Thread: Project "Left Overs" is back alive !

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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

We have a standing joke in the shop that we put a part "where we can find it later." Don

That's funny.
I was looking for something last week and told my pal the same thing. The only difference was that I seriously believed when I put what I was looking for away , I thought I would have no problem finding it.

Next time I will remind myself its just a joke that I'll find it later.


The frame is looking good BTW.

Thanks. Oh yeah, when we put it away we also really believe we will remember where that spot was. Just never works out that way, so now it is our shop joke.

Don

Hey Don,how are you? I'm just lurking awaiting for some more puddy cat stories with photos,so I thought I would just let you know I'm watching.
PS nice frame so far, pity those bones aren't abit longer to mount on the kickup eh. mate.

Whip, I've been forgetting to ask you, how is the knee thing?

I thought about putting the bones back to the kickup but the problem is, I am using tie rod ends and if I went into the tubing I would have to drill a bigger hole on the inside wall to put a socket in there to put the nut on, and once the engine and cooling lines are in place it would be hard to keep checking the nuts to see if they are tight. This way the backside is totally open and accessible.

Don

I spend too much time looking for something I just had in my hand! I my case it's a condition not old age. Been going on for many years. I am afraid to find out what the cure is!

Originally Posted by sfort

I spend too much time looking for something I just had in my hand! I my case it's a condition not old age. Been going on for many years. I am afraid to find out what the cure is!

i have done that . walk around looking for something when its in my hand. parts i looked for that i can not find.. buy another one . then find it ..its like christmas

You guys are not alone

Ditto. You should see how many utility knives I have, for buying new ones when I couldn't find an old one! I have so many trim parts for the truck, that I buy new news, and then stash them where I think I'll find them, only to find the last stash is there too, only when I first looked for them, they weren't there! I think it's CRS syndrome myself. But I share the weath with other F1 owners!

Sure glad to know I'm not alone. I get things and put them in a "safe" place so I can go right to them when needed. Then when the time finally comes I spend hours tearing the garage and storage shed apart trying to find whatever it was... The sad thing, guys, is we keep doing it repeatedly; never seem to learn. I think it's a symptom of CRS disease. What we all SHOULD do is put a bulletin board or dry-erase board on the wall someplace and write down where we put stuff. But will any of us do that?.. Probably not!

Originally Posted by J. Robinson

Sure glad to know I'm not alone. I get things and put them in a "safe" place so I can go right to them when needed. Then when the time finally comes I spend hours tearing the garage and storage shed apart trying to find whatever it was... The sad thing, guys, is we keep doing it repeatedly; never seem to learn. I think it's a symptom of CRS disease. What we all SHOULD do is put a bulletin board or dry-erase board on the wall someplace and write down where we put stuff. But will any of us do that?.. Probably not!

oh god.
i have been sitting at an uncluttered desk and without getting up .
have set things down
AND NEVER SEEN THEM AGAIN IN MY LIFE.
i am not stoned ,drunk or stupid.
so i guess i am just brain damaged....

Originally Posted by billy zz

oh god.
i have been sitting at an uncluttered desk and without getting up .
have set things down
AND NEVER SEEN THEM AGAIN IN MY LIFE.
i am not stoned ,drunk or stupid.
so i guess i am just brain damaged....

i gave this some more thought.
maybe i am a retard but since i am retarded i dont know it?
maybe i am lucky to still be alive?
that would explain a few things around my house.....

Originally Posted by billy zz

oh god.
i have been sitting at an uncluttered desk and without getting up .
have set things down
AND NEVER SEEN THEM AGAIN IN MY LIFE.
i am not stoned ,drunk or stupid.
so i guess i am just brain damaged....

Billy you are not stoned, drunk, stupid, brain damaged, or retarted........... It was ME.... When you turn and aren't looking I take it............ to replace the one I lost and cannot find............

Today I had 3 goals in mind to complete.

1) Make the plate that goes under the spring and bolt the spring in place.

2) Drill and tap the wishones to increase the thread size from 1/2 to 5/8 inch so I can use my angled spring perches to realign the spring to the wishbones.

