two chargers is a circus and the shop is depressing to be in. Be that as it may...
CK you have the right idea all the way around. And man! Yeah it must be a great feeling to be where you are at with it. Plan sounds good by me. :)
The ice on thumb at lunch did the trick, lessened the badness of the slap whack. :)
Oh. I was gonna also put a Mastiff puppy comment. Mike has had his um Irish (? its grey, little white on chest) one to the shop a couple times. Barely knee high yet so I made sure to greet her in a polite tone with a slow hand. A sweetie, for now! :wink: I happened to read about the wolf hound recently, the tallest dog and a sighthound instead of scenthound. Wow, now theres a hungry dog. :shock:
I read this today: https://www.streetmusclemag.com/news/iconic-automotive-company-edelbrock-shutters-so-cal-headquarters/
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Sure is! :)
I didn't allow enough time to try much but it was enough to remind me of my thoughts on it. Which are I will probably have to learn using it opaque, no washes. Which is what I think I see on Phat's. I'll have to study those more closely. My only other observation was that I didn't buy good stuff. The main adjustment will be working opaque. Done it before but rarely and not with anything very colorful. It definitely takes a different plan to start. I may get flustrated before anything proud comes out. Time will tell.
We were talking the other day about painting opaque and using washes. Like I said I use washes, usually over opaque bases. Here is an example, this is underpainted, with several washes added to get the aged effect. I also use a technique called dry brush scrubbing for effect. The tailgate here has at least four washes, the side at least three, plus dry brushing. I will need to put a wash over everything to flatten the color when I am happy with it, usually a thin grey will work. When I do glass I usually do a couple washes then opaque highlights for reflection. When this is finished most of the interior we see here will mostly disappear under a wash. This is going to be a Winter scene, notice snow on the barn, so much of the cars, there are five in this painting, will be covered, but they have to be painted first.
I'm ready for a summer painting with sunshine, green grass and no sign of cold. :)
I welded the patch panel on today . A little off dolly work to fix it up between tacks and it is looking pretty good. I stopped for the night and will get back to it on monday when I can get back in the shop. I need to grind down the tacks and then finish the places that didnt get a tack. Just have to remember to grind slow . Last time I did this stuff it was good after welding but puckered in after grinding :shock: I still have to make 1 hood side and weld the louver panels into them. I also have to make a 1 pc hood top , but I have a couple original hoods to get a basic pattern from . I am thinking I may make the hood top out of aluminum as it seems easier to shape . Any opinions out there as to steel vs aluminum for the hood??? I have no experience with either
Installed a couple new garage door openers. A new radio controller installed on my driveway rolling gate... Learned a bit about 315mhz and 390mhz on them. Also about security code changes made in 2005 ( I think)... I found some universal remotes from Chamberlin and they can be programmed to operate on both frequencies .
I replaced the GDO on "my" side of the garage a couple years ago with a Chamberlain chain drive. Last year, I replaced the GDO on "her" side with a Chamberlain belt drive. Wow! What a difference. You can hardly hear her door opening it's so quiet. Wish I'd gotten a belt drive for the other one.
C.K. if you have access to a sheet metal roller, either can be done without to much grief. I notice there has been videos pop up about what is supposed to be a copy of Winfields pipe roller. That can be made by scrap pipe in short order. Because you have angles rather than straight dimensions, I would get thick cardboard and try to make a pattern from it before trying anything. Decades ago I had metal clamped in the sheet metal brake. 2 of us held a piece of 4" pipe against the top clamp and but the metal around it. I made a roll pan that way. The alum. you choose to start out with will determine your success. Years ago, dragster bodies were built out of 3003 h 17 temper. I used 5050 h36 but it was harder to work with. If you could find 3003 in 1/16 thickness, that might be pretty good. The thickest body I ever built was .050" thick. I don't know what to think about dent resistance. Sorry I'm not more help.
KB I am not worried about equipment , brake, shear ,sheet roller , english wheel, planishing hammer, bead roller , shrinker stretcher , all at my disposal (it will be tough to retire from here one day). I made a 1 pc dragster body for my FED from engine to nose piece out of aluminum years ago but I had a lot of 'artistic freedom' on that one . This hood has to fit with other parts so probably more of a challenge. I never really thought about it but the aluminum could be easier to dent after its on the car. Steel would be easier to weld to for hood hinges and bracing as well . I am still quite a way from making the hood as I have never had the rad shell ,fenders and hood sides mounted all together yet. I used to make some pretty nice tapered round rolled transmission tunnels years ago so I guess ill just have to play around until I get it .
When all else (other ideas) fails, fall back to bumping it in the brake. As far as alumnium, metal shapers prefer it.
Is the whole bimetal corrosion with unlike metals no longer reality? I don't believe I have seen aluminum bolts yet.
Rolled my compressor out to the street yesterday, GT's leaker finally looked down. What with the cold I reckon. Sneaked in a shot of 455 activity too after some visiting. Nowhere near enough ever but always better'n nuthin. On both them things.
Phat46 I appreciate the showing of your example and the advice on top. Mom pointed out an inherited box of craft paints and such, and I left with another handful of brushes, a few secondhand canvas panels the size you use, and some retarder which may help me getting started. I managed to revitalize a near dried out half jug of gesso without too much hand hurt, then applied some and thats dry now. I must say this kind of painting seems like maximum fuss and mess, so pencils will stay sharp and pens occasionally wet. And theres a nice juicy brand new set of watercolor cakes itching to get tried. Mixing quick gratifying works in along with more laborious ones is probably best. Just lazy, not in the mood but starting ought to take care of that.
Got some unexpected shop time today and welded up the rest of the door patch . I think it went well. I will need to do a bunch of panel beating yet but the problems are in the centre of the door not near the patch . I think I can match the bead pretty close by using a flat chisel and beating the patch panel close enough for a skim of pudding at the bottom . When I folded the edges over , one side moved in a little narrower than the original door but a bit of mig and grinder should fix it ok . I have a rather bent up door on the passenger side where the door goes in to the bottom of the window . If I can get a hammer in there that will be tomorrows job . It feels good knowing I have now got all the rusted out areas repaired :D
Quote from: phat46QuoteLooking forward to seeing your brush work. 🙂
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Quote from: idrivejunkQuote from: "phat46"QuoteLooking forward to seeing your brush work. 🙂
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Looking good! Spent about threee hours today on mine.
Saw this on FB and one of our prominent figures/leaders came to mind. :D :D
Cool concept. I like the manly color :D
Quote from: "416Ford"Saw this on FB and one of our prominent figures/leaders came to mind. :D :D
Man could you just dig the kool sound of 6 doors opening and closing in sequence!!! 8)
Quote from: "enjenjo"Cool concept. I like the manly color :D
Even more so if the colors were reversed. :wink: :idea: ~:) :-}
Quote from: phat46Quote from: "idrivejunk"Quote from: "phat46"QuoteLooking forward to seeing your brush work. 🙂
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Looking good! Spent about threee hours today on mine.
Thanks, I did same. Might have found something I'm slower at than bodywork. :shock:
Pearl effect is going to be a challenge but I think the colors will do it. What is tripping me up is needing to transfer the sketch lines again after a layer. Part of working opaque I reckon but wish I had a better way. I honestly don't know why I always choose to work small but this piece is 4.5 x 6". Probably an impatience / frugality thing, but it sure don't help much. :?
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Quote from: "idrivejunk"Quote from: "enjenjo"Cool concept. I like the manly color :D
Even more so if the colors were reversed. :wink: :idea: ~:) :-}
Pink tires with a black body? That would just look silly. :roll:
Needs more metalflake!
shop time tonight . Got the louvers welded into one hood side . The panel itself has a twist that when you lay it flat , will spring one corner up :x . The louvers went in nice w/no warping this time. Just have to figure out how to take out the spring in the panel.
Our area had black ice today, bad enough boss said don't bother coming in. (I broke my trans on black ice a year ago this week)
Yes I hear the groans :roll: from up north. :)
I put it to good use, learned a lot from the chair. :D
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Our area had black ice today, bad enough boss said don't bother coming in. (I broke my trans on black ice a year ago this week)
Yes I hear the groans :roll: from up north. :)
I put it to good use, learned a lot from the chair. :D
That looks really good, especially if you're rusty!
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That looks really good, especially if you're rusty!
Thanks! :) Yeah, 1987ish.
Waiting for it to warm up so I can get back to being productive again. I filed income taxes today. That was the only item checked off the list. I suck and I know it. :)
shop time today. I made a hood side and cut it out to weld in the louvers . no warping . Then i started tacking in the louvers and after the second set of tacks I started to get a spring in the panel so I stopped for the night. I may just make a rectangle of 1/8 x 1 flat bar and weld it to the back of the panel to keep it flat and see how it works . The other panel has a spring in it too so I likely will try it there first as that one is fully welded already.
It was -1 here this morning. We received around 2" of fluff. I put on some real good motorcycle gear and went out and cleaned a few driveways. That's my exercise for the day.
I think we made 8° today. Made a snow valentine for Mom. Not enough for a snowman.
CK, are you planishing the welds? Meaning grind both sides flush then smashing the weld with hammer and dolly? I have found that doing so does indeed help with the oil canny flop factor on long unsupported panels. Whatever kind of weld you are doing, it shrinks so you gotta smash it a little to set things right. Sometimes scary warpage goes completely away. Your description sounds like it might help, IF that is not something you already are doing. :)
Come to think of it, I did have to scrub underhood funk out of some fingernails yesterday from topping off PSF in the GTP. Thats car work did. :-o Thoughts of art abound but I have been catching up on naps today mostly. Good stuff, there.
I have only been tapping the panel to straighten any warping after grinding it . The place that seems to have the bulge is the rear edge where the weld is less than 2" from the folded over edge of the panel . When I push the panel flat there is a dip in that area. The front and rear edges are folded over flat and the top and bottom edges are folded to 90degrees . The welded in panel is 7" from the front edge and 2" or less from the rear . Are you suggesting I go caveman with the hammer all the way around the weld or should I just go at it at the back of the panel . Would my 1/8 x1 plating method have any chance of success? I appreciate the experienced help .
I could also grind the welds flush and run just on the bead in the english wheel??? Maybe a more controlled method that me on a precision ball peen :shock:
I drove about 2 1/2 hrs each way today to pick up a 700r4 trans that a guy was building for me. When I got there it turns out he had build a 4 X 4 trans....😕 We had talked a couple weeks ago and he knew what I wanted and what it was going in. He is a one man operation and builds a LOT of transmissions, manly for off road guys. He said he'd have another one ready, a two wheel drive version done by tomorrow, it was actually on the bench when I was there. He agreed to meet me halfway and throw in the fluid for free when the trans was done. Now we are expecting a snow storm tomorrow through Tuesday, 8-12", not horrible but not driving through it for a transmission either. Next weekend, maybe, if the next scheduled storm is not too bad. On a better note, when I got home my Demon carb was here! 😃
CK, I don't suggest the english wheel there although thats the right idea. Using a doubler piece shouldn't be necessary unless tension when closed is what bows the panel.
We are in a realm where talk ain't good for much specifically but the principle as I understand it is this: MIG welds are harder than the surrounding steel. TIG also, but to a lesser degree. So generally, naturally after grinding the weld remains a touch proud. Imagining this isn't tough until factoring in shrinkage of surrounding metal. Do a little mental balancing act and you may see how a gentle dirt hill becomes a plateau with a stone fence through it.
Thats the philisophical metal snob approach. Break up the stone fence and round off the plateau with it so you can have gentle hill back. I know of one person who makes a point to discolor the weld when grinding, as the slower heat cycle leaves it a little softer. But that expert finds dealing with warpage afterward a non-issue at his skill level. That part eludes me but the planishing is growing on me as task difficulty ramps up.
I am talking about what I do though, and the effect it has. Big boys planish with a light slapper and dolly. Mostly, I need more precision and concentration of force. Planishing the surrounding area to fine tune, OK with the slapping spoon... but at the risk of coin marks (hammer tracks) I get the best effect using one of my heavy dollies, firmly, with a tiny ball peen that came in Jeep tool kits. You know the one, its cute with the itty bitty wood handle and head. But I can pinch the snot out of just the weld that way and if the whole weld is done some it can work like magic.
But it always seems to be one spot. The solution is rarely at that spot, and what welding does to the metal is mostly not noticed. The spot is just the worst spot and as it is improved, the rest of the panel follows. And you chase the rest of it out.
The description is adequate and my off-duty 3D knee-* assessment is hit it on the folded outside edge, not the face, nearest the dent. See what that does. Try planishing if you like, plate it if it persists but that creates a corrosion hotspot and potential ghosting in time. But myself included, people forget to smack panels at the edge when theres inexplicable metal behavior. With big low crown panels, thats a giant part of controlling crown. If your foldover is pinched inconsistently just a little, it might create the situation you are seeing.
Theres two Canadian pennies' worth. :) :)
I ordered a pair of speakers from Amazon, One came Friday, and the other came today. One shipped from Michigan, and the other from California. Is a puzzlement :roll:
Quote from: "chimp koose"I could also grind the welds flush and run just on the bead in the english wheel??? Maybe a more controlled method that me on a precision ball peen :shock:
The way I see if there is a dip from the outside, there is a hill on the inside. So work hammer on inside, dolley on outside. And of you have not sanded the weld near flush on both sides, you are going to have great difficulty moving it.
It does help to work the panel before it's fully welded because the spots you are stretching are smaller. But still should grind the welds down before the dolley and hammer work.
FYI planishing (AKA hammering on-dolly) works from either side. The rest of the work would be off-dolly (near-dolly or without a dolly). In theory.
I have never made an entire exterior panel though. Take the advice that actually comes from experience. Mine does not, and I have assumed you are working in steel, CK. I can't say a word about aluminum or welding it either. Just lots of times there has to be a response from a lower level person to prompt any response at all from those with higher knowledge and or experience levels.
For all I know, theres a dozen guys on this board who have successfully made prewar hoods. :?: I just like to hear myself talk. :)
Its around zero with minus teens chill. Thats as cold, or more so, than I have seen in the quarter century I've lived here. Brr. F1 guy txtd me yesterday to crack the whip. Said the hood "looks fast and cool" but I refrained from laying the fishbowl idea on him. He is leaning toward no tubs with skinnier tires and boss wants to leave the whole bed bone stock. I am not sure how I will proceed exactly but do know to act like we are behind where we should be.
Put down the sketch for a new painting yesterday but thats all. FWIW the fleetside T in many shades of gold flake was a close second choice for the subject. :wink:
I am out to beat on my door edge on the T as I have no access to the school shop today . The bow in the hood side nearest the back edge of the hood will go up or down which leads me to believe that you guys are right,the panel has shrunk along the welds and the back edge is the easiest to move around . I will planish the snot out of it and see what happens . We have a planishing hammer at work also but I may practice a bit before I go hammer happy on the hood side . Thanks for the advice , I think the light just came on ! :)
Working on a commission painting today. It's just blocked in for now, but that color was kicking my behind, Kind of a burnt orange/reddish copper. I think I have the color now, but there's a few hours of work left. I am working from a static picture of the car, he wanted it painted at the local dragstrip, so why not have it making a hard launch! 😄
Thanks for the advice ! I took a hammer to the welds and have both my hood sides sitting flat with no twist at all . I just wish my aim was better as I clipped a couple louvers in the process. :oops: Nothing that can not be fixed. I went at my door window ledge yesterday and made good progress . It was bent from someone prying on the edge . stretched and pulled all over . I took a small c clamp and a piece of plate and slowly squished the stretched parts down and it worked very well . There is still some work to do but it no longer looks mangled .
Yeah CK, you can't leave any snot in them things. :) Sometimes I even gotta beat the bejeepers out as well. Like last week. My hammer accuracy is akin to my phone keyboard accuracy and / or 10 yard .45ACP groups. I get what I swung for maybe one in five licks. :wink: Helps on one axis to keep elbow against side while doing precise hammering. Glad you got it licked along with the other pesky spot.
Today was another snow day, mainly dangerous wind chills but another round is rolling in as I type. Feel bad for the boss. Just made a burger run though and only main roads are less than sketchy but traffic and bozo amount near normal. I put some time in yesterday on a background. 11x14" this time. :)
That looks awesome ! Gonna show the A owner?Thats the one you are doing right?
Quote from: "chimp koose"That looks awesome ! Gonna show the A owner?Thats the one you are doing right?
Well, sort of and maybe. If I finish and like it and get a chance to show him, probably. According to my plan, not much of the car color will show but I for sure will not use the scheme planned for the A job. No hood blister or roof ribs, so it won't be representational of that project. My picture does use the chop, bob, pan, and meats but thats because it is the image scorched into my brain. Car and background are freehand memories and conjurations and the end result is still fuzzy in my imagination. Thanks!
Sounds like we're working tomorrow. The GTP started slow and made a new noise today. :-o
How are you going to paint metalflake so small? :lol:
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Yeah CK, you can't leave any snot in them things. :) Sometimes I even gotta beat the bejeepers out as well. Like last week. My hammer accuracy is akin to my phone keyboard accuracy and / or 10 yard .45ACP groups. I get what I swung for maybe one in five licks. :wink: Helps on one axis to keep elbow against side while doing precise hammering. Glad you got it licked along with the other pesky spot.
Today was another snow day, mainly dangerous wind chills but another round is rolling in as I type. Feel bad for the boss. Just made a burger run though and only main roads are less than sketchy but traffic and bozo amount near normal. I put some time in yesterday on a background. 11x14" this time. :)
That's looking really good, it will be an impressive piece! Looking forward to seeing the finished product.
Eye exam today... time for it , not having problems. New prescript , will need to get glassses built.
THe doc was doing the light reflecting in eye thing with his pivoting magnifying device... right eye: looking and looking... left eye: looking and looking, back to the right eye. Then those words: You have cataract forming in the right side. Very small amount, nothing to do now.
Quote from: "chimp koose"How are you going to paint metalflake so small? :lol:
The 24 jar set of colors I got has a dandy gold... metallic. Looks like it would do. For this I think Washington Blue with black fenders or use the two Model A greens (not apple) together. The smart thing to do is probably make sure I can pull it off in just black and go from there. :wink: :arrow:
Quote from: "phat46"That's looking really good, it will be an impressive piece! Looking forward to seeing the finished product.
Many thanks :D
In theory it will look like a warm day. :wink: I definitely hear you on the achievement of a color thats in between colors. Blending colors is kicking my hide because I want that dab of water on the brush and then uh oh try again. :roll: The side and roof on the Ventura picture got colored a half dozen times trying different ways and colors. It snot easy! Looking forward to getting at the car part on mine though. And seeing whats next from your brush. :arrow:
Put the finishing touches on this today, a commission. The color was a challenge, but the guy didn't want to paint the car black for me! 😄 That color is various combinations of orange, ochre, burnt sienna, cad yellow, red and white. I took some experimentation to get it right. Just gotta frame it, them on to the next, a great pic of a friends Nova after a burnout at the track, looking forward to it.
Feels like you are watching from the guardrail ! Nice work ! 8) I used to do oil painting when I was a kid 13 14 yrs old . The teacher would not allow me to paint cars . Did a lot of scenery , Bob Roth style . Have you ever thought of doing a painting of just an engine ?
That color turned out nice!
I have had the thought to paint a Poncho mill. 8)
Boss wants full day Friday since we missed two, and all weekend is open too. I ain't that gung ho but might do all day Friday.
Finished surfacing my cyl heads today . I had sent them to a machine shop to cut .020 as I was shut out of my shop to covid at the time . I was not happy with the surface finish as I am using a .015" steel shim head gasket with a teflon? coating on one side on aluminum heads and the surface finish requirements were for a finer finish than they could produce . Spray glue, 180 grit paper , a surface table and a long time rowing and they are now done ! Took off a few thou to get them looking like they do out of the box. I have HOURS into these heads as they came with the factory chamber cuts and no valve unshrouding done (they can be ordered that way, I bought them used .)Unshrouded them last easter, now my son in law has an identical set with one unshrouded by factory and the other one not ( bought as a pair that way?) Factory job is kinda crude .
Quote from: "chimp koose"Feels like you are watching from the guardrail ! Nice work ! 8) I used to do oil painting when I was a kid 13 14 yrs old . The teacher would not allow me to paint cars . Did a lot of scenery , Bob Roth style . Have you ever thought of doing a painting of just an engine ?
Yeah I have, I have done some fairly close, somewhat detailed engines in cars, I thought no a flathead would be a good one. I did do this if that counts...
Looks great , motorcycle engines are like mechanical art.
That painting is a beaut, too.
Today, well after midnite now but anyway... shuffled snow and ice for better thawing and aired up a GT tire then groceried with it. Hate using a broom on the 69 but did, and aired it out. Hidden wipers still a bit caked today but tomorrow, today... uh... must roar. Too much slush Saturday.
Did some wildcard F-1 / 6 scribbles in the afternoon then just now during audio entertainment added a couple greens and more black and orange to the current picture-
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Thats a link to the fun in progress. :)
Yesterday was the first day that it was above freezing in the last 14 days. I do not remember a string of cold days that long. One of those days. when it was 15 below, the controls on my outside furnace for the shop were not working correctly and required me to work outside in shifts. I do not want to do that again. Another day I used my snowblower and I did the driveway and approaches at the shop, the circle drive in front of the house, and 8 driveways on my street. A lot of my neighbors are older than me and they might need to get our for medical reasons. Even though my old body hurt at the end of the day, it was a feel good day.
I am working on the old truck now. I have repaired the top and it is ready for primer. I have removed the running boards and I am changing them. I never liked my design when I made them more than 30 years ago. Next I will work on some improvements on the fit of the fiberglass tilt front end.
I made a removable plug for air the intake of the 460/Ranger truck. I have always worried that rain water might get through that area and into the engine when I leave the truck outside. It will probably be parked outside a lot during the spring rainy season this year.
This week I get my second vaccine shot. That means I can get out and get some materials I have needed for projects. It will also mean I can get my hair cut for the first time in a year.
I plan to change out the rear end assembly in my 54 Chevy car. I will use an assembly that does not require any conversion of the brake parts. I am giving up trying to make the brakes on the Versailles rear end assembly work. This has been the worst mechanical experience of my life.
Quote from: "idrivejunk"That painting is a beaut, too.
Today, well after midnite now but anyway... shuffled snow and ice for better thawing and aired up a GT tire then groceried with it. Hate using a broom on the 69 but did, and aired it out. Hidden wipers still a bit caked today but tomorrow, today... uh... must roar. Too much slush Saturday.
Did some wildcard F-1 / 6 scribbles in the afternoon then just now during audio entertainment added a couple greens and more black and orange to the current picture-
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Thats a link to the fun in progress. :)
That's looking really good, I like that style. It's interesting to see the difference in techniques used by different artists. I tend to finish my background completely, the foreground, then the subject. I will go back and add details if needed when finished. Ths long term piece I am playing with now is a bit of a departure from that for me. The background is mostly done, and one car got finished, but now I am hopping all around doing whatever strikes me at the moment. Also sketching things in the background that may or may not be added. I think I'll have another month on this, I have some more commissions to do now. This is 2' X 3', a large piece for me.
That picture has all the composition going for it and some smooth looking brush work too. The lighting effects are starting to emerge. It will be a fine piece showcasing your ability.
I do kinda have a style and it resembles the pre-wrist-break one. Glad you can see it, my handwriting changed and took about four years to get neatness back albeit with pain now. Learning to trust it with a brush and the black on the car while maybe not all right with the imaginary lighting, pleases me with some of the brush strokes that happened. A bit of watercolor technique was effective there and washes will put it into the scene.
It is interesting, moving back into color and from pencils... the order in which things get laid out. On the Ventura pic, I put a fore / background down as duty so I wouldn't skip it, that part comes easy. Then the subject, but with no darks until last. Pow! Thats the fun part, then a smidgen of detailing foreground without ruining is the finish.
Totally different approach on the A pic. Bold darks first, like with pencils. Like you, I enjoy seeing and exercising contrasting styles and will always be exploring what catches my fancy that day. Kinda wierd color selection in my set and mixing acrylics is kind of like spraying poly primer, I gotta hurry. So I'll have to find some personal color recipies and such. Fun stuff, never enough time for it. :)
I plan to insert a sun at the very last, on my picture. Figuring the rest of it will guide exact placement but I am narrowing it down and figure about half will show. Whether it is AM or PM in the scene can be up to the observer if I pull it off right. ;)
Art, schmart. Get a thread! :roll: I keep threatening myself to make one.
I was outgunned by Mother Nature today, with a rainy front making me just pull my head back into the den when I went to wake up Grape. Meh. Still messy, wet, and chilly out. Beautiful Monday and Tuesday on the way but I'll be in the grey room feeling grey. :roll:
Looking through some pics, I saw where I used a FelPro gasket under my Performer intake a couple years back. I need to get a proper gasket and stuff as spring fever prep. Insert bullwhip sound.
These have been good background noise during art or relax or stuck indoors time... if you didn't hate Perry Mason or Gunsmoke give em a whirl, they will be familiar-
https://www.oldradioworld.com/shows/Fort_Laramie.php
IDJ I went to the lost westerns site you showed me the other day , awesome 8)
Quote from: "chimp koose"IDJ I went to the lost westerns site you showed me the other day , awesome 8)
I really gobbled those up. Prime stuff for sure. );b( Playlist was heavy on the Roy Rogers toward the end.
The studio quality on the Ft Laramie shows is a nice welcome change up. :) Many familiar voices, but clear.
Short story. Yesterday after completing my list of tasks, I had the 51 out because of putting the 351 in the shed in front of it. I drove it around town to warm up the engine and charge the battery. As I'm making a loop around town, I drive past a C. store and there sat a pickup and trailer with a copper colored 57 chevy 2 door ht. on it. The little light went off as I drove by. I whipped a u turn and went back. I had a pleasant conversation with the new owners. That car belonged to one of my high school friend's. He wrecked the front end in the early 70's. We took the front clip off of a pink 4 door sedan for him to repair it. It never got fixed. It has been sitting at his father's farm ever since. He had moved to eastern Kansas years ago. Somehow he made contact with the buyer who is a serious car guy but also a buyer and seller. It turns out there was another 2 door ht. that I knew nothing about. They bought both and were headed home after filling up. I asked the buyer it it was all rusted up. He said not much. I'm very surprised at that. It sat behind the house on flat tires. Now I know. :) I've been surprised several times at the accidents in time. Makes you think there was a reason to be there at that moment. :)
Glad you did something, the thread is looking killed again. I drove my loud junk today probably first time in a month and fishtailed it within the first 80 yards. Neighbor Pushypushpush pulled out and got right on me so I poked it and ended up drifting to save around the turn at end of block. Speaking of which, the cold snap wasn't the end of my block apparently woohoo. Steering juice was not touching the stick and rear brakes all dry and those got topped off before last usage. Brakes didn't bounce back with fluid immediately but they usually do so really no rears yet. Did me a whippysnappy nother dry pavement blip n fishtail on purpose once I reached work.
That helps! :D But it does feel kind of silly having it. Gas for it was 3.07 this morning, higher than that Monday when I filled up the daily. I don't burn dishwater though. :)
edit: Hey I can still edit. :) Just rolled all 3s across the Model J odometer. :-o
And last night I garden hosed the funk out of the GTP wheelwells and rockers, from snow, and put it away wet.
I put a few more hours in on this lately, it's seems to be coming along nicely now that I'm past the "man this isn't right" stage! 😄 Probably three more hours left, I guess I should just finish it, I have two commissions waiting in line.
Stopped at a Whataburger this past monday... First words out of the talk box is: We are on a limited menu do to winter storms. For my burger meal, no medium soda cups, no musturd for the burger (Frys food store sells it), no spicy ketchup packets, only regular ketchup. I had a large soda with the burger and fries
I have a couple pictures to post. Fatcat made me a prototype horn button for this truck I am working on with his 3D printer. It fits a LeCarra steering wheel but is patterned on the 54 Chevy truck horn button. He is making a production piece that is smoother, and I found someone who can Chrome plate it with a supposed two day turn around.
The second thing is cabinet that fatcat made to hold small parts drawers that can be removed one at a time without disturbing the others, It was a Christmas present, and I love it. The smaller one on top is an Amazon Basics shelf unit that bought at a discount because of damaged packaging. A few scratches, but no big deal. The shelves are adjustable in 1" increments, and rated at 50 lbs per shelf.
Time to clean up some. I hauled some of the parts of from the 5.0 to the shed. I brought the 51 in and installed a different style hose clamp on the lower radiator hose. It has a stainless overlapping band under the outer clamp. I'm hoping it does a better job of even pressure around the hose. The current one will leak a few drops occasionally. It got up to 72 degrees today. Back in the toilet tomorrow. :)
Quote from: "416Ford"I have a leak in my 4 post hoist cylinder at the shaft seal. I haven't done any cylinder work before. I am going to be better off taking it in to replace the seal or is this something I can do?
I can make a spanner wrench for it. Will I be dealing with any thing other then the seal when I take the end off?
Well, that depends. Usually it is just seals, but while you are in there, replace all the seals, piston rings, and backup rings and washers. Check the shaft for scratches that might eat the seal again. scratches can be repaired if polishing doesn't remove them, but it's expensive. Also check the bore of the cylinder for scratches. The cylinder can be honed, but not a lot to remove scratches. If it is anting bot seals and rings it may be cheaper to just buy a new cylinder. I would check at Northern Hydraulics for a replacement cylinder. The same bore is the important thing, if it is a bit longer in stroke that may be Okay.
Sorry this took so long, I just noticed that no one replied to it.
Quote from: "enjenjo"Quote from: "416Ford"I have a leak in my 4 post hoist cylinder at the shaft seal. I haven't done any cylinder work before. I am going to be better off taking it in to replace the seal or is this something I can do?
I can make a spanner wrench for it. Will I be dealing with any thing other then the seal when I take the end off?
Well, that depends. Usually it is just seals, but while you are in there, replace all the seals, piston rings, and backup rings and washers. Check the shaft for scratches that might eat the seal again. scratches can be repaired if polishing doesn't remove them, but it's expensive. Also check the bore of the cylinder for scratches. The cylinder can be honed, but not a lot to remove scratches. If it is anting bot seals and rings it may be cheaper to just buy a new cylinder. I would check at Northern Hydraulics for a replacement cylinder. The same bore is the important thing, if it is a bit longer in stroke that may be Okay.
Sorry this took so long, I just noticed that no one replied to it.
Done already. It didn't take a spanner wrench, it took a punch and hammer to remove and install. All fixed, back to our normally scheduled BS
Quote from: "416Ford"Quote from: "enjenjo"Quote from: "416Ford"I have a leak in my 4 post hoist cylinder at the shaft seal. I haven't done any cylinder work before. I am going to be better off taking it in to replace the seal or is this something I can do?
I can make a spanner wrench for it. Will I be dealing with any thing other then the seal when I take the end off?
Well, that depends. Usually it is just seals, but while you are in there, replace all the seals, piston rings, and backup rings and washers. Check the shaft for scratches that might eat the seal again. scratches can be repaired if polishing doesn't remove them, but it's expensive. Also check the bore of the cylinder for scratches. The cylinder can be honed, but not a lot to remove scratches. If it is anting bot seals and rings it may be cheaper to just buy a new cylinder. I would check at Northern Hydraulics for a replacement cylinder. The same bore is the important thing, if it is a bit longer in stroke that may be Okay.
Sorry this took so long, I just noticed that no one replied to it.
Done already. It didn't take a spanner wrench, it took a punch and hammer to remove and install. All fixed, back to our normally scheduled BS
Cool. I only found it by mistake. :D
Finally warmed up enough, upper 40's, to put some time in the shop. Getting my '46 Chevy ready for her new heart. It was nice to spin some wrenches again, it's been a while.
I have never been happy with the fiberglass running boards that I made for the WZ JUNK truck nearly 30 years ago.. So I am busy changing them. I cut an inch out of the length and I made the sides a little wider with more of a radius on the top. I plan to have them covered with black bedliner. Today I did some of the fiberglass work and I will finish that up tomorrow. Then some body work, and next they go to get the coating. I had two estimates to get them coated. One was $450 and the other was $60. I am going with the $60 bid.
Next week I plan to change out the rear end assembly in the 54 Chevy.
Tuesday is Covid Independence Day for me. My second shot becomes effective. A week from Tuesday I get my first haircut in a year. I think my whole family and I are looking forward to that.
Post a picture of your hair hippie. :twisted:
Today was the first day this spring I didn't have to turn on the heat in the shop.
put in my new cam yesterday, installed my finned aluminum timing cover , didnt fit ! I have to massage a few bolt holes and all will be well . Nice change to play with a motor for a while. I may do a little more whittling on my timing pointer bracket . You would never know it started out as a moroso part. Had to massage it a little as it didnt clear the timing cover and it was covering up 2 fins! There will be fins on this motor everywhere. Air filter , valve covers , oil pan , fuel pump block off . timing cover , timing pointer and I am deciding if I will make finned aluminum covers for the front of the aluminum heads as they are currently machined flat with a performance product name milled into them . I still have to make alternator brackets so will do that first and then see if I need to do more finning . I like to mill aluminum! 8)
Finshed this a couple days ago, I like it and have a potential buyer. Next one is on the easel, a friends Nova at the track doing a big burnout, it's a fun one.
Cool! We need a LIKE button! HINT!!
I like that one of the cars is a Rambler :D
Quote from: "enjenjo"I like that one of the cars is a Rambler :D
There's a reason there is a Rambler, I have a connection to all the cars in that painting. My Dad had a'55 Ford Wagon, we had a Rambler as a second car in the late 60's, my Dad had a '66 Caddy, and I have a '46 Chevy. I don't know where the truck came from, it just looked cool! 😄
Maybe the truck is your NEXT project ??? 8)
Finished a commission for a friend today. His old Nova, he is now building a 1500 h.p. Camaro "street" car.
That must be a challenge making realistic tire smoke . Do you just tap a loaded brush or what? It is so realistic. 8)
I have spent hours this week researching newer ring combos and piston availability. Some of the rings I'd like to use are only available in special order pistons. I found a few shops within 300 hundred miles of me that do diamond honing. I have some decisions to make as to whether this is worth the effort. :)
Quote from: "chimp koose"That must be a challenge making realistic tire smoke . Do you just tap a loaded brush or what? It is so realistic. 8)
It's not too hard to do. That is 6-7 layers, a small amount of "smoke" color, actually white and ochre, scrubbed in with a soft filbert brush till it won't spread anymore. You have to let each layer dry before the next coat otherwise it can reliquify the previous coat and leave a "hole", very hard to cover then, don't ask how I know! 😄
installed my finned timing cover after clearancing the bolt holes to get it to fit . Then spent a whole bunch of time cleaning dried silicone off my 1 piece rubber oil pan gasket . What a pain ! Does anyone have a way of stripping it easily ? some wonder spray or something ?
I made some speaker boxes today, I still have to paint them. This is the second try. The speakers were too deep to fit in the first try. I installed the dash brace I made, this was a second try too, but I was able to re-use half of the first try. I am on the first try to make a USB plug bracket, don't hold your breath. :D
Quote from: "enjenjo"I made some speaker boxes today, I still have to paint them. This is the second try. The speakers were too deep to fit in the first try. I installed the dash brace I made, this was a second try too, but I was able to re-use half of the first try. I am on the first try to make a USB plug bracket, don't hold your breath. :D
Curious; boxes for what size speakers?
6" by 9". The speakers are mounting in the rear corners of an AD truck cab. There is limited room and I did not make the first try deep enough to clear the magnets on the speakers. I was able to recycle the first try for the front speakers that were smaller. I used 1/8" ABS plastic lined with acoustic foam.
Since Franks looking for postings here's what happened yesterday. Pulled the old 350 out and started cleaning things. It got pretty dirty the last 25 or so years! 😄
Assembled the heads for my T motor today . I have ARP head bolts but I am missing 3 of the short ones so Ill have to see if I can buy some as I cant find the missing ones . Shop is cleaner though :lol:
Quote from: "enjenjo"6" by 9". The speakers are mounting in the rear corners of an AD truck cab. There is limited room and I did not make the first try deep enough to clear the magnets on the speakers. I was able to recycle the first try for the front speakers that were smaller. I used 1/8" ABS plastic lined with acoustic foam.
Here's a trick that you may have seen, to have the speakers "see" a larger volume box to improve the base response; insert a fair amount of poly-fil into the boxes. Pack it loosely, leaving enough room to easily insert your speakers into the boxes.
Available here, sewing stores, or your Wife may have some:
https://www.amazon.com/Fairfield-Poly-Premium-Fiber-32-Ounce/dp/B08Y2HRQ5S?th=1
Quote from: "crdnblu"Quote from: "enjenjo"6" by 9". The speakers are mounting in the rear corners of an AD truck cab. There is limited room and I did not make the first try deep enough to clear the magnets on the speakers. I was able to recycle the first try for the front speakers that were smaller. I used 1/8" ABS plastic lined with acoustic foam.
Here's a trick that you may have seen, to have the speakers "see" a larger volume box to improve the base response; insert a fair amount of poly-fil into the boxes. Pack it loosely, leaving enough room to easily insert your speakers into the boxes.
Available here, sewing stores, or your Wife may have some:
https://www.amazon.com/Fairfield-Poly-Premium-Fiber-32-Ounce/dp/B08Y2HRQ5S?th=1
Great minds must think alike, I have some. :D
Not much to report. I sold off my olde Enco lathe. It was a tired machine. I have a few more tools sold once I re-retire from the transmission shop. I figure if I sell the arbor press, trans case holding fixture and bushing driver set.. Less chance I will return to the transmission place again?
I built a roll bar mount for the switch panel on the 1948 Simca drag car 7 year long project..
Company I work for is 50 years old this year. They wanted photos of each dept. This photo is the transmission dept builders. One guy Freddy was not there
I am on the left hand side of the photo line up: then
EJ, Steve, Dave , Jeff (owner), Jesse, Vinnie
The overhead heater in my garage seems to not be working correctly, burners come on, but fan never does. Had the heater people out yesterday, and they said the motor was bad, then started checking things (probably 40 year old furnace). Pretty quick he asks me if I have been getting headaches, and I said no. He showed me the cracks in the burner chambers and said time for a new overhead unit. Sometime this week I hope.
The interesting thing here is many years ago we were asleep in the house and the dog we had at the time, just started barking and running around the house. We got up and the house stunk, so out we went. Had the power company come by and the gas furnace had backed up and the whole house was full of CO. That dog save all of our lives so I have been pretty careful on CO. I would have a detector out there, but I think the vehicles would set it off every time they start up. Any one have an idea on how to have a CO detector in the garage?
Just got home from getting my second vaccine dose, and my torque converter, TV cable and mounting bracket were here. I pulled the trans out of my '46 yesterday, by myself, on the garage floor. Now the fun comes, the new 700r4 is longer than the 350 it replaces, so new mounts will be needed and a driveshaft needs shortening. I am hoping I can figure out the TV cable set up. It took a while to find a bracket made for a Street Demon carb, but the carb does have a spot specifically for the 700r4 cable to attach. Not sure if I can just assume that the geometry will be correct by using the bracket and the mounting hole on carb.
There was an article in one of those rat rod magazines that gave info on how to swap in a 700r4 . it gave the specific dimension of the distance from the centre of the throttle shaft that the tv cable had to be attached . I would guess the answer could be found on the interweb . Seemed to be pretty important to trans life that it be correct .
Quote from: "chimp koose"There was an article in one of those rat rod magazines that gave info on how to swap in a 700r4 . it gave the specific dimension of the distance from the centre of the throttle shaft that the tv cable had to be attached . I would guess the answer could be found on the interweb . Seemed to be pretty important to trans life that it be correct .
Some folks may remember Sumner Patterson. He has a web page with various specs on throttle angles , cable of the 700r4
CLIK HERE (http://purplesagetradingpost.com/sumner/techinfo/700R4p1.html)
I spent a couple hours today working on body mounts for the TCoupe. I have finished the rear sub frame fitting and put in the rear body Mount. so on to the center and front body mounts. I had to modify my initial plan for the mounts and decided Not to use wooden blocks and instead made a steel block with a 1/4 in of rubber on one side of the block.
I made the blocks out of some rectangular tubing 2.5 in wide By 1 in By 3 in. The block will be welded against the chassis so the 1 X 3 side holds a steel crush type sleeve centered in the tube. The crush sleeve will supply the anti crush for the sleeve to body attachment bolts and allow for some body adjustment. the 1/4 in rubber will supply minimum isolation of the body from the chassis. When henry did it he used hardwood sandwiched between the frame and body sub frame with a cross bolt pinching the body and chassis together.
Once I get the body mounted firmly I will be able to set the brake pedal and locate where the steering column fits. Progress is slow but it is forward progress. The problem I had with the rear subframe for the body was a setback but some serious work back there got things where there supposed to fit. One more unknown problem solved.
Oh pictures are forthcoming soon..
bookmarked that site , thanks!
I used Sumner's information to instlall the 700 in my 57 way back in'98. It has never caused me a problem with the transmission
Quote from: "phat46"Just got home from getting my second vaccine dose, and my torque converter, TV cable and mounting bracket were here. I pulled the trans out of my '46 yesterday, by myself, on the garage floor. Now the fun comes, the new 700r4 is longer than the 350 it replaces, so new mounts will be needed and a driveshaft needs shortening. I am hoping I can figure out the TV cable set up. It took a while to find a bracket made for a Street Demon carb, but the carb does have a spot specifically for the 700r4 cable to attach. Not sure if I can just assume that the geometry will be correct by using the bracket and the mounting hole on carb.
Phat 1.5 inches down and 23 degrees back from vertical. From Sumner's page
Quote from: "Crosley"Quote from: "chimp koose"There was an article in one of those rat rod magazines that gave info on how to swap in a 700r4 . it gave the specific dimension of the distance from the centre of the throttle shaft that the tv cable had to be attached . I would guess the answer could be found on the interweb . Seemed to be pretty important to trans life that it be correct .
Some folks may remember Sumner Patterson. He has a web page with various specs on throttle angles , cable of the 700r4
CLIK HERE (http://purplesagetradingpost.com/sumner/techinfo/700R4p1.html)
I was looking at that a few days ago. It seems that since then some carb manufacturers have set their carbs up to work with the 700r4 trans with no extra parts or modifying. ThiS Demon carb has a mounting point for the TV cable built into the linkage. It appears to be the correct distance from the pivot point according to what I have found online. I bought a self adjusting cable and a specific mounting bracket for this carb. It might be a simple thing to do. Here's a pic of the setup/instructions.
I made some progress on the drill-press vise repair. I went looking for new screws, and nothing matched the threads in the vise body. Too small for Imperial, too big for metric. So I tapped all the holes to 1/4 20 and got new screws. New jaws made, smooth for this vise, just need to finish putting it together, so I can tap the nut plate I made.
Sumner's 700r4 info is vintage for sure. He does not hotrod stuff any more..
He recently built a camp trailer. I do not communicate with Sum.. I just check in on his web site a few times a year.
Tony I just talked to Sumner Thursday. He is doing good.
Mike
I have been building a all metal interior for my 37 Plymouth. Working on headliner now. This is going to be difficult. I hope I haven't bit off more than I can chew.
Mike
I made a bike rack for my pickup bed utility trailer. We take the grandchildren and their bikes to the city bike park occasionally. The second part of this project will be a two bike carrier for the back of the trailer. 3 bikes facing forward and 2 bikes facing the back. The bikes will be tied off with bungee to eyebolts on the side of the trailer. I like making stuff out of round steel rod. The racks had to be light weight so that my wife, daughter, or the grandkids could load the bikes, when I am busy doing hot rod stuff.
That bike rack looks pretty slick ! I just got in from the garage and working on my T . last holes for fuel tank mounts drilled . I also ground down the welds on my intake and the grind marks kind of match the cast look well enough . I had to cut clearance into my hood shelves to clear where the frame notches are for header clearance . Then I contoured my water pump spacers to match the shape of the pump . Spacers are needed to clear the finned timing cover I so love ! Bolted the pump on and measured the block to pump length with my whizzy aluminum pulley and flashy stainless flex fan , I think the fan is about 3" from the front of the car ! I can get a little more room if I trim a bit off the pump spacers and the front of the pulley but probably only 1/4" or so . I really cant move the motor back as it is close enough to the firewall to not clear an HEI dizzy already and I dont know if that will get into my steering u joints as well . The simple solution is to go back to the tin timing cover :( as it will move the pump back an inch . The frame has a 5 degree rake and the engine is set down 4 degrees to the back for a level carb . This makes the fan at a 9degree angle to the rad , closer at the bottom . I may just have to bolt the engine back in the car to verify that the fan clears the front crossmember . Pretty sure it does but I may have to check more thoroughly . I was hoping to fire this engine and break in the cam over easter but these problems may make that have to wait . My engine will be shy of 400 but over 350 horsepower . How thick of a rad will I need to cool it properly with the rad fitting in the T rad shell ?
Installed a electric set of running boards on the truck. Wife can get in much easier now. She is short, her lack of body mucscle strength was not helping either. The artificial knee was not a problem. At least I was told the knee was Not a problem.
I am down to 1 hearing aid. My left side aid , One of the little internal battery contact tabs broke off.. I knew something was wrong a few days before. The aid would turn off and on during the day. I knew something was up.
When first fitted for the aids the tech told me: If the aids act up, change the battery. He said 8 outta 10 times a problem is battery related. As I changed the battery, I noticed one tab was catty wompous.. A little nudge with my pick tool and the tab easily flipped aside. Dammit
My hearing aids are from the VA, and has various tones to let me know when things are happening. A certain tone when turned on, another when the batteries are getting low, sounds like a diesel horn. I told the dr. to set the diesel horn up loud, as I couldn't hear it. I still have the first set they gave me before replacing them after 5 years; they've got different adjustments and are adjusted differently than my current ones, but I still keep them for 'emergencies.'
Will your's be fixed under warranty?
I was getting hard of hearing, mostly on my right side, I had checked into hearing aids but the cost was astronomical. Last year ads for hearing "amplifiers" began to pop up on my FB feed. I bought a pair, for $139, and have worn one in my right ear since. It is great, it made such a big difference in my life. It has three different programs for different settings you might be in and five steps on the volume. I usually keep it on one setting and have never gone over the second step in volume. They cannot be sold as hearing aids because the have not o.k.'d by the FDA, but are supposed to function the same. I can now hear the t.v. at a normal volume, and I can actually have a conversation in a vehicle on the highway now! 😃
I have been virtually deaf in my left ear for about a year. About two weeks ago that ear started popping and the next day I could hear out of it. No idea what was going on, but I am not looking a gift horse in the mouth.
Quote from: "phat46"I was getting hard of hearing, mostly on my right side, I had checked into hearing aids but the cost was astronomical. Last year ads for hearing "amplifiers" began to pop up on my FB feed. I bought a pair, for $139, and have worn one in my right ear since. It is great, it made such a big difference in my life. It has three different programs for different settings you might be in and five steps on the volume. I usually keep it on one setting and have never gone over the second step in volume. They cannot be sold as hearing aids because the have not o.k.'d by the FDA, but are supposed to function the same. I can now hear the t.v. at a normal volume, and I can actually have a conversation in a vehicle on the highway now! 😃
Got a brand name on those, phat?
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"Quote from: "phat46"I was getting hard of hearing, mostly on my right side, I had checked into hearing aids but the cost was astronomical. Last year ads for hearing "amplifiers" began to pop up on my FB feed. I bought a pair, for $139, and have worn one in my right ear since. It is great, it made such a big difference in my life. It has three different programs for different settings you might be in and five steps on the volume. I usually keep it on one setting and have never gone over the second step in volume. They cannot be sold as hearing aids because the have not o.k.'d by the FDA, but are supposed to function the same. I can now hear the t.v. at a normal volume, and I can actually have a conversation in a vehicle on the highway now! 😃
Got a brand name on those, phat?
These are the ones I got, there are many brands on Amazon, these just had features I wanted. I would really liked to have gotten the rechargeable ones, but didn't find any with the features I wanted. I see you can also buy these separately. I forgot the name is Jungle Care! 😄
Quote from: "chimp koose"That bike rack looks pretty slick ! I just got in from the garage and working on my T . last holes for fuel tank mounts drilled . I also ground down the welds on my intake and the grind marks kind of match the cast look well enough . I had to cut clearance into my hood shelves to clear where the frame notches are for header clearance . Then I contoured my water pump spacers to match the shape of the pump . Spacers are needed to clear the finned timing cover I so love ! Bolted the pump on and measured the block to pump length with my whizzy aluminum pulley and flashy stainless flex fan , I think the fan is about 3" from the front of the car ! I can get a little more room if I trim a bit off the pump spacers and the front of the pulley but probably only 1/4" or so . I really cant move the motor back as it is close enough to the firewall to not clear an HEI dizzy already and I dont know if that will get into my steering u joints as well . The simple solution is to go back to the tin timing cover :( as it will move the pump back an inch . The frame has a 5 degree rake and the engine is set down 4 degrees to the back for a level carb . This makes the fan at a 9degree angle to the rad , closer at the bottom . I may just have to bolt the engine back in the car to verify that the fan clears the front crossmember . Pretty sure it does but I may have to check more thoroughly . I was hoping to fire this engine and break in the cam over easter but these problems may make that have to wait . My engine will be shy of 400 but over 350 horsepower . How thick of a rad will I need to cool it properly with the rad fitting in the T rad shell ?
I been working on the body mounts for the T. I fabbed up 6 mounts out of some 1" X 3" rectangle tubing . The tubing takes the place of the wooden blocks between the frame and body. I put a 1/4" layer of industrial rubber on each of the blocks for some noise isolation. I drilled and fit the blocks yesterday and as I was finishing up I got a piece of dirt in my eye so that ended the day!
I too wear hearing aids. I use Unitron aids and have had them for over 10 years now. They work ok but I would like a little more control of the volume. I also have one ear worse that the other and when wearing the aids it seems like I could use more volume on the other ear but haven't found a dealer for my brand of aids out here on the coast. I would love to upgrade but the cost is totally ridiculous for what you get! I was taken advantage of when I bought this pair and was talked into a bunch of accessories like a Bluetooth adaptor so I could hear the TV better. That was a joke it worked like crap and kept running the batteries flat very quickly. I been thinking about some of these lower cost amplifiers that have been mentioned. My other complaint is that the unit sets behind the ear with a tiny tube to poke in my ear. This design makes it a real, pain in the rear to wear a mask and take it off without pulling the hearing out of my ear.. Gawd all these getting old things I could do without. Sure seem to remind me of getting old every day...
Hello Rip ! I got back into the garage today for a bit . I spent some quality time changing pulleys and measuring . Looks like I can take .150" off my pump spacer and still clear the the pump drive cover on the timing cover . If I go back to a stamped steel pulley on the w/p I will gain enough to have about 1" clearance from fan to rad . I really didnt want to change the timing cover back to the tin one. The tin pulley actually looks as good or better than the 80's billet pulley that looked out of place amongst all the finned stuff. I should be getting pushrods and head bolts this week so I may have the engine assembled by the weekend . :) I am using the wood body blocks to make sure the body is the right height above the frame . I am running full body , fenders and all and am trying to avoid a panel alignment issue later on .
I wear hearing aids also. Your right about the cost. Mine were a little over $1300 EACH 1.5 years ago. The thing I dislike about the amplifiers are they turn all the sounds up. My hearing is poor in the upper frequencies, but great in the lower frequencies. Without my aids I miss the bearings squealing, but the youngsters with the radio base booming comes in loud and clear. I find myself turning the volume to the max when I watch TV. My wife doesn't care for it when I have the remote and my hearing aids out. It's amazing what a chip bag sounds like with the volume turned all the way up.
Thanks for the info, phat46.
Beck, I got mine through the VA, but did go to Costco a while back to see if they were better. Same brand, same "not getting them adjusted" correctly. I told them both to try to make the highs sound more like lows, but it didn't happen. My wife and I will be riding in the truck, and she will start tapping her fingernail on the console, or keep wrinkling a paper until I tell her to stop. Ooops, sorry.
I've got the behind the ear style, and they are a pain when you wear glasses, and the only mask I can wear is an N95 or the kind you wear around your neck and pull up. Mine have 10 different volume adjustments, but I usually leave them at default. They will also cut out background noise, but not always. Be driving the truck and the wind noise will cause them to cut the BG noise, but after a while, it's back.
I may try the amp style phat46 has. Also, I've asked both the VA and Costco how I'm supposed to hear the people I'm facing/talking with when the microphones are behind my ears?
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"Thanks for the info, phat46.
Beck, I got mine through the VA, but did go to Costco a while back to see if they were better. Same brand, same "not getting them adjusted" correctly. I told them both to try to make the highs sound more like lows, but it didn't happen. My wife and I will be riding in the truck, and she will start tapping her fingernail on the console, or keep wrinkling a paper until I tell her to stop. Ooops, sorry.
I've got the behind the ear style, and they are a pain when you wear glasses, and the only mask I can wear is an N95 or the kind you wear around your neck and pull up. Mine have 10 different volume adjustments, but I usually leave them at default. They will also cut out background noise, but not always. Be driving the truck and the wind noise will cause them to cut the BG noise, but after a while, it's back.
I may try the amp style phat46 has. Also, I've asked both the VA and Costco how I'm supposed to hear the people I'm facing/talking with when the microphones are behind my ears?
I figured for the price it was worth the chance. My hearing loss is where you can hear things, just not make them out, like people talking or certain shows on TV, especially old shows like Adam 12. Now I can understand them and at a lower volume. Before, even at a high volume I couldn't make out all the words. When we FaceTime with my grand kids I hear them well, before I had a speaker plugged into the iPad and still couldn't understand a lot. Last fall, right after I got them I was outside in the evening and realized I could hear crickets, and then realized I hadn't heard them in years. That made me stop dead in my tracks! The only thing I haven't tried is shooting with them, I'm not sure if they will block sounds loud enough to damage hearing. While hunting last Fall I left it in my ear because I was finally able to hear things in the woods like years ago. Unfortunately (maybe fortunately) I never got a shot off! 😄
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"
Will your's be fixed under warranty?
Nope... These aids are 8 yrs olde..
As you folks mention: the cost of new hearing aids is high. Mine came from Costco 8 yrs ago and were just over 3k $$. My aids are also BTE units.. So with the aid behind the ear, my glasses on.. There is no room for the mask straps. If I wear mask with ear straps, the strap pulls the aid from behind my ear and it hangs out loose. I stopped wearing masks with ear straps
I have looked at the ear amplifiers as replacement for these hearing aids I have now. My wife wants to spend the cash for new "proper" hearing aids. I said: No.
My brother has an amplifier he bought for 89 dollars. one of those units you see ads for. He is happy. His hearing is a bit worse than mine , but then he is much older than me. He only has one ear that functions.
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worked on the T tonight . Milled .150" off the water pump spacers . Then I whittled some more on the timing pointer . Made a 1" high adapter to go over the q-jet and weld to a 1/4" thick bottom plate to go under the oval air cleaner (all aluminum) . Mine was for a 2x4 intake , i am running single 4 so needed a new bottom .
On the T again tonight . We Tig welded the carb hole thingy to the new air filter bottom and I stuck it in the lathe and made a nice radius from the plate down into the carb opening . Had to straighten the new filter bottom as it had a slight curve from the welding . Also had to flatten the old filter bottom piece as it was twisted . Took it over to a stack of welding gloves and used a rubber hammer to whack it into shape . Now it lays flat and I can Tig the two bases together . Also took the new bottom and milled a 1/4" radius into it so it will kind of make a smooth blend into the one it gets welded to . I need to get a piece of 4" or larger diameter aluminum to make a spacer for my crank pulley . I am using an aluminum SFI rated 6" diameter balancer . I also did a little more whittling on my timing pointer and am done with it now. It started life as a moroso timing pointer but there is only a spot smaller than a keyboard key that I have not milled on . I still need to make an alternator mount but will have to wait until I finish assembling my engine and make the pulley spacer . I have a nice block of T6 to mill the mount out of . :D
Another USPS shipping SNAFU ... I sold a small part on eBay. The 3 day Priority mail Ship label printed and the package is at USPS office on Feb 27th. The Package is headed to Idaho
Last tracking update is March 1st as it passes thru USPS Phoenix AZ process center ... The buyer sends me a message on March 9th thru eBay asking if I can find out where it is located. I enter an online request to USPS on March 9th.
On March 10th a USPS rep calls me about the package headed to Idaho... She tells me it is located in Memphis Tennessee and should be in Idaho in 3 business days. The package was delivered to the buyer by that 3 day deadline given to me.
Explanation given to me? The package must have fallen into the incorrect bin during processing. No chit. :shock:
Quote from: "Crosley"Another USPS shipping SNAFU ... I sold a small part on eBay. The 3 day Priority mail Ship label printed and the package is at USPS office on Feb 27th. The Package is headed to Idaho
Last tracking update is March 1st as it passes thru USPS Phoenix AZ process center ... The buyer sends me a message on March 9th thru eBay asking if I can find out where it is located. I enter an online request to USPS on March 9th.
On March 10th a USPS rep calls me about the package headed to Idaho... She tells me it is located in Memphis Tennessee and should be in Idaho in 3 business days. The package was delivered to the buyer by that 3 day deadline given to me.
Explanation given to me? The package must have fallen into the incorrect bin during processing. No chit. :shock:
Not a USPS SNAFU but a shipper one. I ordered four '46 Ford style hubcaps from a well known wheel company a couple weeks ago. I got a call the next day from the wheel company telling me of a delay in shipping because of a licensing issue with Ford that will be worked out in May. Yesterday I received two boxes from the wheel company and each contained a baby moon style cap. I call them up to inquire, they have no record of shipping me two baby moons. So I guess I got somebody else's order. They sent me a return UPS label to return the baby moons.
I finished this commission today, the owner is currently building the car and will leave the original paint, thus no shiney. The background is a local diner. Acrylic on hardboard, 16" X 20"
Another USPS deal. Priority Mail from the SF Bay area. Mailed on 2/19, actually left SF on 2/21, arrived Detroit Distribution center on 3/2, St.Clair Shores (a suburb on 3/3, back to Detroit Dist. Center on 3/6, delivered in Muskegon on 3/8/21. 17days total. No apologies or phone calls.
Whaddaya gonna do???
^^^^^
Very nice!
I ordered a Wheelchair lift from a company out of Florida 2 weeks ago. The package arrived yesterday in rather * pore condition. One side of the box was crushed all the way down. The other side of the box had 2 well placed stab marks from a forklift about mid way up the side of the box. Oh the lift and all were bolted to a pallet. The whole box was loose from the pallet and a box of small parts was taped to the top of what was left of the box with masking tape. The whole thing looked like it had been on world tour for months. I asked the delivery driver if this was common to get your product all whacked up and he just shrugged and says I don't know.. I wish a person could trust that their items would be handled property when shipping.. Now today I have to go through the entire order to determine if all the small parts are still there... The upside is at least it wasn't shipped USPS... 8)
As a side note I should have mentioned in my post with the painting, that Cutlass is currently at Blain Bros Racing, a local shop. If you have been watching the Street outlaws Mega Cash Days shows you might know that name. Jake Blain is the little guy that has put Mike Murillo, Doc, Chief and Murder Nova on the trailer. I think ths Cutlass will be a nice car when finished.
more shop time ! welded the air cleaner base together this afternoon.
MORE shop time . I located a 7" dia x 1 1/2" long piece of aluminum to make my pulley spacer . Machined it down to 6" dia x 1 1/4" with a .200 long hub to fit inside the balancer. Now I have to go to the mill and drill the mounting bolt holes and also dial it in and finish turning the OD on the side I was chucking on . I also have to bore a hole for the pulley to locate on. Then I can put it on the balancer and measure how much more to face off to get the pulleys dead on aligned. I just found a bunch of 1"+ thick aluminum plate at the scrap yard and I am getting it tomorrow to make my alternator mounts from . I have a bunch of aluminum plate at home but nothing thick enough to make a 1 piece mount unless I tig it together and mill it after .
The inside door handle and the solenoid stopped actuating the driver's door of the coupe when I put it away last fall. So, I decided to find out what happened. Turned out the little plastic connector linking the arm to the bear claw latch broke. Was able to get a replacement from CarQuest. Easy fix. The solenoid had been giving me problems, too. So, I looked at that as well. It wasn't pulling all the way back. The rubber was shot and the piston was corroded. So, I ordered a replacement from Amazon. To top it off, my window is not wanting to go up the last inch. Have to look into that now. When it rains, it pours! I started building it in 2000 and parts are now 20 years old. Have to expect this kind of stuff, I guess.
Quote from: "phat46"As a side note I should have mentioned in my post with the painting, that Cutlass is currently at Blain Bros Racing, a local shop. If you have been watching the Street outlaws Mega Cash Days shows you might know that name. Jake Blain is the little guy that has put Mike Murillo, Doc, Chief and Murder Nova on the trailer. I think ths Cutlass will be a nice car when finished.
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Quote from: "Charlie Chops 1940"Quote from: "phat46"As a side note I should have mentioned in my post with the painting, that Cutlass is currently at Blain Bros Racing, a local shop. If you have been watching the Street outlaws Mega Cash Days shows you might know that name. Jake Blain is the little guy that has put Mike Murillo, Doc, Chief and Murder Nova on the trailer. I think ths Cutlass will be a nice car when finished.
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Just thinking about how my projects are not getting done and I realized I have WAY too many. I worked on Vickie's truck Saturday, help her with the interior in the 62 Scotty camper on Sunday. Took Monday night off to move stuff around in the house for the painter who is painting next week. Worked on getting the left hand wheel well installed in my 55 on Tuesday then Vickie asked if we should just sell her truck and start on the 63 Falcon van.
I added 2-1/4" to mu inner wheel wells for the mini tub trying to keep as stock looking as possible.
Well, Dave, you shouldn't be bored. :) Changing gears a lot has a tendency to make us loose momentum which I'm sure you are aware of. :)
I like the looks of that tub work. :) It does not look particularly fun however. ;)
Started this week fixing the '51 then switched to a '15 truck that hit a tree and got word today that I'll be going back to the '30 job next. :)
Quote from: "phat46"I finished this commission today, the owner is currently building the car and will leave the original paint, thus no shiney. The background is a local diner. Acrylic on hardboard, 16" X 20"
Nice work! :)
Noticed you switched from canvas, curious as to why. I think I would whole lot rather use Crescent board, probably cold press if those terms are still valid. :?
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Quote from: "phat46"I finished this commission today, the owner is currently building the car and will leave the original paint, thus no shiney. The background is a local diner. Acrylic on hardboard, 16" X 20"
Nice work! :)
Noticed you switched from canvas, curious as to why. I think I would whole lot rather use Crescent board, probably cold press if those terms are still valid. :?
I actually switched to hardboard quite a while ago. I like the smooth surface better than canvas, which has too much "tooth" for my liking. I put two coats of gesso on it and might sand it smooth when it dries. I find it much easier to do fine details with the smooth surface. A bonus is cost, I just st bought a 4' X 8' sheet for about what one good canvas would cost.
Quote from: "kb426"Well, Dave, you shouldn't be bored. :) Changing gears a lot has a tendency to make us loose momentum which I'm sure you are aware of. :)
I look at it as clearing the mind. :)
Quote from: "phat46"Quote from: "idrivejunk"Quote from: "phat46"I finished this commission today, the owner is currently building the car and will leave the original paint, thus no shiney. The background is a local diner. Acrylic on hardboard, 16" X 20"
Nice work! :)
Noticed you switched from canvas, curious as to why. I think I would whole lot rather use Crescent board, probably cold press if those terms are still valid. :?
I actually switched to hardboard quite a while ago. I like the smooth surface better than canvas, which has too much "tooth" for my liking. I put two coats of gesso on it and might sand it smooth when it dries. I find it much easier to do fine details with the smooth surface. A bonus is cost, I just st bought a 4' X 8' sheet for about what one good canvas would cost.
Had to look up hardboard. Oh! That stuff. I have some MDF. Boy yeah that would be great to paint on, I don't like canvas panels but figured there must be a reason so tried them. Also have some old Crescent board but for the next I think I may try the mdf. Thanks!
I can't even spell artist but if you think about using canvas, there weren't many options when that became the common medium for use. There are so many different options now that finding what suits you should be much easier. :)
Ya, the shipping SNAFU problem is everywhere. I just had another package on USPS go from Phoenix to Utah... then down to Knoxville Tennessee ... It has finally arrived in Montana where it is headed.
Worked in the shop before work this morning . Got all but the bolt circle done on the fan spacer this AM . A bit of a fluke but I didnt have to dial in my piece when I flipped it around in the chuck . My 3 jaw chuck held the piece with less than .001" runout . Thickness was varied by less than .002" . Pretty good for a 54 year old lathe with nothing but student use . My head bolts showed up today so will be putting the heads on soon . If pushrods show up tomorrow I may have it all assembled this weekend . 8)
Drilled my pulley spacer and made a fan pulley spacer too . Did not get my pushrods today so engine will have to wait. :(
Hello old friends.....sitting on the sofa tonight and thought of this crazy bunch. Good to see some familiar names.
Hi Glen
This is Mike from Michigan. You probably don't remember me, we met a few times out in Phoenix back in the green Buick days. Glad to see you on here again.
Mike
I'm surprised you remember your password. :D It's been a while. I don't remember you being here since the Nova days. Have you been up to anything?
Hi Glen, good to see you on here again.
Doug
Welcome back , what have you been up to ?
Got my first "rabies shot" today the lil woman goes tomorrow. May be the road to being back out in public a little?
I finished the wiring part of my wheelchair Lift in the new van today. All works as advertised now. I cringed a bit tearing the trim off along the inside off the van to run the wiring harness from the "Up fitter Harness connector under the dash to the lift in the back of the van. Fortunately all went without a hitch and it's all back together. I am finally mobile again. This was week 3 since I got this new van so now I can go when and where I want.. Waahooo.. 8)
Next Tuesday I go back for shot Number 2 and Then another 3 week wait till I will be fully immunized.. :shock:
Today is a red letter day. The snowblower is moved to the shed and the dr650 is back in the garage. We will have 60 more days of lackluster weather but I'm ready for the occasional nice day.
we are expecting snow later this week
Daydreaming about different projects to undertake. I have put the F6 on hold for a while. I'm waiting to see how the godzilla engine comes to play. I don't have the resources to be at the head of the line. :)
I got to spend some time with my brother today. It is the first time we have had together in nearly a year. We drove west from me about 3 hours to R&J Enterprises Tom Bay at Arkansas City, Kansas. It was hot rod fabricators overload. My brother is building a 34 Ford and he bought a new floor for the car from Tom. It was really nice stuff. I had never met the man but he is very talented and it was a great time. There was 32-34 Ford stuff everywhere. Just a couple of photos of part of the shop. I really enjoy looking at stuff that men make and this stuff was really something.
SWMBO and I got our second corvid shot today. I said to the nurse" now that I have the second shot I can mow the grass naked except for the mask, right?". She told me I still had to wait two weeks to mow naked. :cry:
Not much to show on the 54 project, it's all details now, and frankly it looks like I haven't touched in a month to me, but one by one things are getting checked off the list.
I got some bad news too. Early Monday morning my mother passed away as the result of a stroke she suffered last Tuesday. She had a life alert medallion that failed to work, for the second time, and was not found until about 12 hours had passed by her nurse. When we found that there was no possibility of recovery. my sister that is a nurse came in from St Louis, and did 24 hour hospice until she passed. She never regained consciousness' before she passed.
Sorry about the news on your mom Frank.. May she Rest in Peace.
Sorry to hear about your mom . Take care of yourself .
My condolences, Frank.
The wife and I got our second Covid shot today too. Same routine as the first and besides twisting my neck trying to see some commotion I am doing fine like the last shot.. Thank goodness this stage of the pandemic is behind me. I will set back and keep a low profile till they decide we all need a booster..
My sincere condolences are offered to the entire Kocinski clan.
My condolences Frank, losing a parent is a hard deal.
Sorry to hear about your mom Frank. You and the family have our condolences.
Frank, so sorry about your Mom. Theres no good way or time. :cry:
Dad has to wait again, more, for a second shot. The very day Mom felt well after her illness, Dad came down with it. Because a quick test was positive on her they both quarantined. He never got to get tested, appointment was cancelled. The covid description does not really fit. Double Qs back to back and a bout with an over rated fever / cold is what he is dealing with while pushing 84 years. :roll: My brother hauls hospital linens and miraculously has not had "it".
I haven't driven my loud one in awhile, ain't felt like it. I suspect one of my few trusted friends died weekend before last, they just went dark and has been sickly all through life.
One guy at work, the new one, hasn't shown up this week and by yesterday boss was so angry from that, he is toe-ing the line of how much lip a loyal employee can shrug off. His Dad has a longwinded terminal condition which may be part of it but I can see production collision shop writing on the wall. A little disrespect goes a long way and I end up trying to console the evening drunk guy via flurry of texts past bedtime. Just what I need. :lol:
My needs never seem to boil out. I sure hope boss stays cool. My one remaining uncle is wanting to visit when Q is overwith. Last time I saw him I asked whatcha doing and his reply was " Waiting for it." He is oldest.
I feel like a young stooge tech again, not knowing what I will be told to work on each day, scrambling against the clock and knowing theres no more big builds in the future. Just late model trucks I need a ladder to close aluminum hoods on. Reckon I got replaced and am just being kept until the big jobs are gone. But that could take years. If I say I want some time off after ten years without, boy howdy thats gonna be an issue! :!: No rest for the wicked. :evil:
...and that ^^^ is what to expect for the foreseeable future. An easy downhill slide I cannot do a thing to prevent. If I don't give out. Sorry about the typing before noon thing, thats just how I sound naturally.
Finished the pulley spacer yesterday . Also got the brake caliper mount welded to the frame on a harley chopper project I am doing with/for a buddy. That bike is soon ready for wiring and cables and fuel line . then paint and take it for a spin ! My pushrods are in , so assembly will begin again on the T motor . IDJ , I know that feeling about the future of a workplace , around here they are cutting any shop programs they can . Grade 7 and 8 industrial arts programs were eliminated and changes made to gr9 program . Major change to our house construction program this week that may end it . Looks like those in charge do not see the value in hands on learning and are not so slowly eliminating it . I am now booked in to teach a life transitions program in place of a senior level industrial arts class that was cancelled .
Of course no more than 15 minutes after writing that ^^^ got a reassuring message from boss man. During the commute. Them dang bad days can sure test friend trust. Sorting out A mess now. :)
Gonna get the right tail light sunk in the fender today. :D
Frank, I am sorry to hear about your mom, never a good time for that.
Doug
Getting ready to stab my new engine and trans into my '46 Chevy. It has been a long time since I have done this type of car stuff, at least 15 years. I found the trans mount had to go back 2 1/8" so I sawed 14" out of the trans crossmember, and made a new piece to mount the trans. I found that I do NOT enjoy working under a car on the garage floor anymore. I have the car as high as I feel safe getting it but laying on cardboard with a trouble light for illumination while using a Sawzall on frame pieces just isn't the fun it once was! 😄 I think all the hard stuff is done, but I still have to remove some exhaust pieces, I'm going to try to use some Corvette headers a friend gave me, brand new, in place of the blockhuggers on there now. Passenger side looks easy, drivers side not so much, I see it snowballing into moving steering columns and shafts around....on a more fun note, I painted a portrait of my grand daughter....
Frank, my sympathies to you and your family.
Sorry to hear about your Mom Frank.
My pushrods are here ! My pushrods are here! Engine to go together soon . Some assembly required . 8)
The New Pushrods are here, The New Pushrods are here at last your somebody Mr Chimp!!!
:lol: rip you kill me !
Sorry to hear about your mom Frank. Mine passed a few months ago and I still have things I want to stop by and talk about with her.
Found out today that one of my machining students from last year finished at the top of his class in a post secondary trade school for machining. He got a scholarship too ! 8)
I just checked the thursday results at Barrett Jackson. Looked very healthy to me. Most of last weeks Mecum was the same. I don't know what's driving the market but it looked higher than 2 years ago.
So sorry to hear about you Mom Frank. I lost mine many years ago and she's still in my heart.
I cremated a skunk today. There has been one coming around at night and stinking everything up to high heaven. I smelled it at 10pm the other night and looked out and saw it. Got the rifle loaded and went outside but it was gone. I set three live traps last night with sunflower seeds, and sure enough, it was in one this am. Shot it with the rifle, then threw it on a large fire.
The trick is to use live traps for squirrels, etc., so they can't raise their rear ends to spray. It hardly budged when I went out twice before shooting it. I had a 15' rope tied to the cage in case I had to drag it. * skunk got it untied and pulled it into the cage to sleep on. That went in the fire, also.
Good story, Phil. I hope I never have to use those skills. I have skunks that get close because I'm close to the country. They usually stink and leave.
I live in the country, and we were overrun with raccoons for a couple years. I would live trap them and give them to a farmer friend. He'd release them, then later use them to train his coon dogs. He knows a farmer up the road from me who killed over 80 raccoons in just a couple days. He said he shot them in a feed lot. He also said the smell was terrible, and the farmer had to use a front end loader to move them to a ravine. Geez.
Veteranarians will not remove the scent glands from a skunk around here . We found a baby one too young to spray quite a few years ago and inquired about it as we thought it might make a neat pet . Knew someone who had one back in the 70s . We ended up collecting it and releasing it farther away , it was too cute to shoot . :oops:
Well I'll be, my today story fits the theme, kinda. I got assistance from an animal however. In the blink of an eye. I could make a case for divine intervention, for who knows the alternate ending?
Shaking off the week in my '69 this lovely early spring afternoon and trying not to crowd ailing brakes much as I descended into an old river valley... there was a brief occurrence.
At the bottom of that hill is a sharp right then left. An S curve with good visibility of oncoming traffic except for about a second long blind spot at the apex of the second curve of the dogleg. A little downhill straight to the bridge and well...
Its there that I get what little G jollies I can on random occasions. No faster than mommyvans who live nearby go, just enough to feel. Not two lanes wide, but not always just one. Then burp the gas to rack pipes on the bridge rails before stop sign at dead end.
Coming to the bottom of the hill I see a chicken boldly crossing the road, coming out of the woods headed for the coop at nearby house. This wise old roaming rooster picked up the pace after crossing the center line but not before.
Cautiously I rumbled past thinking well no jollies today. Now move the sunvisor, you're about to face west. I entered the curve and was flanked by police cars in the very blind spot. Continue slow rumble, check rearview...
Somebody just went straight at that first curve after the bridge and had a white pickup buried in trees. Of course then at the stop sign alone, I paused to look around the visor and wonder:
If I were an ancient Egyptian or Mesoamerican, what deity's temple would I rush to with great offerings? Hmm. It was a little thing, no flinching just... I think I said thank you chicken.
But thats what I et for lunch. Mysterious ways and what-not, I tell you what. Grape and I and our freedom intact, we putted away. No loud stunts before home, just glad to be us and thankful for the spot from above. :idea:
We have skunks here in the neighborhood. Smell them a few times a month. I had one walk across the street in front of my truck about 1 month ago.
For the record: I loaded my tools and retired Ver 2.0 on friday March 26th.. Last transmission I built was a high zoot 4L80E transbrake unit. I hear there is 1200 HP turbo engine going in front of it.
My wife retires Ver 2.0 next week.. She did 30 yrs at a guberment job prior to this current job.
Mom's funeral was today. She will be cremated as was her wish. We had a family meeting of my siblings and me, some I had not seen it over two years. We made a couple important decisions, like no more discussing politics. And other similar pledges. :D All in all it was a sad but happy day.
Tony, I remember Don Garlits saying "retirement is easy. I've done it many times." I bet this time is the right time. :)
Frank, it's nice that you had a family meeting that didn't end in the Hatfields and McCoys. :)
a sad but happy day....... never heard it put that way before . Well said . Take care .
The saturday Barrett Jackson results had a tremendous amount of 6 figure prices. Shelby's 427 super snake brought 5.5 million. Maybe there was pent up demand??????
A quarter million is the new $2,500, Bill. Gosh, everyone has that! Especially now. (beware, sarcasm there) :)
I should have bought a lottery ticket Friday. Saturday went like so...
Woke up too late for a breakfast with hog in it, ate cereal. Now what?
Each car needs work pretty bad but I am not sure about any of it. Parts can no longer be had without mail order so again I skip cars.
House is in desperate shape all around but I don't own a truck or ladder. Need to prepare for annual termite inspection and the house is so full of things I don't know how to dispose of that I skipped that too. Everything has to be away from outside walls and all garage walls.
Since lightning took out my tree and water line, weeds out front over ran what landscaping was present.
So I got some new weed barrier for the gravel garden and commenced to shoveling gravel. A couple shovelfuls in, I realize if I don't somehow remove the soil mixed with the gravel, this is futile. Old barrier still good, its just what grows around it against the house that bothers me. Plus where the new water line comes in, theres a breach in the barrier of course so weeds dominate there. Found an old wastebasket made of small mesh expanded metal and used it to agitate a couple shovelfuls at a time. Got 2 or 3 feet done and rain was on the way so I buttoned that up, revising my objective to be doing enough of it so I get an idea how long it takes.Then my back started backtalking about shoveling. Admitting defeat, I pulled weeds instead. Looks like crap.
Knew I was licked there so gave the front yard first mow of the year. Knocking tops off weeds. The whole time I just wished I could reach the gutter above the gravel area to make it not look so bad. Kinked where a storm knocked it down, fascia behind siding too rotten to hold a nail. No ladder. Last time I touched it, within moments a stranger neighbor was offering to lend one. I declined, noting to myself that any outdoor minutes are with audience starved for interaction. Just kinda pushed things back together with a reachy board then, and it held all winter but a kinked gutter lined with green fungus stands out. So do the dark leak spots in the street peeking out under the GT. I anticipate being warned that I am causing the dead end street to turn into a slum so I keep the leaky tire aired up on that one and drive it every other week or so to a store so it gets parked slightly different so is not deemed inoperative and impounded while I am at work.
One letter carrier lays mail on box lid and just tips it shut, ruining any bills or checks if it rains. The old white one I talk to tosses mail into the box so it doesn't get wet. Another unsolvable issue but luckily my economic stimulus came before the rain. I thought it was my tax return at first. Wanted to ask Mr Biden what the check was for and if it will cost $4,100 to pay back the 1,400 that I didn't want, when they want it back.
I knew above all else I was gonna see to it that I got a ride in the 69 done if it kilt me.
There was time, or so I thought, to do one more house thing. I had picked up a couple outlets and light switches last weekend.
Lights haven't worked in the hall bathroom probably five years or more. Hall light ten, other bathroom light two and outlet in there, one.
Replaced master bedroom bathroom light switch and it worked. Wow! That was huge. My appearance may improve from better grooming. Still dead outlet though. Next on the priority list was hall light. It has a switch at both ends of hall. Replace most frequently used switch. Breaker fries when tried. Remove switch. Assess damage.
Now neither bathroom has light or power, no lights in bedrooms. Boy howdy. Zero electrical knowledge and now I need a circuit breaker (can't just swap one over, its a double breaker kind so no light anywhere if I pull it. Why was the hall bath outlet on a lighting circuit? No idea. Box has overly vague single word descriptions. I have never understood how it is legal to build a house without providing a schematic. An electrician would recommend rewiring the whole house but theres a foot and a half of loose insulation in the attic. Another place I can't go without ladder.
Good thing I also picked up an extension cord for vacuuming, now theres one 60W lamp bulb to bathe by at least. No heat in there though. A snake coiled up on the AC unit's capacitor's terminals and junked the heat and air a decade or more ago. Fortunately, outlets in master bedroom still work. Lamp and space heater. A good shave is out of the question. Cord on the shaver inherited from Grandpa finally broke so last week got a new one. Had I known, I'd have looked for one with a headlight.
This is how it goes with any attempt to gain ground. Under hoods especially and thats why I never fix my junk if it runs. With job and getting to job and having to race to bed all consuming any flexible time left over, I can't figure how everybody else even manages to eat. In this hopeless mindset, I reached for the one decrepit tool that helps me stabilize mentally.
Thats the 69GP. Didn't make a mile before rain drops. Theres not a noisier pair of wipers in town, and its state law headlights must be on if wipers might be needed. Knowing I'd be heating my fusible link at 42 amp alternator running wipers, lights, and full-blast-only heat / defrost fan just after 20-30 seconds of cranking fuel to carb... I just turned around. Just as I made it to the front porch, torrential downpour. Sigh, but I looked to the sky and gave thanks for that. More documentaries and 50s radio shows it is. Balanced checkbook, paid bills, ate leftovers from Mom's and went to bed.
Woke up today and none of that is fixed. Alas, termite inspector dude will get his chuckle at my hoarder pathways in every room. Thats the only other person who enters my home though. :roll:
Rest of today looks like watching videos to educate myself on house wiring and find out what modern switch to buy for that special hall light scenario. Which is probably the wrong thing to do seeing how Dad and bro are both masters of that. There was a hard wired smoke alarm next to the hall light which randomly woke me in terror in my first few years here which got knocked off the ceiling with whatever was at hand the last time it went off unprovoked and couldn't be turned off.
I used to be able to climb the fence to access roof and gutter but varmints chose the post next to the house to dig a passage next to and now the post rotted. I prop it up with the trash and recycle cans. Used to brace myself on the shed to get down from the roof but now the shed is all rust. It nearly killed me building that thing singlehanded. Come to think of it, I must be aging myself. Mowing is not the all done in 40 minutes affair it started as but the yard is the same.
I've paid the purchase price of the house twice, once more to go. Only a matter of time until a city official looks at google and sees the 72 GP in the backyard, or the fence blows over and the whistle gets blown about inoperable vehicle in existance. No title, can't or don't want to take off work to start the getting one process, can't give the car away, can't scrap it even if I find someone to unstick it with it sunk in the yard on flats. And theres no way I'll ever be sufficiently affluent to build the 400 or anything else. I was never interested in he car, just the engine and maybe frame, plus of course whatever I'll need when some doof plows into the 69. The blown 135K 3800 V6 from my ex 02 GTP has sat on a stand in the corner of my stall over six years now doing nothing and only becomes an asset if my current engine fails. But now theres no place to change it out. At least in that time I have thought it over and disqualified that engine as a potential 455 replacement.
So sorry. I just found myself spilling it there because I feel trapped. But you guys post house stuff now and then so I figured you might understand me better if I did. Its all my own fault of course but in case you never tried to imagine being alone, theres a taste. I could wallpaper the house with engine fire recall notice cards on the 99s but theres not a dealer in walking distance, for example. While thats the case, if my house burns down with the daily driver parked where it is, insurance might not pay. My valve covers don't leak and I change my own oil with care so no issue exists and last recall for same thing (this makes the 4th revision... on a 20 year old car), tech cut a plug wire causing a dangerous episode of missing when I went to dart into heavy traffic.
For the mental stability from having told someone, writing that was worth the morning. Not worth you reading it all though.
But thats what I'm not doing today. Now wheres my confounded bootstraps? :)
:lol:
I had left the "bathroom plugs" breaker turned off.
:oops:
So I was able to unwind one mystery.
:roll:
Light and heat in hall bath restored.
:D
Only ground lost that I didn't have on Friday is theres no overhead light in the room or bathroom I use. Ick.
That few minutes they both worked yesterday was motivational but due to being from like 1980, I will probably require a pro breaker box replacement in order to see in this end of the house again. And they'll charge extra because I tried to fix things first. They should. More strangers getting into every corner of the house, gotta love that.
Thinking. Quietly, now. To myself :) :arrow:
Craig's list has been good to me in the last month. I had a c6 listed that I don't believe I would ever use. When the man came to pick it up, we were visiting and I had another part he could use. 2 less items to move around. :)
Quote from: "kb426"The saturday Barrett Jackson results had a tremendous amount of 6 figure prices. Shelby's 427 super snake brought 5.5 million. Maybe there was pent up demand??????
We watched some of saturday sales. WOW
A friend called me from the motorcycle section auction friday... There were several low mileage Honda 50cc and 70cc bikes he was interested in.. He told me average decent condtion bikes were selling in the 7 to 8k $ range. One Honda 1974 bike with 2 miles on it sold for 20k I thin k he said
Got the 383 stroker motor I built into the car today. Should have been a couple hour job, but it took 4 1/2 hrs! The 700r4 trans replacing the 350 was different enough to cause headaches, but we got it finally. My brother was helping me and was reaching under the car to shift the trans on the jack supporting it and something shifted trapping his thumb! 😖. I had to quickly lift the car by hand as much as I could so he could pull it out. It was flattened a bit from the knuckle down and lost some skin, but seems to function. He retired from our fire dept last year and said, after he could talk, that he never did anything fighting fire that hurt that much!
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He'll be looking for worker's comp. :)
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He'll be looking for worker's comp. :)
I offered him ice and booze...he and I have a history with thumbs, when he and I put my motorcycle on a carrier a couple years ago I managed to pull my thumbnail off. About ten seconds before he got his thumb he said out loud "now watch your fingers" to himself...
Wife and I have talked for 5 years about hitting the roads in a truck and trailer when retirement hits. Travel the USA for a year or what ever.
We bought this 2021 F-350 oil burner 4x4 DRW truck. It is a base level truck : XL F-350 with some shiney options added. I bought the low level truck so it weighs less and can haul more. It has a cargo rating of 5600 pounds with GVWR of 14k
The 6.7 diesel runs well, looks complicated as all get out under the hood. It has the 10 speed automatic with a 4.10 gear ratio differentials. In 7th gear the trans is 1-1 ... the 8th , 9th , 10th gears are over drive
I am surprised at the punch this thing has from 55mph to 80mph for a 8k pound truck.
Looking at 5th wheel trailer online for 3 years. We have visited the RV sales shows tooo.. I want a trailer with a GVW of 15k weight. Hopefully 38 foot long max.. Shorter would be nice.
I spent the last 3 days doing yard work. The yard is cleaner than it has been in a long time. I'm going to attack the weeds with fervor.
I plan on winning the war. :)
Spiffy tow rig, Tony. Hope you get much trouble free travel out of it. That guy who owns the black 59 Pontiac with the good kinda transmission has the Platinum Murder edition with 6.7L power. That worst day last week was sanding off a previous blackout job on the grille chrome inserts. For a blackout job that'll stick. I think if it was me, I'd have left the top and bottom bars chrome.
Quote from: "kb426"I spent the last 3 days doing yard work. The yard is cleaner than it has been in a long time. I'm going to attack the weeds with fervor.
I plan on winning the war. :)
Saw your post and asked for that brand at the home junk store but they had never heard of it. :? :?:
:lol: :shock: :)
A little early in the season, not real hot here yet.. I killed 6 scorpions tonight in the back yard and near the garage door of the house
We had a blizzard yesterday .... seriously , 60mph winds and a few inches of new snow and some rain :( just when i was beginning to see some of my lawn .
Spent time on the harley chopper project . Cut down and moved the rear fender to its final position and got it welded on . Bolted the rear caliper mount on so brakes are done except for plumbing . Have to weld up holes in rear fender where there has been a change in plans about signal lights . Still have to move the fuel tanks back about 2" as there is still not enough turning ability as the springer front has no offset between the neck and the forks , they are in line , making the forks touch the tank before there is a decent turning angle . Will have to modify the seat pan as the tank move and rear fender placement have cut in on the room for the seat .
Interesting past week... On eBay. I had another USPS Priority Mail package go missing for 3 days. Then it's tracking location was off a bit , but it was delivered.
2nd eBay item was a rear planetary uniit for a thm-400. I mixed up a couple photos of planets on the listing. Over the years GM used different style of parking lugs (long, short, split) on the exterior of the planet housing. The buyer sent me photos and said the planet did not match what his thm-400 had inside. I explained the planet was fine and would work.....At the end of the day: I issued him a full refund and told him to toss the planet in the trash. That was the last planetary unit I had on my shelf. LOL
A side line note about my former employer: I received text messages tuesday. It seems the last guy in the transmission dept that has experience building over drive transmissions of any brand turned in his 2 week notice of leaving the company. :shock: :shock:
I have no intention of returning for a 3rd rip of working there. :lol:
I removed the rear end from the crown vic chassis that donated it's drivetrain for the 72 F100. The narrowed front suspension is from it. I'm going to look it over to see if cutting it up and trying to save some parts of it has any merit. If not, it's going to my friends scrap pile. Less stuff to mow around this summer. :) In looking over the bare frame, it's very well engineered. There is nothing thick on it. There are geometric shapes and some overlaps in a few places that I think may have been just to enable production operations to be more efficient. Happy April 1st to everybody. In my world we're getting closer to warm weather. :)
Way to go, Tony, but you know what they say about "third times a charm." Or not. Once was enough for me.
Quote from: "kb426"I removed the rear end from the crown vic chassis that donated it's drivetrain for the 72 F100. The narrowed front suspension is from it. I'm going to look it over to see if cutting it up and trying to save some parts of it has any merit. If not, it's going to my friends scrap pile. Less stuff to mow around this summer. :) In looking over the bare frame, it's very well engineered. There is nothing thick on it. There are geometric shapes and some overlaps in a few places that I think may have been just to enable production operations to be more efficient. Happy April 1st to everybody. In my world we're getting closer to warm weather. :)
I did my first TIG welding job today. :)
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Quote from: "kb426"I removed the rear end from the crown vic chassis that donated it's drivetrain for the 72 F100. The narrowed front suspension is from it. I'm going to look it over to see if cutting it up and trying to save some parts of it has any merit. If not, it's going to my friends scrap pile. Less stuff to mow around this summer. :) In looking over the bare frame, it's very well engineered. There is nothing thick on it. There are geometric shapes and some overlaps in a few places that I think may have been just to enable production operations to be more efficient. Happy April 1st to everybody. In my world we're getting closer to warm weather. :)
I did my first TIG welding job today. :)
And I thought you were a Tig Man from way back.. Who coulda guest!
So tell us how it went, what do ya think of it, what did ya weld, huh, huh, huh, gotta know 8)
We're going outside to watch the Starlink satellites go over again. We watched them the last time they paraded across the sky. There were about 60 last time, I don't know how many tonight. Can you tell we don't have much to do in central IL?
Quote from: "RipVW"Quote from: "idrivejunk"Quote from: "kb426"I removed the rear end from the crown vic chassis that donated it's drivetrain for the 72 F100. The narrowed front suspension is from it. I'm going to look it over to see if cutting it up and trying to save some parts of it has any merit. If not, it's going to my friends scrap pile. Less stuff to mow around this summer. :) In looking over the bare frame, it's very well engineered. There is nothing thick on it. There are geometric shapes and some overlaps in a few places that I think may have been just to enable production operations to be more efficient. Happy April 1st to everybody. In my world we're getting closer to warm weather. :)
I did my first TIG welding job today. :)
And I thought you were a Tig Man from way back.. Who coulda guest!
So tell us how it went, what do ya think of it, what did ya weld, huh, huh, huh, gotta know 8)
April Fools! :lol:
:D Thank you buddy. 8)
Good one Matt, You slippery ol sidewinder....
Told my welding kids today that due to the new carbon tax in Canada , if they light a torch and its too smoky Ill have to charge them a dollar. They believed me. let them know it was bogus later on in the class. Had a kid in machine shop try to pick up aluminum with the rolling magnet sweeper . Told him if he flipped it upside down and walked backwards it should work . It didnt :shock: Its not just kids these days . 25 years ago I got 18 kids to sign up to be a driver for a front engine jet car in under 10 minutes . There was an illustration of the car at the top of the sign up sheet ! :lol:
I was working at a Ford dealer in the late sixties. One day the shop foreman sends the bosses kid up the street to a body shop, and ask to borrow his sky hook. The kid comes back with a half gallon of thinner. He said that the body guy told him to drop a lighted match into the can, and he wouldn't need a sky hook.
He owns the business today. Good kid actually.
I went out to the shop today to work on the T. All I got done was fine tuning the firewall template and trim it to pattern making size. I also reinstalled the trans crossmember after finish welding the mounting ears. The body is now centered and positioned and bolted to the frame so next on is the firewall fitting, Front Floor, Brake pedal and steering and Shifter. Oh I can't forget E brake. For all of the above I need the Engine and trans in place Again!!! So dang there is an awefull lot of things to stuff into a tiny place as a TCoupe. Steering is going to be Fun!!! There is just no room.. Gonna be tight. I am NOT looking into shoving the engine trans back into the chassis again. My Bad shoulder is acting up again and it makes manhandling things like a engine/trans combo a real pain!! I sure wish I new a few rodders in this part of the land. I could enlist a crew to do this engine trans swap in. So in the mean time I will watch late at night for some friendly shoemaker elves! 8)
Front engine jet dragster :lol: Perfect! Dad said about the time he was building an A, the guys at Grandpa's gas station sent him out for a can of compression.
Rip, if I zinged you honest and for true its the first time I ever "got" anybody on April Fools. Your reply was magnificent. 8) If they still did fake gunfights at old west theme parks and such, we'd have us good summer jobs. What with knowing some right words to brace one another with and all. :wink: Now draw! Remember when Bugs told Yosemite Sam to draw and he whipped out pencil and paper? That was funny, he drew a gun. :lol:
Big ol boy I worked with in TX used to do gunfights at Six Flags. He said they used home made blanks by topping up .45s with black powder using plain primers... just scoop the cartridge full, knock off what piles up on top and pass it three times through a styrofoam cup. That was the amicable recipie the gunfighter actors settled on. They'd leave a mark less'n you's five paces off or better. :shock: But the smoke was satisfactory that way. :)
Just came through for a laugh, I am kinda in the same boat. I gotta recenter the piston in my dual master cylinder without assistance somehow. Maybe my little bottle jack, hmm. But! Got called away to immediate suprise Easter doins in the next county just now and must scramble to attend. Needed to take these moments to write and bend back the mood damage that comes with family scrapping a Saturday for me. Thats catastrophic for full timers.
When I got the text I was just about to type something like could you use a couple templates of the trans to do the floor part and are you familiar with the "steer clear" thingamabob like on Pugsy's '41? Just thoughts, wanting to help. I probably already said all that and forgot. Every other time I try something yelp ow no turn that hand and try another way so I'd be a whiny assistant if I was there. We'd stab it though, if we had a bottle of rye.
I'm sorry I'm so boring. I did yard work again today. I expect the EPA to investigate why all the weeds have died. :lol:
I participated in a drag and drive event this weekend. We ran last night at the local drag strip then I drove the 460 Ranger about 250 miles today and returned to the drag strip. 9mpg @ at a little over $3 a gallon. It was worth every penny. The truck did fine but it was a little slower. Traction was poor, and I had a slight miss that was noticeable over 5000 RPM. I will need to look at the plugs and the tune. It was good to get out and visit with people and do some car stuff.
Sorry I'm so dramatic.
Posted a bunch of junk to make up for it and even left some for later. Good visit with family today, and briefly chasing sundown in the 69 next. 8)
I killed 5 more scorpions in my back yard saturday evening. It was a bit warm here today. As it warms up , the scorpions come out after the sun sets. That is 14 scorpions in the last few days.
i didn't kill any scorpions but i did get rid of a hornet....down to 1 rambler now
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"I participated in a drag and drive event this weekend. We ran last night at the local drag strip then I drove the 460 Ranger about 250 miles today and returned to the drag strip. 9mpg @ at a little over $3 a gallon. It was worth every penny. The truck did fine but it was a little slower. Traction was poor, and I had a slight miss that was noticeable over 5000 RPM. I will need to look at the plugs and the tune. It was good to get out and visit with people and do some car stuff.
Sounds like a great day.
I went to the drag racing track today also but it was a swap meet. Didn't find anything on my list but I still had a good time.
I took the 46 out far a shake down and meet up with Don.
The 46 seems a little loose in the front end with the coil overs, may need another alignment.
In the last couple months: On the weekends I've been watching early reality TV shows. The Lone Ranger , Bat Masterson .... :D
With the SAT service DirecTV , I can view the cast names of each show. It is weird (?) to read the cast bio where they were born in the 1880s to early 1900s.. Just an observation.
I watch the background in the scenes as much as the story line... Some of these shows were very basic in those days of early TV.. The Lone Ranger from horse riding scenes in the mountains, then it changes to the sound stage as they ride the animals in to camera view. Crudely done... At the end of the day, they got the job done.
And: since my hearing is now so bad I use the closed caption on these TV shows. That can be goofy too. 5 to 10 words ahead of the scene or behind.
I nominate Sgt. Preston as the hokiest production. In recent weeks been listening to the Falcon radio shows.
Washing trucks before lunch. Had a nice Easter lunch with the kids. Then I aligned the front end on the 51 again. I don't know if the adjusters are moving or if my lack of a level floor is causing my lack of success. I shim up the truck to make it level but there is still room for error, and human error. :)
Quote from: "kb426"Washing trucks before lunch. Had a nice Easter lunch with the kids. Then I aligned the front end on the 51 again. I don't know if the adjusters are moving or if my lack of a level floor is causing my lack of success. I shim up the truck to make it level but there is still room for error, and human error. :)
I see the VFR800 on You Tube.. Going up for sale ?
Yes, Tony. I submitted it to BAT and was turned down. Since I started going to rod shows, the bike has gotten little use. The dr650 is the one I ride most of the time. I will try Craig's list next.
Next on the list of tasks: Finishing the seat in the 72 F100. This is a pic of it disassembled. The head rests were the trickiest to figure out how they were done. :) I'm still learning with each adventure. :)
The seat back had 10 panels to sew together. I have 2 more to go. I had a full day and the mental power went south. :) I was pretty cautious in cutting out the patterns and the material. I ran across a video where the guy glued the material to the scirmsew when doing contoured backs. I did that and I think it is better than what I've done before.
I delivered the Marlin to Shelby's house today. Even though it's still in the family, it was sad to see it go. :cry:
I've been ripping my front porch cover apart.. rotted wood repair. I am learning how whiz poor the hot mop roll roofing was installed years ago.
To be honest, I noticed a problem with the roof 2 years ago.. I decided to wait till retirement ver 2.0 to replace the wood. Likely I will hire a roofer to re-roof the porch. I doubt my body is up for the roofing .
I bought some exterior plywood , 2x6 boards , misc stuff for the job. I need about 70 feet of 2x8 fascia board still. Fascia boards are in rough shape. If you have heard about the cost of wood going way up fast.. that is true
I worked on the T some more today and todays task was to stuff the engine back into the chassis. That actually went pretty good! I am now down to the part where I have to formulate a floor plan for the front. I am thinking of going stock material for floor boards. Model T's used wood floors in the front and where the pedals penetrate. I think I am going to do the wood from the front to the back. The OEM fit in the front would be perfect for wood and going that way I can make the new firewall fit and meet the floors at a 90 deg angle. This simplifies the meeting of the floors and firewall and I can save a bit of labor and time building by not building a 16 to 18 Ga steel floor.
Looks like I may have a perfect place for the column to go through the floor and not interfere with the brake pedal. But like everything you have to fit things, Then take them apart and put them together again only to find part B is in the way of part C and part C won't fit with part A and B. Arggggg. Makes me Nauseas! I also added a couple of body pictures one showing the body sitting down nice on the frame and another from the rear and it looks pretty level. Oh the first picture is of the front floorboard idea..
So for show and tell here are a couple of photos for your viewing pleasure: Enjoy.
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Here's the seat back minus the arm rest. I duplicated how Ford used backing on the cover and it ended up being a problem on the corners on the sides. The vinyl with the scrimsew was too thick for me to navigate the radiuses without some bunching of the material. I'm not ready to rip it all apart yet. I'm going to give it some time and see if it relaxes some.
Yesterday my wife drove the Ranger pickup with the 460 engine to the local Lowes store and bought bags of mulch for the flower beds. She said the young man who loaded the truck was impressed. I am very fortunate to have an understanding wife. She makes me smile when she says stuff like "I am going to Harbor Freight, do you need anything?", Or "The street is clear for you to enter after this next low rider pickup" or " Was that a 59 or 60 El Camino?" My brother in laws always had hot rods and between them and me, I guess she just had to adapt.
Just got back from a visit to my son . Have not been out to see him since August because of job and covid . Restrictions in his area are getting more strict so the visit was unknowingly timed perfect. Have not seen a computer screen in 4 or 5 days .
Quote from: "chimp koose"Just got back from a visit to my son . Have not been out to see him since August because of job and covid . Restrictions in his area are getting more strict so the visit was unknowingly timed perfect. Have not seen a computer screen in 4 or 5 days .
My wife has relatives in P.Q. ...Some of the covid mandates, curfews, and restrictions are insane! ...The posted fines for infractions are mind-boggling.
Trudeau's quarantine/internment policy seems a little drastic.
How receptive are Canadians to the policies in effect?
I have the seat back in the 72. The wrinkling on the corners is still present. I installed the old dash pad and the new dash cover. All the junk on the top of the dash is to hold it down while drying. The cover comes with silicone adhesive. It didn't lay down flat in the middle. I have good exp. with gluing with silicone so I'm optimistic on the outcome.
Yes some of the restrictions are pretty tight. Each province has the right to set their own restrictions so it is not really up to Trudeau exactly . The real problem is that of vaccine procurement . I heard on the news today that Canada is ranked as 44th in the world for vaccine rollout :shock: In an effort to save money our feds cut back on Canadas ability to manufacture vaccines many years ago. My wife got her shot today but if you are under about55 yrs old you are going to have to wait. When you compare our covid numbers to the USA we do not look that bad until you compare the populations . We are about 34 million in all of Canada. Ontario and Quebec are about the worst for infection but also have the largest cities and population densities . The restrictions there are pretty tight but likely justifiable . In Saskatchewan we are about 15% vaccinated and we are ahead of most provinces in that regard .
Rip VW I do not think I have seen a T on a deuce frame before . It looks even better than a 29 on deuce rails. Must be the steeper slope to the cowl , but man that looks GOOD ! 8) 8) 8)
Thanks Chimp.
I had to notch the rails just above the reveal so the body would fit flat on the frame. The duce frame angles up a bit from mid frame and of course the T body is flat as Kansas on the bottom. The notch is visible but not to noticeable. Yeah I am liking the way the body fits and that took several weeks to get it to set where it is now. On mounting the body I used crossmembers located below where the T body rails were to take advantage of factory mounting methods. I did not use wood on the mounts but instead made some metal blocks with a layer of 1/4 inch rubber belting to give the body a little resistance to sound travel but still not be loose.
Tomorrow I am going to cut a wood panel for the front floorboard so I can get the column and brake pedal mounted. I originally thought I had set the engine in the frame low enough so I wouldn't need a cover over the bellhousing but alas not quite low enough so I am going to have to find one as I want something symmetrical so I will look for some floorboard parts like a bellhousing cover if that is what it is called.
If anyone has a good source of these bellhousing curves / Transmission humps or what ever they are called let me know as I really don't want to make one but if I must I will. 8)
Ripped out more lumber on my front porch today.. The quote from the roofer came back lower than we were thinking. I asked for a time line to start the work. I figure he is a few weeks out minimum. No answer yet.. I hope to have the lumber replaced this weekend. I already need more plywood.
Attended a funeral service this morning on the far west end of the valley .. 110 miles round trip. A long time friend, her father passed in his sleep at 94 years young. Talking to her husband (he is building the Studebaker Champ truck)... His mom is still going well and will be 97 in a week.
We got our second Maderna shot yesterday. Our shoulder is a bit tender this am, but other than that, no problems.
Rip , I used a wheel barrel to move the firewall back in my Anglia build . Maybe you could look at something like a stainless steel dog dish or an oven tray for the floor hump . I have seen a small aluminum cookie sheet used as a dash recess for mounting guages before .
Yard work . I uncovered my fish pond and will have to rebuild the end walls before fish go in . There is still some ice in the yard and the bottom of the pond is still a block of ice so I will have to wait until it thaws . We are supposed to get 4 to 8 inches of snow tomorrow! Also have been working on my 92 sierra . Its time to sell it as I have not driven it since June and I have 5 trucks in the driveway . Spent some time with a power polisher and will clean out the interior later . I still think of it as a newer truck but its 29 years old !
Watching it snow :roll:
Milling machine time tonight . Made the bracket that mounts to the ds head and holds the wide part (pivot hole ) on the alternator . I took it home and mounted it and the belts seem to line up real nice . I will take the bracket off and pretty it up on the mill tomorrow . Sure is nice to have a big hunk of 1" thick aluminum to whittle on . I am thinking I will make a tensioner out of a bar with lh and rh threads in either end and matching rod ends to draw the belt tight . Need to send this alt off to get cleaned up and rebuilt .
Quote from: "RipVW"Thanks Chimp.
I had to notch the rails just above the reveal so the body would fit flat on the frame. The duce frame angles up a bit from mid frame and of course the T body is flat as Kansas on the bottom. The notch is visible but not to noticeable. Yeah I am liking the way the body fits and that took several weeks to get it to set where it is now. On mounting the body I used crossmembers located below where the T body rails were to take advantage of factory mounting methods. I did not use wood on the mounts but instead made some metal blocks with a layer of 1/4 inch rubber belting to give the body a little resistance to sound travel but still not be loose.
Tomorrow I am going to cut a wood panel for the front floorboard so I can get the column and brake pedal mounted. I originally thought I had set the engine in the frame low enough so I wouldn't need a cover over the bellhousing but alas not quite low enough so I am going to have to find one as I want something symmetrical so I will look for some floorboard parts like a bellhousing cover if that is what it is called.
If anyone has a good source of these bellhousing curves / Transmission humps or what ever they are called let me know as I really don't want to make one but if I must I will. 8)
Well well well, I made a rough mock up of the floor to establish where the bottom of the firewall should be but during this task I found some problems with the trans interference with the floor board. The trans is 3/8 of an inch higher than the bottom of the floorboard. So that means the bump or hump for the bell housing will have to go almost to the front of the seat. Then I realized I will need more room to clear the shifter and linkage so that throws a wrench into the works.. I did find a trans hump/driveshaft tunnel at speedway Motors that will fit the bill for giving me the clearance I will need. So much for a completely flat floor!
I removed the floor board and decided to bolt the shifter on the trans and get an idea how much room the shifter needs to clear. So about 5 years ago I ran across a "Craigslist find " of a Lokar shifter supposedly to fit my Ford FMX transmission. Well when I went to bolt it on it wouldn't fit on my transmission and finally determined the shifter was for a chevy 700 series transmission. So I called Lokar and talked to the tech there and explained what was going on. The tech says no worries we will sell you the parts needed to make it a FMX shifter. They make a kit to convert their 3 speed auto shifters to fit whatever you need it too. The kit isn't cheap at $118 bucks but he assured me everything I need will be there. So I ordered up a kit and will get it next week I hope. So back to the height/bellhousing problem and found a fiberglass Trans tunnel sold to fit TBuckets and looks like it will solve the clearance problem. So I ordered that and that should be here Friday.
So another problem I found was with my floor board template. It seams there are 2 different angles on the side rails from the front of the floorboard and I missed that and made the sides straight so the fit on the sides is real sloppy so I have to correct that when I build the final version of the floor board. Tomorrow I am going to clamp the brake pedal in place and see how much real estate is available for the column to fit.
So a bit of setback but a good recovery is in store.. Sometimes the setbacks really set me back but so far no complete show stopper.. Onward to the bench!!! 8)
That stuff all gets left out on TV shows, eh? Try working through a mechanic and boss.
No project to report. Did try a snort of the 93 octane I found, in the 455 other day. Having a health issue myself, not covid but no covid deaths in my area for a few days and my family is healthy. :)
I got the A front fenders bolted to frame at front today and cut metal for bigger blisters. Eliminated control arm / eccentric interference w/fends by moving them in. Shapes of the two fenders vary greatly all across the front. Its like the grille and fenders aren't even for the same car. Oh, wait...
First thing I did was make grille shell brackets that bypass the radiator. Shaking my head the whole time thinking why would anyone even back then mount body to radiator core? I don't understand. My brackets go under the same bolts and are sandwiched by rad and frame and allow fitting panels without rad and grille in the way. Radiator available for mockup was fitted to a deuce vicky.
Interior looks snappy, Bill. Them coverlays are great on some applications. Never had to bust open the silicone on my Ventura.
New roof on our front porch. Now: somebody needs to paint that new wood.
Roof is finished. Needs paint on new wood. Quote was 3350.00. At the end the invoice was 3735.00 which is closer to what I expected.
Finally finished a painting today, I have barely touched a brush for weeks. This is a commission piece, 16" X 20"
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Looks real good. :)
As time permits: I watched a few more old TV shows. I do not remember a different guy (John Hart) playing The Lone Ranger for a couple seasons. I read that fans protested and Clayton Moore was brought back.
I also do not recall that Tonto was often tied up with rope. Although I was a young kid watching the show in reruns in the 1960s.
Also been watching a few Perry Mason shows.
Quote from: "phat46"Finally finished a painting today, I have barely touched a brush for weeks. This is a commission piece, 16" X 20"
The more of those you do the better you get. Very nice job.
Quote from: "enjenjo"Quote from: "phat46"Finally finished a painting today, I have barely touched a brush for weeks. This is a commission piece, 16" X 20"
The more of those you do the better you get. Very nice job.
Thanks Frank. I stalled out on this one for two weeks. The client was very patient. I found if you're not "feeling" it, don't paint. I had to correct several things on this that I had rushed through when not really wanting to paint. Now I have to paint three dogs in one painting for a guy that won a raffle to raise money for a Shootout for local cars at Lapeer Int. Dragway. I raffled off two painting to be done for the winners, I thought I would be painting cars....oh well it raised $1,000 for the race.
Clayton Moore is to The Lone Ranger what Adam West is to Batman in my book. And I need that same fascia repair plus new gutter. No ladder.
Swallows have wanted to nest under the front porch roof all the years I been here, since 98. They still try but can't find the right kind of sticks. Lightning took out the gooey cypress tree out front, that must have been what they used to use. Theres a bunch of evergreen looking foliage on a corner of the porch where they are trying. Those eggs must be getting heavy and its cool and rainy.
Trying real hard not to freak out on a medical issue, meds seem to be having some effect on it but troubling things are exiting me. I had stones before, infection is now ruled out. Prolly TMI right there. Whoa-ing up on that talk but am un-nerved.
The bike painting is top notch! 8) And as to the inclination factor with art, I agree wholeheartedly. Yesterday I needed a diversion something fierce and a other forum bud's ride just willingly fell off a pencil in an hour, if that. See below. Used the PC on it today to tidy it up, phone - photographing art is a challenge.
Oh, almost forgot... noticed this AM that the Model A thread smashed that six figure view mark. Amazing. :-o I don't know who all them viewers may be but wow! Thanks I reckon, to all you guys. :)
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Clayton Moore is to The Lone Ranger what Adam West is to Batman in my book. And I need that same fascia repair plus new gutter. No ladder.
Swallows have wanted to nest under the front porch roof all the years I been here, since 98. They still try but can't find the right kind of sticks. Lightning took out the gooey cypress tree out front, that must have been what they used to use. Theres a bunch of evergreen looking foliage on a corner of the porch where they are trying. Those eggs must be getting heavy and its cool and rainy.
Trying real hard not to freak out on a medical issue, meds seem to be having some effect on it but troubling things are exiting me. I had stones before, infection is now ruled out. Prolly TMI right there. Whoa-ing up on that talk but am un-nerved.
The bike painting is top notch! 8) And as to the inclination factor with art, I agree wholeheartedly. Yesterday I needed a diversion something fierce and a other forum bud's ride just willingly fell off a pencil in an hour, if that. See below. Used the PC on it today to tidy it up, phone - photographing art is a challenge.
Oh, almost forgot... noticed this AM that the Model A thread smashed that six figure view mark. Amazing. :-o I don't know who all them viewers may be but wow! Thanks I reckon, to all you guys. :)
Nice drawing, I bought coloered pencils last year and have yet to try them. On some of the auto art site I am on there are folks doing colored pencil work that is stunning. If I ever get around to using mine it will be more along the lines f what you have done here, just probably not that nice. Hope all is well with you.
Me too, thanks.
Theres auto art sites? You mean like the share and discuss ways kind, not peddle your wares type? Never thought about there being such. But man yeah theres some people putting in serious time and doing remarkable things. Honestly if you break out some good colored pencils I think you'll want to throw out the paints. Its so easy and natural, requires so little planning, and every color is always ready never wet, and... well I like them. But I never tried to do anything serious with them, just comic-esque as shown. The black is just classroom #2 pencil on that.
Get em out. Find your style. :arrow:
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Clayton Moore is to The Lone Ranger what Adam West is to Batman in my book. And I need that same fascia repair plus new gutter. No ladder.
Swallows have wanted to nest under the front porch roof all the years I been here, since 98. They still try but can't find the right kind of sticks. Lightning took out the gooey cypress tree out front, that must have been what they used to use. Theres a bunch of evergreen looking foliage on a corner of the porch where they are trying. Those eggs must be getting heavy and its cool and rainy.
Trying real hard not to freak out on a medical issue, meds seem to be having some effect on it but troubling things are exiting me. I had stones before, infection is now ruled out. Prolly TMI right there. Whoa-ing up on that talk but am un-nerved.
The bike painting is top notch! 8) And as to the inclination factor with art, I agree wholeheartedly. Yesterday I needed a diversion something fierce and a other forum bud's ride just willingly fell off a pencil in an hour, if that. See below. Used the PC on it today to tidy it up, phone - photographing art is a challenge.
Oh, almost forgot... noticed this AM that the Model A thread smashed that six figure view mark. Amazing. :-o I don't know who all them viewers may be but wow! Thanks I reckon, to all you guys. :)
Looks great!
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Me too, thanks.
Theres auto art sites? You mean like the share and discuss ways kind, not peddle your wares type? Never thought about there being such. But man yeah theres some people putting in serious time and doing remarkable things. Honestly if you break out some good colored pencils I think you'll want to throw out the paints. Its so easy and natural, requires so little planning, and every color is always ready never wet, and... well I like them. But I never tried to do anything serious with them, just comic-esque as shown. The black is just classroom #2 pencil on that.
Get em out. Find your style. :arrow:
Yeah, lots of auto art sites on FB. https://m.facebook.com/?_rdr#!/groups/319617688568918/?ref=group_browse is one of my favorites, also "show your automotive art" and others. There are some incredibly talented people on these sites. Some allow selling, some don't, but even those that do have very little listed for sale. If you can find work by Don Packwood, from New Zealand, you will be stunned.
That explains it. Facebook, no. Television, no. Anything with ads or anti- straight White bias, no. But wow! :shock: That Packwood cat can draw! When I see stuff like that I always wonder if it is freehanded. It would be easy to get overly intimidated looking at such fine work knowing that level is completely out of reach. But it looks like sites are out there showing lots of people are capable. Neat.
I got to test drive the 54 Chevy this morning. My first drive since installing the 8.8 Ford Ranger rear axle. The good news is that the brakes are better. I will mess with the system more but I can make the front tires lock up now, but not easily. The bad news is that the brakes work so good that the upper arm on the Mustang II front end slipped, and now I have to get the front end aligned again. I ordered new T bolts this morning. I may convert it to the aftermarket GM style adjustment system.
O&S got to the shop this afternoon and got a little done. This is a spare pedal hanger I have for a 98 Mustang. There are kits for early Mustangs to do this. Nothing for newer models. Not that I would purchase one . :) I had some bearings left over from the mini bike project that were the correct size. I don't know how that happened. :) The premise is to use ball bearings to replace plastic bushings on the clutch-brake pedal shaft. I machined the bearing holders from 1.5" shaft. I left the stub shaft from the original bushing holder to align the bearing holders. They are tack welded in place. I intend to do this on the unit in the 51 also. I have more bearings and shaft for holders. The unit in the 51 is a bear to push the clutch pedal in. This will eliminate one area of friction in the operation.
Yesterday I helped Josh install a new garage door. He has a bid out to enlarge his shop from 22 by 23 to 22 by 48.
Today I helped Shelby and her husband convert a Honda race car to meet the rules where they want to race. Used race car, hit pretty bad in the back. It was no big deal to straighten it out. Now we are down to the little things.
Mods finished.
Made dimple dies for a piece that is spring loaded and holds a dipstick in an aircraft engine . 8)
O&S plodded along and made 2 more bearing holders for the 51's clutch pedal. Just in case anybody is curious, they are .860" tall and the bearing recess is .3" deep. If the 51's hanger is the same as the one I just completed, I will have to shorten one of these to make the overall dimension correct. Better long than short. :)
70 Degrees F here today. The forecast is for snow tomorrow morning. Springtime in the Ozarks. I did some more test driving of the 54 Chevy this afternoon and then I spray painted some parts for my daughters shop. I could do that job today with the shop doors open but I will not be able to do that kind of work the rest of this week because of the upcoming weather.
I really like the way the car drives with the change to a 327 gear set in the rear. The axle I replaced was about a 250 ratio. This one is also a lot quieter also. I am anxious to see how it changes the miles per gallon of gas.
Now I think I will buy my wife an ice cream cone and then watch our youngest grandson practice baseball. This is a lot better spring than last year.
We went to Lowe's on Saturday and bought a Husqvarna lawn tractor, $1700 plus a few extra things. They give veterans 10% off, so we got $175 off the price. We used it Saturday, and it sounded like the deck wanted to disintegrate. You could hear it a block away. We returned it today, then went to Home Depot and bought a John Deere. A little more money, but it's got a 2 cylinder, so it should run with less vibration. Sorry, no vet discounts on JD products...it's the mfr., not HD. Oh well, but I also bought a mulching plug for it, JD brand. Oh, we can give you the vet discount on that. What? Geez.
We had picked one out of the 15 they had on the lot. This one was on the end, so unlocking the cable would be easy, plus it didn't have any nicks and scratches. Went to start it, battery was dead. The old outdoor guy changed batteries with the one next to it. *, it was getting cold and wet out there. Quit raining when we got home, and we tried it out. Very quiet, so I guess it was worth it.
It snowed here today, flakes the size of butterflies. Yesterday was full blast hardtoppin' temperature. Don't like the weather? Wait five minutes. May freeze tonight.
A little more serious of a colored pencil usage below (Crayola brand on sketch paper, 7x10" but cropped here). Freehand, no peeking at references. Cars I washed enough times, I can just about pull that off. :lol:
Bigger version:
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No touch ups but guilty of punching up contrast on my phone when done. :) Thats Barrier Blue and Cordovan Maroon. Ish. 8)
We did some painting on the new wood on the porch today.
A dental issue knocked me on my butt over the weekend. Nerve in a tooth has died, developed an infection. * , what a large amount of pain. Probably most of y'all know 1 of 2 things happen. Tooth removed and dealt with or root canal and a fake crown installed. yada yada what fun eh?
With no dental insurance , it is on my nickle. LOL Nickle, thats funny. I am too pretty for a missing tooth gap , so next week the work will be done. Thankfully the medications have worked well. Since monday morning Most of the initial pain is reduced.
My dentist has a cash program that cuts 40% off his insurance price. Been going to this dentist for about 10 years. Probably helped him pay off a car or 2
One med gives me a headache... the Dr warned me on that. Makes me a little more goofy than normal. Only 2 more days on that med.
Tony,
My wife has been dealing with that same exact thing on her tooth. She got in to the dentist today and a round of antibiotics was prescribed but nothin for the pain. My sympathies for you sir. My wife reminds me how painful it is but they will wait a week or so for the infection to go away... Then I may get some relief... Ha Ha Ha.... 8)
Another one of the bodymen at the shop started antibiotics same day as me, his for an ulcer where a wisdom tooth was. His pain has been unbearable. I finished meds yesterday. I know the choice between extraction and save on a tooth is pretty much add comma to dollar number. I needed four at once, once. Without insurance. Had four teeth pulled twice in my life and the last time they got a suprise that made the doc sweat. Count your blessings. Dentists and doctors do a great deal of damage to the rest of us humans.
I woke up to 2" of snow yesterday. It was gone by 10am. :) I had a discussion with a good dentist about needles and injections a few years ago. His reply was that dentists work closer to the brain and are invasive usually so pain management is very important as well as not making mistakes. I had a shot in the roof of my mouth once. That was abit unpleasant. :)
Quote from: "idrivejunk"It snowed here today, flakes the size of butterflies. Yesterday was full blast hardtoppin' temperature. Don't like the weather? Wait five minutes. May freeze tonight.
A little more serious of a colored pencil usage below (Crayola brand on sketch paper, 7x10" but cropped here). Freehand, no peeking at references. Cars I washed enough times, I can just about pull that off. :lol:
Bigger version:
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No touch ups but guilty of punching up contrast on my phone when done. :) Thats Barrier Blue and Cordovan Maroon. Ish. 8)
The artwork is looking good! Bet it feels good to get back to it. I am doing a painting of three dogs right now....I don't do animals, never have done one. This guy won a raffle we did to raise money for a Shootout race at a local dragstrip in June. I never thought he wouldn't want a car painting. 🙄
Quote from: "Crosley"We did some painting on the new wood on the porch today.
A dental issue knocked me on my butt over the weekend. Nerve in a tooth has died, developed an infection. * , what a large amount of pain. Probably most of y'all know 1 of 2 things happen. Tooth removed and dealt with or root canal and a fake crown installed. yada yada what fun eh?
With no dental insurance , it is on my nickle. LOL Nickle, thats funny. I am too pretty for a missing tooth gap , so next week the work will be done. Thankfully the medications have worked well. Since monday morning Most of the initial pain is reduced.
My dentist has a cash program that cuts 40% off his insurance price. Been going to this dentist for about 10 years. Probably helped him pay off a car or 2
One med gives me a headache... the Dr warned me on that. Makes me a little more goofy than normal. Only 2 more days on that med.
Must be the week for dental issues. I went Monday to have two fillings replaced. I never felt a thing, my dentist is amazing, no pain...ever...nothing. I went a couple years ago, was having some pain in a tooth, he looked and said "going to need a root canal on that" and started doing it! There was NO pain, not during the procedure nor after, I figured the next day would be bad...nope, nothing, no pain! I like this guy! 😄
Aw heck. Painting fur :shock: could throw a guy for a loop. :oops: Stick a car in the background or show the dogs chasing one. :) The art for a good cause thing never crossed my mind but...
Thanks, and it is. I may try some paint on board today (blank page syndrome, umm what subject matter) but one of these days I gotta set up my desk, ditch the clipboard / recliner jive and work larger. These colored (can't type that word on other forums) pencil works just do not photograph well, the gradation of tones is much smoother in person. Regular pencil looks like black ink, etc. Gets grainy when fixing the light.
Not likely but in case anybody happens to be unaware, theres temporary filling stuff in the denture care aisle. Works pretty good if a tooth chips next to a filling for example. I haven't had a crown come loose but its for that too. fyi
Matt, what's the name of the temp filling stuff? I had never heard of that. :)
The buyer of the 351w arrived today. I stored it in the shop for a month. His business went nuts and he wasn't able to get away. 325 miles one way to get it. He commented how rare those engines have become.
Dentemp :)
Carded small plastic container with mini trowel / tamping tool. Blue package is softer, stickier. Purple one is harder, lasts longer. Use as directed. Lifesaver. No, not the candy :lol: Chocolate chips or bars can shorten life of fix significantly but you can eat them again and theres plenty of stuff for redos. Kinda wish there was a 2K version.
Kickstarted more art, Dad's barely a teenager red rod, on hot press Crescent board this time. The wheels and more technical aspects might be a booger but theres always the hokey banger thread for references. He was real clear about it having 16"s in front and 17s out back. There were some toilet seat looking trim caps on the rear in this early version, ditching those but they looked kinda cool to me. In the faded tiny wallet pic this is traced from. :)
Quote from: "phat46"
Must be the week for dental issues. I went Monday to have two fillings replaced. I never felt a thing, my dentist is amazing, no pain...ever...nothing. I went a couple years ago, was having some pain in a tooth, he looked and said "going to need a root canal on that" and started doing it! There was NO pain, not during the procedure nor after, I figured the next day would be bad...nope, nothing, no pain! I like this guy! 😄
Dentist said my infection needs to be cleared up. The infection makes the numbing chemical ineffective and i would not be a happy guy during the procedure. :shock: I agreed with him.
I have pain meds for my back problems, so i am doing ok with the tooth ache so far. I can almost eat normal. LOL
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Aw heck. Painting fur :shock: could throw a guy for a loop. :oops: Stick a car in the background or show the dogs chasing one. :) The art for a good cause thing never crossed my mind but...
Thanks, and it is. I may try some paint on board today (blank page syndrome, umm what subject matter) but one of these days I gotta set up my desk, ditch the clipboard / recliner jive and work larger. These colored (can't type that word on other forums) pencil works just do not photograph well, the gradation of tones is much smoother in person. Regular pencil looks like black ink, etc. Gets grainy when fixing the light.
Not likely but in case anybody happens to be unaware, theres temporary filling stuff in the denture care aisle. Works pretty good if a tooth chips next to a filling for example. I haven't had a crown come loose but its for that too. fyi
Here's the dogs so far, better than I expected. I sent this pic to the guy, he showed his wife and she is happy, so then so am I. A little more fine work and it's done. 16" X 24"
IDJ do they make metalflake crayons? :lol:
Dogs look real good so far. :)
They do. This is gold Berol Prismacolor pencil. Theres silver too. And probably a box of crayons somewhere nearby. :)
I made dry erase marker boards for the grandkids this afternoon. Not very exciting or creative. :)
IDJ nice T door ! and metalflake to boot ! 8) I spent the evening making mounts for the tanks on my buddy's Harley . We had a blast and spent time getting the position just right . Its funny how moving the tank up or back can make such a difference in how the bike looks . I think we have it just right now and it is looking pretty sharp! 8) Also took my drag roadster chassis back to my school shop . I need to narrow a 9" and build a 4 link for it . If it rolls it should be easier to sell . It will also be harder for me to bring myself to sell it as I probably have enough parts laying around at home to get it to the track minus the SFI gear. I dont think I have ever quite completed the 12 step program to quit drag racing .
C.K., the joke in the upper classes used to be "did you sell your starter?" If you didn't sell the starter, you weren't quitting for good. When I quit in 96, the 1st question was about the starter. When the answer was it was the 1st thing I sold, they knew I meant it. After 20 dedicated seasons, I'd had enough. I struggled with too much mental time for a while but that went away after some time. I missed the social interaction some but I found out if you're not racing, people don't want to be around you as much. I miss the sound of my generation of fuel cars but not enough to get close at all. Different results for different people. :)
I went to the University of Iowa yesterday for my annual checkup since surgery on my right eye in 2014. Everything looks good, but I told the doctor that my right eye has been heavily tearing up the last month or so; thought maybe I had a severe allergy. He looked and said that my tear drain duct wasn't in the right place, and my lower eyelid was kind of floppy. He referred me to the optical plastic surgeon who just happened to be in a place where he could check me out quickly.
He did some tests, and told me that my drain was plugged, going to my nose. So now I have an appointment in mid June for surgery to re-connect my drain to my nose and wear a "wire" through that passage for about 4 months to reopen that drain. I told him that I'd had cancer surgery on that side of my nose a few years ago, and he stated that could've caused the blockage. At least my health problems are all fixable.
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"I went to the University of Iowa yesterday for my annual checkup since surgery on my right eye in 2014. Everything looks good, but I told the doctor that my right eye has been heavily tearing up the last month or so; thought maybe I had a severe allergy. He looked and said that my tear drain duct wasn't in the right place, and my lower eyelid was kind of floppy. He referred me to the optical plastic surgeon who just happened to be in a place where he could check me out quickly.
He did some tests, and told me that my drain was plugged, going to my nose. So now I have an appointment in mid June for surgery to re-connect my drain to my nose and wear a "wire" through that passage for about 4 months to reopen that drain. I told him that I'd had cancer surgery on that side of my nose a few years ago, and he stated that could've caused the blockage. At least my health problems are all fixable.
I'd drink to that :b-d:
Training a young friend at work a few years back, I insisted that he never lift the cup or lower his head to see measuring lines when mixing MEK catalyst (the clear liquid hardener) with polyester primer because of a quirk with the packaging that can let the whole squeeze bottle dump out when trying to get drops and the nozzle thingy blows out. Long story short, failure to observe due caution led to having to now have new stents put in his tear ducts every three or four years for life. He was about 20 and has glasses now too. The moral of the story being-
At any age, it strikes a man as strange to hear of tear duct troubles, don't it? Must be something that "recent" technology has granted the ability to fix. Never heared of it before all that. :?
Just shedding light where I might :idea:
Short road trip to Globe AZ for breakfast this saturday morning. Put a few miles on the truck.
Yard work. Boring and more boring. :)
This needs a shave, some red paint and collector reorientation perhaps but hey :wink: its what I worked on for a friend. :)
Quote from: "idrivejunk"This needs a shave, some red paint and collector reorientation perhaps but hey :wink: its what I worked on for a friend. :)
A good looking 54 but I am partial to 54's. I envy your talents.
Quote from: "idrivejunk"This needs a shave, some red paint and collector reorientation perhaps but hey :wink: its what I worked on for a friend. :)
I like the 54"s better than the 53's also. Looks good, Matt.
Change the 54 to red and WZ JUNK can hang it on his wall. :)
Hey thanks for the feedback :) I could make a case for either 53 or 4 and suspect that using elements from both has potential. Never looked at a 54 very hard so had to study for this drawing whereas the 53 just durn near fell off the pencil point. So now I am more familiar with them and more mindful of the annual evolutionary steps taken. Pretty neat how that flows from one year into the next, and the 54 is an interesting transition which ushers out the earlier body quite handily.
But like with tri fives, each year has some visual element which I wish wasn't there alongside it's cool-looking identity-defining ones.
When Dad saw the pic, one of his 54 stories fell out. His timing gear stripped three miles east of Chickasha "racing" a Ford on a Saturday but he made it to a dealer shop that was still open despite limping it a great many miles. He is and was a stovebolt lover... until the OHC6 of course! Which is purt near just a fancy Pontiac head and gimmicky Gilmer belt under an infantile Q-Jet hung on one. ;)
When he went into the AF his ride was a 54 Super. White on light blue with red and black interior. 8) I worked on the picture of his A rod for awhile last evening.
Quote from: "kb426"Change the 54 to red and WZ JUNK can hang it on his wall. :)
That was exactly what I eluded to in the post but I'll need the mod list or a sufficiently recent pic to show them. The wheelie shots conveniently lessen the need for wheel detail and simplify using a single line drawing to base depictions of multiple dudes' rides on, for economy of effort. That is on purpose but could be more closely representative with more detail.
I drew this thing several times but kept screwing up which elements to include to represent whose car and ended up juggling things on the computer to finish. But in the owner's words I nailed it. Eventually, and the image got several tweaks while I was there to refine and boost the look of the art.
The movement / energy of the base image is carried over from the 53 ragtop sketch and I am real pleased with that part of it but other parts could be evolved further. And I'd be glad to, for junk John. 8)
Boy howdy, dadburnit. Tried to replace a wheel cyl on the 69 but the fitting has become one with the line. No go, and no visible rust present just age. Hope it still has fronts. Nothing like an exercise in futility for a sunny 75° Sunday afternoon. Sometimes I forget loss management is about all I can manage. :roll:
The hood on the 78 f150 got cut and buffed. Now that the front is buffed, the rest will get cut and buffed also. That wasn't part of my original plan. :)
Spent the day picking up dead branches and limbs from the winter storms. Now I can mow.
I put off mowing to attempt car fix. Car still can stop eventually. :)
WZ, heres a link to the "fullsize" version on my blog:
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That is double the size below but the actual full size is twice that. The original needed little cleanup and is on plain copy paper. Piece of cake, enjoy. :)
WOW, that's great. I saved it to my photos and I will have a print made. Thanks again.
Just. WOW! I envy you guys who can draw cars (and other things) that actually look like a car.
How's that for quick service? :)
I have no patience. Thursday, I texted a local tuner to work on my setup. No response yet. After years of messing with this thing I really want to hear it run. I wish I understood how to set it up.
Also on Thursday I decided I better prime the oil system. I put a drill on the oil pump and it did what it should. Later when I was cleaning up I found an oil puddle under the rear of the motor. Saturday I dug in and removed the transmission, bellhousing, clutch, etc. I guess I should have put a rear main seal in it? That is one of the hazards of a very long term project. I forget what was and wasn't done.
Watching a couple old Twilite Zone shows on TV this morning. They came on at 5am this monday morning.
Here is my project. It will be used for tractor pulling. The weight classes are 1350 and 1400 lb. That's with me on it. Tire size is limited to 26x12x12. They have to have no more than 4 cylinders.
EDIT; I see I didn't have the driveshaft cover on in the photo.
Quote from: "Beck"Here is my project. It will be used for tractor pulling. The weight classes are 1350 and 1400 lb. That's with me on it. Tire size is limited to 26x12x12. They have to have no more than 4 cylinders.
EDIT; I see I didn't have the driveshaft cover on in the photo.
Nice work. I will show this photo to Doug Lee. I am anxious to hear how you do. I see lots of hard work in this project.
As a side note Doug moved his car into the main shop last week to begin work on completing the car.
Beck, what are you using for an efi ecu? Are what appears to be 2 small levers under the steering wheel, turning brakes?
WZ JUNK, I'm glad to hear that Doug is working on his car again. I'm anxious to see it finished.
kb426, I have a Holley Dominator wired up in it. I am having issues finding a tuner. The guy I was planning to use doesn't seem to want to answer my texts. There was a delay with him due to a dyno getting hit by lightening. As of today it is all repaired, but the guy that was having the tuner come has now canceled due to header issues. I stopped at a different shop today and they said they were booked through June. Right now I am just trying to get a base tune into it with all the right input and outputs. I'm tired of making the motor noises when sitting in the seat. I want to hear what it really sounds like!
The lever under the steering wheel is a hand clutch. If you look closely you can see a lever with a wood knob sticking out the left side of the steering wheel. On the right side is the clutch master cylinder. The pedals on the foot rests are steering brakes, with one on each side. The throttle is a fly by wire with the "pedal" now a hand throttle.
Beck, there is a guy on Protouring who has a good reputation working with Holley terminator systems by email. If you want I'll provide an email and you could see if he is of use to you.
Quote from: "kb426"Beck, there is a guy on Protouring who has a good reputation working with Holley terminator systems by email. If you want I'll provide an email and you could see if he is of use to you.
I don't know what Protouring is. The Terminator is a little different than the Dominator, but he may be able to help me out. Thanks.
Protouring is just another forum mostly about restomods with an accent towards autocrossing. I described your project and asked if he thought he could be off use to you. I'll let you know as soon as I here from him. I've watched what he has done with his own car and some of the others and there's no complaints that I've seen .
Hemi day today 4 26 . Its also my daughters birthday .
Quite the day. No minutes of it were mine except lunch. Just now limped home the GTP. Halfway home on interstate being cowed super hard and going 90+ still unable to shake either the cows behind or ahead or alongside... being shadowed... trying to get distance between me and anybody... at full boost and floored for a good half mile anyway...
Multiple random misfires, flashing CEL. Can barely make 70 suddenly, temp gauge spiking immediately to 230-240 and nowhere to go. Pinned, boxed in. Instant transition from holding WOT to now obstructing traffic. No choice but to keep going. Made it home smoking and knocking on closed loop with no DTCs but CEL constantly flashing and P300 code pending.
Uh-oh. The GT is all thats left semi-fully operable but thats why I keep it. Had a mandatory family gathering so here I sit at 10 PM on a worknight, negative thoughts ablaze, engine too hot to touch, all nightly chores yet to be started.
Dammitman. The field is too wet to plow. I can't change gears fast enough. Better stop writing. :cry:
What was it I said about managing loss? Yea thats my life now. I didn't see a burnt plug wire or milkshake on the dipstick. Can't place the smell. If it was a 350 4 barrel I'd already know the problem. Its down at least a hole and the valve covers are plastic but if that sound is from under the rear one I'm guessing valvespring.
Ugh. Sorry. I could place a string of profanity here that'd make a pirate blush. :oops: Must immediately force self to sleep soundly the instant I can get washed up. F
Quiet tuesday here.. Actually light rain fell over nite. Weather guessers got that correct.
Beck, this is Andrews email: projectgattago@gmail.com
I have no info on pricing. All I know is he has helped many people and many by email only. He is familiar with the Dominator.
Today, I was going to remove the power steering pump from the 78 and see what was going on to cause the noise. The short story is that if was the clutch on the ac compressor. :) I ordered and inexpensive ac eliminator pulley to fix this for now. If I'm un-successful selling the truck, I might install air in it. At that time, I will order a compressor. The old compressor showed no signs of being functional when removed from the donor vehicle.
Glory be. :D It was a not very old coil pack. Knocking and smoking was other rattles exascerbated by being down two holes and cooking off some PSF & 710 leakage from the not-happy exhaust.
Boy, am I glad. :)
That coil pack was new when I had the trans done. Since then MPG had dropped two tenths. Maybe it was that. For the mental record, coil packs fail at WOT. :idea: :arrow:
Started to narrow the rear end for the roadster chassis . It will be 35" bolt face to bolt face when done . I have to cut out 4 link brackets for the rear axle next . There is as much rear end cut off as there will be left when the housing is finished . The one I did for my Anglia was narrower than the one I had in my front engine dragster . This one will leave 24" between the tires . My anglia was 20"
Pontiac Day! 428 8) It has been a tempestuous one. Tornado warnings going off as I forded for miles with crank pulley in running water. :roll: It may be Friday before I get to punch the GTP again but what a noble warrior. Seems to be running extra good. :)
I am doing a little experiment with filling a tire for a yard cart with foam. I hope I used enough expandable foam. One of the original tires went flat soon after I bought the cart. I bought a replacement tire and wheel and it went flat and would not hold air. I saw a YouTube video on filling the tire with expandable foam and I thought I would give it a try. I will post the results.
Another project today was making a 3/4" riser for the passenger mirror on the 54 Chevy. From the drivers seat the mirror was mounted to low to be of any use. I am band sawing the aluminum spacer and it is a slow go but it was the only material I had that would work. I will polish the piece before I install it on the car.
I had a tire on one of my carts that wouldn't hold air. It was on a two piece wheel, so I opened it up and stuffed it full of tennis balls. I bought used tennis balls on Ebay for 10 cents each in a box of 200. It's holding up fine so far.
You 2 have me beat. I just received solid tires for my wife's yard cart. Now I wonder what's in them. :)
Post dental root canal work from this Wednesday morning. Feel good. Jaw is tender. This problem was in my upper jaw. I watched a buddy go thru infection problems 30 years ago in his upper jaw for similar problem. So I did not goof around with this one. I sat in that chair for about 1 hour 45 minutes this morning. The dentist have a TV on the ceiling area. I had it on Perry Mason. The look from the young hygienist was funny when she noticed the black and white show
Foam tires? The small parking lot sweepers with 3 wheel. It was common around here to fill the rear steer tire with foam. Usually the front tires were the solid forklift type tires and wheels.
I bought a solid type wheel for my wheel barrow from Harbor Freight 10 yrs ago... Still works well. Wheel barrow will in the yard sale next week.
Second day of experiment with the expandable foam in a utility cart tire. A little trimming off of the excess and now we will try it out. It seems to be equally inflated. There were a couple of tricks
I will try to post a photo later. Somedays it will not let me post a photo. I have resized this one for the last half hour and I am not going to mess with it any more. It is to the point that I am calling the computer program names. :twisted:
I installed the new solid tires on the wife's yard carts. Then on to yard work. I'm so boring even the neighbors quit watching. :)
I been working on the brake system for the Coupe and finally realized I bought the wrong brake pedal assembly to use. I am using frame mounted hardware and naturally bought a pedal that goes forward almost 11 inches before it turns upward. I figured that would work but what the problem is I didn't think of the 11 inches of space that pedal is going to need to operate. With the pedal assembly clamped to the frame it has to set back so far on the frame that there is no room for a master cylinder as the frame cross members are in the way. I did some research and found another pedal assembly that is almost vertical and it will allow me to move the pedal assembly forward and have room to mount the master cylinder. I just hate spending the extra money for another pedal assembly but it looks like it's going to be the only way.. :( :x
Short road trip in the 51 for lunch and back to yard work. I'm about ready to build a hot rod. :)
I spent the day with the shovel, rake and pulling weeds. The yard is better even though it is temporary in this part of the world. :) My back is a little sore. :)
I'll second that emotion. :) Back yard taming with trusty push mower and snips. Managed to yank the gas cap off twice. Once on the yard art car. Boy it is sinking.
Planning to take a shot at drawing model A / B wire wheels this evening. Will have to take a shot at the modded banger eventually but references are so vague, there has to be a study period on both those things. The wheels give me a phobia though, like that has to be an artist's worst nightmare. Wire wheels. Have not been able to think up a light angle that will get me out of it.
But I just had the loud car out and boy thats some good V8 I tell ya. 8)
A test of my ability to post a photo along with the shot of the wheel I filled with foam a couple of days ago.
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Can you feel voids or did the foam completely fill and not distort the tire?
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Can you feel voids or did the foam completely fill and not distort the tire?
Seems to be just as if it had air in it. Time will tell how this experiment goes.
I just used my little tractor to flip my neighbors new, large, zero turn mower back right side up. He rode it over a shear drop off beside his house this morning and turned it over with him underneath and it running. He is okay but him and mower are a little rough around the edges now.
Spending the day without water. Wife woke me up this am and said the wash machine quit filling with water, and there was not water in the faucets. Did some checking on voltages at the pressure switch. Hmmm, good there. Called the guy who put in the new well pump 5 years ago, TO THE DAY, and he came out and checked things. Said the pump motor has an open winding. Will come back tomorrow with his son and pull the pump again. Oh, yay. The 5 year old pump had a 3 year warranty. Hope the next one lasts longer.
Quote from: "idrivejunk"I'll second that emotion. :) Back yard taming with trusty push mower and snips. Managed to yank the gas cap off twice. Once on the yard art car. Boy it is sinking.
Planning to take a shot at drawing model A / B wire wheels this evening. Will have to take a shot at the modded banger eventually but references are so vague, there has to be a study period on both those things. The wheels give me a phobia though, like that has to be an artist's worst nightmare. Wire wheels. Have not been able to think up a light angle that will get me out of it.
But I just had the loud car out and boy thats some good V8 I tell ya. 8)
Wire wheels can be challenging, but rewarding too. I have done quite a few, don't try for perfection, the human eye/mind is great at filling in the blanks. Where the spokes pass over a dark background they are light and vise versa.
Those are some fine representations. I had to find pictures of the different types then just wing it but was happy with my first attempt. You are right, a kind of vague impression is plenty. :)
This is a 16" 1935 wheel with a chevy hubcap, I think.
Phil: One of the reasons our retirement property has city water service is what you are dealing with ... Problems with a well or shared well water.
Had a few guys over here sunday. Sold my car hoist and a few more machines to them. Couple work benches sold too. House is in escrow , final move out date if the deal goes thru is July 1 , 2021. We will be homeless. Altho I am searching for a toy hauler. Need money first. :lol:
I have a couple small deals working on my old cars. If I am paid.. more stuff gone. Weird how I am going down to little car stuff from so much. Oh well. new chapter in life is what ppl keep telling me. I cant post what I think about that , the forum would ****** out the words
Shelby and her husband's hot rods. They were out yesterday working on both of them. It's the first time Shelby's Honda has been roadworthy in nearly two years. It now has a B18 type R engine and transmission.
Quote from: "enjenjo"Shelby and her husband's hot rods.
What? No pictures of Shelby's marlin???
Sold my '40 Ford coupe as an almost done project. It went to the Cincinnati area on Saturday. Buyer called and was happy, so I'm happy. Onward and upward.
Car deals are done. Trailers loaded, cars gone.. I am down to one olde car. Seems like a sad day to me. :shock: Few more items sold too. Getting thin in the shop. Altho if I spread the crap out , it still looks busy in there.
been sorting tools again.. Set up a tool box with stuff I "think" will be helpful while on the road with the RV. :lol:
ok, happy face time. My tooth with the root canal from infection and related 'stuff'.. Tooth is dang near feeling just regular again. Tenderness in the area is near gone. :T)
Tony, which one are you keeping or is that just temporary?
Quote from: "kb426"Tony, which one are you keeping or is that just temporary?
The 1948 Simca drag car project remains..
I actually thought of keeping my 1962 Falcon. The guy asked that question: Whats it take to buy it. I told him. The Falcon is gone. Oh well.
My car trailer is going to my brothers house for storage , the Falcon was going to be on the trailer. Now the Simca will be on the trailer. Easy peasy. :shock:
Quote from: "Crosley"Quote from: "kb426"Tony, which one are you keeping or is that just temporary?
The 1948 Simca drag car project remains..
I actually thought of keeping my 1962 running driving Falcon. The guy asked that question: Whats it take to buy it. I told him. The Falcon is gone. Oh well.
My car trailer is going to my brothers house for storage , the Falcon was going to be on the trailer. Now the Simca will be on the trailer. Easy peasy. :shock:
Tony, check your personal messages
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Tony, check your personal messages
John, I just responded to the PM... its been a long day.
Productive night in the garage. New bushings in the 46 steering rack. took the hood off the 64 F100 to remove the two broken bolts in the hood hinge (Sunday project). Did a tune up on the truck while i have the hood off. Everything from carb, dwell and timing. Then went back to my car and cleaned the mag inside and out and removed the old horns so i can install a working pair of horns.
And I only had one beer. Reminds me I need more beer in the shop fridge. :b-d: :D
My buddy's intake for 351cleveland arrived today . Came from Australia , spent a month touring Canada before finding his doorstep . Canada post lost it and then found it again . He is very happy .
I did a little machine work on the idler pulley that replaced the ac compressor on the 78. I can't say that the part was made wrong. None of the pulleys aligned well on this engine. It has a replacement alternator and The power steering pump is not the original. WZJUNK and I had a little talk yesterday. He told me that one of his friends had called Holley and found out there were serious back orders on the parts he wanted. I called today and asked about a terminator efi system for the 302 engine in the shed. It's a real maybe for late June. I checked on the Tremec TKX. Late July. When I was young, I had to save up money to buy parts, now I have to see if I will live long enough to get them. :)
I am in Cell phone H ***
We bought new phones in late march. Name of carrier does not matter, they all largely suck... This was thru Costco
it was a promo deal. buy 1 get one free via "cash back on a credit card". My wifes phone works great. After a few weeks mine acted up. loss of signal, loss of internet. The next day it works fine, then it craps again. Intermentant problem. Drop a call here and there. Or people telling me the phone is breaking up, cant hear me.
Today on the 3rd trip back: the guy says OK , we will exchange the phone.. He wipes my phone clean for security & safety, then resets it. Then OOPS, we cant find a same model phone locally. OOPS : we cant upgrade to next level phone out because: You bought this one on a promo deal.
He tried to send me to Samsung directly for a replacement. Tells me that Samsung will send me a new phone no charge and all I have to do is return the defective phone. I told him B S .... Samsung is not going to just send me a new phone after just a phone call. With all the fraud in the cell phone world? Samsung will want my credit card first, then I will have to fight to get credit back.
So : I sit here with a brain dead phone. No apps, no phone contact list. Tomorrow we talk to the "main guy" who sold us the phones to see what happens. The guy reset my phone to base level, then wonders why I am upset after he can not find a new replacement phone in Metro Phoenix.
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Spent some time on the mill making 4link mounts fit the diff . One side done .
Went in today and had an MRI on my left shoulder to see if they can fix it.
O&S was doing what he does best: being slow. LOL. A 2 hour job turned into 4 hours again. I pulled the pedal assembly on the 51 and did the bearing mod on the clutch pedal. I had to remove more parts than I planned on to get the assembly out from under the dash. I had left the bearing holders long. After measuring the overall length of the clutch shaft, I put the holders in the lathe and cut them to the correct length. I tack welded them in place and put the new cable quadrant on. Then the pedal assembly was reinstalled and the firewall cable adjuster. The adjuster took longer than it should of. I tried to use the screws that came with the kit. I ended up tapping the holes to 10-24 and using button head fasteners. Task completed and all works as it should.
Frank, how did your MRI turn out? Any results in yet? I'm going to University of Iowa next month to have a tear duct repaired. My nurse-daughter asked me if I was apprehensive about the surgery, and I said that I've had so many surgeries on my head, face and neck that this should be a cake-walk.
Tony, any luck with the phone? We use TracFone for ours and haven't had any real problems, other than one dying on me once years ago. Prepaid it costs me about ~$130 per year for more minutes/text/data that I can use. It costs my wife more because she keeps using up all her data and has to buy more. They're Androids.
The well guy got our well up and going on Monday. He was here exactly 5 years ago, and had slight problems getting the pump out because of the rust and slight curvature of the casing. Last time, he had put in new galvanized 1" pipe, and the bottom section was already getting eaten up. He said it's the manganese in our water, and the cheaper galvanizing that's used on pipes these days. We decided to solve two problems this time. He installed a 3" pump to replace the 4", then use schedule 80 pvc pipe. The 4" pump puts out 10 gallons/minute at about 3750 rpm. The 3" puts out 10 gallons/minute at around 11,000 rpm. Another $2400 this time; was about $2200 last time. Ahhhh, the comforts of living in the country.
Phil, that factor has something to do with me not being in the country. Wells are so deep here, that they range around 20 grand to drill and 5 grand to repair a pump. The farm I grew up on had a well that was 160' deep. Now they are between 4oo to 600 feet deep.
Our well is 80, and I asked one of the guys about deeper wells...would they be better. Not necessarily so. He said there is one area around here that if he drills too far, it turns salty. I grew up about 3 miles from a small town that had salty water, until (IIRC) the late 60's when they drilled a new well. My well casing is 4". This guy says he does 24" wells. Whoa! No getting a 4" pump stuck there.
No results on the MRI yet. I'll find out Monday.
I went over to my buddy's house today and he asked if I like morels. I told him yes so he told me where to find them on his place, and I picked about 4 lbs. of them. Third week in a row that I found a big batch of them. The other two times was right in my own yard.
Frank, you are a lucky man. Love morels. I used two find them all over but not anymore. Maybe someone is beating me to them
Alls I gots is:
Bill, maybe you can tell me what the stainless button head allen head machine screw obsession is about. I have puzzled over that for years. Everybody does it, I just can't figure out why. My only theory is that for some reason the additional hand pain and frustration is how folks get their jollies nowadays. :) :? Should anti sieze be used on stainless machine screws? When used with nutserts they seem to be a one shot if you're lucky thing... single use ... might as well be rivets in my experience.
Frank, the only thing I have witnessed that seems more incredible than the successes with hip and knee replacements is shoulder replacements. Dad recently had both done and even being over 80 but never complaining, he was back at it doing work that should be reserved for teenagers so fast it made my head spin. So it was suprising to hear repair mentioned, thats all. Hope that works out for you in the best way possible. :)
I don't have a well story but the septic at the shop has become fairly inoperative. Used to be only when raining but it has gotten to a point where even if I get the gurgly gut grumble #2 urge, I'm an hour drive from a place where I can actually use the bathroom. :shock:
The house I grew up in had just a "point" driven into the ground (sand) through the basement floor. There was no drilling. The pump was sitting on the basement floor, but it was unlike the pumps in the deep wells. It looked more like an air compressor. There was never a water shortage there. When the Mississippi River got high there was plenty of seep water above ground.
fixing my fish pond
Had a frustrating but yet rewarding day today. I got my fan shroud remade, first attempt had to be redone, as is normal. Went to five parts places chasing a lower rad hose and two belts. Our local NAPA store was closed before 3:30 today, a Saturday! So I did the rounds of the AutoReillyZone places. Most just told me to go look myself. One gal had to go ask her manager how to look up fan belts by size, her male counterpart also had no idea. But, long story short, I got my water pump spacers I had ordered April 14 today! Put them on, cut the hole in the shroud for the fan and got that looking good, my measurements, taken from before I had the spacers came out correct, fan is half in and half out of the shroud. Now if I can only find a lower hose....
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"Tony, any luck with the phone? We use TracFone for ours and haven't had any real problems, other than one dying on me once years ago. Prepaid it costs me about ~$130 per year for more minutes/text/data that I can use. It costs my wife more because she keeps using up all her data and has to buy more. They're Androids.
Phil: shhhhhh , quiet. :lol:
So far this new phone is working waaaay better than the other "new " phone. Not to jinx it I hope. In a couple weeks I will know for sure.
The manager guy was very good to work with. He seemed to understand I was not being a 'richard" about the situation. If fact I paid a few more bucks difference for the upgraded phone. BUT: most of that is creditted back to us via another Master card cash card. :lol: This phone was covered under a "different" promo. :lol:
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Matt, 2 thoughts: the septic tank probably needs pumped out. To maintain the proper balance in those, through in a can of active yeast from the grocery store occasionally. That creates the bacteria that eat the goodies. Hand cleaners and solvents kill those bacteria. Button head bolts serve 2 functions for me. The 1st being a clean and rust free appearance. I would rather use 12 point head fasteners but the gold iridation doesn't last long in everyday weather. Stainless is very ductile. Overtightening is usually what causes them to seize. Antiseize helps but isn't a cureall. I won't use stainless in any high stress application. Last, I keep a supply of those in my bolt cabinet. I don't in smaller sizes of steel fasteners. :)
I sold my Honda VFR yesterday. The buyer had truck trouble and was 4 hours behind schedule. He drove 350 miles to get the bike. I owned it for almost 21 years. There was some sadness in seeing it go. I may get a bike to replace it but that's not an immediate action on my part. That was my travel buddy for a long time. Lots of memories. :)
Quote from: "kb426"Matt, 2 thoughts: the septic tank probably needs pumped out. To maintain the proper balance in those, through in a can of active yeast from the grocery store occasionally. That creates the bacteria that eat the goodies. Hand cleaners and solvents kill those bacteria. Button head bolts serve 2 functions for me. The 1st being a clean and rust free appearance. I would rather use 12 point head fasteners but the gold iridation doesn't last long in everyday weather. Stainless is very ductile. Overtightening is usually what causes them to seize. Antiseize helps but isn't a cureall. I won't use stainless in any high stress application. Last, I keep a supply of those in my bolt cabinet. I don't in smaller sizes of steel fasteners. :)
So do you still have a street bike left? You had that one as long as I've had the big GP so I get what you mean. Selling the 72 Cutlass Supreme that was in the family 22 years felt like outright sin. :(
They did come pump the septic but the issue didn't stay fixed long. One tank serves 3 bathrooms and more guys now, and eats a lot of Fast Orange and dish soap. That these hinder the bacterial action is news to me but makes sense. I had written it off as due to staff growth and percieved relative unimportance. Does the progressively worsening failure during rain provide a clue?
All valid and logical points on the fastener thing and thanks. Wasn't meaning to pick at you. Its the confounded allen head that eludes me. My fingers when I can feel them feel like bananas. Allen wrenches are torturous in that situation. Add to that the fact that so often they are used out of context such as with the Camaro's roll pan. I went in Monday needing to make short work of that deal and right off the bat discovered a large number of nutserts and tiny stainless button allen heads, many of which would not even unscrew and many misaligned with no screws in.
At that moment my heart sank because it meant destroying a weekend's healing efforts first thing in the week. It took over an hour just to remove 20 screws just to adjust fit and retry and that was not going to fly. Each hole was exactly only the size of the screw and the heads barely grab they are so small, so perfect alignment at each hole was required. Trying to use a ratchet and bit immediately destroys the screw head if the panel is against one side of the nutsert threads, and allen wrenches are pure torture to use, for me, due to their unforgiving and microscopic nature. So it has always eluded me how all other factors get disregarded in the name of a subjectively "better" look.
I thought it was laughable but have much respect for the guy who did it so promised myself I'd be sure to offer my assistance in future fab endeavors and perhaps be able to provide alternative suggestions. I am a big big believer in body bolts for body panels. :)
Back in the late 70's or early 80's, I stopped at a friends garage to talk with him, and he and his son were assembling their '51 Ford PU. The dad had SS Allen head knurled bolts for attaching the front fenders, in the drill press. He would put the bolt in the press and start it, then use a file to file off the knurl. It looked good, but was a lot of work (this truck was definitely NOT STOCK). I wish I had pix.
Matt, I have 2 bikes left. The dr650 is what gets ridden most. I bought it in 2004. :)
Bikes get in a guy's blood for life. :) Like with my brother. I had big scares early on and shyed away from the danger but believe that fear has served a purpose in my career. I would enjoy tachs that wrap like tetherballs zipping thru gears and leaning into corners as much as the next guy, just the necessary safe feeling can't be had on our roads. Yours probably heck yeah, nice wide two lanes heckle you as if to say "How much throttle ya got, left, boy?" ;) :D
Phil I'd say grinding knurls off is yeah pretty hardcore showmanship. :shock: I've come to understand that the show car world has less to do with amazing expressions of the baddest ride and more to do with degree of willpower over minutia and detailing, along with of course bottomlessness of finances. ;)
I always wondered why GM caliper bolts are allens. :?:
Whiny GP took me out for breakfast... its 72, overcast and kinda still with light traffic. Storms on the way, neighbor already woke all with mower, gas in the car already... I see no reason not to go have me a good rip snort off the 455 while the getting's good. Art after, or nap. :)
I love my Mom something fierce. :) By the way. ;) I am extremely fortunate to still have two great parents and unshakeable family unity.
Dadgum rain got the holeshot on me. Curses, foiled again! :evil: (Thats a Snidely Whiplash reference) :)
I talk too much. Hey, it only rained a little just then... :0-0
It's Snowing here!
Quote from: "enjenjo"It's Snowing here!
been upper 90's here , with a couple 100* days in there.
got the 4link brackets tig welded on today. Axle ends next.
I went to a driveline shop today to get a driveshaft made for my '46 Chevy. It needed to be shorter than the one I took out, but since that one was pretty crusty I wanted new. The slip yoke was junk too so a new one for that too. I stopped by the shop at 10:30 a.m., then went to a green house place with my wife. We got home just after 1 p.m. and at 1:30 they called from the shop and said the driveshaft was done! 😲 Now I see why the local car guys recommended that shop. It's a half hour drive each way but worth it.
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Was the shaft the piece of the puzzle left?
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Was the shaft the piece of the puzzle left?
One of them, but the holdup now is the lower rad hose. One was supposed to be delivered by Fed Ex today according the their tracking. It's 9:13 p.m. so I guess it won't be today. The problem is that the fan shroud I made can't be installed till the hose is on, the fan can't be installed till the shroud is on and the rad can't be installed till the fan is on....😜
I am in USPS shipping He** again. Yes: it is an eBay purchase. Possibly my last for a while.
Ordered on April 30th (friday) ... seller got the item handled on Monday May 3rd... Shipment tracking on May 4th and then nothing. Expected delivery was May 7th. That date came and went.
Seller not much help. Tells me it is too soon to request lost package trace.
Guess I will file with eBay today about lost package.
I need this steering U-joint for my Simca steering box (Corvair box).
I earlier had bought another U-joint from eBay.. Listed as 5/8 x 36 spline like the corvair - vega box. Wrong! It is too large on spline end. This listing did not mention Corvair , so that mistake is on me.
It has to be the seller or USPS because I have received my Ebay orders in a timely manner lately.
I drove to Norwalk Oh and picked up another transmission today. It's aT4 but it has some good parts for me to use.
Quote from: "enjenjo"It has to be the seller or USPS because I have received my Ebay orders in a timely manner lately.
I built a fire under the seller today. I filed a complaint and requested a refund thru eBay about no product 6 days past expected delivery date, no tracking updates since May 4th.
I am sure this is a USPS caused problem. What whizzed me off is the seller telling me I must wait before action is taken on his part. I did not choose USPS shipping, the seller did. We all know the delivery times from USPS is sketchy and the last 14 months it has been worse.
On flip side of that: I ordered a Sweet brand steering U-joint thru Speedway Motors. They have a store here , on west side of Phoenix in a town called Tolleson. A 41 mile drive each direction. BUT: I have the u-joint on the Simca and the steering is working. Needs some tweaks , but it steers now.
I ordered a set of lifters from Hot Heads yesterday morning. They were delivered by UPS before lunch today.
Housing ends are welded on the diff .
I went to the Liberal Ks. car show today. The numbers were down. I think there was around 300 based on how many came in after me and how full the park was. Most of my friends have been vaxxed. It's been almost 2 years since I have seen most of them. The weather was cool for most of us. I had a great day visiting with friends and new people I met. It was close to how it used to be. :) I cleaned up the truck when I got home. It was covered with large black bugs that took some effort to wash off. It's ready for next weekend. :)
Took half a day off. On the couch , laid out, tired, lower back really unhappy with me. This packing , moving, storing stuff is for young people, not tired , worn out old fool.
Still recuperating from my eye surgery on Wednesday. This is the same eye that had a melanoma 7 years ago. Apparently, all the cancer surgeries I had on my face caused my tear duct drain to get plugged and my lower lid pulled away from my eye. Doc cut into my nose to put in a stent and reattach the drain, then pulled the lower lid towards the outside and stitched it. Believe it or not, that little stitch is causing all the pain. At least the swelling is finally going down.
BTW, I found that being given general anesthesia causes regurgitating. I threw up after the first surgery in 2004, but I thought that was because of the radiation, but seems it's not. Fun times. Gettin' old ain't for sissies.
Just returned from a trip to visit an old friend.
Same place it was sitting when I last saw it. That was about 7 years ago.
2 weeks today since my eBay package was last scanned by USPS... I asked for a refund from the eBay seller again. Ebay has been notified
Well, tomorrow looks like the day to light up the 383 stroker I built over the Winter. I can't find any more excuses to put it off. Hopefully it goes without a hitch.
I drove to Vermillion Oh. yesterday to pick up a mechanical speedo S10 T5 at a great price. Today I drove to Dearborn Mi. to exchange a warrantee 4L110 Ford transmission, called beforehand, and when I got there he told me he didn't have one in stock, so I have to go back up Thursday to get it. :evil: I 75 is all torn up for road repair clear from Toledo to Dearborn, and Shaffer road is down to one lane in each direction. It took me as long from Melvindale to Dearborn as it took me from Swanton to Melvindale.
I went by the Rouge plant and there were hundreds of new Ford trucks setting every where they could find space, on both sides of the road. Shortage of computer chips so they can't ship them.
My granddaughter works for Manheim auctions and said they are shipping used cars in from Canada, exchanging the metric gauge panels to Imperial so they can sell them in the US.
Nothing but yard work the last 2 days. Boredom has arrived. :)
Quote from: "enjenjo"I drove to Vermillion Oh. yesterday to pick up a mechanical speedo S10 T5 at a great price. Today I drove to Dearborn Mi. to exchange a warrantee 4L110 Ford transmission, called beforehand, and when I got there he told me he didn't have one in stock, so I have to go back up Thursday to get it. :evil: I 75 is all torn up for road repair clear from Toledo to Dearborn, and Shaffer road is down to one lane in each direction. It took me as long from Melvindale to Dearborn as it took me from Swanton to Melvindale.
I went by the Rouge plant and there were hundreds of new Ford trucks setting every where they could find space, on both sides of the road. Shortage of computer chips so they can't ship them.
My granddaughter works for Manheim auctions and said they are shipping used cars in from Canada, exchanging the metric gauge panels to Imperial so they can sell them in the US.
24, Telegraph, to I -275 to I -94 should get you around that mess Frank.
Quote from: "phat46"Quote from: "enjenjo"I drove to Vermillion Oh. yesterday to pick up a mechanical speedo S10 T5 at a great price. Today I drove to Dearborn Mi. to exchange a warrantee 4L110 Ford transmission, called beforehand, and when I got there he told me he didn't have one in stock, so I have to go back up Thursday to get it. :evil: I 75 is all torn up for road repair clear from Toledo to Dearborn, and Shaffer road is down to one lane in each direction. It took me as long from Melvindale to Dearborn as it took me from Swanton to Melvindale.
I went by the Rouge plant and there were hundreds of new Ford trucks setting every where they could find space, on both sides of the road. Shortage of computer chips so they can't ship them.
My granddaughter works for Manheim auctions and said they are shipping used cars in from Canada, exchanging the metric gauge panels to Imperial so they can sell them in the US.
24, Telegraph, to I -275 to I -94 should get you around that mess Frank.
The exit to Shaffer road from 94 is closed for construction. I am thinking of getting off in Gibraltar and taking Fort street to Shaffer.
I am also considering Southfield road to Michigan avenue to Shaffer. Then I would only be two blocks from my destination on Shaffer.
Turned the 290K-miled blown DD key this morning and broke the car. Combo switch bad, full time full speed wipers and wiper part of switch feels broken. Heavy use for the last month with no end in sight. Cussed, switched cars, did the day, dug out the salvaged replacement I had cued up, then failed halfway through the job from lack of a T25 thats not in a socket. And a wrench to fit that bit. I couldn't drive out either one on hand (both in sockets) nor did I have a wrench to fit it if I did. The backup GT is not well suited to rain travel. Fingers crossed, eyes rolled. :roll:
I used the dremel tool, cut a socketed bit and hogged out an extra 6mm open end wrench. Fixed. Rain was light, GT did fine. :)
Ordered rod ends for the 4 link on the roadster chassis. Found a 63 vette body from an ancient roadster chassis . Have to wait to see it as the owner is really nervous about covid. I really should complete the 12 step program for drag race addiction, :lol:
Slight weather change here... I think 30 - 40 rain drops have fallen. Kooler this friday morning
I made some final adjustments on the emergency brake controls on the 54 Chevy. For the first time since the car was built I have an emergency brake system that actually works as an emergency brake system and not a half way working parking brake. I am calling this a victory but a hard fought victory.
Overall I believe the brakes on the car are the best so far but I intend to make them better.
Quote from: "WZ JUNK"Just returned from a trip to visit an old friend.
Were you able to see Sum too? It has been at least 12 yrs since I was thru there and visited Sum.
Sorry I was not much help on info with Canyon de Chelly park..
I started my 383 stroker today! I tried a couple days ago and had no spark, with a brand new Accell distributor. I took the module out of my old distributor and it fired up. Ran it for 20 minutes at 2000 rpm. Temp stayed under 200, oil pressure stayed over 50 lbs the whole run. I am so happy, this is the first real performance engine I have built, I have done several motors using mostly factory parts, but this one used only the factory block. Now for a test drive! 😀😀😀😀😀
Quote from: "Crosley"Quote from: "WZ JUNK"Just returned from a trip to visit an old friend.
Were you able to see Sum too? It has been at least 12 yrs since I was thru there and visited Sum.
Sorry I was not much help on info with Canyon de Chelly park..
We spent 3 days with Sumner and Dottie. They took us exploring the many sites in the area where they live. It was a great experience that we will never forget. From there we wandered across Colorado and revisited some of our favorite places. Then we toured through the Flint Hills of Northeast Kansas on our way home. Great trip. Our next outing will be another return to Yellowstone and then the Bitterroot Mountains of Idaho.
It was so good to be out among the living again.
All those who wander are not lost.
Woke up (4:30am) to a chilly 56* here at the house. Weather fronts moving thru again. This year 2021 has been so windy and wacky weather patterns.
Wife came down sick at breakfast this morning... We were eating the same food platter we split in half. I was eating the same food. She got sick. Had to come home and she is finally asleep. Geeez, I am usually the one that happens to.
I mad a jaunt to the 38th Atwood Rod Run today. The car count was 204. One of the club members told me their goal was to break 200. They didn't know what to expect this year. Here's a few pics for everybody:
Few more.
I spent Sunday night at Colby. I guess we could have hung out for a couple more days and went to the show. :D
I'm sorry the pics weren't clearer. I haven't got the shrinking of pics figured out on the new camera. The radio in the Stude was branded studebaker. I had not seen one before. The yellow falcon is a rocky mountain race week car. The 55 has an emblem on the fender that said 383 stroker.
Quote from: "phat46"I started my 383 stroker today! I tried a couple days ago and had no spark, with a brand new Accell distributor. I took the module out of my old distributor and it fired up. Ran it for 20 minutes at 2000 rpm. Temp stayed under 200, oil pressure stayed over 50 lbs the whole run. I am so happy, this is the first real performance engine I have built, I have done several motors using mostly factory parts, but this one used only the factory block. Now for a test drive! 😀😀😀😀😀
Congratulations, wish I could build engines to. I can assemble them but that's the extent.
Took a two hour trip to southern Michigan Sunday and picked up a set of Falcon van doors for our hippy van Paid $230.00 for the pair and felt like I may have robbed him. Doors were off a van from Oregon and nearly rust free.
More boring yard work. The back yard is ready to plant now. I don't like being this boring. LOL
We went to Menard's and she bought more plants for the yard, and I bought gator blades for her JD tractor. Talk about boring...
got a new pond liner . It rained all day . better than the snow we had last week,
We gotta be pushin 40 days of rain here. Very few glimpses of direct sunlight in that time. Been a few deaths too, in my outer circle in that time but lost a top notch family friend weekend before last. All my little old friend ladies have passed now. Lots of grey to digest but I'd like to borrow a cup of boredom off'n youse mugs. :)
A stick got caught in my exhaust shield at lunch in pouring rain and I just dragged it for a spell although didn't see it first so went like this :shock: for a sec.
A 67 GTX came in the shop and wow, a new quarter panel showed up for it today. Also :shock: because I'd have guessed no on availability. That green Camaro I did stuff to went home today. Josh slapped some mini tubs in it first though and that was a bullet I was glad to dodge.
Phat- Congrats! :) I always wanted to at least screw together an SBC for myself. Many happy miles to you.
KB, thanks for the peeks. Always inneresting to see what others deem worthy of pics. :)
416... you rascal. Them look right usable, the hippie van doors. I'da thunk they had brown bottom disease. You done good there. :)
One more smiley to make a whole handful- :) and to grow on.
Quote from: "phat46"Quote from: "enjenjo"I drove to Vermillion Oh. yesterday to pick up a mechanical speedo S10 T5 at a great price. Today I drove to Dearborn Mi. to exchange a warrantee 4L110 Ford transmission, called beforehand, and when I got there he told me he didn't have one in stock, so I have to go back up Thursday to get it. :evil: I 75 is all torn up for road repair clear from Toledo to Dearborn, and Shaffer road is down to one lane in each direction. It took me as long from Melvindale to Dearborn as it took me from Swanton to Melvindale.
I went by the Rouge plant and there were hundreds of new Ford trucks setting every where they could find space, on both sides of the road. Shortage of computer chips so they can't ship them.
My granddaughter works for Manheim auctions and said they are shipping used cars in from Canada, exchanging the metric gauge panels to Imperial so they can sell them in the US.
24, Telegraph, to I -275 to I -94 should get you around that mess Frank.
I went back up today and picked up the transmission. I took Southfield road to Michigan avenue to Shafer road 10 minutes from I75 to the shop. Much better. Of course with the Michigan roads by the time I got back to Ohio there is something clanking and banging in the front suspension.
Quote from: "enjenjo"Quote from: "phat46"Quote from: "enjenjo"I drove to Vermillion Oh. yesterday to pick up a mechanical speedo S10 T5 at a great price. Today I drove to Dearborn Mi. to exchange a warrantee 4L110 Ford transmission, called beforehand, and when I got there he told me he didn't have one in stock, so I have to go back up Thursday to get it. :evil: I 75 is all torn up for road repair clear from Toledo to Dearborn, and Shaffer road is down to one lane in each direction. It took me as long from Melvindale to Dearborn as it took me from Swanton to Melvindale.
I went by the Rouge plant and there were hundreds of new Ford trucks setting every where they could find space, on both sides of the road. Shortage of computer chips so they can't ship them.
My granddaughter works for Manheim auctions and said they are shipping used cars in from Canada, exchanging the metric gauge panels to Imperial so they can sell them in the US.
24, Telegraph, to I -275 to I -94 should get you around that mess Frank.
I went back up today and picked up the transmission. I took Southfield road to Michigan avenue to Shafer road 10 minutes from I75 to the shop. Much better. Of course with the Michigan roads by the time I got back to Ohio there is something clanking and banging in the front suspension.
What's wrong with Michigan roads!? 😂 Our Governor is on it, she won the election on her "Fix the * roads" campaign....we're still waiting for that. Meanwhile she continues to break her own Covid rules and get caught, Do as I say peasants, not as I do! 😜
I'm getting close to the end of the heavy yard work. I had 2 areas to plant today. Planted wheel rolled , sprinklers setup in the back yard and watered, all before beer thirty. :)
Hauled a gun safe to my brothers house. Heavy safe, just over 300 pounds... Well, heavy for an olde guy to load and unload
finally installed my pond liner. Spent an hour in line at the pet store to buy 4 feeder fish $2.16 . Jeez!
I sold a Saginaw 3 speed trans and an almost new clutch and pressure plate that I've had on the shelf for 30 years. The buyer races a camaro on the track and uses that trans. More room for me.
I just watched Indy. Good race with few yellows. Helio became a 4 time champ joining Foyt, Unser and Mears.
Spent the weekend at the NSRA mid America Nationals. It really felt good to be out in public and visit with people. Good show but about 3/4 of what it once was and a large part of that was not true street rods. About half the vendors of what were there years ago.
George Poteet bought a friends truck on Friday. That was interesting.
my feeder fish got sucked through the pump :shock:
Quote from: "chimp koose"my feeder fish got sucked through the pump :shock:
I hate when that happens.
Quote from: "chimp koose"my feeder fish got sucked through the pump :shock:
Soooo, the others are having "pulled fish" for lunch? :lol:
Well they are feeders ! :lol:
I glued a hunk of paint back onto Grape's sail panel yesterday and changed oil n filter in the GTP. My Pontiacs continue to cling to life with remarkable tenacity, thriving on neglect. :) :?
Looks like I'm going to have to pull the engine I built over the winter back out if my '46 Chevy. It seems to run well, but shakes badly. When I bought the Scat stroker kit Jegs had it advertised as internally balanced, that seemed odd so I called them. The rep said no, they are not internally balanced, I told him to look at the kit I was interested in. He said that was wrong, it was listed incorrectly. They did change the listing the next day. He said the crank and rods and Pistons are "neutral balanced" and it came with the correct ballancer and flex plate for external balancing. I have eliminated everything external I can think of, it acts like crossed plug wires or a massive vacuum leak, neither which it has. I went as far as replacing the distributor with a known good ne. I unbolted the torque converter from the flexplate. The valve train is all operating correctly. It has a steady 16 inches of vacuum. The timing was s set at 12* btdc, although it makes no difference where I set it. Guess I'll take it back down to the block and get the rotating assembly balanced.
Quote from: "kb426"I just watched Indy. Good race with few yellows. Helio became a 4 time champ joining Foyt, Unser and Mears.
My wife and I were two of the 135,000 people there. Great to be out and in a big crowd again. Great race. My wife's 42nd Indy 500 my 19th. Already have our tickets for next year with hopefully the usual 300,000 people. 7 historical things happened in the race:
Helio became a 4 time winner
60 years after A.J. Foyt's first win
30 years after Rick Mears' 4th win
50 years after Al Unser Sr.'s 2 nd win
First non-American driver to win
First female owned team with a female driver and mostly female pit cre
Largest public gathering in the world since the virus shut thing down
Phat 46 , you may be able to fix it by using the external balanced flex plate and balancer. I have an internally balanced 4" stroker crank but it has large mallory metal plugs welded into the counterweights . Good luck and I hope Jegs can step up to help seeing as it was their incorrect product info that caused the problem . I would send them a copy of the bill along with their product info in the ad to give them the opportunity to make good on their mistake .
Quote from: "chimp koose"Phat 46 , you may be able to fix it by using the external balanced flex plate and balancer. I have an internally balanced 4" stroker crank but it has large mallory metal plugs welded into the counterweights . Good luck and I hope Jegs can step up to help seeing as it was their incorrect product info that caused the problem . I would send them a copy of the bill along with their product info in the ad to give them the opportunity to make good on their mistake .
It came with what was supposed to be the correct balancer and flexplate for the kit. It was supposed to be externally balanced, that's why I called and asked why it stated on their website that it was internally balanced, that was wrong and the guy told me it came with the proper balancer and flexplate. Not sure what went wrong...I've got smarter than me guys pondering on it too.
phat46, I have the scat catalog in front of me. They list 3 cast cranks, 9103750, external balance, 9103750L, internal front, rear external and 910400, 400 external balance not stock rod length. Does your invoice show which crank was in the kit?
Quote from: "kb426"phat46, I have the scat catalog in front of me. They list 3 cast cranks, 9103750, external balance, 9103750L, internal front, rear external and 910400, 400 external balance not stock rod length. Does your invoice show which crank was in the kit?
I would have the first crank, external balance, but... I think I may have found the problem, if it's what I think it is, it's my own fault....😬 Stand by, we're going in, in the morning.
Well . I got a phone call today asking if I could help a guy get his race car set up this summer . Just when I think I have completed the 12 step program , off I go ! :lol: Blown injected BBC on alcohol in a 57 chev truck . My kind of summer ! 8) At this rate Ill never finish my T
Quote from: "phat46"Quote from: "kb426"phat46, I have the scat catalog in front of me. They list 3 cast cranks, 9103750, external balance, 9103750L, internal front, rear external and 910400, 400 external balance not stock rod length. Does your invoice show which crank was in the kit?
I would have the first crank, external balance, but... I think I may have found the problem, if it's what I think it is, it's my own fault....😬 Stand by, we're going in, in the morning.
Well, it looks like I shot myself in the foot, again. My flexplate was not indexed correctly. There is no pin n the Scat crank, just the hole for it. I didn't pay attention when we put the flexplate on and it was off about 120*!!! My punishment was seven hours under the car on the garage floor to correct it. Lesson learned, I'm finishing up things on the topside so won't fire it till tomorrow but that had to be the cause of the shaking.
I was wondering if you had maybe ordered a 4-7 swap cam without knowing it . Glad you found the problem .
Bike night tonight . got the oil tank mount made . Boy things are snug in there . Kind of like one of those wood puzzles going together. Everything needs to go together in a certain order or it will not all fit.
Quote from: "chimp koose"I was wondering if you had maybe ordered a 4-7 swap cam without knowing it . Glad you found the problem .
I wondered the same as did a couple friends, I even swapped those wires to no effect, other than to make the idle rough and vacuum flutter. The cam is a Lunati 60102, normal order but you never know.
1948 Simca.. rolled it outside after I reinstalled the doors. Car still needs most items: wire, fuel , brakes, drive shaft, floor. Simca is going into storage for a while. Unless I find a buyer for it.
Rear end is at ride height.. I would like to get the front down about 2 inches.
Ambient high temp here wednesday was 105*F. Time for us to get out of town
Crosley, that Simca looks wicked. What drive train is in it?
I started my '46 today after getting the flexplate indexed correctly, and it stopped shaking! 😀 Amazing how good things work when you install them correctly. I drove it a little around the neighborhood, no plates on it yet, and it seems to run o.k. Maybe a slight miss on one cyl. But it starts with a half turn of the engine, idles well, runs cool, and the rebuilt tranny shifts! Of course the power steering pumps now sequels all the time, so that's next on the list, sure would have been easy to fix before the rad was on there....😆
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Congrats on the 46. Where's the burnout pic????
Quote from: "kb426"^^^^
Congrats on the 46. Where's the burnout pic????
LOL, it's coming, gotta fix the p.s. Pump first change the oil, put a few miles on it....
Quote from: "phat46"Crosley, that Simca looks wicked. What drive train is in it? ....😆
The Simca has a Chevy 327 , bored .030 12-1 compression... Some AFR alloy heads . Currently the transmission is a powerglide.
Currently we are searching for a RV , prefer a toy hauler style to haul the motorcycle. Prices are up. Availability is low on new and used RVs.
Talking to sales reps at this show: several different ppl had same comments. We can not get new toy haulers, when we do , they sell quickly. Same for used units.
We made need a plan C or D at this point?
I did a little job to repair my ebay ac clutch remover tool. The pusher bolt failed on the 1st try. I made a spare in case there is a design flaw. We had a car show today in memory of 3 people that have passed away in the last year. They were long time car people. There was a nice turn out for this area. Good mix of cars and good visiting . :)
I mowed the yard today. I even kept most of my clothes on. I also unloaded a lathe from my van that has been in there three years.
I ran the 460/Ranger at the drag strip last night. It was an all Ford night. I made progress and I am now within .1 second of what I need to be able to run competitively in the index class for race week. A good tune up and some practice should get me there.
Hooley ran his Ford gasser. It is not as fast as the old Henry J but it does run in the low 11s and it is fun to watch. He calls it "The Okie Twisters Ugly Sister"
Quote from: "enjenjo"I mowed the yard today. I even kept most of my clothes on. I also unloaded a lathe from my van that has been in there three years.
Ya might need that any time now...I'm guilty of the same sin though.
I'm on a mission to get Vickie's truck back on the road. Once I fixed the power steering I came across some kid selling a 352 on marketplace so he could install an LS. So out with the oil blowing 360 and prep for 352. Filling all the useless holes and removing the grim.
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Atta boy, Dave. :)
Dave,
A Chevy would fit in there just fine!
:roll:
Quote from: "Ohio Blue Tip"Dave,
A Chevy would fit in there just fine!
:roll:
That's funny Kenny, one of the things I had to sand off was the 1,8,4,3,6,5,7,2 written on the core support. What type of person goes though the trouble of putting a belly button in a Ford but doesn't know the firing order?
:roll: :roll: :(D)
After 45 years, we finally have a deck on the side of the house (10x20) and my wife is thrilled. We are now looking at pellet grills, tired of the propane ones we have had. Looking at the Traeger (probably the 620 at Costco) and the Camp Chef. They are the ones that are in stock in Helena. The other Traeger models are pretty nice, but REALLY expensive. Anyone have any experience with the pellet grills?
