That fender is looking really nice!
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That fender is looking really nice!
It still needs some love, but it's going better than I expected. Lots of shape through a patch that large, and not much room for error. I was amazed at just how different the two fenders were. I measured from the center of the lowest light hole to the upper left corner of the bumper bracket hole. The fenders that came on the car we're 1/2" different, but the fender I used to patch mine was almost 2" off! Must have been made in a different plant, but I would never have guessed there'd be that much difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe
Well, its been a while since I did anything on the car. Spent the summer and fall focusing most of my spare time on preparing for deer and elk hunting seasons. My hunting partners and I decided to put a bigger effort into succeeding this year, and we managed to do about 50% better as a group than we have in previous years. Turns out, bow hunting isn't easy. Who knew?
Anyhow, with the season over I'm back to work on the car, hopefully on a more regular basis. No in process pics, but here's where I left off tonight. Basically the same repairs that we're done to the passenger side, but this time its easier because I've already done it once.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4847/...5f9aad4b_k.jpgIMG_20181209_194238215_LL by Ryan Mazingo, on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4864/...ef5f714a_k.jpgIMG_20181209_194217364_LL by Ryan Mazingo, on Flickr
Back side of the cowl. Everything was stripped down to clean metal, hit it with Ospho and covered with epoxy.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4826/...09b1d35d_k.jpgIMG_20181209_194259658 by Ryan Mazingo, on Flickr
Nice work on the sedan! As for the bow hunting, I appreciate what you and your cohorts go through! There are so many deer around here that bow hunting seemed to be the only "sporting" way to hunt. I bow hunted for about 30 years for deer and realized that if you "score" about half the years you're out hunting you're doing good. I enjoyed it immensely, wish I was still able to do it!
My main focus is on elk, you get a lot more meat out of an elk then from a deer, and I live in one of the few states that sells tags over the counter for them without going through a drawing system. Its a lot of fun being in bow range of a screaming bull.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Severson
Glad to see you made it back.
Enjoy watchin' your work.
I'm not going anywhere, I just get side tracked from time to time. You'll see this one finished, don't you worry, just might not be according to the timeline I previously established.Quote:
Originally Posted by 34_40
Got any pics of the kill? I got a taxidermist friend from Wisconsin that hunts Elk in your region. Only he goes north of the boarder if I remember right.
my last cow elk fed me for about 4 years. I need to head back to Idaho soon
I'd love to get out elk hunting. Shoot, I'd even like to get back out and shoot a deer. I've contemplated going out for muzzle loader after Christmas but we'll see how things go.
I didn't take too many pictures, it was pretty wet during the late season, but I do have a few. I didn't get mine this year, but I was lucky enough to help a couple of my buddies pack out their elk. Brad shot his about 7 miles behind a locked gate. We ride bikes in where the road is mostly flat, about 3 miles. We ditch the bikes in the brush and walk down the road until we find a spot we like and break off into the brush. Brad shot his another 3.5 miles from the bikes. Close to 14 miles round-trip, not counting tracking and getting back to the road to get this one in the freezer. I'll leave out the gory pics for those who might not appreciate them.
Thanksgiving dinner in the wall tent
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4887/...98a2630e_k.jpgIMG_20181122_183753469_LL by Ryan Mazingo, on Flickr
Brad with his cow
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4824/...c870f3c4_k.jpgIMG_20181123_130515220 by Ryan Mazingo, on Flickr
Packing out Brad's cow
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4832/...29cb9cad_k.jpgIMG_20181123_151156453 by Ryan Mazingo, on Flickr
Nice, it looks like a fun time. I'm not much of a hunter, I've tried to get into it but never caught the bug, Same with fishing. Hunting bigger game takes some physical endurance with carrying them back, that's for sure. I'm more of an animal peter but I sure like to eat em and I really appreciate those who like to hunt. A co worker of mine loves to bow hunt deer and black bear, he said half of the enjoyment is sitting in the stand and watching all the critters interact when they don't know your there.
