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I am allowed to play when the wife isn't home, I am not allowed to sing ever.. I am a traditional Bluegrasser and already play a Martin D-35. My son-in-law, Greg is a very accomplished musician in the Central Texas/Austin area. He has helped me out quite a bit on the car and I thought it would be cool to let him use his talent in instrument making. I thought it would be cool to use the guitar through the Bluetooth connection :)
Won first place in two classes at a local car show yesterday. First wins for the 33.
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Congratulations! Well deserved for all the work into that car!
Times 2. Congrats on the trophies. Did you get a chance to walk around and play the guitar???
Guitar not done yet.
I did this though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnSphCtotb8
Dang kids!!!! :LOL:
Nice wins at the show!
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Another show, more wins
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Get those trophies off that nice paint! :LOL: Just ribbin ya. It looks great! You didn't happen to take any pics of that SS 2nd gen Camaro next to you did you? I'm a sucker for them. :LOL:
Congrats on the trophy. Car is looking good.
Congrats on the trophies! Your car is definitely a head-turner!
Busted Knuckle Rod and Truck Magazine did a photo shoot on the Hot Rod. It was published in issue 9. Thanks to all on here who have been encouraging and helpful with questions. Particular thanks to the Factory Five Staff, Kory and the Team at 121 Rod & Restoration, Loyd Mead and Steve Addison at Monster Clutch Company, Bill and Karin Ondo, and Gerardo Gutierrez for all the support. Also my wife for tolerating me.
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That is great I know what it means to be in a magazine
WOW, Congrats to you and the family. That is cool.
I really love the way you made that build your own.
You’re a true craftsman!
Take care, Rich
I appreciate the kind words but there are a lot of great and talented people that pitched in and either taught me or helped me or did neat things for me on this. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE.Quote:
Originally Posted by RichB
Congrats WRP!
Made page 70 of the Car Craft Mag February 2020 issue under WTF.
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Interesting, after 66 years of following every single issue, it appears this may be the last one. How ironic to hvae made it to the final issueQuote:
Originally Posted by wrp
Been out shooting the car in contrast with Christmas lighting. Enjoy
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That's some really nice pictures of your car! Should try some in my 'hood, it would really look good with that color in all the damn snow!
This one turned out nice
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Great pictures! Car looks Awesome!
Made two months in the Factory Five Hot Rod Forum Calendar
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congrats on the calendar features! Beautiful car. Like the shots with reflected Christmas lights!
Thanks guys
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With the seats cut we took the valves and used an aggressive cutting compund with the stopper tool to insert them into the guides then hand finish a seal between the valve and the the valve seat. Essentially the seal is ground into the highest point of the convex surface of the seat. I have a piece in the video turning the valve by hand with the tool but do not have a picture of it. At any rate this is a finished job. On the second photo (5th) note the grey band around the valve. This is the seal. We inspected each closely uner a bright light. Sort of like fiberglass work, we were looking for high spots and low spots in the grey band as well as the consistency of the band width as well as a matching grey band on the seat in the head (next photo). So anyhow, 16 of these. We found several valves in these brand new heads where the grey band showed high and low spots so we had to rework the valves on a lathe. They were stainless steel. We tested each valve for seal with an air compresser and a jig, shown in the videos. My valve seats and seals are solid.
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So that pretty much completed the bottom side. Next we turned to the valve guides and the spring seats. If you look closely at the guides, the larger is the stock guide and the smaller one is the machined guides we did. The limiting factor on these heads is the lift. About .450 is all they will take. My cam has a .450/.460 lift so we shortened the entire guide after it was installed. The wider area around the base of the guides is also too thick on the stock guide to allow the double springs to fit, so we had to cut down the diemeter on the bottom and lower the lip so the springs would not coil bind due to the retainer hitting the guide. Also, note the spring seat around the bottom of the guide, we had to widen that seat for the new springs to sit flat.
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I am not pretending to be an expert on this. I have taken my time with a machine shop that was willing to let me watch, ask questions and even do some work. Like paying for a graduate level course at the local University. Here is the movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWjn-Zr63sQ&t=42s
I have been going through a set of SBC Vortec heads in preparation for instlalling them in my 355 Ci motor. Even with my flat tappet cam had too high a lift for any spare room for the heads which are limited to .450 lift. My cam was a .450/.460 lift so we went to a machine shop to prep the heads. The man who owned the shop was gracious and allowed me to participate in every step of the process. It was a better learning experience than any postgraduate program I have been in. In this segment, we are lapping the valves which essentially means establishing a seat on the heads for the valves to seal against. We had drilled out the old valve seats and replaced them, then recut them. Lapping w2as the final step and it is a good thing we decided to do it. Some of the valves, though from the factory and never installed, had flat spots on the seat area. Enjoy the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLygbUZKshk
Very cool to see how your measure the fit and seating of the valves.
Thanks, the surfacing machine is accurate enough to shave a mark from a magic marker off changing it from black to grey. I have not nearly shown the use if micrometers to determine the vale stem size of a number of other measurements.Essentially it took an entire day to hone the valve guids. Each one is matched to the valve that will go into it.
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Installed the seals, valves, springs and retainers tody, Got the heads home.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_MPOjV3hnM&t=22s
One of my passions lately is taking pictures of the car with Flags flying in the background. Drove around Plano today snapping a few shots. Enjoy.
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Nice! Looks like that flag is as large as the car!
Actually, it isQuote:
Originally Posted by 34_40
So this has been my bucket list, not the car, the ability to work with people, learn, share, solve problems, and be proud of the result. Was thinking about the build the other day and if crossed my mind, the build is not about the car, it is about the people.
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very true!
So I have had a lot of fun going around shooting images of the car with an American Flag backdrop. It is interesting to note the number of businesses that display flags versus those that do not. It is also interesting to note those that display the flags with care and appropriateness. One particular private school near me does a fantastic job. The adminstrator in charge is very knowledgable and a genuinely nice person. I had notice their flag was beginning to fray and was getting tangled in the rigging so I went out and bought them a new one. They were very gracious and I enjoyed meeting and talking to them. The principal presented me with a note of thanks from each student in the school. I had not expected that and was frankly overwhelmed with gratitude. I think I have found a calling. Enjoy
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I am looking for a solution to the battery box in my 33. I have mocked one up, intending to construct it out of carbon fiber, but I wonder if any of you might have good looking solutions you have discovered or developed?
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