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11-27-2012 06:09 AM #151
Thanks guys for all your encouragement! It has been a rough year around here, but I look forward to more delightful times ahead. I have been keeping myself inside most times lately...so I bought a new Epiphone Wildcat Royale to soothe my pains. I will attach a pix. Keeps my picking and grinnin' hands ready to do that wrench turning when the time comes! Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and have a happy holiday season for Christmas."The biggest worry is that my wife (when I am dead) will sell my HotRod and parts for what I said I paid for it."
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11-27-2012 06:49 AM #152
That'll keep you going as the Iowa winter sets in! Hope Spring brings better times.Roger
Enjoy the little things in life, and you may look back one day and realize that they were really the BIG things.
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11-27-2012 08:16 AM #153
been reading this whole post this morning--don't know how i missed it but looking forward to the finish!!!!!!!!!!!
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11-27-2012 02:59 PM #154
Beautiful guitar Ford Guy! I'm a Gibson man myself (SG)..
Hope you also have a great holiday season and maybe get the urge to do some wrenchin' this winter! Miss your posts / updates.. Can't wait to see a blower on that flattie!
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08-05-2013 12:01 PM #155
Back Again.jpgHe'ssss baaacccckkkk! After a lengthy recovery, I am just about ready to resume my life with the flathead engine. I am shown here charging up the battery on the old Ford, getting ready for a street drive next week. I'm going to pull the heads in September after the first show this Fall, and do the warm up/cool down routine for about 5 times. Then, the manifold changes! Later guys...hang in there! Sorry that picture is so big!!!!!! Maybe someone can reduce the size....I'm not so smart."The biggest worry is that my wife (when I am dead) will sell my HotRod and parts for what I said I paid for it."
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08-05-2013 12:45 PM #156
Hey, welcome back!! Glad to see your name pop up in Today's Posts.Roger
Enjoy the little things in life, and you may look back one day and realize that they were really the BIG things.
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08-05-2013 03:46 PM #157
Wow, what a journey you have had since 1999 with the truck and family. I have just read all 11 pages to bring myself up to speed and I would like to thank you for the photo's , ( don't worry about the size as my eyes ain't the best now either, ) and your description of what is happening. Is the one piece tilt front steel sheet metal or a fibreglass unit and did you use the grille ?
I maybe a little crazy but it stops me going insane.
Isaiah 48: 17,18.
Mark.
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08-05-2013 03:53 PM #158
Good to see youre back!
I enjoyed the education in your write-ups.
Thanks for sharing...keep it coming...
: -)
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08-05-2013 07:38 PM #159
Hey there, Ford Guy, it's good to hear from you; every time something pops up in the Flathead section, I go look, and wonder how you're doing. Hope your recovery continues apace.Rrumbler, Aka: Hey you, "Old School", Hairy, and other unsavory monickers.
Twistin' and bangin' on stuff for about sixty or so years; beat up and busted, but not entirely dead - yet.
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08-06-2013 04:44 AM #160
Hey FordGuy, Good to see you back amongst us! And thanks for the photo as well. I'm looking forward to seeing / hearing about your progress.
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08-06-2013 08:29 AM #161
Well, I'm back now....front end is all steel...sat and looked at it and used Miller Lite to start the engineering flowing....finally got it right and had a welder buddy next door to help me. The 6 cyl. and the 8 cyl. fit in the same area, but the six is longer. So the "horsecollar" frame to hold the radiator and the fender panels is drilled with two positions....one for the six and one for the eight. Same for the frame. So, I had my buddy bend me some 1' square tubing to mount the radiator in the V8 position and I used the 6 position for the panel attachment. Gives me some clearance for the rotation of the front end. Just some pivot brackets for the front end, some Caddy trunk gas struts, and you got it. Thanks for all your replies...gonna' get this thing done soon!"The biggest worry is that my wife (when I am dead) will sell my HotRod and parts for what I said I paid for it."
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