That sure is a trek. A good horse would come in handy to pack them out. How much meat did he get from that?
She was a young cow, probably last year's yearling, so not the biggest in the group by a long shot. Best guess, he probably came out somewhere in the area of 400-450lbs. cut and wrapped. We all do our own butchering, so he's got all the cuts he wants and everything else was ground up for burger.Quote:
Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe
That save a ton vs bringing to the locker. My father in law was a butcher for about 25 years, it was before I knew him. He would help us butcher beef and deer when he was alive. I still have never tasted sausage as good as he made it.Quote:
We all do our own butchering, so he's got all the cuts he wants and everything else was ground up for burger.
Well, I know I've been full of excuses as to why progress is slow, but this I'm betting y'all will be understanding this time, too.
Recently, at 32 years old, I suffered a series of minor strokes. I've been on short term disability for a while now, and doctors won't let me go back to work until I start showing a bit more progress in the recovery department. Current orders are to "Get back into your normal routine". Since that would require 10+ hours at work 5 days a week, and they won't let me, I've been able to get in some shop time. Spent Sunday evening filling 83 extra holes in the firewall and cowl. Still have a few more to go, plus a few stock ones that need to go, but it'll whistle a little less going down the road than it would have before.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...4732f1c4_k.jpgIMG_20190627_214310723 by Ryan Mazingo, on Flickr
Sorry to hear about your strokes, that's kind of weird for a guy at 32 years old. I've been thinking about going in to get a physical myself, a 32 year old by me just died of a massive heart attack while swimming with his kids. Apparently there is no law on what problems you have at different ages. On a lighter note, filling all those extra holes is a good idea but be careful that you do not get carried away. I ended up drilling some of mine back out, because I did not have the foresight to see that I should have left them there.
Sorry to hear about the health issue. I had mine in 2008 @ 50, you realize later how many ways your life changes and not all of them for the better but, it's better than the alternative ~!
Nice "side effect" is you get some shop time. Just pace yourself, you'll get back into the rat race soon enough. And thanks for the update and the pics. "We" love'em as "we" can't find the motivation to get going and work on our own project! LOL
Wow so young to experience this set back! Ditto above enjoy the shop time and wishing you a full recovery soon.
Thanks for the kind words guys. It's been an experience, I'll say that. Pretty sure my wife is DONE with this little fiasco. Thankfully, I have short term disability through work, so we don't have to worry about the money, which is very comforting. It's been over a month since I was at work, which is both a blessing and a curse. Figured I better get my butt off the couch before I became a part of it.
The best part about this garbage experience is that I didn't lose any of my memory or personality. My strength, stamina and my ability to walk were hampered in the beginning, along with slurred speech and basic "drunk like" symptoms- but most of that is behind me now. Looking forward to the future and completing this project!
Today's project was to sort out this thing area in the corner of the windshield. There was a drain soldered in there, but it was slightly above the low point, so water was able to gather here.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ef87382d_k.jpgIMG_20190707_140442342 by Ryan Mazingo, on Flickr
I didn't have any cutoff wheels for my small grinder, so the 4" was put to work removing the offending metal. Not my best work, but also not my worst.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ccde3e53_k.jpgIMG_20190707_141631812 by Ryan Mazingo, on Flickr
Wire brushed what I could get to, then gave it a squirt of Ospho to protect the metal.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...2df41a76_k.jpgIMG_20190707_141809517 by Ryan Mazingo, on Flickr
No pictures of forming this piece, unfortunately, but let's just say it took me a while to get it right. Used a combination of shrinker/stretcher, hammers and dollies. The piece ended up with large waves through the flats after shrinking, so I cut off those bits and will weld in flat material later. My main objective was to get that flowing corner piece built and installed. Flat metal is easy to add later.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...dc7ba37f_k.jpgIMG_20190707_155237820 by Ryan Mazingo, on Flickr
I love how you take care of these details. What metal stretcher / shrinker do you have and are you happy with it ? I will need one for my next project.
