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Well, did a bit more panel fitting on Tom's Coupe and spent some time going over my body work and fixing up a few of the oops spots....going over the body from back to front for one more block and de-ding, finish fitting the splash aprons and fenders, do the doors, then a double coat of hi build primer and block. All in all a good day, even still feeling half ways healthy after my "Texas fix".... Hopefully be able to escape another week after Christmas and get warmed up again.... Then hopefully some time in the spring to watch that crazy Worrell kid go circle burnin' in the sprinter....

Hope to get some time in on the Bronco this weekend, and of course the tube on Saturday night for the race in Charlotte.....and a dreaded partner's meeting on Sunday afternoon to start clearing out of some business involvements....

The weather sucks already, other then that things are going quite well.....

If its not too windy we're going to put new steel on the shed roof, and if it is too windy I'll be splitting wood. Winter is coming **)

Today was a beautiful AUTUMN day here in Southern Minnesota, in the 70s and no rain.

Took the stock T tudor for a ride around the section (try to drive it every day), got my rebuilt coils in and it really scoots now...... maybe even up to 45 mph:3dSMILE:

Got the patio blocks planted around my son's house, put siding up to 4' high.

Tomorrow I'll be tairing off rotted sheeting and 2X4s. Hope to get it rebuilt and sided before that rain from South Dakota shows up.:whacked:

Gotta gas up the old T; I use a carpenter's square to measure how much gas is in it.... only got 1/2 inch left.

Oh ya, I'm on a kick, trying to get people to use the word Autumn instead of Fall. Leaves fall off the tres in the Autumn. Did ya see that I got Dave using Autumn now?:3dSMILE: :3dSMILE: :3dSMILE:

Ive been working on my halloween outfit, got almost two weeks in on it now. Im doing a real samurai armor. Lots of hammering, and lots of hole drilling, i have complete respect for the master craftsmen of the early days!! will post pics in a few days.

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Originally Posted by Tom F

Today was a beautiful AUTUMN day here in Southern Minnesota, in the 70s and no rain.

Took the stock T tudor for a ride around the section (try to drive it every day), got my rebuilt coils in and it really scoots now...... maybe even up to 45 mph:3dSMILE:

Got the patio blocks planted around my son's house, put siding up to 4' high.

Tomorrow I'll be tairing off rotted sheeting and 2X4s. Hope to get it rebuilt and sided before that rain from South Dakota shows up.:whacked:

Gotta gas up the old T; I use a carpenter's square to measure how much gas is in it.... only got 1/2 inch left.

Oh ya, I'm on a kick, trying to get people to use the word Autumn instead of Fall. Leaves fall off the tres in the Autumn. Did ya see that I got Dave using Autumn now?:3dSMILE: :3dSMILE: :3dSMILE:

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Tom autumn is settling in here. Actually turned on the heat tonight! We too enjoyed a beautiful autumn day! Just didn't get to do the drive in the truck! It was a work day! Tomorrow we get to cruise the bay though and that will be nice.

I'll be doing drugs, sleeping, eating & watching TV in no particular order.

That's why I'm up now at 3am....joe :whacked: :whacked: :whacked:

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Originally Posted by skids72

back to back races sat and sun to wrap up the season if mother nature agrees with us. ...

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We got cancelled today but they didn't call it until I already left the house so a nice 60mile trip in the fog and drizzle... who needs wipers? At least she's idling better now that I washed the distributor cap.... maybe tomorrow.

Had a great day on the bay in S.F. Here is a shot of the Canadian Snow Birds flying near Coit Tower
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/c...nowbirds-2.jpg

Went to the Flea Market this morning, bought 2 oak rocking chairs & matching table for the front porch, and a smaller pressure washer. Tomorrow, I'll pressure wash the golf cart motor, and test drive the chairs, it was 92 & sunny here today.

Pat

I'm putting in 14-16 hour days, trying to make some progress. My wife comes out in the garage and just shakes her head. What? :LOL:
Ken

OK tomorrow Ken, I'll be out there working on the truck, even if it is for a few minutes only!:D

The plan was for my son Jeff & I to split firewood Friday afternoon/night. But, just as we got into a good rhythm the linkage on the valve body broke
I decided waiting for a new part to get here, and since it was Friday night I could make one faster. As I sat at the computer to draw up the part I thought "MAN THIS IS A LOT O' WORK" So, I figured I'd give JB weld a try. Glued the pc. back together and let it set overnight. After running some errands this morning I put it back together to give it a try. It lasted about 10 minutes. LQQKs like that's 1 thing JB can't fix. The part is pot metal so I went back to plan "A" making a new one out of aluminum. I didn't have thick enough stock to make it one pc. so I cut 2 pcs. and tigged them together. I beefed it up where the old one broke as much as I could without it interfering with movement.
BTW: I think this one will hold up. I was using the track loader to load the bigger logs in the splitter. First log I caught the valve handle with the backhoe bucket and spun the splitter around Didn't even bend it. We are back in business.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...PLITTER1-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../APLITTER2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../SPLITTER3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../SPLITTER5.jpg

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Originally Posted by stovens

OK tomorrow Ken, I'll be out there working on the truck, even if it is for a few minutes only!:D

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And when you get it running we are coming up for a ride, can't wait!!
Ken

O.K. I put the honey do list on hold for an hour today, and cleaned up my old oil pan and painted it. The long block got shipped on Friday so I figured I better get the pan done to seal out the elements. It is a little dented and scraped, but you'd have to be on your back with the truck jacked up to ever see it, so I'm not too worried. It's surprising how thick the stack metal was!
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/c...uelpump006.jpg

Let's see tomorrow we drive to Arkansas from DFW area for a look-see, spend a couple days then head back north to Mi and finish preping the yard for the white stuff. When thats done it's back to the Cobra. We are checking the AR area out for a possable relocation next year, wife can't handle the 7 mos of cold so we are looking at a shorter winter area with a bareable summer.Carl