What are you doing today ? 2019

58 Yeoman · October 07, 2019, 07:06:19 PM

^^Same here, Frank.^^

I bought a tall drawer cabinet at an estate sale last week, and my wife and I have been consolidating about 20 plastic drawer cabs, plus other bench drawers and shelves for about a week. Just about done today. I have a farmer who takes my scrap metal, and he came by for a load yesterday, and today I already have two 5 gallon pails filled with worthless stuff. I also have a large box going to Habitat for Humanity ready.

Now that everything has a place, I will have to look to find the stuff. At least it's all in one place.

kb426 · October 07, 2019, 07:37:25 PM

Working on the yard project again. I had to scrape ice from the windshield this morning. That's a sad day for me.

Crosley.In.AZ · October 07, 2019, 10:51:55 PM

speaking of scrap metal:

I have been hauling out a few loads here n there... couple 203 t-cases tonite.. the 7.25 differential from the 1962 Falcon I took out of the car 17 yrs ago.

I added a few more items after the photo was taken.

Still sorting tools a little bit.. Kind of got burned out on that. I was going at a feverish pace a couple days last week and the weekend.. I had to walk away, take a break.

i have a few tools to place on eBay... a Cast iron Corvair steering box...

Swap Meets will be starting up here again. Stuff going to the swap meet will be a one way trip.

WZ JUNK · October 08, 2019, 08:45:27 PM

It was cooler here today and dry. I sandblast the front frame and components on the Ranger project and then I shot a quick coat of Rustoleum flat black on everything. It looks a lot better and it will be cleaner and easier to work on than the old rusty metal. Tomorrow I will continue fabricating the alternator and power steering pump brackets.

John

kb426 · October 08, 2019, 09:26:14 PM

I had a friend bring over his 72 GMC long bed. There was a serious dent in the passenger bed side towards the bottom. 2 hours later, it looked good from 10 feet.

He put new tires and wheels on it about 2 weeks ago. That made that dent look really bad. It's way better and everybody is happy. I'm still removing dirt from the yard. Slow but progressing.

Crosley.In.AZ · October 12, 2019, 12:57:24 PM

saturday here. oct 12 ... more shop cleaning. Swap meet next wekend on the 20th.

Smoking meat day too. Burgers, couple steaks, ribs, sausage here n there. we smoke enough to last us about 2 weeks or so. Fridge smells good when I do this.

enjenjo · October 12, 2019, 07:49:33 PM

Shop cleaning is done for now. The owner brought back the 54 Chevy truck for more work today. Partial rewire, move the fuel tank out of the cab, install a Jaguar front end, new steering column, new door seals, new rear springs, and a radio. That should keep me busy for a while. I still have a rear end to assemble, but that should be done soon.

kb426 · October 13, 2019, 06:40:14 PM

I spent the last couple of days digging and hauling dirt from the yard. I'm tired of being this boring. I'm ready to go back to hot rods.

idrivejunk · October 13, 2019, 07:05:11 PM

Got my blower motor working again, on the 69. Have some defrost now. Replaced switch. Fuse holder for the aux cooling fan spontaneously combusted, I don't know when. Not a trace of it to be found. But thats this year's problem. The fan switch went out last winter.

Necessity is the mother of my only motivation to work under a dash. :?

chimp koose · October 13, 2019, 08:43:23 PM

just got back from a weekend of dirt track stock car racing . I rolled the car on sat night mechanics race , ended up right side up . d/s rubber went flat , both aired back up . As soon as the rollover stopped i was worried for my wife who was in the stands . The car got up into the back of another car today and took out the hood , fenders , rad and fan . Also bent up one of the forward bars . Final race of the season , now we have some work to do . Oh yeah , my ribs are pretty sore :oops:

Crosley.In.AZ · October 14, 2019, 03:22:02 PM

Had my last visit with my PCP doctor this AM... he is retiring. Nice chat. I am in good shape for my age. BP very normal with no meds. You know the routine: Need to exercise more, lose about 15 - 20 pounds. Exercise more.

Although I need to see a hand doctor. Trigger finger on RT hand. My doctor warned me: the injections usually show few results. Surgery on the tendons.

enjenjo · October 15, 2019, 06:59:11 PM

After talking to the owner of this truck the list got longer.

Typical. I took care of some other things yesterday that I have been putting off to get the shop cleaned. I still have to go pick up a car this week, and move some parts into storage.

phat46 · October 16, 2019, 10:23:36 PM

Finished this little painting today, the only piece of prepared board I could find was this 7" X 11 1/2" piece so I see it. No reference was used just the mind of a old car guy! 😄

enjenjo · October 16, 2019, 11:10:39 PM

Quote from: "phat46"Finished this little painting today, the only piece of prepared board I could find was this 7" X 11 1/2" piece so I see it. No reference was used just the mind of a old car guy! 😄

So which picture did you paint, the top one or the bottom one? If you did the bottom one, add a couple zeros to the number.

idrivejunk · October 16, 2019, 11:33:15 PM

Quote from: "enjenjo"
Quote from: "phat46"Finished this little painting today, the only piece of prepared board I could find was this 7" X 11 1/2" piece so I see it. No reference was used just the mind of a old car guy! 😄

So which picture did you paint, the top one or the bottom one? If you did the bottom one, add a couple zeros to the number.

Neat pic. I knew a guy that was making big money... only he was making it about an eighth of an inch too big.

Kneeslapper, ain't it

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