3) Build the frame mounts to put the rear of the wishbones to the frame and get those welded on.

I actually only got the first two done. I found out we had the proper 3/8 fine thread tap, but didn't have a 37/64 drill bit that it takes, so I had to drive to a local steel supply house/industrial tool place to pick up one. It was a nice day, so I took my 27. It was filthy from sitting in the shop uncovered, so I just hosed it down and am going to have to give it a proper cleaning tomorrow.

While I was at the steel supplier I picked up some 3/8 flat plate to build the wishbone mounts out of. Luckily they had two nice small pieces in their drop area, so I was able to carry them home in the roadster.

Drilling the wishbones was a cinch, tapping threads was NOT a cinch. The ends of the wishbones are forged steel evidently, and it took about an hour each side to tap them. Even with lots of antiseize as cutting oil we had to tap a little bit, then stop and clean out the shavings. But they came out fine and the new angled perches screwed right in.

We mounted the front spring to the wishbones, and that is where Dan suggested we should put the Olds engine, transmission, and body onto the frame to see where it settles down to. I told him I already did the calculations, but he felt the only way to really dial the correct caster in was to load it, then set the caster. So we made temporary wishbone mounts and clamped them to the frame and bolted the wishbones to them, just so the wishbones will stay in place when the weight gets put on the frame.

At that point the 96 degree temp in the shop had gotten to us, so we wrapped it up until tomorrow. One change that I may make is not to use the S10 rear I was going to use. Kurt had given me an 8 incher out of his 65 Ranchero a while back, and I gave it to my Son Don when I sold him the 46 Tudor. But the S10 was just a little narrower than I would like, and the Ranchero rear is 3 inches wider at 57 inches WMS to WMS. My rear wheels have a dual Ford/Chevy pattern, so it will be no problem to switch. I asked Don, and he said he is probably going to have a 9 incher made up to the exact width he needs, when the time comes, so he gave the 8 incher back to me.

That is where we ended up tonight. Here are some pictures of the spring mounting plate I made up, and the front end after we installed the spring, axle, and wishbones. This is not the ride height, I figure it will settle down about 3 inches when all the parts are bolted on.

Don

Or lately, my favorite... can't find my glasses, 'cause they're sitting on top of my head!!! 8-(

Losing tools or parts - never a small problem for me - it's usually crisis time. I have three work areas - yeah, I know, but that's the way my home is set up. The house has a walk out basement with a 3rd garage with a bench and storage and where my car parks at least over the winter. Then there is a separate workshop/benches and power tools for 'other' things and lastly, my regular garage - which of course is set up with a bench, storage and a work area. Then to make life even more interesting, we have a 5th wheel travel trailer that always needs work and tools - they could be there as well. I have some large plastic bins which supposedly hold my odds and ends - well sometimes - there are doubles and triples and occasionally those are carted off to a swap meet so I can fund their replacements the following week when I can't find the originals. CRS, senior moments:

And to remind us what's happening to each and every:

An 80 year old couple were having problems remembering things, so they decided to go to their doctor to get checked out to make sure nothing was wrong with them. When they arrived at the doctor's, they explained to the doctor about the problems they were having with their memory.

After checking the couple out, the doctor tells them that they were physically okay but might want to start writing things down and make notes to help them remember things. The couple thanked the doctor and left.

Later that night while watching TV, the old man got up from his chair and his wife asks, "Where are you going?"

He replies, "To the kitchen."

She asks, "Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?"

He replies, "Sure."

She then asks him, "Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?"

He says, "No, I can remember that."

She then says, "Well, I also would like some strawberries on top. You had better write that down cause I know you'll forget that."

He says, "I can remember that, you want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries."

She replies, "Well, I also would like whip cream on top. I know you will forget that so you better write it down."

With irritation in his voice, he says, "I don't need to write that down, I can remember that." He then fumes into the kitchen.

After about 20 minutes he returns from the kitchen and hands her a plate of bacon and eggs.

She stares at the plate for a moment and says, "You forgot my toast."