Thanks
Doug
My son has a Daniel Boone. Users tell me that it is better than the others. They all have a specific shutdown procedure that must be followed or it causes failures of components. I think the Boone's selling point was rapid heat up for cooking. I have natural gas where I live. I did away with propane years ago and use the gas. I've been very happy. No more running out of a jug or price fluctuations. :)
I am changing out the air conditioning compressor on the 54 Chevy. This is the 4th defective compressor. First two were rebuilt originals. This one was a new aftermarket gm type. The one I will install tomorrow will be another new gm style. If this one fails I am going with a Sanden.
Spent the evening cleaning out the fish pond . Yesterday I finished the 4link bars and bolted the rear end into the roadster chassis. Now I need to make bolt on shock mounts for the rear end . Once I get the caster adjustment brackets made I will get the chassis re certified
Yard work in the morning. I ordered parts this afternoon. I spent hours on hold on the phone. I'm checking delivery dates. Nothing is simple this year. :) I tried to order a cam. I'm number 26 on the list. They can't tell you how many they will receive on the predicted shipping date. :)
Installed the new air conditioner compressor this morning and drove it to the local shop that charges AC for me. He filled the system and tested it. He drove to my place with the AC on and working. I took him back and paid him. On the way home the compressor seized and burnt the clutch. I am done. I will order a new condenser, dryer, and Sanden compressor with the brackets to convert my factory pancake compressor mount to the Sanden compressor. :(
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You may win the award for most compressor failures in one car. Wow.
wow thats a lot of grief for an A/C system. Kudos to you for soldiering on .
That is how the universe tells us no, when we try to force things to be. Pick your battles with care and be glad we're allowed to exist and sweat. Sweating is a gigantic privelidge. :)
Hows the saying go...life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. Success begins with ignoring IDJ advice. :)
In other words, just good luck. I have found air conditioning to be beyond my realm but do envy those for whom it isn't.
Another day of some yard work and ordering parts. I did get the cam bearings installed in the 302 and a few more parts vatted. Slow progress. :)
My brother and I drove to Arkansas City, Kansas to watch some friends run at a nostalgia race. A really nice drag strip. It is one of the strips I may run at if I get to do Rocy Mountain Race Week 2.0. A good day. :D
Hooley,s newest ride.
My brother and I do handyman type work and like everyone else we are astonished at the price of lumber, we were building a set of steps from a breakwall to the beach the other day. We needed pressure treated 2 X12's for stringers, the don't have 8' ones anywhere so we were going to buy a 16' and cut it. It was $90, for one!!! Luckily we found precut six step stringers for $27 ea. We got those. Then we are going to replace a couple runners that go under a boat on a lift in a boat house and need two 20' 6 X 6's. The local yards don't carry them but can get them... for $207 each! We found a little yard, at Michigans oldest hardware store, about 30 miles away that have them in stock and "only" $149 ea. Locally 7/16" O.S.B. is $41 a sheet, what is it elsewhere?
Maybe two months ago, I paid $90 for two 6x6x8'. I don't know if they've gone up or down since.
Steel is the same way. Tubing that was $.65 a lb. is now $2.49 the same place.
My brother's new deck cost $10 a square foot for materials.
Both our sons and their families and visiting here for the next couple weeks. It's the first time we have all been together at the same time in years. And as of thursday I have a new great grandchild, a girl, 8 lbs even. That makes four now.
Quote from: "enjenjo"Steel is the same way. Tubing that was $.65 a lb. is now $2.49 the same place.
My brother's new deck cost $10 a square foot for materials.
Both our sons and their families and visiting here for the next couple weeks. It's the first time we have all been together at the same time in years. And as of thursday I have a new great grandchild, a girl, 8 lbs even. That makes four now.
Congrats Frank, are great grand kids as much fun as regular grandkids!? 😃
I was at home depot the other day and an 8' 2x4 is $10.58 :shock: Enjenjo congrats on the new great grand child . It is nice to hear of families getting together again , hope to see some of my family soon .
Snow in June! We have one very large cottonwood tree in our yard, and this year is exceptional for the cotton. It was very deep all along the driveway, stuck in the grass. My wife went to start cutting the grass and it was like it was snowing. She had to wear a surgical mask. I took my backpack blower and went over the whole yard, and the wind took it to the neighbors pasture. There is still a lot in the yard, and a whole bunch still in the tree. I wish a strong wind would come and blow it away. It clogs up everything.
Frank, congratulations on the new grand child. Enjoy your time with your family.
I bought 4 pressure treated 2 x 6 x 12' boards the other day. $19.90 each :shock:
About 3:30pm here... Ambient temp reading I see is 113*F
Frank, congrats on the new child. Hope the visit is exceptional. :) I spent the day with yard work, cleaning engine parts and ordering more parts.
i have a 4 1/2 yr old great granddaughter & she has a sister in the oven. She's pretty much got Papa wrapped around her little finger.
This weekend a local dragstrip is hosting Shootout type event for local cars, the PoHo Shootout. (PoHo is the local abbreviation for our city of Port Huron) I raffled two chances to have a painting of your car done and raised $1000 for the event. The organizer just stopped by and dropped off five wristbands and two parking passes for the event. I can set up a pop up canopy in the sponsor area right at the starting line! I am as excited as girl on prom night!😄 Gotta put a call out to some friends who might want to go.
Quote from: "phat46"This weekend a local dragstrip is hosting Shootout type event for local cars, the PoHo Shootout. (PoHo is the local abbreviation for our city of Port Huron) I raffled two chances to have a painting of your car done and raised $1000 for the event. The organizer just stopped by and dropped off five wristbands and two parking passes for the event. I can set up a pop up canopy in the sponsor area right at the starting line! I am as excited as girl on prom night!😄 Gotta put a call out to some friends who might want to go.
Congrats! Hopefully the winners appreciate your talents and the masterpieces you will create for them. Enjoy the event and hopefully it brings much business your way!
Have you gotten the Demon on the rode yet? If so how do you like the throttle response? Getting ready to install one on my 36 and am curious?
Quote from: "moose"Quote from: "phat46"This weekend a local dragstrip is hosting Shootout type event for local cars, the PoHo Shootout. (PoHo is the local abbreviation for our city of Port Huron) I raffled two chances to have a painting of your car done and raised $1000 for the event. The organizer just stopped by and dropped off five wristbands and two parking passes for the event. I can set up a pop up canopy in the sponsor area right at the starting line! I am as excited as girl on prom night!😄 Gotta put a call out to some friends who might want to go.
Congrats! Hopefully the winners appreciate your talents and the masterpieces you will create for them. Enjoy the event and hopefully it brings much business your way!
Have you gotten the Demon on the rode yet? If so how do you like the throttle response? Getting ready to install one on my 36 and am curious?
I have my car running and driving, but have only put a few miles on it. The throttle response seems good although I haven't really gotten into it yet. I have a tapping noise coming from the right bank that I need to figure out. It sounds like valve train to me, or exhaust leak. I eliminated exhaust and have watched the rockers with a cut open valve cover, all seems normal, also went back through and checked preload on the lifters, which all seemed fine. I have to run it again with the cut open valve cover and at least figure which rocker the noise is coming from. Make sure you have a pressure regulator on that carb, it's suppose to have only 6 lbs max, my fuel pump was making 7.5 lbs and made it very rich.
Quote from: "phat46"I have to run it again with the cut open valve cover and at least figure which rocker the noise is coming from. Make sure you have a pressure regulator on that carb, it's suppose to have only 6 lbs max, my fuel pump was making 7.5 lbs and made it very rich.
Thanks for that tip. Good luck tracing the noise.
Yes, sounds dang kool on the paintings and the raffle results.
Out here I have been buying needed items from Amazon. 26 purchases so far. Only 1 glitch. The seller did the ol setup the shipping tag before the item was ready. So it was 3 days before the shipper actually received the item. Other than that , it has been amazing to buy from Amazon. I am a prime member now. I watch what I buy for "in stock" , the shipping time listed, If Amazon is the shipper - seller, etc.
Just an observation on local Chevy dealership. Their lot of new vehicles is so empty right now. I would say over 50% of the lot has no vehicles on it.
oh... Been very hot here. First monsoon storm last night right on cue. It was a mild storm. About 20 minutes.
And: Arizona is on fire early this year... Several wild fires are still burning. One has lost containment by about 15% in 24 hours.
The local Chevy / Buick dealer has zero new cars on the lot.
Quote from: "enjenjo"The local Chevy / Buick dealer has zero new cars on the lot.
Wow , just amazing...
this chevy dealer near us is an Autonation Dealer and has cars spaced double and triple apart. Couple sections of the lot has zero cars on them. Very noticeable and the dealer is on a corner lot of major roads in Gilbert. Val Vista and Pecos rds.
I got a chunk of metal in my eye again. I do not know how or when it got there. But it started hurting late in the evening a couple of days ago. The doctor removed it and I have a temporary contact lens like bandaid. Currently I am on a daily visit to the doctor. I am really sensitive to light now. It is healing okay and I should be back to abnormal soon.
I was cutting away a trailer hitch for a neighbor the day I got hurt. Just a good neighbor job. He wanted a new hitch for his trailer. It was a difficult one to remove and it was out in the sun on a really hot day. I did have my glasses on. I think the metal got in there when I showered at the end of the day and I washed it into my eye as I showered. I think I am going to quit taking showers :D
Both sons and I went to Bontrager's surplus today. Dave bought a brand new aluminum wheel for his trailer for $50, and a replacement door latch for one of his cabinets that was broken by a visitor. :roll: Frank picked up some hardware, and latches to hold his trailer doors open. I bought some rivets and screws by the pound, a pair of large tail light lenses I intends to cut down for a project, and new three point retractable seat belts with the adjustable should harness mount for $12 each. Plus we got to bond again. :D
It hit 117* F at the house today. In Metro Phoenix AZ area official high temp was 118*
I trimmed some trees while it was cooler in the morning.
Went to an estate sale today and passed on a NIB counter top sand blast cabinet. Looked like a HF one that sells for $130; he wanted $40. I'm tired of messing with buyers on MP. We also stopped at an antique store, and I passed on a 6' tall traffic light with 12" lenses. Red, yellow, green and two left turn arrows. $50. He was clearing out his stall and said he had his Mercedes and not his truck, so stuff he couldn't haul was going cheap. Plastic body with metal fronts. If I was still on ebay, I could make that $50 easily for just the lens.
I quit ebay; didn't want to give them my checking acct. number.
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"
I quit ebay; didn't want to give them my checking acct. number.
I was backing off from selling eBay as the new rules were coming out. Plus I was getting down to nothing to sell. LOL :shock:
A couple months earlier I stopped giving feedback on sales. I noticed I was not receiving any type of feedback from buyers. The last 25 to 30 sales I received only 3 feedback. One guy was in Ukraine. He has a forwarding company in New York he has stuff shipped to.
A long time friend still watches Craigs Lists daily for deals , stuff to flip. His recent "deal" he bought is a Jazzi mobile scooter. It is 4 yrs old and looks new. The battery(s) are dead in it. Paid 100 dollars for it. I dont have the eye for buyin & flippin stuff anymore. I will buy what I like and usually that is not popular or easy to flip. :lol:
Took a buddys car magazine collection to school yesterday , about 700 magazines . Put a note in the school notices to come take any you want . There are just over 100 left at end of school today . He wanted them gone and they mostly are . I have kids coming monday with backpacks to carry them home with . There are still young gearheads out there ! The mopar magazines were the first to go :shock: , yes that kid wants a mullet ! Most mags were hot rod and car craft from 80's and 90's . The mustang stuff is still here :lol:
I got an invitation to participate in Hot Rod Drag Week today. I do not think I will be able to take part in that event but I am on the list to enter Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0 which is the week following Hot Rod Drag Week. The Rocky Mountain Race Week event makes more sense because it will be much closer to home for me. We will see what develops.
Do new A/C compressors come filled with oil?
Can damaged schraeder valves in A/C service ports be replaced?
Quote from: "idrivejunk"Do new A/C compressors come filled with oil?
Can damaged schraeder valves in A/C service ports be replaced?
Generally yes. But it doesn't hurt to check.
You can replace Schrader valves in AC. They use a different type of seal than those intended for tires, and may also be a larger size than the ones in tires.
Quote from: "enjenjo"Quote from: "idrivejunk"Do new A/C compressors come filled with oil?
Can damaged schraeder valves in A/C service ports be replaced?
Generally yes. But it doesn't hurt to check.
You can replace Schrader valves in AC. They use a different type of seal than those intended for tires, and may also be a larger size than the ones in tires.
Thanks. Ever needed a torch to get one out?
It should screw out just like a tire valve. Don't use a torch with refrigerant. IIRC, it makes a deadly gas. I believe R12 made phosgene gas?
The ac schrader valves take a different looking tool than air valves.
Quote from: "58 Yeoman"It should screw out just like a tire valve. Don't use a torch with refrigerant. IIRC, it makes a deadly gas. I believe R12 made phosgene gas?
Agreed, caution is due anywhere a compressed gas is present. The valve in question is damaged.
I never handled R12 but was standing nearby when a friend had overcharged his Dad's newish '81 Chevy long wide and was slowly venting some. The 305 started stumbling and we all looked at one another puzzled for a few seconds before he goes "Oh." and stepped away from the air intake behind the grille. We chuckled and the memory stuck. I bet the pellet converter didn't like it no better'n that SBC did. :-o
The technician attached to the A/C machine I'm trying to work with thought I was talking about antifreeze when I asked about PAG oil, so... :roll:
I went to the local Shootout race yesterday. We have been in Severe drought for the last few weeks, so of course it rained. We stuck out a three hour delay and saw some great racing. I was amazed that there are so many fast local cars. The track was kind of sketchy as far as traction goes, especially after the rain. One guy brought out his brand new Pro Mod and got into the wall on its first pass made in anger. They taped it back together and he went all the way to the finals, but the car launched really bad and he lost. I got a great spot to set up my EZ Up canopy, about ten feet from the burnout box, I was sure glad we had it during the rain, we had ten people under it at one point! 😄 It was a good day I was there about 11 hours in all. Everyone involved is ready to do another one!
Had the roadster chassis inspected today . Last cert ran out in 2009 . Needed a re-cert for crash repair anyhow . I have to put in a few extra bars due to rule changes that should keep me busy over the summer holidays . Only have 3 years into this quick flip so far :lol: No wonder my T is still not done . :oops:
Latest project in the shop. A Speedway Motors steel 32 manufactured in South Africa. This one is 16 years old and has never been licensed.
In the early 90's after I painted my '58, I was installing the original windshiled, and it cracked. At the time, there was a business selling new w/s's a little SW of Chicago. I went up there and asked if they had any for my car. He asked if I wanted clear or tinted. What?! I took a clear; it was made in South Africa and fit very well.
I spent the last 3 days in Pueblo. I'll post some pics later. It rained on us several times but was a good weekend. 2037 cars. Not the record but close.
There were a few cars from the Rocky Mountain Drag week that were at Pueblo. The Buick ran 8.30 at 164 at Great Bend. I believe it's 1800' elevation. The 67 Galaxie I had not read about or seen before. I don't know the story but it was impressive and expensive.
I watched the Buick run on YouTube during the event. It was impressive. The Jeep from Rocky Mountain Race Week is equally impressive.
See any good F-trucks, Bill? :)
I replaced both A/C port valves on my GT today, for another attempt at evac and recharge. That kind of excites me but the engine temp on that car isn't as stable as it should be so even if I have no other A/C issues thats just the tip of the iceberg.
Even for NW AR, this has been an alarmingly vicious traffic week. Yesterday, someone with the timing to connect ran a cross street stop sign going about the speed limit. Outgunned them with brake stab. Today, same thing different spot but without connection timing. That one was closer to double the limit. Then right after, saw another pickup with trailer pull out across r i g h t in front of the vehicle in front of me. Then another sailed over RR tracks and ran the stop sign close to double the limit but I was a ways off.
Then, not 200 yards out of the shop and within 30 seconds of starting the blown Pontiac, some Mustang going triple the limit is downshifting and revving like a madman three feet off my back bumper. I nail it and shut down for the stop sign then full blast again so there can be distance between us please. No dice. In a 30, 70 wasn't enough to shake it. 90 did, then I took the first side road and turned around. Then here I am on you now, jagoff. Why won't you go 90 anymore, huh? Huh? *. I stabbed brakes and continue peacefully, shaking like a leaf. Then across town the second car in front of me just plowed into the next car when the light turned green. Then a Jeep with annoying DRLs bird dogged my back bumper most of the way home. Yesterday was 35 mph in a 45 zone dump trucks all the way. Joggers in the bike lane with elbow two feet from 50MPH traffic with a sidewalk right there. Cottontops who won't pass bicyclists, bicyclists who refuse to pull off and pause for a dozen cars or stop at a loaded intersection. Etc.
Whew. Good time to keep Grape hid. Interstate is out of the question in any of my junks, I'll get killed. If theres any doubt about the blood lust of local drivers, listen to this: At a gas station I'd sometimes used on lunches past, police spotted a vehicle connected to some property crime and were talking to the pink haired driver chick of 22 years of age and thuggy male passenger of 18. She then ran over an officer, killing him. Sunday. He is survived by only his parents and had been serving for a few years. RIP.
Sorry so gritty but its real, and this is what I associate with the use of vehicles. It seems quite different from what the car show-ers experience and given my experiences of the last decade, I just worry that I'll bite it. I've driven like 150K miles in that time and environment... just to go to work.
Fumbling for a positive note to end on, a New Jersey web buddy from the GP forum ran an 11.7 @ 118 with his cammed newish Camaro on first try with 2nd stage of nitrous over last weekend. Too rich for my blood but man, thats something! :D
Then today, nothing. Traffic was like 5 AM on a Sunday. Took the GT to the shop and nothing. I saw a low side hose connected to it when I went to lower the hood because it was raining. End of day, hood shut and no report and no A/C. So just nothing, no help and no explanation. Did today even happen? :?: Oh well. Carry on. :arrow:
OK, alright I can simmer down now and quit Bogarting the forum but I must correct my previous "friend's Camaro ran 11.7@118" statement. I mentioned spray but its just huffed and when he said "2step" he meant launch control. So yeah, blower cam tune headers 2 step on DRs. Asked if satisfied with performance, meth and gears were in the reply. Reckon he got number fever. Can't go WOT until 3rd and that defies my logic for the street.
Today the weather is gorgeous. Very rare car washing opportunity with clouds and clear days ahead. I am going to wash up a Pontiac or maybe two as therapy. The Loud One has green stuff growing under the headlights on the north side, black spots on parts that face the sky, and months of outdoor storage funk buildup in the cavernous engine bay. The public comment numbers have slumped for her but she is at the point of gluing bondo chunks back on when a new one comes loose. :lol:
Hope all you fellow Americans find some automotive holiday weekend fun to have. 8)
Thread slayer strikes again. Speak up if somewhere up there ^^^ I've elbowed anyone. I wanted to wish everybody a firecracker good track, show, or whatever weekend since tomorrow is Independence Day here in the United States and I am thrilled about the work break. Caught myself and backspaced the word everyone and in haste said my fellow Americans. Not because I don't wish the others well too, just those folks don't have that holiday. :)
Today I found that the last local place I knew stocking Pontiac oil filters stopped. The toasted side of me says thats a good cue to rip out guts and hop on the downhill sled at sanity mountain by exiting V8 body on frame luxury for life. The frosted side of me says there may be an extra filter adapter here that could be reworked to accept a suitable and stocked this century part number. Seems like whipping a dead horse without a machine shop at my disposal, for a start. I'll go another round of trying to find a commute vehicle I'm willing to unwillingly entertain thoughts of, but I know better. It would have to be a build. I'd have to own a shop. Theres no more interesting engines and transmissions than there are car models and just ain't interested in driving by wire. Or bluetooth or whatever.
So much for being brief so as not to dam up the ebb / flow. Scrubbed mold and mildew off the 69 yesterday. It was too soon after the sanding workout but I wanted to, bad. Stuck a couple pix on blog of it. Anything worthy of today thread mention can just go unmentioned until somebody else comes along. Hoping for no obits or arrest reports. :arrow:
What is the number on the oil filter that you need?
Delco PF24. Theres a slightly longer version, maybe the #61 but won't work with headers. Just me being silly again. It is 2021 after all. When I get hungry enough I'll hunt up something. :)
Butler uses Wix 51258 and those look to be stocked. Crossing over the number must have been more than the counterperson could handle yesterday. Hopefully it will fit and clear.
Stand down the alarmist alert. :oops:
Wheres my dumbfounded dipstick sign? Changed oil and filter yesterday, went fine. The new mystery is why do I have to pay double for an oil filter. Already paying double plus for pourables because of break in lube.
Link below is pic of filters. Dadburn their hides.
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Been out and about for the last 10 days checking out the Michigan's UP, Gilmore cruise night and consuming beverages with our friends.
The plastic handle on our clothes dryer broke.
I checked Amazon and they sell an unbreakable replacement.
They are only sold in pairs and the dryer door only has one handle.
If they are unbreakable, why do they only sell them in pairs?
The older I get, the more confusing life becomes. :D
Quote from: "416Ford"Been out and about for the last 10 days checking out the Michigan's UP...
Looks like Ohio Blue Tip's car next to yours in the rainy St Ignace picture...playing in the rain :D
You bet it is. I thought you might drop by for chat or pop :T) while we were up there but... nope :(
Quote from: "416Ford"You bet it is. I thought you might drop by for chat or pop :T) while we were up there but... nope :(
I've been real busy putting an addition on my place up north.
The local hot rod breakfast was this morning. It was my first time in a restaurant in more than a year and a half. I ordered a cup of coffee that I did not drink. I have not missed much I guess. :D But the conversation was great.
A group of hot rod friends meets for breakfast every Friday morning. When when Illinois Governor J.B. "Jelly Belly" Pritzker shut down restaurants in March of 2020 we missed a few week because of weather. When the weather got warmer we went through the McD's drive thru and set up chairs in a nearby parking lot and had breakfast. Around June restaurants opened up with restrictions and we met back inside. Later in the year when a so-called surge happened, the Gov. shut restaurants down again. Many, luckily our favorite, said enough was enough and stayed open. The local health department looked the other way realizing the Gov. was over reacting/over-reaching. Now our state is fully open. meeting as usual. I even attended the Indy 500 this year with 135,000 others. Good to be out and about, attending car shows and cruise nights. Haven't worn a mask since my second shot, except going to a doctor's office for routine stuff a couple times, and only because a medical facility is the only one good old JB believes is a necessary place we need them.
Went to a car gathering on west side of Phoenix this evening till the monsoon storm closed it down.. 67th Av and Bell Road. Saw a few folks we had not seen in years.
My shop has two overhead doors, one double and one single. The double has been acting up lately by not coming down unless I hold the button on the wall. The opener has been on that door since we bought the place in '08. The single door has an opener that was in the house garage since 2000. I replaced the one in the house garage with a belt drive for more quiet operation. That one still works fine. I had fiddled with the double opener a bit, and figured that it was a good time to replace the noisy opener on "my" side of the house garage with a belt drive, then take the couple year old opener to the shop and replace the double opener.
Before I removed the double opener, I checked everything out to be sure there wasn't a easily fixed problem with the door. It's all lubricated and moves easily by hand. The opener will operate fine w/o the door attached. ??? Stumped here. Replaced the opener anyway, and of course, the 'new' opener acts the same way. ??? Electric eye problem? I replaced the sensor eyes with the new ones from the opener in the house garage (those are only a couple years old, so I didn't replace the ones in that garage). Still same problem. This thing is driving me crazy. It was late in the day and I was tired, so I took the two sensors that I had replace, and taped them together and left them hanging on the opener. The door works fine this way, but there is no reversing the door if something gets in the way. Almost squished the cat on her way out the door.
I had checked all mounting bolts on the door and lubed the springs above the door and all hinges and rollers. The new sensors are mounted on the new brackets, all sensor wiring is new, and they are aligned (both lights on and bright). I'm really not crazy about the mounting brackets for the sensors, so maybe today I will try making brackets that are attached to the wall instead of the door rails. This problem has me stumped. It has to be door related, as two different openers act the same, but the door opens and closes very easily by hand (insulated steel door).
I'll keep all posted if I find the problem today. Wish me luck.
Any possibility the wiring to the sensors is bad?
Work done this am. Recheck all the nuts and bolts; tight. Raised door manually; good. Operated door opener by itself; good. Tried different mounts for the sensors; no difference. Reinstalled new sensor brackets, and bolted them to the track; no difference.
Here is one thing I noticed while operating the door while on a ladder, using the buttons on the motor. The green receiver led light flickers when the door tries to go down, and it looks like that may be a problem. I will try readjusting the lights again after lunch. If that doesn't work, I may try mounting the green receiving sensor to the wall instead of the track, so it doesn't vibrate when the door is in operation.
Moose, the original sensors did the same thing as the new ones. Funny thing is the tracks are rock solid, but what do I know? Oh yeah, and I checked the new wiring, no stabs or nicks. I know there can be a possibility that the sensors can be bad. It's happened before with new stuff.
Here's one for the books. If I removed the receiving sensor and held it outside the bracket (towards the inside of the shop) and aimed it at the other one, the door would work. I'm guessing that the lens isn't adjusted right in the housing. I spliced in the old one, and the door works fine, and the led doesn't blink when the door is going down.
Hooda thunk? :shock:
I drove back from Raleigh NC to the Thumb of Michigan today. We saw a lot of hot rods/Street rods headed south on I 77 and through the middle of Ohio. There must be a NSRA or Goodguys type show going on somewhere south this weekend.
I finished changing the air conditioning compressor on the 54 Chevy. I went from a GM R-4 style to a Sanden 508. The changeover was done by using an adapter bracket to the original GM mount. I had 4 of the GM units fail. I will report how this unit does.
Last night about 8pm a guy stopped and asked if I wanted to sell an old Ford van setting out back. I told him I wanted the engine out of it. I told him $500 if he brought the engine back. Then I sold him another junk van for $1000. He paid me and picked them up today. More junk out of my hair.
Quote from: "phat46"I drove back from Raleigh NC to the Thumb of Michigan today. We saw a lot of hot rods/Street rods headed south on I 77 and through the middle of Ohio. There must be a NSRA or Goodguys type show going on somewhere south this weekend.
GoodGuys Columbus was this weekend.
Quote from: "Charlie Chops 1940"Quote from: "phat46"I drove back from Raleigh NC to the Thumb of Michigan today. We saw a lot of hot rods/Street rods headed south on I 77 and through the middle of Ohio. There must be a NSRA or Goodguys type show going on somewhere south this weekend.
GoodGuys Columbus was this weekend.
Ah, that must have been it, we went right through Columbus, lots of nice rides!
I found a low mileage 6.0 LS today with all the accessories and wire harness for $700 today. I guess that is what is going into the 54. :D I guess I sold those old vans at the right time.
I have the LS home, and tomorrow is the ides of July.
Quote from: "enjenjo"I found a low mileage 6.0 LS today with all the accessories and wire harness for $700 today. I guess that is what is going into the 54. :D I guess I sold those old vans at the right time.
i have a 6.0 ls/4l80 in my '57 Chevy Handyman. I did go
thru the engine but left it stone stock. I sure like it.
I cleaned up the castings of my new/old carb today. Thats a step closer to trying it out to see if theres still a problem. Somewhere between now and buying the rebuild kit, found another unopened kit in the garage of course. :roll:
Today we found the oil leak in the power steering rack. It took two hours to find it, and of course the rack had to come out. When the rack was assembled they left out an O ring behind a IFF seat. Five cent O ring and it works fine.
Quote from: "enjenjo"Today we found the oil leak in the power steering rack. It took two hours to find it, and of course the rack had to come out. When the rack was assembled they left out an O ring behind a IFF seat. Five cent O ring and it works fine.
You can now do the happy dance :D Congratulations. A guy needs some success.
Bought a set of plugs today, Champions, one of them looked like this. The plug on the left has the ground strap short and angled instead of parrallel with the electrode. Can't gap it properly, too tight at the back and too loose at the front. Just another example of cheap parts nowadays I guess.
Wrapped up the engine install in Vickie's truck and took it on a 45 mile round trip to a friends house and no major issues. When I got back home, I wired up the trailer light for our camping trip this weekend. Still a few drip from under the truck to track down but the engine is a huge improvement over the last one.
Atta boy, Dave!
I've always liked that body style.
Well this truck is going to kill me.
The power steering is acting up on me again. put 50 miles on the truck Sunday and I went to move it yesterday and the steering is *. I will order up a new pump and a different fluid today and see if that fixes it for more then a week or day.
Quote from: "416Ford"Well this truck is going to kill me.
The power steering is acting up on me again. put 50 miles on the truck Sunday and I went to move it yesterday and the steering is *. I will order up a new pump and a different fluid today and see if that fixes it for more then a week or day.
Decades ago , when I did more general auto repair I hated to have a Ford with power steering problems. The reman pumps usually howled or leaked or pressure was goofy as you mention. Other friends in the bizness as shop owner or mechanic all had the same stories.
Getting ready to head to the Puyallup Good Guys. Doing things a bit different this time. Have a couple of friends going out with their 37 woodie and will ride in with them on Friday and Sat. I am then entering my truck in the Sunday deal. Don't know if I told you all about this one I got a couple of years ago. It is a single cab, short box 2017 Chevrolet Silverado that someone tricked out. It has 22" snowflake wheels (off a Cad suburban I think), lowered with a Beltech setup 3 in the front and 4 in the back. Never knew that a 4 wheel drive could be lowered like that until I got the truck. Paint matched fiberglass tonneau cover. The bed has one of those carpet liners, wish they had not done that, can's carry any dirt of greasy stuff. Also, whoever built it had to hang the obligitory Flowmasters on it, so it sounds like every other truck out there. All and all, a pretty nice little ride.
I haven't picked up a paintbrush for at least two months, kinda hit a wall and got very busy. The other day I felt like painting so I started this. Seems a little like starting over, but things seem to be going OK. Now I have to decide on a wheel color, I'm thinking.a dark maroon. 🤔
I like that phat46.
How about the dark yellow you have on the car for the wheel color? Might look good with the chrome caps. .02
Dave
I adjusted the valves on the 460/Ranger today. Then some other general maintenance. I am going to try another modulator on the transmission. It is an attempt to lower the shift points. If things work out, I may take it to the drag trip for test and tune this weekend.
I built a chilled water air conditioner for it this week. When the system is finalized I will post some photos and an explanation. It is completely removable from the vehicle in less than 5 minuets.
WZ thats sounds interesting.
I vote dirty black or the red oxide on wheels.
I installed an electric winch on a tilt deck trailer today. I have to pick up a Roper tractor tomorrow, and I am not going to do another one with a come-a-long.
^^^^^^
I understand that. I have a friend with a lowboy 5th wheel that has the remote control electric winch. That will spoil you in about 30 seconds. The last trailer I built to haul my dragster had an electric winch. I made sure that battery was charged all the time. :)
Went with the maroon wheels.
Those look fresh. :)
I meandered the GTP past 292K today. A bird crapped on it.
Phat 46, that looks good and appropriate. :) Matt, was the bird telling you something? :)
Sure. "That looks like water from here.". From that information I was able to extrapolate two good points: The windshield is shiny and good fortune was upon me. It was a loose double glopper and if I had been going faster I might have been wearing it. Hit top of windshield with roof open at about 5 mph. :shock:
Picked up some 16" 62 F100 wheels today. I'll cut the centers out of them and put wider rims on them. I haven't decided on 6", 7" or 8".
I spent a few days at Salina. The show was good. Around 2000 entries. An assortment of everything. I met many new people and had some great conversations. Uneventful trip. I killed my fair share of insects. :) This was the 1st time in around 4 years that I didn't get caught in wet weather of some kind. :)
Today is turning out to be a bad day. The Silverado that won't start has a bad starter, tomorrow before I can get one. The hydrostatic drive on the lawn mower locked up and it won't move. And the part I made for Josh is backwards and I have to do it again. I think I will go to bed.
I apologize for the quality of the pics I've been posting from shows. My new camera has more pixels than the last one and I haven't found the correct combination to meet the upload requirements with quality. I'm still working on it. :)
Quote from: "kb426"I apologize for the quality of the pics I've been posting from shows. My new camera has more pixels than the last one and I haven't found the correct combination to meet the upload requirements with quality. I'm still working on it. :)
They look fine to me.
Tomorrow will be a better day, Frank.
I built a chilled water removable air condition system for the Ranger, drag and drive truck. We will be racing in September in Oklahoma and Texas and the weather can be hot.
I used a borrowed chilled water turbo intercooler, an ice chest with a left over pump from our daughters knee surgery, and a fan used to evacuate fumes from an inboard boat engine compartment. It works and I can install and remove it from the vehicle in about 5 minuets.
I have photos but I can no longer add photos to my post. I have tried lots of modifications to the photos but nothing works any more. Just another thing of old age I guess.
John, Frank told me a long time ago theres a monthly limit to upload space where it starts costing extra. I put a tiny one on the gas thread and it must have broke the camel's back. :oops:
It rained here in Aridzona in recent days. Really rained. Floods. Roads closed. Sadly people washed away in flood waters. Trying to drive thru flooded road crossings.
One video I watched a suburban was flipped over by the running water with people still in the burban. Not sure where that happened.
Making up for being gone for the last week. 2800 cars out in Puyallup and don't know how many would have been there if the Canadians could have crossed the border. Usually 4-500 cars from across the border.
Here is some photos of my chilled water air conditioning system that I built for the drag and drive truck. I needed air conditioning but I could not easily add a unit. I can add and remove this system from the vehicle in about 5 minuets. When I arrive at a drag strip I can remove it and leave it in the pits while I make my passes.
There is a photo of the unit together setting on the shop floor. Another photo of it in the truck. And a shot showing the actual temperature of the air coming out of the duct.
It is a crude system but it will do what I need done. Another version of this is used with cool vest at Bonneville and other motor sports.
There is a lot of strange stuff floating around in my head. :D
^^^^
Is the ice chest full of ice and water? How long does it work before the chest needs a refill?
Quote from: "kb426"^^^^
Is the ice chest full of ice and water? How long does it work before the chest needs a refill?
My first test was a 10 pound bag of ice. I added enough water to the cooler to have sufficient water to circulate. The intercooler must hold two to three gallons of water but that is just a guess. The ice melted faster than I would like, but it had to cool about 4 gallons of warm water to start the system. It will be interesting to see how long the ice last after the system is working for an hour or so. There is about a 15 degree temperature change in the water as it passes through the intercooler.
Some interesting things should happen after it runs awhile. It should take less ice to keep the truck cool after the first bag because the water is already chilled some and the air in the truck is cooler now and it is recirculating.
Later this week I will run it more. This is a great time to test it as we are having heat indexes of over 105 degrees.
That is cool 8) pun intended. Verrrry interesting. I need one tomorrow. :)
Been watching some older TV shows again. 3rd Rock from the Sun.. The original Roseane show. Still funny to me.
Watched a video of old Mike Douglas TV show with Moe Howard (3 Stooges) on it. Must have been early 1970s show? Moe was talking about how 3 Stooges came to be and events in early 1920s. I sat there thinking: geez that is near 100 years ago.
This morning I finished changing the harmonic balancer on the 460/Ford Ranger drag and drive truck. Last week I adjusted the valves. When I finished I decided to check the ignition timing. The timing light showed the marks way off from where they should be. The outer ring of the balancer had loosened and shifted position. So I replaced the balancer. It is normally not a bad job but on this truck everything is a tight fit with minimal work space. In the morning I will readjust the valves again.
Bought a BBQ pellet grill smoker. Unboxed it. Assembly began poorly. Installing legs and the tack welded nuts for the wheel on the 2nd leg were off. Stripped threads right off 2 screws. I continued on.
Went to Home Depot for some grade 5 basic 1/4 x 20 bolts and nuts. Home Depot has some basic crap bolts in the bins. I wanted at least grade 5. I found the grade 5 in a multi-drawer cabinet. 46 cents each bolt 1/4 x 20 at 1 inch long. Plus the nuts and lock washers.
I left H D, drove 5.5 miles to a place called Marks Bolts, Nuts & Surplus. Its a bulk type deal. You grab what you want into a paper bag. Sold by the pound. About 25 bolts, 25 washers, 25 nuts cost me $3.43, all grade 5.
I started working on the 54 Ford today. I bought another frame to replace the one that is in it that is rusty. I removed all the junk on the frame that will not be used, and made up some temporary tie rods to replace the bent and missing one that were on it. The frame will then go to the shop to make sure it's straight, one of the front frame horns is wrinkled so I am having that done first. The plan is to cut the front of the fame off, and replace the front section with a early Dodge Dakota frame section I have here to give me rack and pinion steering. I still have to figure out what will happen in the rear, but I am sure there will be some changes.
I read this today for anyone going to the NSRA nationals:
Effective today, July 29th, Kentucky Governor, Andy Beshear is requiring that a mask be worn inside state facilities, regardless of their coronavirus vaccination status.
With the Kentucky Exposition Center being a state facility, this will require all participants, exhibitors and spectators to wear a face covering when inside the Exposition Center.
We ask that you work with NSRA as much as possible as we do not want/need the show to be shut down because of noncompliance....
I took in a load of scrap aluminum today. 249 lbs, I got $211 for it. I still have a load of steel scrap to go.
just surfing the internet..
ran across this 32 ford twin engine roadster that some of you will know or have seen..
https://lasvegas.craigslist.org/cto/d/apple-valley-1932-ford-roadster/7359289006.html
i don't know how long the ad will stay up..
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Somebody must have had a tough row of stumps to pull, right next to some pavement. :lol:
I mounted my old winch on a snowmobile trailer a couple weeks ago so it's time to put the new one on my big trailer. I decided to mount the fairlead to the front crossmember to the trailer, it took two brackets to do it. I fabricated the brackets, bolted them to the fairlead, and it came out 17.5" wide. I needed 14" so I re-figured, marked new holes, and got as far as drilling pilot holes, and it didn't look right, so I rechecked it. Now it was 13". So I moved the holes again, after two tries any idiot can do it. Now it was 15". :oops: On the fourth try I got it right! If anyone asks about the extra holes, it was to save weight. :twisted:
Been playing with a new painting the last few days. Red is my Achilles heel. I can do about six bars on the grille precession. There's no deadline so no need to rush it. About ten hours so far, probably another 6-8 left. It's 18" X 24"
Watched a few more old TV shows recently. Perry Mason, Lone Ranger, others
Went to the Nationals for Thursday and Friday, returned home yesterday. Nice trip, but there was a LOT of road reconstruction and was wasn't under construction was half so-so and half really crappy.
The show was good, the exhibit building was pretty much mask free with a fair amount of empty spots. Looked at the new products display and had serious sticker shock, particularly a new, bare 55-57 Chevy frame for $8500. Swap meet was at about 80% with a lot of decent projects and parts. I bought a roll of black carpet that sorta looks like felt. I like how easy it cuts and glues down. Bought one event T-shirt...it was $28....divided by the 10 years or so since I bought one, it was a steal?
Travel went well other that "fast food" can be stricken from the list of things to engage in. Likewise it is harder to find potty places. I'm sick of the Covid excuse for lousy service and mediocre, at best, food. 15 minute waits inside a truck stop Mickey D's is ridiculous!
Home safe but it took 8 hours to transit what is usually a 6 hour drive.
The old '40 Chevy started thumping pretty hard on harsh bumps on the way down but nothing fell off. There are no smooth bridge approaches or departures between my house and Louisville. I'll look under it tomorrow.
None the less we had a good time and ran into a lot of old friends.
Today is an afternoon for celebrating the life of one of my best friends ever (John Bernard) who died of lung cancer in early February. We've lived about a mile and a half apart for the last 50 years and I'm still looking at the traffic light to be lit on the front of his home shop so I can stop and visit. I'll probably do that until I'm gone too. I understand and accept the purpose of what we will be doing but it will still have a sad part.
Charlie
That deuce painting has some really nice effects in it. 8) The painstaking accuracy in places does tend to take the fun out though, I know thats true.
Today I put the last with-air spare on the GT. Overdid that maypop on the last outing although it started leaking last winter. Tossed the flat and another one on matching wheels in the GTP trunk for fresh rubber next time I get a chance. Topped up PSF on that one then. Fixing to spin Grape around the dance floor for a number or two then gravitate home again. The new old carb project might get assembled or some artwork started, day's young and wide open. To naps as well. :)
This is pretty much finished, still a little detailing and highlights, but basically done.
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Very good. :)
Gettin more rain here. Its been a different year than 2020 for rain in Arizona.
And yet people still try to drive thru running water in normally dry river bed crossings on roads.
Just loaded up the Impala and am headed out to Spokane for the Good Guys event in about an hour.
^^^^
Have a good and safe trip. :)
Bought a pair of new tires for the GT yesterday. It bothers me that on no two days can you go buy the same tires. Each time, the only thing available are some unknown brand you'll never hear of again. Brand preference and loyalty are no longer allowed. Tried to get what I got last time because I liked them but no. :?
Yesterday, saw four SUVs pile up at a stop light then another wreck with the whole front of some little car smashed off to one side. That one was at one of those spots with deadly lay of the land... where hardcore devoted 3 ton speed limit doublers make it impossible to exit that neighborhood safely. In addition to a line of sight that only works for high-seat vehicles. I figure none of you guys probably still use modern cars but this time of year, overgrown ditches often make for blind entry onto highways. :shock:
Saturday 2:30am a storm rolled in. Weather guessers were correct. light rain falls now at 4:30am
Bought a new TV at Costco the other day. Works nice. As the TV powered up.. It tells me to check the app on my mobile device. So I basically set the TV up using my phone. Seems weird. All the while I am looking at my phone, then the TV , then the TV starts talking with instructions. As I am muttering out loud: I just want the * TV to work with my SAT box And blue Ray device.... which it does now.
Smart TVs.... meh
I finshed this painting yesterday, It's from a photo I took at a local car show a few weeks ago. '51 Merc that had been used as a parts car for a different owner. Acrylic on prepped hardboard, 16" X 20"
Another neat one ^ 8)
I put my new pair of generic car tires on, they drive nice. It has taken awhile to deduce the unspoken new tire buying reality. One must abandon research and choice, leave brand selection to a stranger of unknown gender, age, nationality, and race in person at a dealer off the beaten path and pay medium price for bottom of the line products with names that seem to be custom tailored to appear indirectly anti-American to anyone over 50. Once an individual is willing to sacrifice all and accept these things, one may with good fortune... buy round tires. Amazing. I actually swapped three in the driveway with the stock jack, to shuffle the most tread onto the cars and the baldness into trunks as fullsize spares. Alas, the deep treaded Generals out back are ten years old. But I may not have to nurse a leaker this winter.
I'll have driven all 3 by end of today, making this a Grand Three Sunday which is not usual.
Yesterday, as happens more frequently now, I found myself in the 69 alarmed at the lengths people go to. Title this episode "Incident at Blind Spot":
So I'm sitting there with the tach stares as I modulate throttle for minimal racket / drone during the brief summer 455 warmup period. A half-yelled female "Hey!" comes from the blind spot. I've shown where I park a hunnert times so you know. Grass next to driveway. Its the neighbor's sister with her young son who looks terrified, is frozen and speechless. "Hey, hi. His Dad works on cars, he just wants to look at yours.". I feel awkward in my gym shorts with them suprise poking their heads in from the blind spot now staring. I asked the kid well uh is it loud enough for you and forced a smile. He forced a nod and was led away by hand with a thank you for letting him look at it. Yowzers, I thought. Cage=rattled. They done snuck up on me where I thought I was safe to maybe pick my nose anyway.
Up the road at the intersection to exit the neighborhood at the sprawling white trash corner estate, a guy with cast on leg is owning the street with wheelchair. This is the gent whose interest in my car has escalated in recent weeks. I pass by often, carefully inching around whatever two dozen cars trucks and box vans won't fit in the yard because all the appliances there. Friends in lawn chairs line the edge of the grass then theres the box van then dude. All that makes the intersection blind and dangerous so I snake through trying not to get hit at the stop sign by a corner cutter. "Nice car!" from my blind spot again. Thanks! Off I go, knowing he will eventually stop me and offer beer.
Only went that way cause I needed gas. Turned onto the five lane street, instant sticky black sedan locks into blind spot. At the light, window comes down but he can't get up next to me. Light turns, car in his way turns, he zips alongside and makes sure to achieve eye contact as we move away from the light. "Hey man! Nice car!" then he nails it. Some hell I dunno might have been some kinda Gwhiz Pontiac. He shows me how zoomy he can zoom, doubling the limit and cramming brakes for the next bumper. Meanwile I mope forward thinking is this really worth having since I don't want that?
Welcome to America I guess. Got gas in peace but had fussy hurry tailgater F150s box me in during the cruise and of course the one ahead pulls into my usual turnaround spot and just stops in the road while the other is breathing down my neck with a passion. I hook a turnaround at the next available spot and of course theres the deputy sitting at the 20 MPH bottleneck turn in the 45 MPH hwy. Jeez whiz, man. Sure, full stop and signal and look both ways carefully then creep away hush hush sir, yessir. Who's a guy gotta boff around here to get a clear stretch where I can just cruise for a sec? I putted home tailed hotly by a blinding DRL SUV until the interstate onramp, past another lurking radar trapper at the spot where I saw a feisty swarm of late model pony and rice making all the noise last week.
I mean if theres no place left to even dodge the... I don't know what to call it but attention... is having that retro V8 vibe that important to me? Find me on the fence on that one, brethren.
Are these all reasons why seniors do everything at the crack of dawn? I tried that yesterday at the bank but it did not help to be there waiting when they opened. Half a dozen pushy push pushers pushed ahead within 30 seconds of the drive thru light turning green.
