She's not a cougar unless she's fifteen to twenty years older than her "prey", so Don's cougars are going to be :eek: - oh, never mind......Quote:
Originally Posted by Itoldyouso
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She's not a cougar unless she's fifteen to twenty years older than her "prey", so Don's cougars are going to be :eek: - oh, never mind......Quote:
Originally Posted by Itoldyouso
Kind of cool watching this grow on here and F/B
Yup,,I enjoy watching this monster grow too..A proper cup of tea is probably helping with the build too....:D:D
The pics of ''Don'' no comment....yet....:eek:
Yep, Courgars to me would be just this side of DEAD ! :eek: :LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by rspears
Since we've already put Steves gasser thread in the dumpster we might as well continue the carnage.
Don
:LOL::3dSMILE:**):LOL::3dSMILE::D
Don that was great!
Steve the headers look fantastic, and I agree the cap mechanism is cool! Don did you used to play saxophone too?
Thanks mate, Wish we could of been there too, last time i wasn't feeling that great as you know but next time i'm getting up and gonna join in the fun, It was frustrating just sitting watching !!!
That young lady probably mistook you for Brad Pitts Dad :D
Yes get out more mate, I know your fond of cats and there is a lot of pussy out there that needs feeding :LOL::LOL::LOL:
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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso
Cheers Whip, they definitly wont be chromed, If i could of got stainless collectors i would of polished them but now they will be lightly blasted and the mild steel collectors will be hot aluminium sprayed and then the whole lot done in White VHT.
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Originally Posted by Whiplash23T
Charlie didnt realise you was on FB.
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Originally Posted by cffisher
As I said earlier the wingnuts were temporary, after searching the net for some tri eared spinners and not finding anything suitable i decided to make some instead.
First i started with some stainless acorn nuts and turned off the hexagon part, next some ears were cut from 3/16" stainless and blended & fettled and pre polished, next a small jig was made for TIG welding them, then more polishing, then i had some custom tri bar wingnuts that i could tighten by hand :D
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:nsra::cheers:
My God, do you have some beautiful nuts or what?
Sweet.
With the way you fab, I figured you'd make up some collectors.
They're not too hard to make.
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Shinny ones at that
I'm really glad to see you aren't building this one very fancy, Steve.:LOL::LOL::LOL:
I KNEW you couldn't keep your little hands off of this one. :D
Don
I think I'm gonna be Sick............................:D
Absolutely AWESOME...You just keep it goin Steve..Fiberglass and stainless Willys coupe comin up...:D Good on ya...:D If nothing else,,it gives the rest of us ideas..Now,if only I could weld stainless....:HMMM:
"Oh my god" were the words that I was thinking, then read the other comments. Steve I wouldn't even know how to buff and smooth something like that, no less make it look perfect! I have to rethink your original posts of keeping this one simple and to a tight budget!:eek::D:D:LOL::whacked: And this is just for the exhaust!
Budget!!!! It dosen't cost much to MAKE things the way you want them......as long as you don't charge your self LOL
I was going to make them but thought buying might save me some time :(
Pic of my nuts when i have time :LOL:
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Originally Posted by 123pugsy
Just the odd bit here & there Don :3dSMILE: You know me to well my friend :cool:
:lol::lol::lol:
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Originally Posted by dlotraf33
I'm trying Robin :LOL:
Best laid plans and all that Steve :LOL:
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Originally Posted by stovens
Bang on Charlie !!!
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Originally Posted by cffisher
Thanks to Jason (fatguyz) who collected my TH400 from Steve & Mitch (thanks boys) who in turn collected it from Zane at Zannetec (more thanks Zane)
I bought the Art Carr with Transbrake box secondhand with 2nd gear slipping and Zane kindly rebuilt it for me, I would highly recommend Zane he does an excellent job and is a nice old boy too
Over the Autumn i need to strip it back to bare aluminium and epoxy prime and paint Porsche India Red to match the motor and also fit the larger capacity aluminium trans pan i have.
