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You still got more done this past weekend than I did!
My big accomplishment was blowing a gear in the auto feed for my little horizontal mill

Originally Posted by 34_40

You still got more done this past weekend than I did!
My big accomplishment was blowing a gear in the auto feed for my little horizontal mill

Mike, that sounds like a bad deal for sure!

Some new emblems I had made arrived today from Canada. These look closer to originals than the set I currently have.

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

Mike, that sounds like a bad deal for sure!

What's worse is it was my own fault! Not terribly expensive to repair but it is downtime and I have a project mounted on the table as it sits there. GRrrrrrr..

Oh well.. LOL..

The new emblems look nice. When I first glanced at'em - I thought it read "396" .... oops!

Another after the weekend update. Nothing major on the truck. Still waiting on the converter to be done. 2 weeks ago I called and they said they'd have it done in a couple days. That must have meant weeks. Anyhow, I took last Friday off, (it was my birthday). That turned into, "Hey dear, I need you to watch the boys so I can go grocery shopping." So I obliged. The boys and I serviced the rider and we mowed the yard. It's crazy that on April 22nd, it was 83* and I had to mow. It makes me wonder what June will be like. (Not cool) Saturday I made some finishing touches on the bed frame, and watched the kids agian while my wife went to Bloomfield to get fitted for a dress fro my middle brother's wedding. During nap time I removed a VP44 and got the new one installed. On Sunday, my parents came over and my Dad helped me cut branches and limbs from trees that I wanted to get done since we moved in. Most of these were dragging on the roof of our trucks and was more annoying than anything else. We also delivered and set up the bed in my parent's spare bed room. Then at 10 o'clock last night I got one new emblem swapped out and stripped the black paint from the 71 grill shell so it will look like a 72 again. Then there was this morning. I was going out to put brake pads on my 98.5 dodge daily driver. Nope. The wife found a free hutch to go get. Guess what, another project found it's way into the bed's spot. I hope she gets it done soon. There's a body shell coming home soon. One of these days I'll get the rest of the stuff out of the corner of the garage. When we moved in, it all got put in the big open space. Then all the help left so I've been taking it to the basement as I get or build shelves. Just another project. Haha

Here are pictures of my oldest son in his new hot rod. His sure was a way better deal than any of mine. Faster too.

Then there's the sand box we tore down last weekend to use to recycle in to pieces for a chicken coop. (No, not done yet. Still in planning stages.) Haha This area behind my garage is going to be parking for projects and I plan to put a car port up to park a couple in doors and eliminate storage costs.