Busted out the carb project yesterday, discovered I was not done cleaning. So, did all the venturi booster thingys, missed the squirter housing dealy though but didn't notice until sitting down to assemble with instructions. Oh! I see you CAN use lacquer thinner on it. OK, well I can clean all of it better with that and have some. But it was time to mow by then so set that aside and barely beat the rain and well... maybe I'll have a better shot at getting some peaceful loud pedal action today. :) Pardon me.
Wife and I went to the state fair in Springfield today. Turned out to be Veterans Day, so we both got in free (Vet and family). I haven't been there for probably 40-45 years. Ate the required junk food, grabbed a bunch of free goodies, and saw the life size butter cow. Don't remember seeing it the last time I was there. Came home and mowed the lawn.
You folks enjoy those days....?? 3 outta 5 things: you drop , trip over something, drop something again, set something down then cant find it? yeah , mine was saturday and sunday (today)...
Eating dinner; I am being very careful because of my recent sh***y days and yes , food hit the floor.. It jumped right off my fork. I cleaned up the floor mess after knocking the roll of paper towels off the counter top..... so I tossed the remainder of food in the trash. Cleaned up more stuff. Sat down where it was safer to do nothing. Read stuff on the phone for a while.
My back has mostly recovered from last week. It has been months since the back gave me fits. The stenosis in my spine and vertebrae decided to remind me of who is in charge.
Paintings of the automotive art look goood.... :!:
Tony, my back used to give me fits, and the chiro didn't help for very long. I finally bought a Teeter inversion table and used it when my back was bothering me. I haven't needed it for quite a while. When I do, it's there in the basement waiting for me.
My body shows me who's boss with headaches. Two neurologists two neurologists two neuroligists and a neuro-surgeon told me there's nothing wrong in my head my head. Going to a TMJ dentist today who is going to inject some anesthetic in two places behind my ear to try and get rid of the pain. Will see how that works.
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My back has mostly recovered from last week. It has been months since the back gave me fits. The stenosis in my spine and vertebrae decided to remind me of who is in charge.
I can sympathize, Tony! ....In 2 days, I'm having 4 vertebrae cut to relieve pressure on my spinal cord. ...Don't know what to expect afterward.
I had back surgery 32 years ago, but that was a much simpler surgery on a herniated disc.
My steering rack came in yesterday, five days late, and was brought by FedEx on a sunday.. It's ready to put in as soon as I have some help. Then I worked on assembling a tilt steering column, I have to do some machining on the shaft before I can finish it. I also made a couple more parts for my winch mount. This is going to be fancy with a solar powered battery charger and all.
Quote from: "Bruce Dorsi"Quote from: "Crosley"
My back has mostly recovered from last week. It has been months since the back gave me fits. The stenosis in my spine and vertebrae decided to remind me of who is in charge.
I can sympathize, Tony! ....In 2 days, I'm having 4 vertebrae cut to relieve pressure on my spinal cord. ...Don't know what to expect afterward.
I had back surgery 32 years ago, but that was a much simpler surgery on a herniated disc.
Best of luck with you.. An MRI in 2011 diagnosed my stenosis and 11 defects in my lower lumbar L-1 thru 5.. Thankfully my defects do not press inward to the spinal cord. They do however press on some nerves or the bulging discs move out of alignment (?).. and get very angry. It causes me leg & feet pain and cramps.
Phil: a friend's teen aged daughter suffered with headaches , migraine level that could trigger a seizure. They tried acupuncture and finally a body piercing inside her ear. Not the ear lobe , inside the ear on a place next to the ear opening. The girl received relief from both ear piercing and acupuncture. Not completely gone , but way improved. It was one of those deals the doctors were telling mom:" she should grow out of this" ... Mom was asking WHEN ? !
Up in the hills of AZ.. Weird being 55*F outside. No AC screaming at
us in the RV seems weird.
This photo is just before we head out of town.
Up in the hills... It was 67*F , just before the rain storm rolled in. Goldwing is sitting there under cover between the RV and truck.
Enjoy Tony.
Speed secret stuff.
Not too interesting but:
Our first Road trip up the hills with the RV followed the same path my retirement has been. Storms were rolling thru the area. We had rain, wind, hail, rain, some fog from low clouds, rain too. No snow tho.
My initial retirement in 2020 was cloudy.. No meat, taters, paper products in the stores. I went back to work for 8 months. Re-retired after 15 months of pandemic stuff.. Only to walk into more pandemic stuff 2.0
We keep moving on.
I went to the Lake Scott rod run today. It's about 140 cars. I got to visit with many long term friends. Weather was good. It was a very pleasant day. :)
Road trip up to Holbrook AZ area on friday. Been a few years since we were there.
Basic tourist attraction Geronimo on the I-40 freeway west of Holbrook.. The place is falling apart. The building is in rough shape. Skylights are broken and repaired with tar paper and Henrys black roof tar goo.
Took a ride out south east of Show Low to Eager , Greer towns on saturday. Never been to Greer. Very small town. Cabins and kayaks seem to be it. Reached an altitude of about 9k feet. Weird being in 65*F temp in the middle of the day in August for this desert rat.
I did this painting a couple days ago and was unhappy with it. I posted it on my personal FB page expressing my disappointment with it. A mutual car friend saw the posting and knew the owner, I had taken a picture of it at s local show. He sent the picture to the owner and hr ended up buying it today! What do I know about what's good and what isn't? 😀
I was perusing old car art on web yesterday and y'know... thats kind of a style people seem to be digging. Your abstract backgrounds might jive with a certain decor, or clash, but if the right person has the right spot for it and they see it... hey, yeah that might be a sale! Continue following your gut. I have had the urge to paint lately but not finding inspiration. Thought about a suit of armor perhaps. Meh. But your red panel truck reminds me I ought to render the 51F1 with '52 hood nose trim like your subject matter there. :)
I just mowed and half-tamed weeds. Hit the store this morning. Not gonna ask much more of myself today, its hot. I am off all week and its looking like mid 90s straight through. Might trip up to the nearest A/C shop tomorrow with the GT. If I can figure out how to get a ladder to my house I might fix stuff at some point but its lookin like not much to do but art under the window unit this week. I'll take it. :arrow:
We came down the hill from Show Low AZ.. Back into the valley heat. We Bought a project. This one is different from all others we have tackled. We wanted to complete the deal since we were only 200 miles away.. Then back on the road trip.
We are located in a RV park on west side of Phoenix. Mostly park model trailer homes and some seasonal RV spots like our toy hauler is in.
Residents come and go here since older folks get sick, die , cant travel anymore. So units come up for sale often.
We bought a 1986 Cavco Fleetwood Park model trailer. Its like a time capsule. Very few up dates to the unit since new. Because of that the lady could not sell it quickly. Suddenly she dropped the price by 8k to blow it out and here we are now. This will be our winter home in AZ.
The unit is not run down and trashed. It is just old, everything works. Heat Pump is 1 year old. The kitchen needs a full rehab... I read Ikea cabinets are popular to use. You have to watch depths and heights for the Manufactured homes.
I have one car with A/C! Oh man, ah. 8) Happy. Took the GT to the closest place then hoofed it to some breakfast and as I approached the shop door on my return, they called to say fixed. Said it held vacuum. Well, I'll be. :? It works! :-o Looks like the spare car will be getting a dose of more frequent usage. Their fee seemed quite reasonable for the thrill. :)
Link to fresh art: (full size crappy photo of)
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I had blank page syndrome so just made some lines and ended up with that in a couple fun hours. :)
Wow. That's really cool Matt.
What am I doing today? Finally figuring out how to get online for the first time in months! Thanks to Frank for providing me with feedback. Honestly I don't know what happened or how I fixed it either one. In the end I just whitelisted roddingroundtable.com in every place I could find within my antivirus and Chrome. After that the forum software would send me a password reset link. Execute the link and here I am. I kept lurking but really missed the ability to chime in from time to time.
So we spent 1.3 hours in the MVD for this manufactured home title. In AZ you have a title for the Manufactured home just like a car. BUT: the lady at MVD has entered the information into the system and then the Mobile Home Support group checks the paperwork and issue a title if all looks good. That part is different from the car title.
It was her "first" manufactured home title transfer so she had to ask her "supervisor" several questions. It only seemed like 3 hours there. The lady asked what model the unit was since there was no name listed. Being a smart a** I said Mustang GT ? My wife spoke up that all the info we had was on the current title and we had never bought a manufactured home before. The lady had a sense of humor and understood I was being a smart a** ..
The previous owner has left many unneeded items in the trailer that we must clean out. Her health has gone down hill , so a quick exit happened for her. Its sad , yet it happens. It gets me thinking about my end and how that will go.
its interesting reading all the regulations and rules for this place. It may be worse than a HOA... We own the MH , yet are not allowed to remove it from the RV park. The park corporate Encore has first right to refuse to purchase the unit if the intent is to remove the MH from the park. Encore must match the agreed on price tho , to keep the MH in the park. There is no hitch or wheels on the manufactured home.. that stuff was removed long ago.
Boring stuff I know. Its all new to us.
welcome back Jaybee . I have been a next to lurker for the past 2 months as well as I was out of town and had limited access to internet and did not have much time for responding to posts . I got no car stuff done this summer and did not get the chance to even attend any car shows . My local drag strip has an event I want to attend in September as it will be 40 years since my first pass down the track that weekend . I would like to mark that anniversary by entering the race . I entered my first race in a 65 Mustang fastback. I will try to get my 65 Mercury 1/2 ton ready to enter this time .
Tony, one of my friends bought a park model in south Texas earlier this year. I had him explain the story so if I decide that's for me on down the road I would have a basic understanding of what was involved. I think most parks are looking for regular rental income so they have similar rules. I think I would do that better than an rv but never having done either, I'm clueless. :)
Quote from: "kb426"Tony, one of my friends bought a park model in south Texas earlier this year. I had him explain the story so if I decide that's for me on down the road I would have a basic understanding of what was involved. I think most parks are looking for regular rental income so they have similar rules. I think I would do that better than an rv but never having done either, I'm clueless. :)
I am with you on this. A big learning curve. We have never done a long term RV deal. The movement of the RV as you walk thru it is something I am not adjusting to well.
The Toy hauler has 6 point hyd leveling, plus 4 tires. It wiggles more than I like. I bought 2 additional heavy duty jack stands for under the frame at the front. Did not help. I am looking for a tripod stabilizer for the hitch pin. Due to materials shortages (covid) the heavy duty tripod I want has been back ordered for months. Reviews and friends tell me the tripod only helps a little bit.
The park model trailer, I will mention this: Not much in the park model relates to house fixture sizes. Especially the bathroom sizes. Showers and tubs are all shorter or narrower. I am still reading , checking and learning that stuff. The kitchen stove is full size and cabinet sizes are standard . My wife has all these "ideas" and I am suppose to make it happen. LOL
Check out this Tony http://www.rverscorner.com/arizona.html
Quote from: "enjenjo"Check out this Tony http://www.rverscorner.com/arizona.html
thanks. i can add that to my list.
I've bought a few new items from SouthWest RV... in Glendale AZ.. Highly recommended by a couple friends. I've got to call them about storage of this 5th wheel.
I am giving up on the brakes on my 54 Chevy. After 2 years and hundreds of hours of work, I can not get them to work well enough to satisfy me. I have replaced some of the components more than once, everything in the system is nearly new or new, I have bleed them with every type of bleeding mechanism. It is going to a friends street rod shop. I am missing something and it needs another set of eyes and hands to work on it now. I gave it a good fight. :?
As a side note, my internet service is not working and has been intermitant since this spring. I am using a cell phone hot spot and my time spent on the internet is limited.
I bought new rear brakes this week and replaced everything. Here is what one of the new drums looked like when it came out of the box. Hopsing must have had a bad day.
That ^^^ had to make a good gong sound. And if the chunk wasn't in the box... yeah hoping can stay in the kitchen :lol:
Lived next to Dallas, went into an AZ for a 70 Skylark rear drum once... mid-1990s. Put it on, try it out. No way jose, es huevo. Take it back, ask them to turn it. Nearly toppled their lathe on the first rev. Drums have a hard life in a box, apparently. :?
Today I stood on a stack of tires / wheel and helped out the saggy kinked rain gutter on the house. Cleaned that up, and some siding with car wash bucket and sponge mop. That'll have to do, and I'll not feel as negligent every time I pull in the driveway and see ugly. Tried but failed to arrange getting recalls done on the front drivers. That A\C fix earlier in the week did not hold. :(
But, speaking of a good better-pack-a-lunch fight I saw one of my favorite fake ones yesterday. Big John Cannon as a pirate vs Dan'l Boone plus that Matt Clark guy from Stories of the Century:
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Headed to test and tune tonight. I am hoping for just a little bit faster, but I think that is what everyone thinks when they head to the dragstrip.
Good luck John.
I mowed the grass today, 2 1/2 acres in 90 minutes, best I've ever done. Then went out to the shop and worked on my winch bracket for my big trailer. 96 degrees here today with 78% humidity. I had to wring out my sweat band about once an hour.
Wow! That humidity would be sucking the energy out of me. We all get accustomed to our surroundings but there has to be some kind of limit as to what the sweat glands can handle. :)
We had a new 12x20 barn erected in the back yard, and I painted it last week between rain showers with a sprayer. I wasn't in the sun, and I had to change ALL my clothes at lunch time. I was soaked clean through. We had low 90's with high humidity with a slight breeze. Today, I was outside for a short time and I could hardly breath.
We have a local cruise in tomorrow at 3:30 to 7. I told a buddy that's going if it's as bad tomorrow as it was today, I probably won't be there.
I probably should go though, as Animal Jim will probably be there again. Apparently, he and Ugly Olds were competitors back in the day. Bob would message me once in a while about Jim. He and I both live near Lacon, and Jim's shop is in town, but he posted in the local paper that he's finally retiring at age 80.
The HACK Shack and Matt got mentioned in an article about a 69 camaro in the September Modern Rodder mag.
Quote from: "kb426"The HACK Shack and Matt got mentioned in an article about a 69 camaro in the September Modern Rodder mag.
Thanx for the heads-up, Bill. :)
I was puzzled by this news so I had to look. Only 69s I have worked on there weren't that one. It was in polyester when I started there and all I ever did on it was fix a crack after it's first season. Jerry came by my stall to shoot the breeze earlier this summer and said he sold it. I was shocked. He no longer has a hot rod but he is a good buddy. I do have a memory moment of the car. The EFI was still learning so I held the gas to keep it warming up while he registered at it's show debut locally.
I had driven Gary's fresh 67 Nova down with the trailered queen Camaro and when they went to sign in I found myself guarding an idling six figure build with foot on gas, the Nova, and a tow rig. Never having even been around high end builds I was nervy until they got back. The day is permanently etched in memory because after that I pulled the Nova up and parked right next to a signed 66 Batmobile. That really charged my batteries. :) It was 2010 or '11.
But my generous mention is not deserved and my name only has one L. Andy and Ken were responsible for the outstanding paint & bodywork. Mike didn't even work there yet. It is fully polished underneath. Amazing, immaculate build. RIP, Andy.
If those print publication efforts persist long enough, current projects may well someday appear in the new mags. We can only hope and support, and thank those guys for that. :)
Yesterday was a Grand Three, drove them all. I think my favorite thing about the little black ones is driving the GT for a few days then bustin out the GTP. Seems zippy enough to tear my head off and bangs second about like the TH400. :) I think it sat a full week this time around. That huffer just makes a placid econobox into a pushy beligerent go-getter I tell you what. 8)
Today I ordered the fourth brake booster/master cylinder assembly for my 54 Chevy. After testing and talking to many of my friends, who have mechanical knowledge, I determined that the present unit is defective. Two of the prior units were high end pieces by a street rod/racing distributor. One of the units was from a company that supplies most of the parts to all of us. (The oldest speed shop in th US). This time I am going for one from Amazon. They all look alike on the outside and I think they all come from just west of here across the Pacific Ocean. Updates to follow.
started back on the roadster chassis today . Got my tubes sonic checked first and then started cutting. It sure is nice to use a milling machine to do the fish mouthing . I finished the most complicated tubes tonight . 4 more to go and then this chassis will cert to 7.50. Once this is done I will start back on the T coupe . I think I have figured out the passenger door alignment issue . It will take some cutting and grinding of the recessed firewall and support structure to fix it . Once that is done I can finally install the bear claw latches and get to body work . 8) Anyone want to buy a NHRA certified mild steel 125"wb roadster chassis ?
More roadster time tonight . One more fish mouth and all the tubes are ready to tig in . 8)
Interesting progress on the rehab of this mobile home we bought.. Plan is for a winter home in the valley of the sun here in AZ..
We knew there would be delays on various items, but: 3 to 6 weeks is common we learned. Kitchen cabinets my wife wanted: 3 months out. Same cabinets in white color are "In stock" cabinets 10 days to 2 weeks out? So we are on that list for "in stock cabinets"
Counter tops are 4 to 6 weeks out after the measurements are taken.. Cabinets must be installed first.
If all goes well, we should have cabinets and counter tops in the kitchen and bathroom by the end of October? Then we will have carpet and vinyl floors installed. Hopefully by january 2022
have you purchased house paint recently? Prices are way up too.
Like most Australians I'm locked up in solitary confinement in my home and unable to leave unless it's to get food , medical supplies or exercise all within a 3 mile radius and time limited too.
My cars, model making and pin striping tools and equipment are over 100 miles away and I cannot travel there, because it's not my primary address.
Hope life is better in the US, this place has gone nuts as I think whilst covid effects normal people's respiratory system it has completely destroyed the minds of all our alleged leaders and politicians.
just sitting and surfing the web mostly.. hanging out over on https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicAdvice/ and searching for interesting content on youtube..
how many of you on your cell phones have noticed youtube shorts. its a new link on the bottom menu. and you flip up to the next video.
several projects in process.. helping a friend put a full floater 9" under the back of his 66 Fairlane 500 . been discussing Holley tuning with the friend with the 427SOHC .. he has a set of proper carbs for it.. but was wondering..... he was told they have no power valves.. his are identical to these.. http://www.mustangtek.com/4160/C5AF-9510-BT-BU.html the last set i set up for the 428FE dual quad galaxy used 1850-3's with changing out the primary throttle shafts so they worked with the dual quad progressive linkage. i was really happy with it. but he decided to have the C6 rebuilt and the transmission shop swapped out his 1800 to 2200 stall converter for a stock one with much lower stall and they screwed with the progressive throttle linkage.. forcing it to open 1 to 1.. the cars is in storage currently.. so i can't really get to it to redo the carbs.. so now you know what i am up to..
I am off to the school shop tomorrow to hopefully finish all the necessary things to get a new chassis tag . I will also be driving out to another shop to help with starting up the blown alky big block in a drag truck that I will be working on next race season 8) 8)
I'm excited to see some changes in the new forum. One of which is larger picture limits. I'm sure there could be more changes as time goes on. ;D
In attempt to wind down down from busy days on the rehab project.. I've found a few more old TV shows on the SAT TV system. Red Skelton and Carol Burnett shows. Watch a couple shows here n there in the evenings. It was a simpler time perhaps? When these performers went off script (?) it could be purty funny. 8)
roadster time again today . Cut out 2 tubes that were not to spec and fitted new ones . Then I went on to make roll cage gussets . They have been on Bonneville cars for years but are something new to me for the drag chassis. I just realized when done the gussets that they measure .001" less than the SFI spec :o.
Finished this painting this morning. Not sure how many hours in this one, but there are many. This is from a photo I took at a local car show. Acrylic on hardboard, 14" X 19"
You did a nice job on the reflections. And the little people in the right bottom corner.
Quote from: enjenjo on September 04, 2021, 10:50:30 PM
You did a nice job on the reflections. And the little people in the right bottom corner.
Yea, I agree with enjenjo on that... 8)
+me. Thats a fantastic piece of work! :)
Amazing work , you just keep getting better 8)
phat, I don't know what to add other than the attention to detail is really good. I don't care that you copied a pic, it's still very good. :)
I'm gonna try that next time.
Another round of wash daily driver then immediately get it covered in bird crap for me today. :)
Photo quality. Very nice.
:o I've been wondering: when do I start to enjoy retirement? We are very busy, but where is the enjoyment? ;D
Wife and I got back to the RV last night at 7:40pm. After we ate dinner, visit to Home Depot, we dropped stuff off to the mobile home it was past 7:30pm. We had been going since just after 6am. I am usually awake at 4am or so.
We had laundry to do. I dropped the wife off at laundry here on site. I run to Jack in the Box for food. Then we were off to Walmart for groceries & stuff. Then to the mobile by 10am for more work.
We took on this rehab of the mobile home. We knew like most projects it will get out of hand and it did. Oh well. Another week or so, the cabinets should be delivered. (I hope).
This floor of the mobile is squeeky.. I have been using deck screws to tighten up the wood floor to the underside beams when I can find those beams. Some stuff seems to be on 30 inch centers, other spacing is what ever the H they wanted to do? I follow the line of staples on the plywood... yet I often hit "nothing" under the plywood?
I guess I am just venting a little bit. Most of my questions are rhetorical , not too serious. ??? ???
Do you miss work yet? If not, enjoy!
Tony, my take on retirement is different from many. I want to accomplish as much as possible everyday from now on. If I'm sitting down, it means I'm too tired to go on. :) Having the remodel completed will mean when winter is here you can find different activities to keep your mind and body going. I think you will get this figured out for you in due time. Your next summer will be entirely different from this one. ;D Maybe you'll get lost and come to sw Kansas. LOL.
Quote from: enjenjo on September 08, 2021, 10:26:09 AM
Do you miss work yet? If not, enjoy!
Actually , I do miss work. The last 8+ months I returned when they needed help. Were the best. I worked hard to get stuff done. Yet if I decided to leave at 1pm instead of the usual 4pm quit time, I left.
We got in to the RV early tonite. It was 6:20pm AZ time when we returned from Lowes and Freddys Steak burger & Custard place. My wife loves onion rings at Freddys... guess what they were out of this evening? Yep., onion rings.
Quote from: Crosley on September 08, 2021, 09:44:26 PM
My wife loves onion rings at Freddys... guess what they were out of this evening? Yep., onion rings.
I know what that's all about. 2 weeks ago I did not feel like fixing dinner for 1 again. So while I was out shopping I stopped into Arby's. I got a roast beef sandwich and a order of cheese sticks. While ordering the cheese sticks I asked for a marinara sauce. They told me they were out. I said Ok. When I got to the window the girl at the window asked me if I wanted any sauce for my sandwich. I asked for Arby's sauce. They were out. I asked for honey mustard. Also out. I then asked what they had, she told me they had horsey sauce. I told her that I did not want any horsey sauce. She looked at me like I grew a second head and asked, so you don't want any sauce? I told her no as they did not have anything I wanted.
Then last Friday on the way up to Ohio to visit the family I stopped into Raisin' Cane's. I wanted deep deep fried chicken tenders. When I walked in the door to a restaurant full of people/ I was greeted and told their fryers were offline and it would be 20 minutes to a hour till they would be serving again. To this moment I am not sure why the place was full of people as they only offer 5 things in the place, fried chicken, french fries, toasted garlic bread, cole slaw and drinks. So they only thing they could make was bread, cole slaw and drinks.
I have been searching for two weeks trying to find brake drums to fit a 65 Buick Sport Wagon. Today I tried the last possible choice and it didn't fit either. So I decided to turn the drums I have. I went to four stores before I found one with a brake drum lathe. :o
got the roll cage gussets welded in yesterday on the roadster chassis . 6 more tubes and its finished !
Went to the the Northern NATS today. Perused the swap meet, and some time catching up with old friends, and making new ones. Josh went with me and we both had a good time.
The swap meet was pretty small, josh and I went through the whole thing in about two hours. There were only about six inside vendors, and two outside. Plenty of cars though.
Quote from: enjenjo on September 11, 2021, 07:30:30 PM
Went to the the Northern NATS today. Perused the swap meet, and some time catching up with old friends, and making new ones. Josh went with me and we both had a good time.
The swap meet was pretty small, josh and I went through the whole thing in about two hours. There were only about six inside vendors, and two outside. Plenty of cars though.
Lol, I went to a local dragstrip today to watch some grudge racing. ( Jake Blain and brother Josh, from Street Outlaws had a car there) and I was wearing my Northern
Nats shirt from 2017. Frank why do you think there's such a drastic drop in vendors?
I heard rumors NSRA raised the booth rate. No idea if it's true or not. No one showed me a contract.
What was it like at Louisville?
Just checking to see if we can post regular size images.
EDIT: Image didn't show in the preview.
A local guy here that produces a Nostalgia event just announced the event has been cancelled for 2021... and he may not produce any more events. He commented on how wonderful the Tribe at Wild Horse Pass has been to work with.
That sounds like BS to me. The tribe has cancelled or taken away event dates in the past on this guy. I heard thru friends the tribe jumped the fees up 50 - 60% over night 2+ years ago.
I think it has gotten to expensive for the guy to produce the event with limited crowd numbers at Wild Horse Pass. Out here it is like small nostalgia drag race events died with the closure of Speed World drag strip years ago.
Same thing has happened to motorcycle events. An event geared directly for Honda Goldwings has suffered reduced vendor numbers in recent years. The vendors all say the same thing: too expensive to setup for the event. Every body expects event discounts too. So the fees go up for the vendors and gate fees went up too. People stopped attending.
You add in the pandemic requirements or cancellations .. it is a mess. I wonder where we will end upp out the door here in a few years?
In Tucson the Duct Tape drag race is in early October.. WIth the increase in new Covid numbers , I asked David Freiberger online if he had heard about any mask requirements in the Pima County property again? His response was : I hope not
Quote from: 58 Yeoman on September 12, 2021, 07:47:02 AM
Just checking to see if we can post regular size images.
EDIT: Image didn't show in the preview.
It shows up fine for me on my end. But there is a problem with images, some people see none, some are seeing post software change images but not those from the old software. It is being worked on but you will have to be patient. Some of these problems we just became aware of yesterday.
If you are having a problem, let us know on Fatcat's sticky post. If you can't post, or send a PM, call me at 419. twoseventy sixteen 18.
No real problem Frank, was just checking that since the site got new software, what would happen. So much easier than before. Thanks.
All Grand Prix for me today. Did a trace-n'-scribble drill-
(https://roddingroundtable.com/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;ts=1631494478;topic=14748.0;attach=333;image)
Yesterday at the Hooker car show, I noticed a group from Dalhart Tx. Mostly chevy 60's or early 70's cars/ All had a Fitech on them. That used to be a rarity to see. Not so much, now. There were 156 cars. That's on the low end for that show. The spectator count was down but that could have had something to do with the 105 degree temp at 3 pm. :) There weren't any cars from way far away this year. Around 250 miles would be about the farthest distance I saw from the name tags.
Quote from: idrivejunk on September 12, 2021, 08:55:50 PM
All Grand Prix for me today. Did a trace-n'-scribble drill-
(https://roddingroundtable.com/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;ts=1631494478;topic=14748.0;attach=333;image)
Great rendering.
That would be a good painting with a nice background
Quote from: phat46 on September 13, 2021, 10:19:04 AM
Great rendering.
That would be a good painting with a nice background
Thanks. Thats what I set out to do when I traced it off the PC monitor, just get an image to transfer to board. Clothes dryer needed a few more minutes before goin cruisin and the ripe line drawing was laying there. Staring up at me. I could not resist shading just a smidge. The lighting makes it a good watercolor candidate but I doubt I can nail the color. Its a good angle for the car. :)
That is a GREAT angle for the car 8)
Quote from: chimp koose on September 13, 2021, 09:22:25 PM
That is a GREAT angle for the car 8)
I sent a few pix to Hot Rod and they printed that one. 8)
We move forward on the rehab of the mobile home.. Found a company a few miles away. They sell mobile home parts. We walked in. I told the guy what we needed for a shower pan & wall kit as we looked at their floor displays. I expected to order the parts and wait for 3 - 7 weeks. The sales rep looks at me and says: We have that all in stock..... the money just keeps flyin out the door. LOL
Kitchen cabinets will deliver wednesday morning.. We were given specific instructions on having an area ready for the boxes and parts. The drivers are very busy and can not be held up with delays or moving stuff around for us. :roll: :roll: :roll:
Had another of those road experiences today like I sometimes tell about. Another beligerent Ford. This one was the most violent yet. They were going to ram me in reverse but barely missed or chickened out. The situation on this one road is life threatening, I tell ya. I have no passion for dash cams nor pistols but dadgummit. Standard 2021 operating gear I suppose. Ugh. :roll: I didn't quit shaking for about half an hour but I smooched the GTP square on the mouth once I got home and apologized for the tire smoke. She's been good to me. :)
Almost forgot... you guys will get a kick from this. After said ^^^ encounter my nerves were shot so I wandered about the shop grounds a bit. Found someone's stashed project car. I was like... its a five window. With lines like an A but whats this around the windshield and door fronts? Theres a roll up back window... hmm no front end. Solid axle. A gennie? Wow. Actually looks in good shape, metal-wise. I've worked on a 30, a 31, and a 33. So when Mike passed through I asked what is that "Model A thing" :lol: out back?
"Its a '32." sez he.
Oh, for crying out loud. :'( :-[
Blindfold and cigarette please. :-X
My cage was rattled. I stared at it a few minutes, totally transformed my mood but shame on me. Dang. Dodging cobwebs, I stuck my head in and could feel a strong vibe from it. The car has old stories and wants new, I could tell. :)
I got the scoop on that deuce coupe today. Flipper the cash cow, but a hiboy-to-be after 392 with maybe tunnel ram. Wicked. :twisted:
While I'm Bogarting the daily thread for a sec...I could PM this but everyone may not be having the same experience...
By the way it looks like picture posting can be pretty smooth now, like efforts have been made by the powers that be. :)
Its the smileys. No complaint or critique, just observation here... they can be able substitutes for verbal inflection and all...
Some favorite smileys were retained, some cool new were added.
But the old wide eyed shock smiley is absent. It's "code" or whatever is now associated with the old wawawa smiley. I liked / used both.
There are two rolleyes though, now. I don't miss the mad devil one, glad the evil one was kept.
We need rain something fierce here, yard is getting crunchy. Been windy too. Anybody else had a couple weeks off from mowing?
Absolute minutia, just wanted to bring it to attention in case an oversight was made and / or debunk the observation. Or spark grass fire conversation.
We have been appliance shoppping.. Usual delay in actually receiving th e product. I am told "we have it in the warehouse". Delivery is 10 days to 2 weeks. I get the odd look when I mention:" I want the appliances Now"..
Do you own a truck? I am asked.. Yes I own a truck, it is a dually , 1 ton. >:(
sorry for the length:
Ah , a typical day on projects. Couple steps forward then 'boom' a kick in the teeth. End of the day : I guess it was a good failure. ?
I was setting up the main kitchen cabinet. Centering it under the window of course. All other cabinets follow off this main one.
Measured about 4 times the locations for pipes that come out of the floor for water feed and drain. Cut hole in back of cabinet for electrical outlet for disposal that will be on the sink..
Cabinet is sitting in place (mostly). My wife and I need to lift the cabinet up to feed the pipes thru the holes I have cut. I am down the hallway and I hear my wife screaming "turn the water off"... I dont know what happened. How it hapened or what. Hot water pipe valve was broke off the plastic PEX water pipe.
Water is now off. I check the failure part. Plastic valve niple broke off. Looks older than I had thought. I cut off about 4 inches of the pipe that comes thru the floor plywood.. An inspection of the inside of said pipe shows fine line cracks down one side. yipppie (not)... Probably what has helped the pipe not blow apart is all these RV water line hook ups have pressure regulators on them. Drops the incoming pressure to below 40 psi.
Water heater is 6 years old , has white PEX pipe on it and them Shark Bite slip on brass fittings... I crawl under the trailer after side skirting panels are removed. I find worse stuff. Gray pipe (as the broken cracked piece) ... with worm type clamps onto some brasss * on the white PEX pipe. The hose clamps are heavily rusted, corrosion, water drip tracks.. Yippie again (not)
Oh welll, the pipe broke before we had the cabinets installed and floors finished in vinyl wood looking planks. So , now I have spend a couple days under the trailer in the crawl space replacing ALL of the water lines with new PEX lines and *. I get to buy more tools to connect the PEX together. I do not trust the push on , slip on connectors.
For some reason the board software will not allow me to type one word: F i t t i n g as in brass F i t t i n g
Quote from: Crosley on September 17, 2021, 12:31:38 AM
For some reason the board software will not allow me to type one word: F i t t i n g as in brass F i t t i n g
That is because the default filters had fitt* as a cuss word. I have removed it. I did not really vette the cuss word list when the software was setup. I am still cleaning up some of these things as they pop up.
It is fixed now.
dammit, Tony. Sounds like a bad/good thing all in one. After my divorce in '95, I bought a 1960 10x50 mobile home on a small town 'city' lot. What an adventure that was. I didn't gut mine, just held it together for four years and sold it to the next guy. Hope your adventure gets better.
Quote from: 58 Yeoman on September 17, 2021, 06:04:14 AM
dammit, Tony. Sounds like a bad/good thing all in one. After my divorce in '95, I bought a 1960 10x50 mobile home on a small town 'city' lot. What an adventure that was. I didn't gut mine, just held it together for four years and sold it to the next guy. Hope your adventure gets better.
Yes.. a bad - good thing. After I got the water shut off. We moved stuff. Not a lot of water sprayed. My wife tryed to slow the spray down with her finger over the hole. LOL Good it broke now and MADE me re pipe the whole freaking trailer.
I will admit a few minutes after the fiasco , I sat down , thinking W T F have we bought here? We knew the trailer needed updates. We planned on most of it. LOL Every time I turn around , I find 1 to 3 more things that need attention. Neighbors tell us the former owner often had workers there fixing stuff. I agree.. there is 5 yr old stuff attached to 12 yr old that is attached to 30 yr old stuff. :o
Any how........ Phil: We took a 210 mile ride on the Goldwing today for breakfast. We got caught in a traffic jam from a crash.. Slowed down the trip for over 10 minutes waiting in AZ heat. The other folks were worse off than us, we just had a delay. A few freeways were closed in metro phoenix area too. That is a non ending battle for ever here. :lol: >:(
I went and picked up my purchases from an online machine shop auction today. If I live to use any of it once I will be money ahead. :lol: Then I went and picked up a 8.8 Mustang rear end with a locker, aftermarket axles, and a Roush girdle on it for $120.
My wife and I are leaving early in the morning for Oklahoma City to do Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0 or just Race Week.
The schedule is Thunder Valley Raceway at Nobel, Ok tomorrow. Texas Motorplex at Ennis, Texas (south Dallas) Monday. Tulsa Raceway Park at Tulsa, Ok on Tuesday. Mid America Dragway MAD at Arkansas City, Kansas on Wednesday. Then back to Thunder Valley on Thursday. It will be about 1200 miles of a drag and drive event like Hot Rod Drag Week.
There will be live streaming daily beginning at 3 in the afternoon. I should be in one of the first groups of cars to run. My times will not be spectacular as my objective is just to complete the event.
Good luck John
John , good luck , have fun. 8)
I just scrolled through hours of race week. I didn't catch John running. I did see several 8 second et's and some really strange looking cars. :) Is anybody watching to know how things are going?
Quote from: kb426 on September 19, 2021, 07:25:04 PM
I just scrolled through hours of race week. I didn't catch John running. I did see several 8 second et's and some really strange looking cars. :) Is anybody watching to know how things are going?
I made a pass early. Truck is overheating some. I may be done before I start
I think I will change the mechanical advance back to its original springs. This bring the total in at higher rpm. I think I started having heating problems when I recurved the distributor
Quote from: WZ JUNK on September 19, 2021, 09:30:35 PM
I think I started having heating problems when I recurved the distributor
I hate distributor problems.
Is you wife following you the whole trip or hanging out for a few days a hoping the call does not come to pick you up.
Good Luck
I heard from John a few minutes ago. They are in Dallas tx. They will be in Tulsa tomorrow. He says the engine is running borderline hot, but manageable. He is not running the times he wants, but he is easily into the low 13s.
I found a results sheet. John ran 13.36 at Noble and 13.39 at Ennis.
You can see todays run on Utube at -5.26
100 degrees in Dallas/Fort Worth yesterday. Traffic and heat caused lots of problems for everyone. My home made chilled water air conditioning saved us . 336 miles to Tulsa, Ok today.
John run his first pass 13.60 on Utube. Its at -1.25 on the video
Had dinner with some friends.. Sorta , kinda interesting subject. A gal was talking about a few Taco Bell stores she tried to stop in for lunch and the lobby was closed. Drive thru was open. At one store that had an open lobby she asked the manager what was the problem. Staffing. He said they can not hire enough dependable workers to staff the stores. They may hire workers , then they do not show up after a day or 2.
We all see the "Hiring" signs. I see them. I hear the same stories on staff problems.
There is a Whataburger a few miles from us. Suddenly one day they were closed. Another store manager mentioned the whole staff walked out on a sunday. There was a rift of some type between employees and management. That Whataburger store lobby is still closed and the drive thru is only open during the day
The local McDonalds closed the lobby two weeks ago due to help shortage. They pay $13 per hour and still have no results. They used to pay min. wage and survived. The extended unemployment is over. What's happened?
I made a couple of passes at Tulsa and one was a slight improvement. Dallas was brutal driving. Shorter route and much cooler today
Quote from: kb426 on September 22, 2021, 06:46:02 AM
The local McDonalds closed the lobby two weeks ago due to help shortage. They pay $13 per hour and still have no results. They used to pay min. wage and survived. The extended unemployment is over. What's happened?
Yes, that was discussed too. In our travels , we have seen signs with 15 to 17 dollars an hour to start. One common item I hear is kids today are to busy texting , live at home, do not drive, they dont want to work because mom n dad pay for everything.
One guy talked about a neighbor kid he has known since the kid started high school. The kid is now early 20s. He lives at home, he does work at a good job. He has 2 vehicles that both mom n dad bought and gave to the kid. Hard to read where this young lad will end up?
So many of the people I grew up with have the same story.. We moved out of the house by age 17 to 20 yr old. We had our drivers license the first or 2nd day we could take the final test. It is a different world now for sure.
My local hardware store is going through people quickly. They are good people to work for, but they can't pay as well as the big box stores. So they train new employees, and once they have the experience they move on to Lowes, or Home Depot.
All the way into Toledo most places have help wanted signs out.
We ran at Arkansas City, Kansas today. Slight improvement. Last day is tomorrow. Much cooler weather.
John ran 13.18 today.
Guess I am looking in the wrong place for Rocky Mountain race info.
Tony, this is what I found: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sR98uoU0voo7IkpNJn3cnNdkSzWpEpFT3EL3iDY2HEE/edit#gid=1705660080
Sold the 63 1/2 Galaxie today. Only one left is the 58 Yeoman.
Phil, I don't know whether to say congrats or I'm sorry. :)
I'd go with congrats. I've been thinking of selling it for a while, as I never take it anywhere. I may have driven it 3 times this year so far. I wasn't even sad to see it go, although I really do like the style, but the car was kind of a love/hate relationship. I would do some work on it, then it would sit for months, and something else would pop up from non use. More room in the shop now so I'm not so crowded. Last year, I had put on 4 almost new chrome reverse wheels with new BFG T/A radials. The buyer didn't like them, so he took it with just the old bias ply tires and wire spoke wheel covers. He's 70, and I'm 71, but he just didn't like them. To each his own, but now I'll have some rims and tires to sell.
Quote from: kb426 on September 23, 2021, 07:17:36 AM
Tony, this is what I found: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sR98uoU0voo7IkpNJn3cnNdkSzWpEpFT3EL3iDY2HEE/edit#gid=1705660080
thanks. I was not finding anything close to that. thanks
John ran 13.08 today.
So we went 1,000 plus miles in 5 days and ran on 5 drag strips on Rocky Mountain Drag Week 2.0. The fastest car was in the 7.5 second et range. It was an amazing experience. Some really fun, hard working people that were competitive. We had a very detail route each day that was much like a road rally but without the time factor. We zig zagged a lot on 2 lane country roads and we saw a lot of stuff. There were specific check points where you took photos of your vehicle with a land mark. The Bumblebee sculpture was huge and very impressive. Last night I finally figured out how to launch the truck and get a fair zero to 60 time but the engine was not running crisp. I might have bought some bad fuel or something in the ignition is not right. So I feel it has a little more.
The hardest part was unloading the truck, setting up the canopy, doing the preface prep, and changing the tires each afternoon. Then packing up when we were finished and changing the tires again. After we got to our motel each night I had to unpack the truck again and store stuff in the cab, or in our room to keep it safe. The rules specifically state that only the driver and codriver can work on the vehicle. That meant that I did just about all of it. My wife was an incredible navigator and planner. She endured heat, dust, and an uncomfortable vehicle and never complained. She likes to watch the fast cars run.
Congratulations, John and wife. :) To finish with a smile is a wonderful accomplishment.
I went to Goodland Ks. for a quick walk through of the last show of the season around here. The show was down just a bit from 2 years ago. The Colorado guys whizz down I70 and make this show pretty good. Because of the time of season and day, what pics I took are poor. I met a guy with a golf cart that was made by Cushman. It was only made for a couple of years in the early 60's. He had converted the windshield washer to a drink dispenser. He had the smallest red solo cups I have ever seen. He gave me a drink. Burned all the way down. LOL. Might have been Seagram's 7. :) There was a Carnegie art car display. I know very little about that. And for C.K. I have a 'flake pic. I found another oddity on the way. :)
The car with the doll heads on it reminded me of a Dodge minivan I had in the 90's. I stopped at a garage sale, and they had cabbage patch doll heads for sale. I bought a red headed one and stuck it on the hood ornament. Some of the looks I got were hilarious. She stayed on there for a couple years. BTW, my ex wife was a red head, but that had nothing to do with it, I swear. :lol:
Thanks for the flake ! it is kind of odd but have you ever noticed how flake does not show up well in pictures?
Congrats at having fun and finish the Rocky Mountain race John.. A helpful wife is a great asset. 8)
Suppose to rain here today. At 4:45am , I was outside. Sky was very clear. That can change fast. LOL
I removed a couple spam posts this sunday morning.
Quote from: Crosley on September 26, 2021, 08:17:17 AM
I removed a couple spam posts this sunday morning.
We are still working on that with the new software. There are a few getting through but for the most part our efforts are working.
On the food service - restaurant front. A few more places have closed the doors partially because of staff shortage. One Mexican food place we visit closed half day today (sunday) and all day monday to give their staff a needed break. They have Hiring signs up for many weeks now.
Another Mexican food place changed their lobby hours (less)... A Whataburger we started to visit after the closer joint closed their lobby, has changed their hours (less). It seems to be happening in many places around here.
A buddy of mine sends me some text about the next place he finds closed. The letters BS are used often by him in the texts.
Are people not working? Are they finding new job fronts? I've read an article or 2 on the changes happpening in regular full service restaurant businesses. Many people are leaving the food service industry. I figured the fast food part of the industry would be less affected?
Saturday at Goodland, my lunch plan was Steak and Shake. The lobby was closed. The sign on the door said shortage of employees. I went down the road to Syracuse. They have a pub/ cafe that had good burgers. I read the menu 3 times. No more burgers. I left and went home. No food for that day. Not a problem. :) I have no idea how this will turn out. It does appear to be nationwide.
It's not just restaurants. Our local hardware store lost 5 people in the last week, 20 since January. There are too many companies here that the starting wage is now $15 to $18 an hour to work for just over minimum wage The local McDs has a sign out front starting wage $13 an hour, and they can't get anyone to fill out an application.
Quote from: enjenjo on September 27, 2021, 01:01:00 AM
It's not just restaurants. Our local hardware store lost 5 people in the last week, 20 since January. There are too many companies here that the starting wage is now $15 to $18 an hour to work for just over minimum wage The local McDs has a sign out front starting wage $13 an hour, and they can't get anyone to fill out an application.
Yes.
A Jack in the Box has signs out for hiring at 13.50 an hour. They reduced the lobby hours a while back. Usually the number we see is 14 an hour to start if there is a number. We were sitting in an IHOP a few days ago that is next to that Jack in the Box.. It was near 8:30 and we watched people try to open the doors to go inside. Doors were locked. Signs on the door say they open at 8am?
A friend of mine works part time at ACE Hardware. He changed stores last year because of a manager and money. The stores are each owned by different franchisee. The new ACE store has asked my friend to work more hours. He is smart and easy going. He told me they can not hire and keep people as you mention Frank.
Friends in auto repair tell me the parts wait is an all time high. I read there are 75 to 100 container ships waiting to be unloaded. That seems insane. There are not enough dock workers to get the job done.
Wages, vaccine mandates, fear of getting covid, masks mandates, government handouts, etc, are all contributing to the lack of employees problem.
School closings took many moms out of the work force because they had to be home with their kids. ....Many day care centers were shut-down, which added to the problem.
Many of the Waffle House (open 24 hrs) franchises have had to close shifts due to staffing shortages, so are now open for 1 shift only.
Many restaurants around here that were previously open 7 days, are now open 5 days. ....They can't find enough staff, so they are closing 2 of their least profitable days.
Many people near, or at, retirement age are quitting their jobs due to vaccine mandates.
Many nurses and medical staff who worked through the covid crisis are now quitting because they do not want the vaccine, but are under a mandate by their employer.
How many retail business can afford to pay their employees $15-$18 / hour plus benefits, and keep their doors open?
Unemployment benefits and additional stimulus money is the greatest job killer around here, and in many parts of the country.
