My 26T Coupe build thread

[Ken Thurm]

Steve,
That really looks nice, Once you completely assemble the motor and it's in the car it will really be appreciated by people like me. I'm the guy you will have to chase away so you can go home. I can spend many hours looking at one car if it has the detail like yours. Your time is much appreciated, thanks for sharing.
Ken

[roadster32]

Thanks for the positives Ken.

I had a couple of hours spare today so squirted some top coat on my intake to see what it would look like, I'm well pleased how it came out.
The paintshop owner asked me to name the colour so he could store it on the computer system so i called it "moneyshot"

[Whiplash23T]

That is certainly a very nice piece of eye candy Steve. Heck it takes me back to my nasty youth when any young lady with beautiful long smooth curving legs just had to have my hands stroking them. Amazing how a little time spend prepping an item can result in award winning parts. Heck I am looking forward to seeing the complete engine finished as I'm sure that the work you put into it , it will look absolutely fantastic.
Cheers Whip

[roadster32]

You have an excellent memory Whip

Thanks for the comments.

That is certainly a very nice piece of eye candy Steve. Heck it takes me back to my nasty youth when any young lady with beautiful long smooth curving legs just had to have my hands stroking them. Amazing how a little time spend prepping an item can result in award winning parts. Heck I am looking forward to seeing the complete engine finished as I'm sure that the work you put into it , it will look absolutely fantastic.
Cheers Whip

[Itoldyouso]

It dawned on me the other day, Steve, where I saw workmanship and detailing like you, and some others on here, are putting into your cars. It was on a TV program about Jay Leno's Duesenberg collection. He uses the same guy to restore all of them and when they popped the hood the engines looked more like jewelry than motors. The painted parts were offset by lots of polished stainless and chromed pieces, even down to the carbs. The work guys like you, Ken, and some others do remind me of that level of commitment to perfection.

It's really enjoyable to see such nice work and dedication..........you sure have more patience and energy than me!

Don

[roadster32]

Funny you should nention carbs Don, only this afternoon i looked at my 850 Holley and thought what colour should i do it ???

It dawned on me the other day, Steve, where I saw workmanship and detailing like you, and some others on here, are putting into your cars. It was on a TV program about Jay Leno's Duesenberg collection. He uses the same guy to restore all of them and when they popped the hood the engines looked more like jewelry than motors. The painted parts were offset by lots of polished stainless and chromed pieces, even down to the carbs. The work guys like you, Ken, and some others do remind me of that level of commitment to perfection.

It's really enjoyable to see such nice work and dedication..........you sure have more patience and energy than me!

Don

[Mr Blue]

Looking good roadster32! Fantastic!

I saw dads post earlier that said he was sorry to see you were not coming to Florida for the Turkey run this year. Is that True?

Too many customer cars to work on I am sure. And I had the cold beer on the boat for you both already!

Absolutely love the work you are doing. If I had just the talent you have in your pinky I would be all set

Awesome build, Don Jr.

[stovens]

Funny you should nention carbs Don, only this afternoon i looked at my 850 Holley and thought what colour should i do it ???

Wow, I would never even think to paint the carb! All that tear down and rebuilding! I hate working on carberators! I had a yamaha triple that looked like something the Star Trek Borg would make! I was rebuilding it when an architect who was designing an addition to our house, got side tracted and asked if he could take some photos of it. He also painted on the side, his art looks like a bunch of pipes and tubes, very mechanical.