Thread: Project "Left Overs" is back alive !

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Picked up a copy at Barnes and Noble today---

Originally Posted by roadster32

Could someone scan it and post as we don't get that mag here

Steve, it is essentially the front quarter picture that was shown earlier, one of others in a feature on Billetproof, Florida. There was a nice paragraph written about the car, and the only thing not totally accurate was them saying it was built by Dan and me. Anyone who knows the build realizes Dan put in hundreds , maybe thousands of hours all by himself on this one. I sent an email that I hope they will publish in their readers mail section, clarifying how little I had to do with this car. Dan deserves sole credit for all of it. (Although Don and I were there to kick him in the butt on those occasions he got depressed over it taking so long ).

Don

Don---I have several articals stored away from mag articals on my cars and some of the nicest ones are the artical laminated onto a wood panel which makes a super trouphy wall art

That sounds like a great idea, Jerry. How do you laminate it to the wood?

Don

I don't know--Hot Rod Magazine gave them to us after they published the articals
but I would bet that a trouphy type place could tell you
they are probably 40 years old now and still nice

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

That sounds like a great idea, Jerry. How do you laminate it to the wood?

Don

try some paper out of a mag thats the same .i would think west systems would work tack it down with it when dry leve it sand up to wet 220 up to 600 girt then clear

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

That sounds like a great idea, Jerry. How do you laminate it to the wood?

Don

Don,
Go to a craft supply place like Hobby Lobby and get Decoupage Glue. It's like a thick clear resin that you pour over the surface, allowing it to self level and encapsulate the wood.

I've seen trophies like you are describing so I bet that clear resin is the ticket. I'll have to look into it.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I've seen trophies like you are describing so I bet that clear resin is the ticket. I'll have to look into it.

Don

Don,
A lot of the trendy bars & resturants use it on their tables, making a cheap, sturdy tabletop, spreading decorations over the top, elevating it level and then floating on a coat of decoupage glue/resin allowing it to flow over the edge and drip. Then just cut off the drips, smooth the back side and it's done. You can paint on a thin coat of glue on the back side to prevent any moisture wicking into the wood, depending on the use.

Ideas sound good but I would suggest trying it on something similar before you use the actual magazine articals--

Some of my are just the artical stuff and I also have put away some pages also using the mag cover to show magzine name issue and date--and then also of course put away some complete copies as over the years the ones you show everybody will start to gradually come apart

Again pass on congrats, and to you also

Jerry

Pass my congrats onto Dan,Don,,you guys did a good job on that rod..I made a phone call this morning,and managed to get the last copy on the shelf at Magoos Street Rods,Will get it next Friday at the Palmerston North swap meet,,which we have a trade stand at..Still trying to find Car kulture deluxe,Feb.2010 issue..

Well, thanks, guys. It was only one picture among others and one paragraph, but still very cool to have that happen. I'll pass on the nice words to Dan.

The gameplan for this weekend is to first of all go to the machine shop to see if maybe they are done or close to being done with Dan's engine. I broke down and told him it was there, and surprisingly, he didn't chew me out for jumping the gun.

After that, we are planning on taking the mockup of my rpu back apart and getting out the frame jig. We can at least get the front and rear crossmembers figured out. I want a 2 x 3 rectangular front crossmember in this one instead of the usual round one. Two reasons for that. I think it will give it somewhat of a different look than the usual T bucket type front crossmembers, and, I need some extra width up front for the model A radiator shell and the precut tubes we have are all 23 1/2 inches wide.

We bought up a few of them when Total Performance went out of business and are saving them for some future projects. (Dan wants to build a late 60's style T bucket next), and when I slipped one into the opening at the front of my rails it was too narrow. My front crossmember needs to be 25 1/2 to accomdate the model a shell. I have some 3 and 4 inch tubing at the shop so we should be able to knock out the front and rear crossmembers this weekend.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

That sounds like a great idea, Jerry. How do you laminate it to the wood?

Don

there is a product called " pour it on " it is a 2 part polymer that can be found at an arts and craft shop. i use it a lot making trophies.

I figured there had to be something like that. It must cure very bubble free and clear.

Don

Today Dan and I got a lot done. First of all, we went by the machine shop to check on his engine. It is all bored and was in the fixture to align bore it when we got there. It looks great. I looked for a name on the align boring machine and I think it said Renegade. or something like that. I could be mistaken, but I know it started with an R. He says it should be done next week, which brings up a question. Should we have everything balanced? He wants only $ 200 more to do that, and the only reason we are not jumping on having it done is that the engine ran smooth before, and it will probably never see over 3500 rpms on the street. What do you experts think?

Then we spent the rest of the day working on my rpu frame. We had to do a little truing up to get the two rails exactly the same shape and same length, but we got that taken care of. Then we jigged it up and cut the front crossmember on a mitered cut and have that ready to weld in tomorrow. It's starting to look like a frame, and is getting VERY HEAVY ! 2 x 4 x 3/16 wall sure is heavier than 2 x 3, but It will never flex, that's for sure. With 700 pounds of Olds engine up front I figure it won't hurt to overbuild it.

Here are some pictures of it in the bandsaw for trimming and then jigged up. By tomorrow night we should have the front and rear crossmembers welded in.

Don