2020 .. What are you doing today?

[sirstude]

Going in to the surgery center in an hour to get my first cataract done.  Next Thursday for the other.

[sirstude]

Things went well today, vision is pretty good so far, but NO close vision, so readers it is.

[chris spokes]

Things went well today, vision is pretty good so far, but NO close vision, so readers it is.

i had mine done last year ,was told you will have distance but will need readers ,well i have close up but need distance glass's
it's amazing what they can do    

[58 Yeoman]

Doug, glad it turned out well. My wife had both eyes done a couple years ago. She's been nearsighted all her life, and they asked her if she wanted to stay near or go to far. She took farsighted. OOPS! Big mistake. Now she can't put on her makeup without a magnifying mirror. Something she never thought of when they asked.

[chimp koose]

good to hear things went well

[phat46]

I'm in the western end of the U.P. doing some work
at deer camp. It was 27* here last night, with a heavy frost. Winter is coming! The trees are changing color, some is spectacular already!

[sirstude]

Thanks guys for the  support, next Thursday for the other eye.  That means another covid test today so they will let me in the surgery center.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

We spent a couple days up north in Show Low AZ. Much kooler weather there.  looked at some houses with large RV garage.  Very  nice setups.  They were Out side of Show Low city limits a bit.

We still have our vacant  land with utilities up there.  Trying to decide to build a house or buy an existing house.

[idrivejunk]

As feared, my blog became useless. Been doing much job art of late. Attempting to attach two resized images. Been busy. Not stuck up. Gave up on daily updates. Just wanted to share some art. I have been learning to use the "gradient fill" feature on my pic hacking program and will continue until the computer craps one day.

When you read the emblem say F one five oh. Not F150 It is a 51F150.  I'm proud of that. Unless I saw it somewhere before.

Anyway, contrary to interweb findings, my finding is that a 56 grille has to be cut down to go in a 51. Hacking a new grille too. Taking out about a headlight width in total. The cab lacks pan and firewall final install but otherwise it behaves like a bank vault that you can blow the door shut on. All parties satisfied and stoked!

Anything Model A or Catalina comes up, you'll see. But as I progress with my art efforts, not having to post a bunch of updates is mighty helpful day to day.

Take good care of yourselves, gents.

[kb426]

I like the hood mods, Matt. If a guy put naca ducts in the rear fenders and a Dodge viper top reveal on the truck, it would change it alot. The area where the front bumper is blacked out would make a good opening for an intercooler. Where does the new hood come from?

[idrivejunk]

Don't know what you mean by Viper reveal ( is it the 78 Z-28-like triangular hood opening? ) but the ducts did blip my radar. I told him this evening that I would like to echo the vent shape somehow at the tails. A new F150's embossed tailgate script may find it's way onto this. (shhh) I been dying to leak that idea and may start a rear rendering before bed.

Theres a bunch of places selling all probably the same hood and if I had to guess, Mac's. The A stuff came from there. Whoever is cheapest and can get it here unscarred.

It has a liquid intercooler under the blower and thats a slot with imaginary black mesh in the valance. No bumpers. We ballparked 335 rubber out back. 700HP so yeah. And plan to tub it using the old rear fenders. It is a plan in progress, evolving. Poor guy has not had much luck with all the places who claim to make custom instrument clusters and that has been a frustration. Got the money but can't have the thing, y'know.

[kb426]

The top of the viper coupe has a wind diverter reveal on it. https://www.ebay.com/i/382249904158?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=382249904158&targetid=934800884336&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9024507&poi=&campaignid=10900797491&mkgroupid=109964863169&rlsatarget=pla-934800884336&abcId=9300403&merchantid=6591274&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIuev5oZv56wIVD9vACh2EXgisEAQYBSABEgIwC_D_BwE

[idrivejunk]

Oh I get it, the ditch in the middle of the roof. Yessir that would change the look. It seems unusual but he has stuck to the stock door handles with no chop all along and for me that kind of limits the slippery / racy looks thing. But he is quite open to radical body mods it seems. Interesting input, Bill. I hadn't considered speedway looks really. But I do like the look of conservative chin spoilers on stuff and maybe this. It is strange, certain elements he has chosen via Pfaff Designs since the beginning. On other things, we toss ideas around. We stood at my box watching a sketch appear Friday and I said "I am no car designer, but..." and he blurted "Oh, yes you are!".



Its a shame about the blog. Now theres no way for me to post pics with sufficient detail to distinguish a slot from a blackout on a bumper. Pic shown is less than a sixth the size of the original.

[idrivejunk]

The roof ditch sounds nutty but I knew there was genuine thought behind it so I tried it. Glad I did because sure enough, it looks aggressive. Just an ever so tiny flat strip in the middle. Not sure if I would want it or if he would pick it but the F1 man will see that in some form. Thank you, Bill.

Also glad because the F150s with embossed tailgate script are of course aluminum. Dang on that, never mind.

Once I plowed the furrow down the roof, poof that kicked in the idea pump. Saying aloud with a raised brow: He's got something there!

Made a plain line drawing last night showing the discussed roll pan treatment and fell asleep trying to imagine tail lights and wanting to tie in somehow somewhere, the new shapes in the hood.

Started sketching a day one idea of mine about using bent tubing to extend bed rail ends around the corner, and the billboard of a blank smooth handle-on-inside tailgate was just staring up at me as I ran through shape theories and lamp choices trying to think up something dramatic. Then it hit me.

Forget tail lights for now. I came up with more ideas for those while doing this. But this is where I stopped. Artists hate stopping, at least this one do. But this is progress that I feel good about.

I got the cab bolted to the frame today too. And chopped the front bumper horns off the frame. He was thinking bumper when he ordered it.

[chimp koose]