Retailers which can't get enough products/merchandise to sell have less need for a large staff.
Working man over here, finding those $ numbers tempting. Fast food done caught up to car fixing? Boy howdy. Whats it pay now, to be a bump on a log?
I had never heard the term anti vaccine until a few years back. My parents are the only people I know besides myself who will ever be vaccinated. We've concluded it must be a "Jesus, take the wheel" scenario. So, covid is here to stay for good. "The people" WANT it. To kill them, I guess.
I would not be suprised to hear that vaccinated people are facing at least discrimination, or that deadly rioting has begun. But I cannot understand. Theres not a reason. Yet the anti crowd will surely take up arms as the issue is pressed harder.
To me its not unlike recall notices on my Pontiacs. Only reason to have those done is to stop the flow of nagging. I did my part but it didn't affect the constant nagging. If I try to urge anyone I know to get a shot, the reaction is hostile. Governments can just hang it up, man. Everyone would rather stop a slug than take the shot. Thats pretty much the situation here. They might be willing to shoot people trying to tell them they'll get a shot or face consequenses.
Hunker down, I reckon.
Stopped at a McDonalds in Grayling Mi. last week on the way home from the U.P., they had a sign out that they were hiring, at $16 an hour. 😳
Bruce: yep. You kinda nailed it. Not sure how wide spread it is. Local Costco stores are limiting paper products again here in AZ. My brother told me weeks ago that many items are arriving slooow again at Walmart. Canned goods, paper products, bottled water
We are about to order the counter tops for the trailer rehab project. Basic granite material. We were told at lest 4 weeks after measurements are taken. We were also told that availability on color patterns may change too.
I have some plumbing work for the shower to do , then the shower Panels can be installed... then order flooring. Carpet in the bedroom and vinyl floor plank stuff or what ever it is called thru the remainder of the unit. Not sure on delay there yet. :o
Quote from: Crosley on September 27, 2021, 09:40:33 AM
We are about to order the counter tops for the trailer rehab project. Basic granite material. We were told at lest 4 weeks after measurements are taken. We were also told that availability on color patterns may change too.
I have a guy that works for me who had some water damage to his house in the kitchen area. The insurance company is paying for all the repairs. But he had to wait about 8 weeks for Ikea style flat pack cabinets. He is 5 months without his kitchen. For half that the insurance company had paid for a BNB because he was without water in the house.
I had to wait 5 weeks for a standard non-custom screen door.
They sprung for a couple weeks of ritzy hotel when lightning took out my water line and tree. For no water. That was still mighty inconvenient but wow. Imagine large scale disasters. Then what? Just go in the yard eh.
I was kinda alarmed to find that 80 grit DA paper was in short supply other day. I needed a bunch, there was none. I was like... Now what?
Last year's project, the 78 F150 went to a new owner this weekend. The new owner was very happy. He is a dealer but said if it had an automatic, he would have kept it for himself. :) Less stuff in the yard now. :)
Finally got around to taking in the non ferrous scrap that's been taking up space in the shop. 499 pounds of brass, copper and aluminum, plus a few starters and alternators, $245. From now on, any bits and pieces go into the ferrous can for a friend of mine who sells that stuff.(//)
Counter top for this olde trailer: Wife called our sales rep monday. Told him we are ready for the counter top measure, what do we do? He took care of it. Problem is the counter top guy did not call us as he was suppose to. That ph!ssed my wife off. So the wife called the sales rep again. Got the number for the counter top guy and called him directly. We are setup for measurements 1 week away. He explained how busy they are, apologized to my wife. Then its 3 to 5 weeks out for the tops to be built and installed
We had a new countertop installed in our kitchen a couple weeks ago. One guy came and measured, then said it would take a few weeks. It was shorter, but I had the weekend to remove the old one, and two guys came on Monday to install it (U shaped). The hole for the sink was already cut. They had it in in a couple hours, then asked if I had the sink, so they could see if it fit. It's a good think, because they had to trim a couple places where the mounting brackets went. I set the sink, as I didn't want to pay a plumber $350 to do it. My wife is very happy with it (so am I).
Quote from: 58 Yeoman on September 28, 2021, 07:45:18 PM
We had a new countertop installed in our kitchen a couple weeks ago. One guy came and measured, then said it would take a few weeks. It was shorter, but I had the weekend to remove the old one, and two guys came on Monday to install it (U shaped). The hole for the sink was already cut. They had it in in a couple hours, then asked if I had the sink, so they could see if it fit. It's a good think, because they had to trim a couple places where the mounting brackets went. I set the sink, as I didn't want to pay a plumber $350 to do it. My wife is very happy with it (so am I).
Sounds good Phil.. We hope the time lines given will be shorter.
6 of us from my church are going down to "Frontier Relics & Auto Museum" in Gillette WY for something to do. Should be a nice drive and a good time down there.
Today is "Orange Shirt Day" in Canada, a day of remembrance, acknowledgement, and commitment to reconciliation for wrongs done to Indigenous peoples of this country. What makes me post though is humorous, I look around and the impression that comes to mind is Hooley Huffman's pit at Bonneville. in fact I'm wearing a "Just Glad To Be Here" shirt as I type this.
Quote from: Cword on September 30, 2021, 11:46:02 AM
Today is "Orange Shirt Day" in Canada, a day of remembrance, acknowledgement, and commitment to reconciliation for wrongs done to Indigenous peoples of this country. What makes me post though is humorous, I look around and the impression that comes to mind is Hooley Huffman's pit at Bonneville. in fact I'm wearing a "Just Glad To Be Here" shirt as I type this.
I wear the orange myself from time to time. It was good times :). The story behind the original orange shirt is that the T shirt supplier had a large number of orange shirts because that is the school color of Oklahoma State University. OSU.
I wear mine a lot too. I was proud to be part of that record. The chute mount that I cobbled together with a jack handle and the next door pit crew's welder is hanging in my shop. I also have the chute pack on the shelf right behind me.
Finished a painting yesterday. An old Dodge in the weeds up by our deer camp in the U. P.
That's cool. Did you paint it from memory or did you take a pic? The plants are very detailed.
Quote from: 58 Yeoman on October 01, 2021, 07:40:56 AM
That's cool. Did you paint it from memory or did you take a pic? The plants are very detailed.
Painted from reference photos I took up there a couple weeks ago. Foliage is a weak point for me so I decided to work on this till it looked ok. There is about twice as much time on the foliage as there is on the car. 😀
I have been busy packing the wagon and checking it's vitals. I'm off to cruising the coast in Mississippi at 7:00 am tomorrow morning. Yeee haaa! :)
Wave to the green Bronco for me, Don. 8)
The foliage in that painting is outstanding. Another really good work of art! :)
We made some purchases at the local Costco store. There were no limits placed on any products that we saw. Wife did notice the toilet paper rolls are now 65 sheets less in size. Plan ahead there if needed.
Going in to work tonight to fix a lathe . I have 11 lathes with 31 kids in one class . I cannot afford to be without a lathe !
In the machine shop at my school the more advanced students spent time repairing machines so by the end of the course the machines were ready for the next class. I know some of the students were really hard on the machines.
Well the weather has started to cool down and the cars are moved around in the pole barn for some major work this winter. Waiting on a part for Vickie's truck so we stripped the bed off of it and we started removing badges and trim. We are going to do a paint job to get rid of the ugly two tone. Vickie has been a big help on blasting the small parts and will help with the sanding and prep work.
Because I need more then 5 project to keep my mind going at all times, I ordered new quarters last month for the Handyman and Sunday I cut off the ugly re-pop parts. This does make it easier to weld the back side of the patches that I put in also. I plan on wrapping up the patches and mini tub then hanging the new panel before moving on to the other side.
Cool! 8)
Quote from: idrivejunk on October 05, 2021, 01:50:37 PM
Cool! 8)
what matt said 8)
Enjenjo . My lathes were new in 1967 . I have been very fortunate to have had very little damage to my equipment over the years . Ends up this machine only lost a shear pin so no big deal . If you dont bust a shear pin now and then you are probably not working the lathe hard enough . My shear pins for the bull gear are brass to make sure they let go first . I try to show the kids how to rough cut efficiently . When I first took over this shop I found out from the kids that they were only allowed to take .025" per pass by the previous instructors . That changed . I teach them how to rough cut with tool angles and feed rates to get productivity and good chip control . I also do not give them a step by step guide on how to complete a project . This makes things more work for me but it forces the kids to THINK and plan their work . I dont want robots , I want them to plan and observe . Many kids enjoy the challenge and feel a greater sense of accomplishment upon completion of a project as they didnt just walk through the steps but had to figure things out. I will do assembly line style work stations for younger kids like my Gr 7 classes when I get them but my learning outcomes are different there .
Yesterday was an interesting day culminating with a deal in the evening. This will be the last pic you will see of the 51 with me as an owner. Yesterday evening a woman drove off with her new purchase with a big smile. For the 1st time since 2008, I don't have a drivable hot rod. :) I changed the oil and gave it a bath. We did a walk around with me explaining everything in the dark and she and her son drove off. That was the 1st time I had seen the truck move. :)
Congratulations :-\, I think...... Are your regretting selling it already?
Did you pile all the cash in the middle of the living room so you could lay down and just roll around in it? :)
Dave and Matt, no regrets on selling. It took me 4 years to do that project. Everyone I do is better than the one before so there is the desire to keep going. The "pile of money" isn't large enough for anything other than a newborn to roll around in. :)
Well, you'll have a freshy for next season. 8) Keep on truckin' :arrow:
My folks saw one of my ex-rides other day. That one was very dear to my heart, bro and I shared it for 22 years before I was forced to sell. That buff primer job is from like 2008 so it must be garaged. I am reassured that it went to a good home. :)
went to a swap meet today . Place was not as busy as I would have thought . No vaccine meant no attend . I found reflectors for the headlight buckets for my T coupe . They were still wrapped in paper as I believe they were freshly silver plated , probably many years ago and never used . I also bought another quadrajet carb for the parts collection . I was looking for 15x10 aluminum wheels to mount up some slicks but there were none there. That has got to be a first!
I sold the chrome reverse wheels from the Galaxie, now just have the tires to sell.
We have floor stuff scheduled.. A vinyl laminate type product on the whole floor cept for carpet in the bedroom area. Guy was out saturday. He says they can barely keep up. They have inventory because the owner bought a large amount of common product when the pandemic was first getting bad.
Neighbor came over sunday.. he saw the flooring guy at our place saturday. The neighbor wanted to warn me about carpet use because of the "different dirt" out here. I asked: Dirt is different in Sun City? He said the dirt is different in Arizona. So I told him I am a native to Arizona, I have lived here since 1954. :lol:
Quote from: Crosley on October 11, 2021, 08:25:20 AM
The neighbor wanted to warn me about carpet use because of the "different dirt" out here. I asked: Dirt is different in Sun City? He said the dirt is different in Arizona. So I told him I am a native to Arizona, I have lived here since 1954. :lol:
Maybe covid lives in Arizona dirt, as well as in the Arizona air ??? :shock:
Quote from: Bruce Dorsi on October 11, 2021, 08:47:34 AM
Quote from: Crosley on October 11, 2021, 08:25:20 AM
The neighbor wanted to warn me about carpet use because of the "different dirt" out here. I asked: Dirt is different in Sun City? He said the dirt is different in Arizona. So I told him I am a native to Arizona, I have lived here since 1954. :lol:
Maybe covid lives in Arizona dirt, as well as in the Arizona air ??? :shock:
I've heard for years that valley fever is caused by AZ dirt or in the dirt in Arizona desert. Also been told by doctors the dirt story is false. LOL
We are new to this rv resort place. It seems I am a rare item here being a native of Arizona. :shock: Maybe I can sell autographs for some cash?
8)
I had a friend who wintered out there that got valley fever. His doctor told him that it was caused by bacteria left from the cattle trails. He was told that the locals build up immunity from living there and it was usually the outsiders that got it. He rode 4 wheelers in the desert. It damaged his lungs so that he couldn't play at high elevations after that.
My wife is having problems with one of her legs, so she left a message with her doctor to call. Didn't call. She called twice and got a run around. The office said to go to the ER. We did. We waited an hour before even getting called in. Anyway, we were done and walked out four hours later. She got good news, though. I said I would take her out for dinner at a local steak house. We really like rib eyes, but guess what? They were out, and there were only about 5 cars in the parking lot (Texas Roadhouse lot was full). Ok, we'll have New York Strip, but not as good. I could see on one of the tv's local weather, but it was too far away to make it out. One tv near us was off, and when a mgr. walked by, we asked if he could turn on the weather channel. Sorry, that tv doesn't work. Geez.
Quote from: Bruce Dorsi on October 11, 2021, 08:47:34 AM
Quote from: Crosley on October 11, 2021, 08:25:20 AM
The neighbor wanted to warn me about carpet use because of the "different dirt" out here. I asked: Dirt is different in Sun City? He said the dirt is different in Arizona. So I told him I am a native to Arizona, I have lived here since 1954. :lol:
Maybe covid lives in Arizona dirt, as well as in the Arizona air ??? :shock:
We had the next door neighbor drop over yesterday to introduce herself. She is from Iowa, a window. Her husband died in february. She was opposite of the other neighbor. She wanted to see the inside of the trailer, talked up a storm. Nice gal. Her sister lives in the unit next to her. She did not mention the virus or dirt.
8)
In case you haven't seen this, it's pretty good. It's 27 minutes long
The first car that came on the screen was built here in west Michigan by Gas Axe garage. Beautiful car. Same with the car at the 4:44 mark.
The Gallery where I show my automotive art recently rearrange the space. It was looking like a garage sale inside. Each artist was given a specific are to place their pieces. I was relegated to dark back corner, cut off from the rest of the gallery. I contemplated leaving and had taken half my stuff home. I came in to work a couple weeks ago and they had installed track lighting and removed the barriers to that corner. Now it's a highlight of the gallery. Here's my space now, I'm taking advantage of it!
^^^
That's a real nice report. :)
Looks great. Good that you waited.
Very cool! 8)
We just returned from a quick trip to Sirstude's area. We spent 3 nights at the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone and then some days in the Bitterroot and Sawthooth Mountains of Idaho, retracing the trail of Lewis and Clark. We had a taste of Winter weather but the trip went well and we saw some amazing scenery. The good news is that there are still lots of rust free old cars in the west.
Sunday morning. I am up a bit early today. Awake at 3:30am, up & going by 4am.
Researching laptops online again.
It is 70*F here, that is 15 degrees warmer than 2 days ago. It was 52*F here wednesday. I actually had some heat on in this Toyhauler. They are not insulated well
I spent Saturday night getting ready for the winter by going hunting. The weather has been so warm I have not gone out yet. I had two buck in the back yard Saturday morning but did not get a shoot. Saturday night an 8 point came in to close for his liking.
Sundays temp climb back up to 60 so I had to take the deer into the processors and put it in his freezer.
Now we can get back to car stuff. ;D
Quote from: 416Ford on October 18, 2021, 08:11:06 AM
I had two buck in the back yard Saturday morning and but did not get a shot.
I use a net.
I think the net would work in your case, mine was a bit bigger and may not have wanted to walk into a freezer.
416Ford, that's a nice buck, the rack looks nearly identical to one hanging on my livingroom wall! Was that a crossbow?
Yes, it was a cross bow. I had never used one before. My shoulder has been bothering me so a friend at work said I could try his.
Nice little Excalibur.
I have his big brother rack sitting outside from last year. That's about as big as they get by me. To many people/homes.
Quote from: 416Ford on October 19, 2021, 07:56:59 AM
Yes, it was a cross bow. I had never used one before. My shoulder has been bothering me so a friend at work said I could try his.
Nice little Excalibur.
I have his big brother rack sitting outside from last year. That's about as big as they get by me. To many people/homes.
My camp is in the western end of the U.P., near Iron River. The bucks, and deer in general, have been tough to get the last few years. I was up there in Sept. and there was good sign, but also a lot of wolf tracks. Our camp has not gotten a buck the last two seasons...
final inspection on my drag roadster chassis tonight . Did all the updates , so expecting a 7.50 tag for it .
Got the 7.50 tag inspection passed :). Now to redo the tin , paint the frame and get it sold ;D .
Fantastic!
I'm on a big push to get this trailer rehab project list finished.. Working on upper kitchen cabinets install now. I closed off a small window this morning. Sheet rock over it. First coat of mud on it.
That is one of the ongoing things that slow me down. We change our mind or add to the list. We did it on cabinets, thermostat relocation, window removal, noise reduction on the main sewer line.
Over the weekend, I wrapped this adhesive insulation around the 3 inch main sewer pipe. Material was very lite, but it really reduced the water flow noise after the toilet flush. I also installed the gray foam form fit insulation to the pex water lines I installed 2 weeks ago.
2 Weeks ago I decided to remove a door to a small closet and finish the opening with sheet rock. When the door was open is was in the way.. Yesterday my wife says:" can we remove that small window inside and just leave the outside frame and glass in place?" The small window looks like it was installed when a window sized ac unit was removed.
So basically we slow ourselves down with change orders.. ::)
Its a process. I know you guys are on the edge of yur seats. :lol:
Upper kitchen cabinets are done. 220v line ran under the trailer up the wall for the electric range to replace the propane range. Thermostat relocation functions. Small window sheet rock is finished. I found my missing lineman pliers under the trailer. :roll:
Today I will patch the hole for electric box install for the range.. Then plumbing hook up for the shower drain. THen shower fiberglas wall panels install.
Tony:
Did you encounter any scorpions or snakes under the trailer, or don't they hang out there?
The shower drain really gets me going. LOL.
Quote from: Bruce Dorsi on October 21, 2021, 06:22:42 PM
Tony:
Did you encounter any scorpions or snakes under the trailer, or don't they hang out there?
A few spiders is all I have seen. I wear a tyvek full cover paint suit I picked up at Home Depot.
Shower drain is hooked up. There was a glitch, had to road trip for parts at the Home Depot from He**.. That Home Depot is fine. Traffic in & out of the area is a nightmare. Very heavy. Store is very busy. Oh well?
I fixed the wall board around the stove outlet. Started repairs on the wall in the bedroom where I drilled thru the floor and wall bottom to route the 6-3 w-grnd wire to the service panel. I moved the hole saw over less than 1 inch from underside and I got the wall in the bedroom. No photos, sorry. I was so po'd at myself. Another "oh well"
Tomorrow: I will install the wall panel sections of the shower stall. No holes need drilled on this. :lol: :roll:
Today could have been more productive at O&S southwest...
Went to the VA this morning for a 7am appointment for having my hearing checked and hearing aids adjusted. Had to get up at 4:30am to be there by 7. He made some adjustments and they seem to be helping better now. They really are a PIA.
Quote from: 58 Yeoman on October 21, 2021, 10:17:33 PM
Went to the VA this morning for a 7am appointment for having my hearing checked and hearing aids adjusted. Had to get up at 4:30am to be there by 7. He made some adjustments and they seem to be helping better now. They really are a PIA.
I am down to one working hearing aid. I need new ones.
A friend bought some at Costco recently. He raves about them , yet I have to repeat myself often to him? His wife does not think they are any better than the 8 yr olde units he replaced. These new ones are DIY adjustable via a phone app bluetooth
Quote from: Crosley on October 22, 2021, 08:20:47 AM
Quote from: 58 Yeoman on October 21, 2021, 10:17:33 PM
Went to the VA this morning for a 7am appointment for having my hearing checked and hearing aids adjusted. Had to get up at 4:30am to be there by 7. He made some adjustments and they seem to be helping better now. They really are a PIA.
I am down to one working hearing aid. I need new ones.
A friend bought some at Costco recently. He raves about them , yet I have to repeat myself often to him? His wife does not think they are any better than the 8 yr olde units he replaced. These new ones are DIY adjustable via a phone app bluetooth
I went to the Dr about a month ago complaining about my hearing. I was completely deaf in my left ear. He removed a piece of impacted wax from that ear the size of a kidney bean. Now it works much better. My mother had the same problem.
The VA has approved hearing aids for me. I really think that the problem is people I am around speak to softly. :)
I ordered a 4500 watt generator for electrical outages today. That's enough to run the essentials in extended power outages. I've only run a generator twice in decades in this house. I think by getting a larger unit that I will not ever need it. :) The longest I remember being without power was around 24 hours. In the winter that might not be to good. :)
Quote from: kb426 on October 22, 2021, 05:51:47 PM
I ordered a 4500 watt generator for electrical outages today. That's enough to run the essentials in extended power outages. I've only run a generator twice in decades in this house. I think by getting a larger unit that I will not ever need it. :) The longest I remember being without power was around 24 hours. In the winter that might not be to good. :)
I bought mine many years ago. My wife said to me one morning that the weatherman says we are going to get an ice storm. Maybe you should see about a generator. Good advice from her as we were without power for 5 days.
Now I want one that is fueled from my propane tank and is automatic. I am getting lazier.
Cleaned and painted the rear end on the roadster . Then I welded in a seat brace . Proceeded to paint the lower tubes of the drivers area . Tomorrow I will re do the floor and seat in the car and then paint the rest of the chassis . I somehow managed to use a can of flat black on some of the tubes so I will have to go over them again with gloss . I really would like to get this thing finished and sold . Then I can get back to the coupe !
Get after it, CK! :)
Warm today. Storms tomorrow. I repositioned a storm-skewed downspout on the gutters then did GTP stuff. Tip o' the iceberg only. Oil n filter change, 295K miles. Walked out of store with 10-40W instead of 30 but was draining before I noticed and figured that won't kill it in this climate and will be ready to come out at the three century mark. Huffed in disgust at the already full used oil pail. Chased a cat out of the garage, picked a grasshopper from like August out of the grille. Zip tied about a year or two old headlight cage thing that the adjuster done slipped out of. Topped off the PSF, thats a weekly now. Gave the cone filter a blowout and oil spritz, then let the glovebox down to flip the passenger actuator stub on the heater box to the warm position with rusty pliers.
For that last part I backed it out. So that makes this a Grand Three. Had all three out already and am fixin to jump in The Loud One for a Saturday night level dose of retro. 8) Yep.
Painted the roadster frame and got most of the seat back in. I have a problem with my hands and it showed itself today as I am now having trouble using the rivet gun . Got the rear end back in . Seat bottom and shock mounts to make tomorrow.
I spent hours this morning cleaning up in the shop. I can now find a spot on the work bench to work from.
I finished a painting this morning. Not really thrilled with it, but it's done. Now to clean the shop and mow the lawn, maybe for the last time thus year, we had a pretty good frost this morning.
It looks good to me! .....I especially like the fence.
Nice work!
I like it too. 8)
^^^^
Good detail. The more I look, the more I see. :)
Thanks for the compliments. Many people mention the fence. It was the final thing painted, like Bob Ross used to say, " It's your bravery test" when he would add a huge tree at the end of the painting. Screw that up and you can junk the whole thing! 😆
Just saw a truck I built for a client 15 years ago go up for sale on a sales site . He has done almost nothing to it in that time . I wonder , when he sells it will he come over and pay me what he still owes ? :lol:
Quote from: chimp koose on October 26, 2021, 09:33:08 AM
Just saw a truck I built for a client 15 years ago go up for sale on a sales site . He has done almost nothing to it in that time . I wonder , when he sells it will he come over and pay me what he still owes ? :lol:
Good luck :)
This guy popped by this summer to ask what parts I used to build the front end . He ran the truck up a curb and bent some stuff .I steered him to someone I knew that had the parts he needed as I really liked the truck and wanted it to be repaired . I look at the money owed as a bit of a convenience thing . As long as he owes me money I know I will never bump into him anywhere as he makes himself disappear whenever I see him in public . I was surprized to see him at my house asking questions this summer .
Anywho: Our counter tops in the park model unit are installed. They look good. Couple blemish here and there. The installer guy said give it a few days for the sealer the builder used on the granite to dry out to reduce dark spots.
Install time window was 8am to 2pm.. At 2:15pm my wife called. Guys were running late. They finally arrived at 5:45pm. It was dark. By 7pm they were cleaned up and headed out. Very professional guys, on task, measured stuff, cut under lament boards quik.
We have had nothing but rain for the last two weeks. This had been the wettest October for this are since 1872. My property is mostly sand, and what isn't sand is black Muck. It's so wet we have water standing in any low spot, and my gravel driveway is falling apart. I have a area where we park trailers. Since I have the room several members of my family park theirs there too. Right now the water is up over the tires, and we still have another day of rain yet to come.
Yesterday I stepped out on the back porch, and interrupted a squirrel eating a Walnut there. He took off across the yard like a rocket. He came to one of the water puddles, and ran though it throwing a rooster tail like a speedboat. I laughed my butt off.
We've had the wettest winter and some for a lot of years butits been fine for the last few days. Tomorrow I'm going to a swapmeet and Nostalgia drags with fine weather forecast
It's going to be a special day but my grandson doesn't know it yet but I'm letting him drive the roadster in to the meet.should give him a buzz.
I've spent the last 4 days battling the worst cold I believe I've ever had. With the respiratory problems, I think I have some insight into covid. I had trouble breathing laying down. I'm about to go to the shop but I don't know how productive I will be. :)
Feel better now, Bill. :)
Today was a Grand Three. They all need work. But today I took down the window A/C unit and replaced my mailbox with a new one which was just as bent. But assembled using RTV at latch gaskets. Been about to blow one over getting wet mail.
Funny encounter at the store, relevant to a vid I put on my build thread recently. Self checkouts all full with lines so I use the one open cashier line. One family with a few things in a cart. Well, it seemed to take awhile and the cashier was joking around a little with them. Blah blah my turn. One plain mail box and four numbers which I fanned out on top with him looking, I thought. Nope, total is for just the box. Heres these letters. Oh. Adds them. $25.24. Heres a twenty and two fives. Heres your reciept. My change? Calls a manager over, promptly opens drawer. Kid hauls out four ones, shuts the drawer. My change was $4.76. Oh. Calls manager over. Long about then, some lady behind me erupts into a fullblown tongue lashing on the kid. Grey headed man with card walks up but can't open drawer. Another round of screeching rant and another person arrives and I get the .76 I was hanging out for but at that point might gladly have dismissed. Walk out thinking this must be what people are upset about. Them who regularly go places and buy things. The grey man told the kid to pay attention which is all I might have said. I did say I came for a mailbox, not a critique. What a circus. I wasn't peeved in the least but maybe at that lady a little for making a scene. There was a line behind me and we were all standing under a sign saying if there was three people under it, another register would be opened. Such are my scant dealings with the public.
Kind of in a related category, I just listened to a Dragnet where a woman pedestrian was seriously injured in a hit and run. She had been a nice girl but her landlady said she'd gone flaky and wanted her out. Clues were slim, a make of this year or last, color, and half a tag number. Grey 48 Plymouth sedan. Over 4,000 cars were checked while she healed. Found it. Lipstick print on a fender was damning and it went to court. But she didn't show and it was dismissed. Turns out after tracking her to a new address, she took $50 from the guilty party to forget it. Both were charged with felonies. What was her crime called, felony failure to appear? Obstructing justice? She didn't understand and asked if forgiveness was against the law. Friday said it is when you get paid for it. ???
So, I uh... well theres you some down time reading material with spooky mysteries. :) Sort of.
Boo! :twisted:
I can go one more, to end on an automotive note. Didn't think I would get to it today but I removed the inop actuator preventing heat in the daily GTP. Turned the double D plastic nub with fingers to the hot position. This is driver's side, where your feet have to straddle the headrest to access. I did learn a new trick... used an allen wrench to drive a 14" drive socket. Worked like a champ, no ratchet room but left the quarter inch drive stuff at work anyway.
That completes all chores I hoped to accomplish. No severe evisceration of hands required. Maybe new front rubber for that car this week.
I'm leaving my typo in this time, as comedy. ^^^ :lol:
I've been trimming out the mobile home unit. Crown moulding to cover the gaps. Moulding at the floor to cover gaps from new laminate. I am very slow at this. The first 5 or 6 cuts for crown moulding corners were wrong. I even watched some video to reduce mistakes and I still made the mistakes.
I have the sink drains and faucets hooked up. Water heater flushed out via the hose bib on the bottom of the tank. Glad I opened that drain up. White icky stuff flowed out of the drain hose I attached. New toilet hooked up. Went from 1984 toilet to 2021 toilet. Much better crapper for sure.
H*** or high water: we move in this coming weekend if the new bed mattress delivers like it is suppose to.
Tony, you'll be in before the weather gets interesting. I'm curious to hear how you do living in a small space. One of my friends has parked his motor home and is doing the same thing in south Texas. He left saturday. I think he returns at Christmas. I'm anxious to hear his report. :)
After my divorce in '95, I bought a 1960 mobile home parked on a lot in town. The home was 10x50, with maybe a 10x10 utility room, and a one car carport turned into a garage. Two 'bedrooms' and one bath. I used the smaller bedroom as my main, and used the larger one for a computer room. My queen mattress fit between the walls, and luckily had two sliding doors, one on each side of the bed, to access each side of the bed. It served me well for almost 10 years for myself and an occasional guest spending a couple days. That mhome needed a lot of work, though, being that old it needed constant upkeep.
Keep at it Tony.
Today I continued my ongoing work toward fixing the brakes on my 54 Chevy. I tried a couple of brake bleeding experiments this morning with no improvement. This afternoon I bought another set of disc brake pads for the front. This time I bought the cheapest organic pads I could find. After replacing the most expensive pads I ever bought with the cheapest I could find, I now have the best brakes that I have had for some time. Tomorrow I plan to do a little more tweaking but I had to celebrate a little this evening.
HI... I think this old Park Model trailer is listed as 12 x 34 feet on owner title papers. I have not put a tape to it. Its small. Since we gutted most of the interior cept for walls... We really opened the ol dog up some. There is a 12 foot long x 2 foot wide bump out that was added to the living area years ago. Very low end construction. SHeetrock work makes my work look perfect. I fixed some of it, smoothed out other areas. Its a happy medium with quality and "thats fine"
That said: the carpet guys arrived last week. Carpet in bedroom only. Laminate vinyl floor in remainder of unit.. I walked the carpet guy back to the bedroom. He looks at me & says: Small room.. Me: Yep .
Fridge was delivered today. Wife found it at Best Buy.. Side by side, no ice maker. No distribution center in the freezer door. She is very happy. It will be nice to have a real fridge again from the RV fridge in this toy hauler.
Likely we will sell this toy hauler. Sell . Trade. Bargain. Something.
8) :arrow: :idea:
WZ JUNK congrats on finding a solution . Interesting about the pads . I tried white box pads on an old mini van years ago and could not get fronts to ever lock up . Poor mans ABS :lol:
WZ, that is great news. Brown wheels are a small fee to pay for brakes that whoa.
Had a power outage at the house last night, for about an hour. Fortunately I had nightly chores about wrapped up and only laundry was interrupted. Bedtime got pushed back two Dragnets.
Oh and I had to do the upside down thing again, my heater box's driver side actuator stub turned itself back to cold while driving yesterday. I put it back. If it does it again, I'll have to make something to hold it or modify the broke actuator to and hang it back on there unplugged with it in heat position. The other side stays put by itself but requires pliers to turn. Thats why actuators break, that and they are plastic over metal crap to begin with.
IDJ in my 98 ranger I moved the flapper over to heat and sunk a screw into the duct to keep it there ! I can move the flapper back and forth through a hole I cut in the duct that I close up with ......duct tape . There must be an award for using the tape for its intended purpose ,no ? :lol:
Quote from: chimp koose on November 02, 2021, 08:57:39 AM
IDJ in my 98 ranger I moved the flapper over to heat and sunk a * into the duct to keep it there ! I can move the flapper back and forth through a hole I cut in the duct that I close up with ......duct tape . There must be an award for using the tape for its intended purpose ,no ? :lol:
Definitely some extra points there! I sure wish I could drive an old car daily, they are far more sensibly constructed. After I work this out I gotta find how to get heat to floor and defrost ducts instead of dash only. Maybe that will fix other stuff too, I've lost .2 MPG and hear what sounds like a boost leak. Idle a little grumbly too. Could be a vaccum leak.
I tinkered some more with the brakes on the 54 Chevy today. The freeplay on the pedal needed fine tuning and the shoes on the rear wheels needed to be adjusted out more. I am on a roll but I do not want to get the big head just yet. Now I can slide tires on asphalt for maybe the first time ever. The left rear wheel is not braking as hard as it should but I will adjust it again tomorrow. :)
It's been too cold, to dark and too wet outside so I had to make a new plan for blasting the parts on Vickie's truck. I se up an old canopy in my shop and blasted some running board this past weekend. Learned That it made to much of a mess in my shop so last night I moved the blasting room to the open area of my pole barn, and hooked up a shop vac from the top to suck up the dust.
MUCH better. and the shop is still clean. :)
Dave, I'm glad you have that figured out. Being limited to the outdoors certainly limits the days for that job. How often do you have to clean the shop vac?
We went to the Lawyer today to update our wills. About time, it's been over 35 years. Yesterday I bought another XJ6 to part out. Wrecked California car.
Quote from: kb426 on November 03, 2021, 06:32:08 PM
Dave, I'm glad you have that figured out. Being limited to the outdoors certainly limits the days for that job. How often do you have to clean the shop vac?
I will look at it tonight and let you know. I only ran it for an hour and it is high enough that it should only grab the dust no the sand. Fingers crossed it works as planned.
I just ordered fittings and hose to connect the ps and hydroboost. None of the local supplies have hose or fittings. Then I found out that few had any inventory. Summit had enough to fill my order. One more shortage. :)
Quote from: kb426 on November 03, 2021, 06:32:08 PMHow often do you have to clean the shop vac?
Shop vac was nearly empty. All the sand is still on the floor so I can sweep it up, sift it and run it again.
Patched the big rusted out area on the right rear fender last night, one of the previous owners had welded the running board to the fender to fix it. ???
Looks good, Dave. Has Vicki picked a color?
Quote from: kb426 on November 05, 2021, 10:09:03 AM
Looks good, Dave. Has Vicki picked a color?
Since we are the ones doing the sanding and we are not good at it...... HOT ROD FLATZ black most likely.
I went to my friends auction today. I bought something I have wanted and looked for a long time. A copy of Life magazine from 1957. It is the drag racing issue.
Quote from: WZ JUNK on November 06, 2021, 08:44:42 PM
I went to my friends auction today. I bought something I have wanted and looked for a long time. A copy of Life magazine from 1957. It is the drag racing issue.
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I found that at an antique store 5-6 years ago. I had never seen it before, just thought it was cool!
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I found that at an antique store 5-6 years ago. I had never seen it before, just thought it was cool!
I have no knowledge of art or painting but I like your work and I would think that a couple of the photos in that issue might be inspiration for a paint ;)
I am finally getting to making the rear shock mounts for the roadster chassis . Battery went dead on the welding helmet then 5 minutes later I run out of mig gas >:(
Quote from: chimp koose on November 07, 2021, 04:37:45 PM
I am finally getting to making the rear shock mounts for the roadster chassis . Battery went dead on the welding helmet then 5 minutes later I run out of mig gas >:(
Looks like it was telling you that it was time to quit.
I cut down another tree in the yard today, will work on cutting it up tomorrow. It was growing at a 45* angle from another trunk, right at ground level. It was getting rotten inside. Wonder how long the other one will last.
I have a small creek running through part of my property; it's narrow, but kind of deep, so I built four small bridges so I can navigate with my small tractors to that area. One bridge is caving in (it was meant to be temporary), so I decided I'm going to build a new bridge to replace #2, and move that one to replace #4. I decided to make this one 6' wide instead of 5', as it's on a slight curve. Anyway, went to Menard's to get sixteen 2x6x6 treated boards for the deck. OOPS, only sell 8' and above. Yeah, I'll just throw that expensive extra 2' on the burn pile.
Went to Lowe's and finally found someone who could run the electric saw. An older guy he was, and I told him what I needed. He picked out eight very nice 12 footers and took them to the saw. He measured the first one, put it on the saw and cut it. Carried both planks to the cart and grabbed another 12 footer, marked it and put it on the saw table. Cut it, brought both pieces to the cart...can you see where I"m going with this? On the fourth one, he used one of the cutoffs to mark the next board for the length, and did that for the rest.
IF the table was solid, he could've just set all, or most of the boards on the table, line up the ends and cut. (The saw table is at an angle, and large enough to cut 4x8 panels). At least Lowe's could have a tri square there so he could mark one board, then go down the sides of the others. Or have a sliding gauge at the far end. Wasn't really his fault.
Phil: Months ago went to Home Depot for some pressure treated wood. Cut to 13 inches, the boards were 2x6 , 8 foot long. Cutting was no charge. There were 6 boards, 8 feet long
I watched him setup the saw. Blade was dull as my sense of humor. I ended up with 12 3/4 inch boards. 13 inch boards, 13 1/4 inch boards.
length was not critical, but geez a half inch swing on length?
A few years ago, we went to Lowe's to price lumber to replace the dilapidated deck behind our house. The guy at the desk says, "you know we build decks?" Long story short, they sent two guys to build this deck, 12x22. I had already removed the old deck, which rested right on the ground. I told them deck boards perpendicular to the house (12'), as low as possible, and to not cover a basement window.
I came home from work, the deck was too high, the boards ran parallel to the house, so there were joints in the decking, and they covered the window. They kept making excuses, so it took them about a month to build that deck. Oh, they drilled holes above the window for light. I called Lowe's and had the salesman come out and look at it, and he brought another carpenter. The carpenter laughed when he saw the deck. It was attached to the house, when it shouldn't have been, the boards were running the wrong way, and they didn't put the right supports in the ground. Lowe's salesman told him to fix it. His crew came out and removed and built the deck in one day, the way it should've been done. The salesman said that first "crew" is no longer called.
I installed a vacuum cap yesterday. :)
I made a one off hand saw handle this morning for a special saw. I showed it to my wife. She said that she would not be able to use it as it did not fit her hand. :). It was a fun project. Getting the kerf right for the blade and locating the 3 holes for the special screws that hold it to the blade was interesting.
Good looking handle. I like your wife's comment. LOL.
Where's the switch?
I installed the handle this morning. Sharpened the saw and gave it a quick test. Seems to work okay. Sure is quiet.
I have some 4 foot diameter logs to cut into a size I can man handle into my log splitter. My chain saw is not big enough to cut through a log this size. I will cut around the log and then finish with the hand saw cutting the portion in the middle that the chainsaw can reach.
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That looks like serious labor. :)
Yesterday, I decided I needed to make the bridge a couple feet longer, so we went back to Lowe's to get three more 2x6x12's and have them cut them down to 6'. Sorry, we can't cut treated lumber, it's too hard on our saw blades. WTF? We were here two days ago and had eight of them cut. Well, he shouldn't have done it, it's company policy. How many did you want cut? Three? No, can't do it. (Would they have done it if it was only one)? Should've taken my Makita saw.
Got to deer camp yesterday, drove through a little snow in the Lower Peninsula. Wook up to this at camp in the U.P.
I am using my cell phone here. Weird for me.
We have moved into the Park model we have been rehabbing. Many details to finish yet. No internet service here yet. My wife ordered internet service 10 days ago. We have a service order number. No install date yet. So, the tv SAT system is not full function yet.
Sitting in a hotel room in New Jersey. Flying home tonight. Thinking about my schedule of Hotrod work this winter. We only have one more trip planned this winter. It is nice to be able to travel again but it is not the same
When we flew into Newark Airport Friday we were parallel to the Hudson River and just barely visible was the ship I served on in the Navy. It is now a sea, air, and space museum. A fitting thing to happen the day after Vetrans Day
Travel. Now theres a dream I'll never see. ::)
As a follow up to my last post... the vacuum cap was a step in the right direction, it seems. On top of the huffer, where vent door vacuum reservoir gets it's feed. Indicating a leak in the ridiculously routed supply line, the reservoir, or the solenoids.
I overheard a conversation segment this week which blew me away. The boundaries of sanity keep moving farther out so it should come as no suprise...
49 Merc truck owner was in other day. Cab all fixed, mud started. Chassis with rest of body sitting next to me and he and boss meandered that way for a spell. I heard the engine question resurface: Which is coolest?
New chassis was ordered with coyote mounts. Boss replies that cost-wise, with overdrive, the modern V8 which suits the intended usage and lies just beyond LS cost is coyote 5.0L. Yeah, but which is coolest? At this point I says to myself I says, Self... dress out an SBF nice, done. The 460 4 speed previously mentioned sounds cool but a 302 w/OD serves the multipurpose daily driver need fine. That probably won't do though.
Tuning back into the eavesdropping as they walked off, the owner repeats mention of a cammer. A 427. Wouldn't that be coolest? Again, Coyote is presented as the practical choice. And the last sentence heard just... well it made me (within reason) glad to be sanding...
Owner sez, sez he: Well, whatever it is, its going to have that 6V setup on top!
Gee whiz. Boss stuff must be hard. :)
Oh, and...
declared Grape unsafe until brakes are fixed. No sanity preservation tool, look out! :lol:
Getting ready to settle in . We have a bad snow storm starting .
Uh-oh. Time for that stuff ain't it? It was around 80°F here today. Theres always that last warm snap mid-November in these parts.
The day is improving... had some ideas for my idea car idea. Version #1. The GM hodge-podge thing. 68-72 style. For whatever reason, I wondered what my 68 Malibu would be like if it had stayed and that got me thinking. :o
Made a run to Tucson Arizona.. It was repair work on the RV from June 2021. A side panel was replaced. It was damaged when we purchased the RV. Now I get back in here to Sun City. And I discover they left the amber side marker light off. Now I'm having trouble getting them to ship me the clearance light up here so I can reinstall it.
Truck bed is all blasted and fenders are as ready as they are getting. Next step is going to be filling in the holes where the spare mounted and a few rust holes in the bed rails. The fender we purchased from California had 6 coats of paint on it, glad I blasted that since two of the coats were cracked up like an antique dresser. Hope to prime the parts this weekend.
Dave, the fenders look straight. Are they?
Quote from: kb426 on November 17, 2021, 08:18:32 AM
Dave, the fenders look straight. Are they?
The one that was on the truck is, the one from California........ not so much.
Somebody stole the cat converter and back exhaust from a co worker as her car was parked at work yesterday! She figures $1500 to replace . Car is barely worth that much.
Is the bed for a '55? Dave. I still suck at names and rides but thought 55 Ford is you. Anyway, at work theres a 54 with 56 grille and backwards hood getting an aftermarket chassis, don't know the brand. My goodness, is that thing heavy! Way taller than the 51's. The weight of the bare frame required all hands. As we disbanded after uncrating it and placing it in the booth, I noticed it wasn't straight at a glance. Squatted to rifle sight it to confirm... daaang. Oh. Somebody pointed out that one front horn was resting on a 2x4. Well, OK but still dang just with less a's. :) The weight, I thought was comment-worthy. Stock Ford truck frame design must have taken a jump in 53. ???
I will try to make this as short and to the point as possible. As CK just pointed out, the moron dispenser is stuck again. Many days go torment-free but I can't say most. Today, as an example:
SWAT team, two dozen units four doors down from work as I drove in. Warrant, barricade, standoff with known officer shooter-atter.
Show car parts lost. Search half hour, disengage. Pop visit by owner. Parts later found.
Shop septic issue announced. Maybe on our own indefinitely, for needs. I live 20 miles away and have bladder trouble.
Black cat was waiting for me and darted past. The sky went grey, a gusty wind arose dropping temp by twenty degrees, and a red Mustang tailgater frightened me into turning off and making a loop around the block. At lunch.
Getting home sweet home: Blinding Jeep on bumper across town, three dump trucks get ahead of me at light. Couple more lights. School right lane starts / ends so half dozen pass all at double no-kids limit. Still room so I pass one, safely enough. Ten mile no passing stretch begins, truck and I are fine but here comes nascar Jeep. Center lane is heavy pebbles, they attempt pass so I stomp to deny. Again, they go and again I say no to gravel shower. Truck sees pass attempt, moves to block. Off the gas now, I get severely blasted by both. Rearview clear, locked em up and just sat there a sec. Full blown shaky tremor hands. I had nowhere to go and that was straight combat is what that was. I got brake checked trying to catch the tag. Fail.
That ain't all! Next highway, wait on train. Next stretch, wreck across 4 of 5 lanes. Wait. Time to stop shaking hands but bladder not so much. Quiet dark 2 lane stretch by park, Honda trading paint with bumper at 35 in a 30. Pull over, let pass. Now Honda going strict 29 mph.
At least there wasn't soggy bills in the mailbox and dogs barking when I made it. I left out the stuff like that. But just wow, I wish there was a pattern to spot. Really, there is. It will be this way until spring. And then intensify more. I am gonna need my 455 time. :-\
All told, I hit my bases and kept it together in fine spirits all but the shaky part.
Obliged for your tolerance. To folks my age, retirement sounds like the afterlife.
Quote from: idrivejunk on November 17, 2021, 07:24:08 PM
Is the bed for a '55? Dave.
Bed is for my wife's 64 F100. My 55 is a handyman wagon. And we have the hippy van project also. I am trying to avoid touching that till the F100 is a daily driver for her.
Quote from: 416Ford on November 18, 2021, 07:52:44 AM
Quote from: idrivejunk on November 17, 2021, 07:24:08 PM
Is the bed for a '55? Dave.
Bed is for my wife's 64 F100. My 55 is a handyman wagon. And we have the hippy van project also. I am trying to avoid touching that till the F100 is a daily driver for her.
Aw OK. I wouldn't make a very good Ford spotter but certain bodies I'm overly familiar with. The rest are strangers. That new aftermarket frame does seem like a trucky monster though. I thought your cool handyman was a 57. Do recall seeing her truck pics now. I get in too many conversations and have trouble remembering rides and who they go to.
