My 26T Coupe build thread

[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.

[roadster32]

How ya doing Don, good to hear from you, Yes we won't be over this year after all, things have got in the way and i'm snowed under with work, i really need to learn to say no to customers, as i work basically on my own i just can't do it all and work is piling up and stressing me !!!

Hopefully we can get over for Billetproof so keep that beer on ice, also looking forward to seeing the boat.

Many thanks for the comments and i look forward to seeing you all as soon as we can.

Hows the diet going

Cheers
Steve.

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.

[roadster32]

Hey Steve your not the only one that hates working on carbs
Thanks for the positives.

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.

[nunattax]

steve just had to say beautiful work and welding.really enjoyed scrolling through the thread.looking forward to seeing the finished job.

[roadster32]

Many thanks, I'm glad your enjoying it.

steve just had to say beautiful work and welding.really enjoyed scrolling through the thread.looking forward to seeing the finished job.

[roadster32]

Been doing engine stuff so not much to show you, but i did get my generator mounted old style out in the wind.

I wanted to use a generator as an alternator looks too new, I had this 55 F100 generaotor laying around and after a quick test to check it was working ok i pulled it apart for cleaning and paint and chrome.








Before I did anything i had to mount it so made up some bracketry.










I thought the fan looked like it needed a guard on it so made up one, I'm still not sure whether i like it or not so it may get changed or modified.













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