Seth, I've got the El cheapo Harbor Freight shrinker stretcher set. They're not the nicest ones available, but they work pretty well for the limited use they get in my shop. I'd really love to have a set from Lazze, but he's awfully proud of his products. I do plan to build a foot pedal setup for mine, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5
Couldn't relax knowing I left it unfinished, had to go back out to the shop and button up the windshield repair.
I took my time cutting out the new piece, making sure everything lined up properly. If this is wrong, the windshield won't seal properly, so it's the perfect place to be very focused on perfection.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...05d6921e_k.jpgIMG_20190707_200440761 by Ryan Mazingo, on Flickr
Not a great picture, but the fit and finish is good. I laid the windshield frame in place and verified that the gap is consistent throughout the area.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7c90a8b9_k.jpgIMG_20190707_203326621 by Ryan Mazingo, on Flickr
NICE. You do some great work. It blends in nicely.
Very nice work on making those patches!
Sorry to hear about your condition. Did they figure out the issue? Weak heart, genetics, or?
Don't over do it during all that banging and welding. :LOL:
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Ryan- I had a Bisected ventricle in my neck. Basically, we all have 2 ventricles that run up the back of our necks and meet together in the brain stem, then they branch off and feed blood to the brain. The ventricle on my left side had a blowout, we'll probably never know why, and started to heal itself naturally. The body's way of healing a broken blood vessel/vein/ventricle is to clot: essentially an internal scab. When mine started to clot, little tiny pieces of the clot broke off and found their way to the smaller vessels closer to my brain. Eventually a clot large enough blocked one of those tiny vessels and caused a loss of blood flow to that part of my brain: what we commonly refer to as a stroke.Quote:
Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe
What made my strokes interesting, according to the doctors anyways, was that the largest stroke (I had 3) occurred in my cerabellum. The cerabellum is the only portion of the brain that is part of both sides of the brain, so I didn't exhibit any of the classic stroke symptoms, and therefore went undiagnosed for over a week until I demanded an MRI from a doctor who really didn't want to give me one. The biggest lesson I learned is that you have to be your own advocate. Doctors mean well, but it all becomes routine to them just like our jobs do to us. If you don't fit the standard description, they'll move past something potentially serious looking for the next likely thing. They gave me CT scans, but they didn't show any signs of stroke. My strokes were so small that they barely showed up on my MRI results. Bottom line, if something is wrong with your body, don't let a doctor convince you otherwise: make them prove to you that nothing is wrong. Your family will be much happier with a huge hospital bill than they would ever be with a cheap funeral bill.
Here's a picture of the first two strokes. The arrows point to light grey spots, which are dead brain matter (stroke). I spent 2 days in the hospital after these images were taken and was released, spent 1 day at home and woke up the following morning having another stroke. Then I got to do it all over again at a significantly less desirable hospital. My advice: just don't have strokes.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...11f81246_h.jpg26626 by Ryan Mazingo, on Flickr
Wow, I hope your feeling ok now, and thats great advice about doctors, had one try to kill me once because he didn't read my chart. Nice work on your ride .
Yikes! It's a good thing you got that MRI! I wish you all the best with getting past this!
A buddy and I pulled a long day in the shop prepping the exterior sheet metal. Only did the main body and doors, but it's in epoxy primer now and looking like somebody loves it. There's still a lot of work to do, but it looks so good in one solid color!
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...6cccd28d_k.jpgIMG_20190817_214340374 by Ryan Mazingo, on Flickr
Nice, that looks like real progress.
That is a real motivation booster! Just seen it in one color does a lot for the morale of a project, it's nice to get it sealed up in your environment to.
Motivation is indeed higher. I was blown away by how much less derelict it looks when everything is the same color.Quote:
Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5
Very nice! Seeing a change like that always helps me. Now to find the stop watch to keep time from getting away. :LOL: