What are you doing today 2016?

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Finally suck it up and cut most of this cage out of 1962 Morris.  9 yr old project, it will be 10 yrs in january 2017.

Likely this project is just a money pit , it will never run and  that I can not stop myself on

More depressing news:

I found the receipt from Jegs when I bought the chassis kit for the Morris.

January 2005 I bought the kit.  WOW ....  I knew this project went to crud , early in construction.

[kb426]

Tony, I don't know if you drink or have any vices at all. I'd have a couple of beers and decide what I was going to do the next couple of years. All I'm really aware of is how time speeds up with age.

[58 Yeoman]

Should probably not keep receipts. When I sold the Poncho, I was finding the receipts, and thought "holy crap." The guy who bought the car, actually bought the chrome and got the car free.

With all the extra space that I now have in the shop, my eyes start wandering to other cars sitting in yards. STOP! I did buy a '70 Cub Cadet to play with. Much cheaper and still leaves me room.

[39deluxe]

I went to the Nostalgia Drags at Milan Dragway yesterday. They put on a pretty good show. The Great Lakes Gassers were fantastic.

Tom

[WZ JUNK]

I wanted to finish the area of the lower steering column in the 1954 Chevy with the GM column to hide the column mount and the wiring.  I made a fiberglass cover for the lower column and painted it flat black.  It has a couple of pieces of polished stainless on the side to act as a scuff guard for your shoe when you apply the brake.

John

[kb426]

Looks good, John. What are you doing to avoid itching when working with the glass?

[WZ JUNK]

Looks good, John. What are you doing to avoid itching when working with the glass?

Drink a lot of beer.  Actually, I am one of few that is not bothered by the irritation much.  When I do a lot of grinding or cutting with a cutoff tool it does bother me some.  At the end of the day, I start my shower with as cold a water as I can stand to close the pours in my skin before washing.  I have been told that it helps, but I do not have much evidence that it does.  Generally when it does bother me, I just tough it out.  I use an air saw for cutting and I try to avoid grinding on a fiberglass part.  Just handling the material does not bother me.

I have made patterns for molds, to do productions runs of parts, in the past, but now I just make one of a kind pieces.

John

[idrivejunk]

That column cover IS a nice looking piece. The mirrors go on the shoes though  

KB, hand lotion on arms first then cold rinse / shower after works well for me. Don't turn warm water on until after the soap rinse. Got a bunch of that dust on me today from an RV project in the next stall.

[Bruce Dorsi]

I have made patterns for molds, to do productions runs of parts, in the past, but now I just make one of a kind pieces.

John

Your column cover looks great!

What did you use for a mold to do the lay-up?

[WZ JUNK]

I have made patterns for molds, to do productions runs of parts, in the past, but now I just make one of a kind pieces.

John

Your column cover looks great!

What did you use for a mold to do the lay-up?

I started with a half section of 4" plastic pipe and glued foam to the pipe.  I then shaped the foam to produce the black piece that is in the photo.  After I laid the fiberglass on the form, and it took its set, I then removed the piece of pipe and the foam.  I make a lot of my parts this way.  For a one off piece is much easier than make a mold and then making a part from the mold.

I started this part a long time ago and returned to it yesterday to apply the finish and install it on the car.

John

[sirstude]

I am so sensitized to fiberglass, I am itching just reading this.  Just kind of kidding.

Doug

[enjenjo]

Hand lotion works good. So does Avon Silcone glove. I use liquid shampoo. Rub it into your hands and arms up past the elbows, and let it dry. It will last until you get it wet. Then just reapply it. I also use the cold water rinse before a hot shower.

[Charlie Chops 1940]

Getting ready to go down to Wilmington, OH to see the Ohio Mile this weekend.

I have to drop off a set of 5 ea. 911 Porsche wheels down near Ann Arbor and am also hauling a set of 4 15x5 wheels with Moon disc and Dzus fasteners to try and sell to a land speed racer.

I don't much like hauling a bunch of loose wheels in the back of the Trailblazer so I packed all of them in the trunk of my CTS-V Cadillac more door with room left over. Besides that it gets better mileage.

[Carnut]

My friend Roger Linn (the guy who bought my 40 Ford) had this happen to his 40 on the way home from the Last Run in Ark City ks.

[Carnut]

Here's what Roger Linn has done to my 40 Ford since he bought it back in April.