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Another recommendation is for Paul at Southern Axles, Paul has raced for years and really knows his stuff, His shop is only a block away from mine so was the obvious choice to assemble the axle parts i had collected, Diff case is a brand new item with 3.89 Zoom gears mounted on a 31 spline Spool, with a 1350 yoke, all new bearings etc etc, again this needs to be epoxy primed and painted, i'm not sure what colour the back axle is gonna be yet, suggestions welcomed.
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You could paint the rear housing red with the motor and trans or match the color of the plex windows. That would be striking!
If the transmission and driveshaft are going to be the same color the rear center section would probably look good that same color too. But we usually do the center section in a color that mimicks cast blast steel, sort of silvery.
Don
Now thats an idea Scott, can't do Orange like the windows though as thats a chevy colour.
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Originally Posted by ScooterCO
OH yea then it wouldn't run right :eek::LOL::LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by roadster32
On saturday i finally finished the drivers side header, took longer than i thought !!! Now the really hard part is making the other side match.
I just wanted the bottom of the collector showing and easy access to the wing nut for uncapping.
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Its getting dark early now, winters coming !!!
One would think that with all the tools you have you'd have a better tow strap than a bungy cord. Like the headers
:LOL:Charlie that's not a bungy cord it's a very rare English snake :LOL:
I thought it was an anti theft device. I better start watching more nature shows.
Holy Slithers, Bat Man!!!! Is that the notorious English Hook-n-Stretch snake??:eek::eek::eek: I've heard that after one end of the snake is wrapped around something and you're just about to hook the other end on something else, the first end releases and bites the hell out of your hand!:eek::eek::eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by roadster32
Ive had those "hook and stretch" snakes bite me a few times.....Not fun!!! Glad to see you can tow with them!
Willys is looking killer Steve!
The key to those snakes is not to pull too hard on the tail, or they can get real mean!
Thats the one Dave, you gotta watch them buggers :LOL::LOL::LOL:
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Originally Posted by Dave Severson
Hi bigboy,thanks for the kind words, you been tooting that trombone lately :LOL::cool::LOL:
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Originally Posted by Mr Blue
While i've been nursing a fractured elbow i got in the states on holiday :( i've been getting a few of the smaller jobs out of the way, A couple of nights ago i realised i would need an exterior door mirror, l looked through all my Willys pics but didn't see one so decided to design my own :3dSMILE:
They are made from 316L stainless and were pretty easy to make really.
I started by making a trumpet shaped base piece, I didn't have any 2" OD bar so had to make the piece out of some 1" bar and add a piece of 3/8" plate to the bottom and sculpture it in, 2 x 5/16" grub screws were fitted in the base to attach to the door
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I was then stuck as i had run out of 1/2" bar foe the arm until my mate Allan came over with a piece, The bar was turned in the lathe to a taper of 5/16" at the small end gradually increasing to 1/2" the other, While he was there he helped me with the bending of the arm which was warmed with a Mapp gaz torch. once the arm was welded to the base i made up a top piece for retaining the mirror head and i metal finished it ready for polishing.
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Next job was to start the polishing process of finer and finer grits and then dull polish with a Sisal wheel and finally bringing to a full shine with a cotton Stitch mop. Sorry about the pics but the camera don't like the polished surface.
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These pics are better
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As always Steve, another wonderful piece. And you're design is really neat. I'll bet you get a lot of satisfaction when someone asks where you got one of your creations, because they would like one, only to find you hand crafted them.
Attaboy..................:D:D:D Now excuse me........... I've got to toss a couple items into the scrap bin...............:D
Yes,I think I will go and throw my whole car in the scrap bin as there is no way it will look as good as those darn mirrors, and to rub salt into the wound, there were so easy to make !!! Yeah right !!!!
Steve I know your maticulus but 5/15" whats that all about..Like the look of the mirror ....Just one??