But during that commute home, I got the idea to try Ranch Wagon wheel openings on a Handyman. :) ;D :lol:
Read the news article about yesterday's "standoff"... no shots fired. Officers arrived to escort subject to court ordered psychiatric evaluation but he didn't want to go and had shot at police before. Sounds pretty cut and dried there. It was wise to have enough backup but looked like every Sheriff's unit in the county was there. Thats a lot of AR-15s to get a guy to an appointment.
Typical day. I took a load of iron to the scrap yard. $220 a ton for shred. Then I came home and went out to the shop to clean up. So I picked out a table to start on. I picked up my angle drill and saw that it still needed the new cord I bought a year ago installed. So I installed it and put it away. I went back to the table and found a handle I wanted on my welder cart, fresh out of an ambulance a couple years ago. So I installed that too. then I realized that the storage hooks for the welding cables were right there, so I installed them too. Then I might as well make hold downs for the welders. So long story short the table is not cleaned off. :roll:
We are still busy with the rv and trailer park model unit. An endless list of items to do. We do have a couple big irons in the fire. In a week or 2 we will see how that pans out .
Yet..... I need to help my older brother with chores again. He is near hoarder level of gathering up stuff. He will buy stuff for projects that are broke or new. If he needs 2 of something, he will buy 4... LOL The project never gets to the start line. We can all do that. My brother is at an Expert level.
We have internet service at the Park Model unit since friday. It is a company named Jabba. they service RV parks , I am not sure what is the base feed source or supplier or what ever its called for internet. Reasonable price and service has been good, quik. Antenna is a square device about 6 inches. Set to point to a tower that is near the RV park offices.
Now the DVR device on DirecTV has full function and records shows automatically. My wife's TV shows can now be recorded. She watches the crime - mystery type stuff... It was a PITA for her to have to watch the shows live with commercials! (sarcasm)
I tied a knot in a piece of continous 1/4" round steel rod this morning. I had wanted to try this for some time. Not easy but fun.
If you ever need something tied with a steel knot, let me know.
More shop cleanup, and buttoning the outside down for winter. I am going to build a crane that fits on the back of my tractor so I can move things around outside a bit easier. I have to see about a new clutch for it too. It's been a while since I split a tractor.
In case anyone missed it I left a couple posts on me used to own 8)
Found those. 8)
We replaced our toy hauler with this 5th wheel. Just not enough living space in the toy hauler for long term travel for us. Lighter colors inside & out too.
Quote from: Crosley on November 27, 2021, 07:46:08 AM
We replaced our toy hauler with this 5th wheel. Just not enough living space in the toy hauler for long term travel for us. Lighter colors inside & out too.
Looks like fun to me. That is a lot of truck and trailer.
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Matt's drawing is a lot closer than I am. :)
Sanding the Chyrsler roof for epoxy primer. Hope to shoot later this afternoon.
Man, the roof is a big piece of real estate.
Finagled a new wheel cylinder onto my 69GP. Prior attempt to do so was halted by line stuck to fitting. Unstuck that today after buying a 30" line, of course. Drum was stuck, hard, on one stud. Had to chop off stud and grind around hole in drum to get it off. Mounting and connecting the new part was a hassle with twisted line. No bleed, no assistant or mityvac. No worse off than it was before. Took it around one block at dusk. At least its partway done.
Quote from: WZ JUNK on November 27, 2021, 08:55:22 AM
Quote from: Crosley on November 27, 2021, 07:46:08 AM
We replaced our toy hauler with this 5th wheel. Just not enough living space in the toy hauler for long term travel for us. Lighter colors inside & out too.
Looks like fun to me. That is a lot of truck and trailer.
We hope it is fun. 8) This 5th wheel is about 1600 pounds lighter than the toy hauler.. The truck pulls the trailer easily. Altho the MPG drops quik when I hook onto the trailers. From 18+ MPG at freeway speeds to 9.5 to 10.5 MPG with the trailer in tow. On flat ground I may run 70 - 72 MPH, usually slower. Most folks are passing me in the speed limit is 75MPH.
In the hills I try to run in 7th gear, it is 1 - 1 ratio. With 4.10 gear , the truck & trailer runs up hills well. Coming down hills I am the guy you get angry at and pass because I run slower, usually with 4 way flashers on. No need for burned up brakes and a run away truck & trailer.
Sold my Craftsman cutting torch setup this morning. I bought it in the early 70's, and never did use it much, much less in the last few years. I'm clearing out stuff that isn't being used in the shop. I paid around $325 for it and sold it for $400, so I think I did pretty well. No more heavy cutting for me, if I need to cut something, the cutoff sidegrinder seems to get it done. If I need something larger cut, I can take it a buddy who is a welder, and he can cut it for me.
Slow week eh. I got a notice in the mail Saturday that my daily driver's tag expired Tuesday. Said I couldn't renew, owe tax. Never saw a bill. Discovered this Tuesday morning and took care of all online in a jif that evening. But I been driving the GT until the new sticker comes and I am kinda staring at it while I eat. Thinking of how it has less miles than my parents' only vehicle... still a nice ride just beat up and 11 years older. But noticing right now theres a directional rear tire going the wrong way. :lol:
Still using up wreck era remnants there, and have two lefts left. Both cars need a pair of freshys.
As if that thought isn't random enough, have another. Got behind the tag # xxx YWH. And it occurred to me that someone might be running around with 666 YWH. ???
The mind is relaxing temporarily anyhow... The F-1 job is down to a couple knick-knack items and the weather is beautiful. I trust you retirees in this region are duly using that. Ain't bled brakes yet, want new handheld thing for that and will find one soon.
IDJ I will NOT follow a car with 666 plates . I usually change lanes or else follow way back . At Tim Hortons there is a combination of beverage and donut that comes to $6.66 , when I get that bill I always ask for something more to change it . I always get into a dragster from the left side That is about it for my quirks .
Quote from: chimp koose on December 02, 2021, 03:21:59 PM
IDJI always get into a dragster from the left side.
I always climbed onto my little pulling tractors from the left also. Since the knee replacement I've had to swap to the right. My results improved. Until I read your post I couldn't figure out why I was doing better. Now I know, I'm backwards from everyone else.
In my 20 years with a dragster, I can't remember having a preference for getting in the cockpit. I think it had more to do with where the tow truck was than anything else. :)
CK, I could tell you a tale of teenage automotive horror that began with a fast food bill of $6.66. It would curl your toenails! The night my 68 Chevy met it's end. It was like a Grafitti clique storyline but from the 80s. Shiver me timbers (shakes off the memory with creeped out noise)...
I never been in anything fast. :blank:
Domesticated horses expect to be mounted on the left by default I guess, says the western fan. That thar's a rabbit hole doorway:
https://horseandrider.com/trail-riding/mount-right
Brakes are fixed! :) Great joy! Drove the 69 to work and had my fellow bodyman stomp for me. Did errands, pretty day... got almost home, noticed what a big hardtop enjoy I was having. In December. Grape is like a grey alien in that she need not speak and well, in her way with a smirky nudge she told me we don't have to go straight home. Boy. :D What a sweetheart, I love her. She still scratches second for me on days like this. :shock:
Must be picking up on perky vibes from her master, who has tucked another build feather into his cap as of today. That being the '51 F-1 5.0. Done. Barring any henpecks or nitpicks yet to come, my process is complete on that job at this point. AH! Reflecting on it, as always, makes me a little dizzy. So just, did I say "ah" yet? Feeling relieved. :-o But that may have to hold me for a spell on glory. :roll:
Been such a good day so far that when the latch on my plastic carry home toolbox failed, scattering the contents far and wide... I just put it all back in an organized manner. Only cussed when I felt it go. :)
Wow Matt, l just looked and that truck showed up May 1 2018. 3 years 7 month and a lot of $$$$$$. Congratulations it's done.
Matt it must feel good to get one done . I dont get that feeling often :lol:
Working on the 5th wheel RV we just bought. For those that have never owned a travel trailer of any size: They all have problems, things break, things cost money. KInda like any RV from boat to off road vehicle, etc.
I was testing 120v electrical outlets in the 5th wheel. A little plug in device that lights up with good power, bad power on 1 or both sides of outlet. This 5th wheel has solar on it that powers a few 120v outlets thru an inverter.
As I plugged into a couple outlets, the plastic broke apart and fell to the floor. This was the 2nd one broke.
Tony, it has been my observation for decades that only mechanics should own rv's and campers. As we know, that's not the case. :)
Quote from: kb426 on December 04, 2021, 08:07:32 AM
Tony, it has been my observation for decades that only mechanics should own rv's and campers. As we know, that's not the case. :)
the parts breakage kinda burns my a** because this unit was built in june 2020.. yet these problems are common. :o . :P ..
Yes, I have viewed a few youtube videos of ppl in rv or truck with rv behind it that should not be allowed to walk on stairs alone.
:lol:
I can kinda feel your pain, Tony. The last time I went to the VA to have my hearing aids adjusted, the dr. made them worse. Now, everyone sounds drunk. I'm tired of the behind the ear aids, so I went to an independent and ordered in the ear aids, due to come in in a couple weeks. Of course, they are blue tooth capable, but my cell phone isn't, so I ordered a new one that is.
We're going to order new windows for the house froma a really good place, not one of those places that gives you 50% off the minute they walk in the door. It's going to be just over $12k, but they don't do staining of the new trim. We will have to buy the new trim that matches (hopefully) and they will install it.
You see where I'm going with this? No matter what you buy, or how new it is, there will abways be more money needing spending.
As far as things needing repair....... Boats , I have owned 2 . BOAT......Bring Out Another Thousand ::)
Phil: yeah... it just keeps going. Spending money that is. We bought this new to us RV.. Its great , more room , yada yada. BUT there is no place to setup a desktop computer like I was using in the garage of the toyhauler after my laptop took a dump.
So do I buy another laptop? My wife suggested removing the couch/ fold out bed to install a work station - desk for computer and another recliner or smaller couch - love seat? Which means more money. A laptop would be the lower dollar option I think. Leave the furniture alone. :o
I have not used In The Ear hearing aids. people tell me it shuts all natural sounds and your own voice sounds weird like plugged up sinuses? I need new aids , but there goes more money. So far I just say Huh? a lot. I currently have only 1 functioning hearing aid.
Had a sketchy urge this evening. CK :)
Quote from: Crosley on December 04, 2021, 10:02:49 PM
Phil: yeah... it just keeps going. Spending money that is. We bought this new to us RV.. Its great , more room , yada yada. BUT there is no place to setup a desktop computer like I was using in the garage of the toyhauler after my laptop took a dump.
So do I buy another laptop? My wife suggested removing the couch/ fold out bed to install a work station - desk for computer and another recliner or smaller couch - love seat? Which means more money. A laptop would be the lower dollar option I think. Leave the furniture alone. :o
I have not used In The Ear hearing aids. people tell me it shuts all natural sounds and your own voice sounds weird like plugged up sinuses? I need new aids , but there goes more money. So far I just say Huh? a lot. I currently have only 1 functioning hearing aid.
HUH?
Quote from: idrivejunk on December 05, 2021, 12:25:32 AM
Had a sketchy urge this evening. CK :)
Dammit, Matt, you're in the wrong business. I know you're good at doing the body work, but how would you be doing if you were a commercial artist? Or, do they even have those anymore?
Quote from: enjenjo on December 05, 2021, 02:00:01 AM
Quote from: Crosley on December 04, 2021, 10:02:49 PM
Phil: yeah... it just keeps going. Spending money that is. We bought this new to us RV.. Its great , more room , yada yada. BUT there is no place to setup a desktop computer like I was using in the garage of the toyhauler after my laptop took a dump.
So do I buy another laptop? My wife suggested removing the couch/ fold out bed to install a work station - desk for computer and another recliner or smaller couch - love seat? Which means more money. A laptop would be the lower dollar option I think. Leave the furniture alone. :o
I have not used In The Ear hearing aids. people tell me it shuts all natural sounds and your own voice sounds weird like plugged up sinuses? I need new aids , but there goes more money. So far I just say Huh? a lot. I currently have only 1 functioning hearing aid.
HUH?
What? Did you say something?
Quote from: Crosley on December 04, 2021, 10:02:49 PM
Phil: yeah... it just keeps going. Spending money that is. We bought this new to us RV.. Its great , more room , yada yada. BUT there is no place to setup a desktop computer like I was using in the garage of the toyhauler after my laptop took a dump.
So do I buy another laptop? My wife suggested removing the couch/ fold out bed to install a work station - desk for computer and another recliner or smaller couch - love seat? Which means more money. A laptop would be the lower dollar option I think. Leave the furniture alone. :o
I have not used In The Ear hearing aids. people tell me it shuts all natural sounds and your own voice sounds weird like plugged up sinuses? I need new aids , but there goes more money. So far I just say Huh? a lot. I currently have only 1 functioning hearing aid.
Tony, I'll let you know how they work. He stuck a model in one ear, and it felt okay, and it wasn't even a molded one. He said I'll have 45 days to try them out, and if I'm not satisfied, I can return them. All I want to do is hear the people I'm talking with, not everything around me.
Quote from: 58 Yeoman on December 05, 2021, 08:45:29 AM
Quote from: idrivejunk on December 05, 2021, 12:25:32 AM
Had a sketchy urge this evening. CK :)
Dammit, Matt, you're in the wrong business. I know you're good at doing the body work, but how would you be doing if you were a commercial artist? Or, do they even have those anymore?
Oh... Dad's brother was probably one of the last. His son was too but passed away young. Me, I wholeheartedly pursued it and attended the Art Institute. Was an art director at an ad agency with office overlooking downtown. Same town as now.
Truth is... been there, did that. Only it was short lived. 4 clients went belly up simultaneously which spelled curtains on that show. Print advertising died around then and I didn't waste any more time, got a job delivering car paint and down this road I went. Knowing I had a skill to develop later on if need be. Overlooking the possibility that my second choice in career path could destroy both abilities. Aided by the punk in the Ranger who I still think of each day.
People get locked into opinions about conditions required to achieve happiness, others just realize they are satisfied. Took quite awhile for my parents to stop wishing greatness upon me and realize I'm as "found" as I'm gonna get, ain't done half bad for myself depending on who you ask, and that the kid in me is impressed by the short stack of mags with my name in em not on em. Perceptions of my choices have evolved in the last decade, making the chosen path that of least resistance. Doing car stuff early on worked and now I can play with the cheap art hobby as I please.
So I don't think much about what you asked. Leastwise not anymore. Coulda done lots worse! I squeak a lot about it, anybody would in these smelly shoes. Thanks though. :)
Quote from: 34ford on December 03, 2021, 05:12:24 PM
Wow Matt, l just looked and that truck showed up May 1 2018. 3 years 7 month and a lot of $$$$$$. Congratulations it's done.
Quote from: chimp koose on December 03, 2021, 08:26:30 PM
Matt it must feel good to get one done . I dont get that feeling often :lol:
Maybe you guys get it. Partway. About what I mean when I say each one kills me a little. Its a literal statement. Even at full time full blast I cannot produce even a handful more before achieving useless-as-a-laborer status. And all I been doing is the advanced bodywork tasks on them. "Just KEEP doing that GOOD work" is the employer's sentiment that keeps me hired. I try to stay trustworthy.
A "build" means something different to me and you guys, and "done" is only ever in the eye of the beholder. My own car efforts don't merit either of those descriptions and always stopped short of even my meager expectations of what should be achieveable.
A man would need to live eons to gain proper perspective but within one lifetime pretty much the entire rise and fall of fossil fuels is contained. I guess what I'm saying is "finishing" actually means little to me. Nothing changes but the condition of someone else's metal and my prime of life just passed with zero hobby activity. So go figure the tally on all that and weigh it against your own experiences if you like. Meanwhile I'll be over here counting my blessings, free from lofty aspirations about more for me down the road. I'm on the B side of life and becoming more willing to act like it. :)
That T drawing is a keeper ! As I sit and look at my coupe I realize it has been close to a year since I did any work on the car other than engine . Family issues have kept me very busy in the last year and not feeling the car vibe , my son is in a rough place. I have also had a lot of side projects car wise that have kept me away from the coupe .
That was just a picture I been wanting to draw which finally got it's turn, no crowding intended. If I'd ever had a family, might never have gotten to any of those wants. I have that 69GP left rear image lightly pencil traced onto actual sketch paper, and also on art board for paint. Inclination falls short though, since its 20 years done and gently worn out again. Sitting a few yards away, still at the ready. I'm not done milking my one "build", but its down to the glueing loose chunks of bodywork back on before they blow away stage. :lol:
Quote from: 58 Yeoman on December 05, 2021, 08:50:06 AM
Tony, I'll let you know how they work. He stuck a model in one ear, and it felt okay, and it wasn't even a molded one. He said I'll have 45 days to try them out, and if I'm not satisfied, I can return them. All I want to do is hear the people I'm talking with, not everything around me.
Yeah , I agree with just understanding people would be nice. With my damaged ear drums, there are some holes in the frequency I can hear. I often explain to ppl that my hearing aids bring in everything. It is like tossing all voices and noise into a 5 gallon bucket, stir it up and then dump it in my ear. I can not separate the noise from voices in my head. The process does not work like that.
Conversation I had with an audiologist yrs ago when he was adjusting my aids again: I told him the different settings (3) he had on my aids did nothing to help , alter, make better the hearing experience for me. He was surprised. I told him to turn up the volume in the aids. I can hear the rattle of car keys in someone's hand , yet struggle to understand what they are saying.
Another po'd moment of mine is my wife. She will walk in front of me talking away from me. I have told her dozens of times that I can not understand what she is saying when she talks away from me. Lately I just ignore her till she faces me so I can understand her. Driving in a car with tire , wind , engine noise.... very difficult to understand conversation.
8)
My friend, Norman who just turned 90, has had hearing aids for years. He has told me the same things you guys have said. You hear everything across the room but not what's in front of you. He went swimming every morning after we had coffee. He would leave his aids out until after he was finished swimming. He told me that he could understand me but not everyone that sat with us. He was using batteries every so many days. I found a seller on ebay that sold them by the hundred at a reduced cost. That was my contribution to his hearing. :)
I get my hearing aids tomorrow. The VA is providing them. I will let all of you know how they work for me. My understanding is that these only amplify the frequencies that I can not detect. Mine are to have rechargeable batteries.
I'm on my second set from the VA, but am wearing my first pair until I get back there to have them correctly adjust the newer ones. I had to change my hearing doc, as the first and I couldn't connect at all. The second one must've been in a funk the last time I was there. I kept telling them...how can I hear the people in front of me when the micorphones are behind my ears? I should've gotten blue tooth on my second set, but I declined. My new ones from a civilian doc will have BT, and I can control parts of it with my cell phone.
Newer aids have a lot of programs; they can cut out background noise like when driving a car (my old ones work better at that), and have more volume controls, both up and down from normal. The batteries in both my sets are 13's, and the new ones are going to be smaller yet. Kind of wish they were rechargeable. My batteries usually last just over a week, and the new doc says my new ones should last a week. We'll see how it goes.
I have an app that allows me to control my hearing aids, volume, noise and filtration, etc. The best part of the app is that I can narrow the field of hearing, if you will. It's like taking your peripheral eyesight away. Works great in a setting like a restaurant or bar where there's all the background noise. You can zero in on the single person in front of you and pretty much cancel all the other stuff.
Cool, I hope my new ones do that. Are yours behind your ears?
So far the new hearing aids are amazing, but I have not worked in the shop today. Tomorrow we will see how that goes. They are suppose to self adjust to loudness if I am using something that makes a lot of noise.
Glad to hear (no pun) they're working for you. If you have the ones behind the ear, careful when you're on your back. Mine tend to want to fall off.
I went to the VA today to have them fix my newest ones. I told the tech that everyone sounded drunk. She found the left side wire almost broken off, and reset the to the last settings before the doc changed them. Much better, but I'm excited to get my new ones and see how they work.
Dad could participate in that discussion. I gather it is an imperfect science but is improving as technology advances.
Met my next task today in the form of an 89 300ZX Fairlady Twin Turbo in like-new condition hit on the gas flap and with junky '89 junk salvage parts to use. I can probably fix all. Thats all I know yet. Adjusted F1 hood mostly today. It was an anti-Matt-er from start to finish. :)
Pearl Harbor December 7th , 1941 .... Never forget.
I won't, anymore than I'll forget Grandpa being drafted at age 30 to work in the Manhattan Project. Theres not a day for that. Perfect day to spend fussing over a japanese machine though eh. Yeah, naw.
+me. Remember Pearl Harbor and the rest. :blank:
Before the war, he was at a Ford dealer rebuilding batteries, vulcanizing tires and claimed to know all Model T part #s by heart. Four digits. Told me paint was a 3 part kit... lamp black, pine tar, and pumice.
Dad set up the train today. :)
^^^^^
A different tint in the primer sure would have changed the look. :)
From what I understand the body was rubbed down with pumice stone to etch it then brush coated with kerosene before the paint was brushed on . the kerosene thinned the paint as it was applied to help it flow out and remove the brush strokes . Carriage painters from england were the first mployed to paint the first years of the t.
I can't decide whether I like light or dark grille. Lighter than body is expected but darker has visual punch potential. Light grey primer or Wimbledon perhaps would be good on the grille. I was just fiddlefarting around because the alive 5 gear truck vids stoked me up. :) There wasn't time to do anything proper but I wanted a look. Had pencils out first. ;)
Grandpa said you mixed the black and tar, put it on and used the pumice after so it wouldn't snag the wife's Sunday dress.
OK I added the dress part. And Grandpa was just the parts man... and this was a refinish kit spoken of, so... :) Could be yeah, the pumice was for prep and polish. LOL :lol: 3M sure elaborated on that, didn't they? Is this prep paste or Trizact? Yes. ;D
Well, I'll be... today I learned about Operation Downfall. Don't know how truthful this is or if you can stand the guy talking, but I've watched and read plenty, never heard of it. Seems it was the plan B to the plan A project I mentioned earlier this week. I found it interesting and timely and will no doubt look for a documentary on it for other viewpoints. Just a random IDJ tangent share, I'm a little bit of a wooden stock box mag era history / technology enthusiast but not a veteran. You guys may know more about it or be like me and not at all.
At my brothers house again... Wednesday we took his small trailer with various debris to a trash transfer station. The trailer is small : 4 foot wide , about 6 long bed area. Side boards were old , rotted.. So I took my Milwaukee 18v Hacksaw along and cut the bed wood off after we unloaded it.
I started fitting new wood on the trailer. Raising the sides about 6 inches as my brother wants. He bought the wood for this project about 6 months ago. So the wood is already a bit weathered and some curves in the wood too. :P
I got started cleaning up the shop after moving the F16 to the shed. I have about 2/3's completed. I am moving everything from the walls and sweeping or vacuuming up the debris. One of the goals of the F16 was to not have much material left over. I have enough 3/4" tubing to build a bed cover and what you see in the pic is what's left.
I finished cleaning up the shop. I found the speaker wire that I knew was somewhere but couldn't find, causing the purchase of new wire for the F16. :) Yesterday afternoon, I pulled the 1800 watt generator that I used on the race car trailer from slumber. I believe that 1996 was the last time it was started. I had drained all of the fuel from it back then. I put a little fuel in it and it started on the 2nd pull and ran just like it was supposed to. My wife put it on facebook ads and it sold in about 10 minutes. I only had a $50 price on it. :) I have my old Eastwood tig welder up also but no action at all on it. It may go back under the bench in a couple of days. :) I can see most of the work bench now and there isn't dirt hiding behind everything. My wife's car is back in at night so I believe the world is normal at my house now. LOL.
The mirror on the passenger side of the 54 Chevy was to low and pretty much useless. I cut a piece the shape of the base out of 3/4" aluminum plate. Then I drilled the necessary holes, and then I sanded and polished the piece. Installed on the car now, it is now useable. I do not care for the look but it was my only solution.
I have not figured out how to post larger photos. If you click on the photo they will appear larger.
I had the same problem with my 63 Galaxie and the 58 Yeoman. The Galaxie is gone, so I no longer care. The 58, meh.
I'm going to try something with a pic. After you told it you want it, I think there is a word at the top of the small pic that says 'insert.' Click on that and it will ask if you want a thumbnail or a full pic. I'm hoping that isn't another website I visit.
Edit: Nope, must be another site. Mine turn out the same way.
BTW, the mirror mount looks good.
The riser block looks good.
I had to put an extension on the white 51 on the passenger side. I made the effort to make it symmetrical with the driver's side. Not my best idea. :)
I took a day away from working on stuff.. mostly. 8) Sunday will be a productive day. Next week will be busy if my parts come in for the RV and my brothers house projects.
If I understand your comments on uploading photos here on RRT... the system uploads the photo and provides a small snapshot you clik on for a full sized photo
Painted my car.
lookin good IDJ 8)
Your rendering skills are top notch!
I set up the mill today and slotted some Ubolt holes on a Chevy straight axle. He is putting a half ton axle on a one ton chassis.
Quote from: chimp koose on December 12, 2021, 04:17:30 PM
lookin good IDJ 8)
Thanks :) More than I can say for the real thing though. Still shiny but not sure how many a "footer" she is.
Quote from: rumrumm on December 12, 2021, 05:36:09 PM
Your rendering skills are top notch!
Thanks. Notch position is good but I'm not all that. Guilty of brushing them up lately but not in paintings just pencils. I did try to make it neat but ain't quite satisfied. I will say it is a good likeness and has a couple nice areas in the painting.
Thats cake watercolors over thin white acrylic on ancient hot press board and with some finishing touches in pencil. Car is about 10" long in the art and the background just has shorter trees for uninterrupted top of car shape. Much better in person. The pavement is grey not brown for example. Lighting is tough photographing paintings. A scan might be the ticket for keeping it true.
I copied someone else's idea and made some brackets to bolt to wheel hubs to measure toe in from. They have a sleeve on the top end where the stud goes through. The turn signal switch arrived for the F16 and all of the lights work properly now.
A friend came out yesterday and we sealed the truck box and laid two coats of matt black down. Now I can move on to prepping the cab and fenders for paint.
I travel to my brothers place today. Work on a project or 2 there for him. Parts arrived for the RV , so that stuff has been added to my "job list"
Taking a small table back to them. I glued & screwed the table back together for his wife. Their adult 36 yr old son drug addict busted the table the last time they took him in off the streets. The son busted several items at the house. The son cleans up for about a month and then falls right back in the same meth - alcohol profile.
Felt good to not be married to a Ford for a sec but I had to fix a ricer to get a break from it. Don't miss those either. It is fun seeing Mike struggle getting the A front end metal back on like I had it (parts still in primer). He absolutely hates asking me about it.
I saved both door and quarter on the '89 Fairlady job. Fortunately that was the right thing to do. Customer was excited about it, says the salvage parts can be kept or sold off. All I used was the gas flap. Sounds like next gig is a Mustang wadded up behind a wheel.
We have awakened to temps around 60°F last couple mornings which is Grape territory so yesterday and today she gets / got exercise. Work party meet n eat was last Friday and yellow V6 Camaro guy siezed the off-clock opportunity to taunt me about racing him. The White guys joined in on Monday and I know the Big Race hears that stuff even when sitting in the yard so am driving her to make her presence felt. Man, if I could drive something with a ride like she has every day I might get easier to be around. :)
I drove the F16 to coffee this morning. When I walked out to the parking lot I was smiling so I think it looks good sitting there even without paint and body work.
I spotted some rear wheel weights for my JD X738 tractor yesterday on MP. Texted her before 8am that I WOULD TAKE THEM for the $75 she was asking. Texted again 30 minutes later in case the first one didn't go through. We decided to take a chance and traveled the 85 miles (10 miles past her town) and do some shopping and kicking around. Texted her again after lunch, saying I wanted them and would like to pick them up on the way home. Crickets. Finally at 2:30 I get a text with the phone number. Don't know when she sent it as it wasn't time stamped. Called the # right away and got voice mail, so left my #. Couple minutes later, the guy calls me and says he never got a response from me so he sold them. Gee, thanks guy. I wait hours to hear from you, and you can't wait less than an hour for me? I'll keep looking.
Quote from: kb426 on December 15, 2021, 09:10:32 AM
I drove the F16 to coffee this morning. When I walked out to the parking lot I was smiling so I think it looks good sitting there even without paint and body work.
THAT ^^^^ is what its all about. :)
My junk was in all available lacquer primer colors plus gold on the first PT and blue ColorBuild primer the next. All that shiny stuff is just rot prevention.
Today a coworker vandalized my car. I cannot deal with that. If I go in, I'll land in jail. Dammit! :(
It knows no boundaries.
Decades ago: late 1970s.. a co-worker damaged my 1969 Camaro paint and he did not understand why I was upset.. He sat in his car at lunch with the car door open & resting against the door side of my Camaro. That carved off a 1.5 wide square of paint down to the metal. I caught him in the act as I was leaving work
Odd tho: weeks later he started having random tire problems. Low pressure multiple times, with no problem found at the tire store. Hole in sidewall of a tire that required a new tire. That happened over a period of months... Weird I say.
;D
Quote from: Crosley on December 17, 2021, 07:50:37 AM
Decades ago: late 1970s.. a co-worker damaged my 1969 Camaro paint and he did not understand why I was upset.. He sat in his car at lunch with the car door open & resting against the door side of my Camaro. That carved off a 1.5 wide square of paint down to the metal. I caught him in the act as I was leaving work
Odd tho: weeks later he started having random tire problems. Low pressure multiple times, with no problem found at the tire store. Hole in sidewall of a tire that required a new tire. That happened over a period of months... Weird I say.
;D
The guy who did the mud work on the A generated four or five flat tires for me. The guy who painted the A is starting to be spoken to again after long silence from two incidents of thoughtless disrespect.
The responsible party for this thing (currently working on the A) contacted me to apologize this morning. Standing down from justified rage is not my specialty. I still have the gut knot and anger. It makes me sick. This was a setback in my healing. I had just finished Christmas shopping and as I approached the car with heart full of joy, it went to rage within five steps. I took out a lock bladeand scraped away the offense right there on the spot. Didn't get much sleep last night.
Again I sit on edge of bed, head in hands, praying why does my life have to be this way? Fudge. I was doing great. :)
Sorry to hear that, Matt. I can't figure out why people do that.
In 1976, my wife and I had ordered a new Aspen wagon, which was fully loaded and cost $6500. A lot of money at that time. We stopped at an electronic store in a nearby town, and my wife stayed in the car. Pretty soon, she comes into the store and said that a guy parked his Caddy next to our car, opened his door and hit our car with a loud thump. (Angler parking). I went outside and looked to see a section of the wood grain vinyl on the side scraped off. I kicked in the bottom of his driver door and went back inside. My wife sat in the car. When I came out, she said the guy came out of the restaurant that he had gone into, looked at his door, and went back inside.
Before clocking in today I told the two involved a similar story from when I was half my age that resulted in violence and injury. Then I said Merry Christmas. :)
I spent 2 partial days swapping out the starter in the Honda Civic 2013 car for the wife... What a big PITA that was. Very tight space. You cant see what you are doing for some of it.
The starter is on the car. Will see if the problem disappears? The OEM starter decided to not respond to key activation at times. Often it took 5 flips of the key to start the car.
Neutral switch, battery and other items checked fine. So the starter was replaced. 8 yr old car, 114k miles on it. It was suggested to me that intake removal was needed to make the job easier. I declined removing the intake. 8)
I don't remember which car it was, but I read where one car had its starter under the intake (V8).
Quote from: 58 Yeoman on December 17, 2021, 06:48:14 PM
I don't remember which car it was, but I read where one car had its starter under the intake (V8).
Caddy Northstar engine starter is under the intake.
Caddy Northstar engine starter is under the intake.
Remember when Caddy's were big, and had a lot of room. No room under the hood for a starter, except inside the engine. Ugh!
Today, I sold the tires that I had on the Galaxie. They had less than 500 miles on them, but seems like 14" tires have fallen out of favor for the 17's and above. I had them on ebay for $400, local pick up. A guy from AL sent me three emails saying he just had to have them, would I ship if he paid for it? Yes. After all is said and done, I cleared about $345, after ebays 10.7% fees and a glitch at FedEx. Anyway, I had offered them to one guy for $350, and now they're gone.
I spent a couple of hours looming wiring under the hood of the F16 yesterday. I'm not satisfied with the power feeds yet but I need a better idea before changing anything.
Some of you might remember a discussion about using a Stude bed of the F16. I ran across this today: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1956-ford-f-100-27/?utm_source=dm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-12-18
Quote from: kb426 on December 18, 2021, 03:07:53 PM
Some of you might remember a discussion about using a Stude bed of the F16. I ran across this today: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1956-ford-f-100-27/?utm_source=dm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-12-18
I have one setting here doing nothing. I was going to use it on a 53 Chevy truck, but someone offered me way too much for it.
Quote from: kb426 on December 18, 2021, 03:07:53 PM
Some of you might remember a discussion about using a Stude bed of the F16. I ran across this today: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1956-ford-f-100-27/?utm_source=dm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-12-18
Ack! The Stude bed might be a great thing but.... :o
I been doing coloring book pages for Mom to put up on the fridge. Oops but its stainless so no magnets. Kid stuff, right up my alley. :)
I spent a lot of the day learning about Microsoft video editor trying to make a project video for the F16. My eyeballs are crying for mercy. I restarted 3 times. Each time I found an easier way to accomplish the goal. I'm still a ways off but I think I'm gaining. :) I used photo story in the past. It was obsolete about 10 years ago. :) Video editor is 2 versions newer. Maybe tomorrow I can remember what I did today. LOL.
The Winter Soultusk happens today ? Shortest daylight hours of the year?
Kinda relaxed over the recent weekend, very few projects saw activity. Watched the ol Blues Brothers movie again. I had forgotten how many large name people were in that movie. It was nice to see some basic ol slapstick comedy for a change.
So I finally have a chance to check in here. I would like to wish everyone Happy Holidays! :D I have been covered up here. The wife had another setback a week after Thanksgiving and is in a rehab facility at this time. She seems to be improving daily and we are keeping our fingers crossed in hopes of them helping her get to be more self sufficient. I can say that her attitude is great and as we all know that is a big part of the recovery process.
So gang enjoy!!!!!! :)
I'll check back when I can!
Quote from: 348tripower on December 21, 2021, 08:39:20 AM
So I finally have a chance to check in here. I would like to wish everyone Happy Holidays! :D I have been covered up here. The wife had another setback a week after Thanksgiving and is in a rehab facility at this time. She seems to be improving daily and we are keeping our fingers crossed in hopes of them helping her get to be more self sufficient. I can say that her attitude is great and as we all know that is a big part of the recovery process.
So gang enjoy!!!!!! :)
I'll check back when I can!
We hope things go well for her and you Don..
:D
Weather guessers here said there would be rain starting thursday night.. by golly it is raining. It has rained for hours here. I woke up around 2:30am , it was raining then. Its 8:30am now, still raining.
:o
Tony, you must live in a nice place if 6 hours of rain is unusual.
It might be more likely to rain sand and scorpions there.
AH. Just went for a spin in the sanity preservation machine. Boy howdy. :)
Had any luck with the video thing, Bill?
Merry Christmas guys. :)
Forgot the best part... while I was Grape-ing along through the shallow valley of sanity preservation today somebody had three horses out by the fence. One of them heard the 455 and looked. Never seen markings like on that one, it was tan and white but the white was like one big random area. It could sense oncoming Pontiaction so must be a noble critter.
Then theres a couple open stretches where yards are more like thousand by thousand yards. Some cat with a nice matching shop building picked up a rough looking complete 48 Ford pickup during the last year and I've observed it parked outside sometimes, going through the stages.
Pretty as you please, bright red and shiny today and sitting out by the road with overgrown presents overfilling the bed. :) Kudos.
These things gave me the idea to play a chorus or two of jingle bells on the torque converter. Blipping glasspacks rolling along about 35 mph. I caught a big enjoy offa that. Did it just in case anyone around might hear and get it. :lol:
Ran up to the closest gas station for a slice of snack just now. Heard some buzz bomb ruckus outside while waiting to pay. Leaving, what car did I see in the last parking spot with bondo hunks bigger than mine falling off?
The turbo integra. (insert dramatic TV music riff for impending peril here) ???
I pulled her leash tight and made her heel but Grape barked second at her ex-antagonist as a parting shot. GR-RRR said she but I assured her the encounter was random and putted home in peace. On earth. :)
Matt, I did a brief project video that I wasn't satisfied with. I had difficulties trying to sync the music to the video. I sent a link to some people that didn't know what I spent the last 6 months on. :)
A friend just told me that heap got wrecked. Hmm. I ain't did nothin!
Was gifted a minty tall skinny metal 8oz can of STP gas treatment. It has no pop top. Anybody know how old that is? I came away from a search thinking its older than me.
No help from me Matt.
I learned a new way to fill holes yesterday. Riviet and pound in the molding hardware and braze in place. :-\ :twisted:
Dave, isn't exploratory an interesting expedition? :)
Quote from: kb426 on December 27, 2021, 08:50:26 AM
Dave, isn't exploratory an interesting expedition? :)
NO
I popped all the dent and hole out so I can weld them, grind them and dolly them back to a close resemblance of original.
Trying to determine whether to weld from the inside or outside.....
^^^^
Vicki got new wheels. :)
I admire them wheels. ;)
If those are little screw holes you might try putting a pull stud head in them if you have a gun. Got that idea recently, ain't tried it. A guy could run a screw in and chop it off flush too, and finish with a MIG dot. Just thoughts. Weld it from inside, it'll be more contaminated and likely to blow open and or become an outie. I'd pick outside.
OK... the filter wouldn't allow dam yesterday, today it filters out s crew. Heil the cuss filter! ??? Thats ridiculous. :lol:
Anyone else see the Youtube video of the guy in Finland explode his Model S Tesla? It seems it needed a battery at 22K $ ... Tesla refused warranty since someone had performed some unauthorized modifications to the car at some point.
Amazing video. Slo mo and all.
Quote from: kb426 on December 27, 2021, 01:11:08 PM
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Vicki got new wheels. :)
Exact same wheel, off the Torino we sold in 2019. We picked the truck up in 2019 also. It just needs a makeover.
I remembered the Torino but not the wheels. Do you have plans for the interior?
Quote from: kb426 on December 28, 2021, 09:14:45 AM
I remembered the Torino but not the wheels. Do you have plans for the interior?
I don't see a complete photo but Vickie did the interior last winter.
^^^^
Very good. One less item on the to do list. :)
Mud on a muscle mopar for me this week. Thats an improvement. :)
Quote from: kb426 on December 28, 2021, 01:05:17 PM
^^^^
Very good. One less item on the to do list. :)
Interior = one thing :lol:
Only to KB. :)
Quote from: idrivejunk on December 28, 2021, 01:48:08 PM
Quote from: kb426 on December 28, 2021, 01:05:17 PM
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Very good. One less item on the to do list. :)
Interior = one thing :lol:
Only to KB. :)
one thing = two days ;D
Only to KB. :)
More garage clean up today. I tore apart some of my overhead shelves today, lots of stuff I forgot I had, scrapped about half of it too.
I sent out the TO30 to get a new clutch installed, I didn't feel like doing it myself.
I ordered a few parts today. Some of which are for a bedroom redo in about a week. Removing popcorn ceiling and texturing and getting ready for carpet replacement. I was going to install crown molding to match what I had done before. Lumber yard says it's been discontinued. Time to get a new plan. :)
Quote from: kb426 on December 28, 2021, 06:50:03 PM
I ordered a few parts today. Some of which are for a bedroom redo in about a week. Removing popcorn ceiling and texturing and getting ready for carpet replacement. I was going to install crown molding to match what I had done before. Lumber yard says it's been discontinued. Time to get a new plan. :)
I just finished working on a bedroom. I retrimmed the widows to match the way I had done the rest of the house. I removed the carpet. We have a man hired to come and restore the original wood floor. Unfortunately he tested positive for the virus Sunday.
Quote from: Crosley on December 27, 2021, 05:24:16 PM
Anyone else see the Youtube video of the guy in Finland explode his Model S Tesla? It seems it needed a battery at 22K $ ... Tesla refused warranty since someone had performed some unauthorized modifications to the car at some point.
Amazing video. Slo mo and all.
In other news:
Today I learned that John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved Abraham Lincoln's son from being ran over by a train. They were strangers. Stranger yet, a calcified 35 year old fetus was removed from the womb of a 70 year old. It had joined to her pelvis. That is all. :)
Quote from: kb426 on December 28, 2021, 06:50:03 PM
I ordered a few parts today. Some of which are for a bedroom redo in about a week. Removing popcorn ceiling and texturing and getting ready for carpet replacement. I was going to install crown molding to match what I had done before. Lumber yard says it's been discontinued. Time to get a new plan. :)
Two days. :wink: Tick, tock... :shock: :idea: :arrow:
:twisted:
Rain continues here... light rain here n there. Its wednesday, to my brothers house for a project or 2.
Rain and rust under epoxy for me. 49 Merc PU job. Variety is the spice eh. Ford, Mopar, Nissan... I'll take the Ford. :blank:
So I wiped off all the epoxy with thinner, wetted with evaporust soaked blue towels then threw plastic over it and split. Looked promising. Blasting didn't cut the mustard. I thought that was odd. Must need tombstone sand!
I've posted before about a 'thing' most of us have experienced. You park out from a store, away from other cars... only to have someone pull up next to your car to park.. That happened today at Home Depot as we were getting out of the car. But that is not the purpose of this post.
This morning my wife went to the laundry facility here at the park. We have no washer - dryer setup at the park model. Laundry area is a large room with more than 30 washers dryers. There is 2nd room with more washer - dryers. Virtually no one else was in these rooms besides my wife.
Wife is in her usual spot. Another couple come in and dang if they did not walk directly to the same area and machines my wife was using. They piled the stuff in the aisle as my wife was removing clothes from a dryer. It was either push the laundry cart over the stuff or move the clothes. My Wife was not moving the clothes, then the husband notices what the problem was.. I guess some folks are just that slap a** stupid.
:o :o :o
Surely theres a name for this phenomenon ^^^ its the same as seen on six lane interstates when three vehicles run abreast for tens of miles with no other vehicles within half a mile. Cling-ons.
Evaporust was narrowly sufficient on the truck lid. Got r did. Patched a windshield area hole. More lacquer sealer with a drop of epoxy resin was then applied to all.
I know, it drives me nuts also. If I went into a laundromat, I'd be about as far away as I could. Don't like crowds, especially unnecessary ones.
EDIT: My wife googled it, it's called social cohesion. Google it, it's funny that it doesn't only happen to you (us).
Thats more like why hispanic kids are bumping into you in a checkout line, no concept of personal space. No tolerance for existence of blue eyed people. But explained in a womanly PC manner.
What I'm talking about is this, exactly. I use these tactics daily for the reasons given but never saw this article until searching for a definition besides cling-on:
https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a32852/how-to-mentally-manipulate-your-fellow-drivers/
Thats why a supercharger and 4 wheel discs are handy in a commuter heap. Gets me distance abruptly and that breaks em off for a short time, puts them with the next charging herd. Spread out, people. It creeps me out being crowded. Why does everyone want to be so close to my car? Stop it! I find myself yelling. I want tail lights that form the words stay back. :)
Regardless of the above, the car just ascended past 297K miles. Of breaking away from the pack. :)
Weather looks as though today will be the last opportunity for awhile, to get in any sanity preservation. I intend to do my best.
Quote from: 58 Yeoman on December 30, 2021, 10:26:25 PM
I know, it drives me nuts also. If I went into a laundromat, I'd be about as far away as I could. Don't like crowds, especially unnecessary ones.
EDIT: My wife googled it, it's called social cohesion. Google it, it's funny that it doesn't only happen to you (us).
Social cohesion ? I dont need or want it. ;) Wife and I have been keeping track on this stuff for a few yrs now.
We can walk to an aisle in Home Depot... Searching out stuff we need. No body around. Suddenly 1 to 3 ppl walk up to the same spot or with in 3 feet with their cart in the way... Saying stuff like: Opps, sorry , oh , sorry as we are trying to get something off the shelf.
Places like Costco or similar ... the family unit will walk down the aisle spread out 5 ppl wide completely oblivious that they are blocking other ppl to travel in the same aisle. LOL
Us humans are a goofy lot
:o :o :o :o
Quote from: Crosley on December 31, 2021, 11:22:56 AM
Us humans are a goofy lot
:o :o :o :o
I call it the "Hooray for me, the hell with you!" syndrome. ...."I'm where I want to be and that's it."
No consideration or respect for others. ....Oblivious to their surroundings in most cases, or just plain rude.
I was raised differently and I go out of my way to not be one of those people.
Dad calls it "Me first!" and claims it comes from the lunch line at school. Put a hand on the next person's shoulder and thats how far apart you're supposed to be through all of life. Feigning blind oblivity while auras intertwine and breaths mingle as clouds of togetherness that linger in the air. Just ew. Inappropriate.
I could use me a heapin helpin of that there blissful obliviousness.
Thats what I reap from the dearly beloved Grape. Burnt off a quarter tank of dinosaur bones today before the rain came. That ought to hold for a spell. 8)
Good years for all. Wait, do they still make those? Guess we'll find out together. At arm's length, of course. :)
My son-in-law is coming over today to help me replace the egr and the heater hose from the block to the 2 connections in the van. This is the second time for both in 5 years, they failed the same week before. 2008 Dodge grand caravan with a 3.8 v6. Both seem to be common problems with them, the hose when they have dual heat.
Hey Tony...time to start a new thread for 2022.