Been working on another project last few days but kept thinking something was missing on my firewall gauges, then I had an eureka moment and it came to me in a flash They needed a frame to set them off, so over the weekend I plasmaed some more aluminium, i'm happy now
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Yeah, those are horrible. You best just send those up here to me. :LOL:
That really adds to the look. Great work!
Yes, they looked just :eek: HORRIBLE :eek:, Steve! Not sure how you lived with it! :rolleyes: Seriously, the "frame" piece is the Cat's pajama's! Looks very trick, and indeed sets off the gauges even more. You continue to amaze me with these little additions that add so much.
WHAT GAUGES? All I see is BLOWER! Lol.. Looks Great as always!
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Roger you won't believe this but the other night I had trouble sleeping as couldn't stop thinking about these panels, I know its silly but it was really bugging me, i'm sleeping better now :LOL:Quote:
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You probably didn't notice what with the distraction of the frames and blower but you are missing a gauge on the left side panel.:eek::rolleyes::LOL:
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Yeah I didn't want to say anything about that either Jack, Might be a left right other side of the pond cultural thing we are politicaly incorrect about!:HMMM:**):LOL::whacked::D:rolleyes:Quote:
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Nothing gets past you eh Jack :LOL: hopefully I will be getting a box from Speedway tomorrow :cool:Quote:
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All you yanks drive on the wrong side of the road :LOL::LOL::LOL:Quote:
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And I thought it was a cabin vent???? Lol...
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Completely busted up with laughter!!!!
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How's the ankle/foot treating you now?Quote:
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And I think I missed it, but how did you fasten the aluminum rings you made, to the aluminum panel? Taper fit, or tack in place? I need to find a mill. :LOL: Those would look killer on a lot of things!
Hoping the heel's doing a lot better now, Steve.Quote:
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Thanks for asking Ryan, yes its improving each week, I knew it would be a slow recovery as my mate had the same, up to about 80% now I reckon.
Do you mean the firewall gauge rings if so its all held together by the gauge brackets.
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Improving all the time Roger thank you :cool:Quote:
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Yes Steve. I was wondering about the gauge rings. I'm glad to hear it's getting better and you're nearly back to 100% already!
Nice addition Steve. :-) Looks killer.
Well I had to go back to see the consultant on Friday and he said although it's up to 70% fixed it's not gonna get any better, he suggested I wait and have another course of cortisone jabs or an operation, the operation will mean 3 months minimum off work so I elected to go with more jabs in October which he thinks will do the job, if it don't it's an operation, deep joy !!!Quote:
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I will see you young fella on sept 24th, can't wait !!!Quote:
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Still on light duties so I got to thinking about glueing the door skins in place, until I realised I hadn't fully finished the outside door handle mechanism whoops !!!
A simple plate is laminated to the inside of the door skin, its fitted with a pair of rivnuts for the handle to screw too and a holder for the outer cable, The cables are stainless steel bicycle brake cables which are more than up to the job and are cheap !!!
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That's a great idea! I need to do something different on my corvette. I didn't even think of the bicycle cables. Thanks for the info and taking the time to document your mad skills!
Will you be able to get the allen key into the grub screw when you fit it into the tight confines of the door ?
Not had chance to do much on this recently but I had some vapour blasting to get done on a customers car so thought I would get the inlet finished up, the blower plate supports needed welding on to the intake and I just knew it was gonna be a pig job so popped into Garys to see if he had any good ideas on approaching welding the poor casting, It didn't go well at all as just kept getting black crap coming out of the casting and the welds were not the prettiest so ended up smoothing them out.
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Here's the intake finished
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Before the plenum was fitted I needed a gasket so cut one from some Reinze boiler door gasket material.
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Here's the intake bolted up
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I also got the gauge spacers vapoured as well
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Yes Whip, no problem getting to it.Quote:
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Looking spiffy there Steve. Thanks for the update
Looks great, Steve, and the adaptation of the blower plate to the 3x2 top is first rate! What is the process, "vapour blasting"?
Vapor blasting uses very small (100-150 micron) glass beads in a high-pressure water stream. Neat system, and non-aggressive - unlike other media systems.Quote:
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Yes Vapour blasting Roger, its basically a glass bead in water, Its nice because it peens the surface which closes the pores which makes it very easy to clean and stays nice for years.Quote:
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Hi guys no updates in afraid as we are in the states at Bonita Beach visiting Don Hulgas (remember him) itoldyouso
Met up with Don & the boys last night and glad to say all are well.
Off now for a boat ride with Don Jnr so speak later, stay cool.
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Give the Hulgas Boys a big shout out and hello from CHR. We miss Don Sr.'s regular posts and advice. We also are happy to see Don Jr. back on site, and would love updates from his brother and his project too! Enjoy the states and have a beer for me!
Hey also while your there try and get a few shots of their current rods! :)
Did you make it back home from your trip safe Steve?
Yes Ryan just getting back into the swing of things, we had a great time with Don Snr, Don Jnr, Dan & Nancy. It was terrific to see them all again, you would be hard pushed to meet nicer people, they are all like family to us :cool:Quote:
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I've been teaching Don how to speak Cockney :LOL:
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Just a small update, sorry it's late but I find myself looking on here less and less these days.
Not much I'm afraid as I'm at the arduous & tedious body work stage.
I wasn't entirely happy with the bolts at the front of the intake so changed them for studs & castle nuts, I machined in a pilot on the studs as it makes the nuts easy to start and has a nice finished look to them.
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While I was there I fitted a direct temp gauge into the water runner, it's tight on clearance but fits snugly.
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I also bought a Fenton fuel block back from the states which matches the Fenton intake nicely, fitted it with brass fittings to match the rest of the hardware on the truck, it sits on the firewall behind the blower which made the Marshall pressure gauge hard to see so a quick rummage through my spare fittings box and I found a 45 degree elbow, now it just pokes out from behind the blower and can be seen easily.
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I didn't want to use modern jubilee clips on this build and really liked the look of Wittek thumb screw tower clamps as they look old and dead cool but they were really difficult to find but luckily somebody I know in the US put me onto someone that collects them (yes a very interesting old chap) and while on holiday I paid him a visit, unbelievable !!! He had tens of thousands of them !!! No cars just Wittek clamps !!!
After a bit of persuasion he said he would sell me some as long as I was putting them on an old car, I showed him a pic of my truck and everything was cool , I didn't mention it was fibreglass.
They are all stainless and hopefully I've got all the sizes I need.
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Looking good as usual, Steve, and glad that you were able to source some parts while here on your holiday. That's a different use for safety wire. Is your thought that it's serving a double purpose, first keeping the studs from loosening, plus acting as the pin in the castle head nuts or do you just like the look? Normal security for a castle head nut is a cotter pin. Just wondering....