Preparing for winter--------

Well, what are you doing to get ready for winter??????????


I'm rearranginging the layout of the garage so that I can get my projects inside for some progress before its cold and snowy------

First have been considering things to move around so maybe the floor pan will be more condusive to where to put which car and which way to orient them--length ways or cross ways??? Moving the aircompressor to have more area around the welder and welding bench plus my frame jigs-------Got to allow a lot of room for bending tubing for the tube to sweep either up/down or horizontal (20+ ft tubes take a lot of clear area for swing) I try to always do vertical bends as its easier to measure the bend with a level-------


Re arranging area where bandsaw, disc/belt sander to put Kwik Way boring bar/fixture back there as sorta same type cleaning issues(iron/metal chips) and that will open up area near surface grinder and CK10 hone where the boring bar was----------


Going to redo the overhead door to make it lighter and stronger---and more air tight!!!!!!!!!!!


What are you doing??????????

I'm picking out a warm set of shorts..

I got a small wood stove installed in the corner of the living room of my small house. When I rebuilt after a fire, I rocked in the whole corner, just for this.

The living room WAS the coldest room in the house. Not now.

My shop has 10'x10' doors, 3 of them. They are wood and very heavy, so I had them all replaced with insulated doors. They are very light and much tighter in the seals. Also replaced the side door with steel insulated door. Then replaced the 3 windows which were original to the shop from 1975. They were plexiglass pull downs which were replaced with double insulated glass windows. I put a new heater in 2 years ago and had it all checked out and cleaned when the guy I use did the house heater. I am ready to go and be much warmer in the shop.

Put a new sparkplug in the snowblower, cleaned and adjusted the heater in the garage.....after buying a new furnace and a/c for the house not enough $$$$ left for a new one in the shop.... Other then that, haul some junk out, rearrange things a bit and check on prices for tickets to Phoenix, Tampa, and other warm spots to visit!!!!!

I guess it's time to drop the mower deck and mount the snow thrower... or maybe for now just put the push blade on??

probably do the early maintenance on the push mower and crank all my 2 cycles every month until the weeds start growing again in the Spring (late Feburary around here) - - other than that maybe some long sleeves instead of teeshirts and then business as usual - - - now if we get a hard winter (doubtful) then I may have to come back and delete this post LOL

not much to do around here. full tank of propane , 2 cords of wood , full tank of farm diesel and i'm pretty much ready . going to run the pool this year instead of covering it. pull down the door to the shop and light off the heat and i'm done .

I need working space for 6 cars this winter and I'm seriously considering selling off some of my engine equipment which would make room for the cars and would save several hundred $$$$$ for storage space that takes too much engine work to pay for out of profit?????????? but doesn't allow me to get anything done on the cars-------sound reasonable?????????????????

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Originally Posted by jerry clayton

I need working space for 6 cars this winter and I'm seriously considering selling off some of my engine equipment which would make room for the cars and would save several hundred $$$$$ for storage space that takes too much engine work to pay for out of profit?????????? but doesn't allow me to get anything done on the cars-------sound reasonable?????????????????

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Are you saying that you're paying rent on space to do engine work, but the engine work doesn't show enough profit to even pay the rent, plus it's taking too much time to allow you to work on the cars you're wanting to build? If that's the case it sounds like a no brainer. Buy engines from someone else, and build the cars you want to build.

I have so much I need to do but I doubt I get half of it done. I'm trying to get 3 cars and trucks parted out and scrapped before it freezes and snows. I'm wanting to add another bay to my shop and I'd like to build a little shed to store my 72 in. Then I can clean up around the shop and rearrange stuff before it is all lost and stuck to the ground. I highly doubt I'll get my 76 chevy running and put the blade on it. :LOL: The lists never end.

Got about6 cord of wood out back and 2 up by the house all covered and dry. Both shops are crowded as I'm working on my 72 this winter. The plow truck is parked at the end of the (1/4 mile) drive way ready to go.. Guess I can sit back and wait for winter

saving a few bucks for a rebuild on the mustang engine ,, spun a rod bearing and eat off a cam lobe on the 351 the last time i drove it .. leaning towards putting the 429 back in it ...

burn wood.

Service the snow blower--
Wash, wax, cover the car--
Gain a pound or 2 eating home made soups & warm bread pudding with whipped cream--
Dream of, yearn for, pray for a fast mild winter with Spring closely following!!!
;-)

Should the need arise to do something in the small 2car garage, I have one of those 2settings propane heaters. Works real good enough not to need a parka!!LOL!!
Sweatshirt friendly, that is!!

Since I have a roadster with no heater, to prepare for winter I'm buying a set of nice warm long johns to add to my "layers". The johns, plus sweat pants and shirt, plus jeans and another shirt or sweater, plus a hoody, then covered by my warm jacket, and wearing two pair of gloves, two pair of warm socks, and lined low boots. That's what I was wearing when I drove 2 hours north of here last winter a couple weeks before Christmas to a Toys for Tots hot rod meet. Looking forward to doing it again this year since it's a good cause and an exhilarating ride, as long as you ignore the people who think you're plum crazy.

Not quite that way Roger---------After selling the big shop a few years ago, I brought all the engine /shop machinery back to my home shop and have had cars and other stuff in storage faciulty for years now-----------as I am getting older I want to finish some of the things for me and Robin----------I have studied the lay out of the shop equip and with some re arrangement will gain room for vehicles instead of build carts------also, since I'm not racing myself, (the reason I got the engine equip) I only have a few that I want to do for our stuff( a hemi, flathead, blown cobra Bonneville engine((maybe a spare one of these)) )
so I have decided to sell off the engine only stuff so we don't have to move it south--------leaving the lathe,mills,saws,welders,etc---all of these fit around the walls instead of a central shop footprint(bigfoot) and I can get 8 cars in with run to work------And stop paying storage $$$$$$$$$$$$, but I do get a volume discount as I have several units----


And I won't be buying engines from anyone ----maybe paying another guy to spin my balance jobs after Ido the bob weights, etc or let me use his CK10 hone to hone some cylinders that have my torque plates and fasteners------


And I am looking forward to cutting down the many different welding rod alloys that I have to maybe a half dozen or so but the amount of scrap metal ain't going anywhere-----

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Originally Posted by jerry clayton

Not quite that way Roger---------After selling the big shop a few years ago, I brought all the engine /shop machinery back to my home shop and have had cars and other stuff in storage faciulty for years now-----------as I am getting older I want to finish some of the things for me and Robin----------I have studied the lay out of the shop equip and with some re arrangement will gain room for vehicles instead of build carts------also, since I'm not racing myself, (the reason I got the engine equip) I only have a few that I want to do for our stuff( a hemi, flathead, blown cobra Bonneville engine((maybe a spare one of these)) )
so I have decided to sell off the engine only stuff so we don't have to move it south--------leaving the lathe,mills,saws,welders,etc---all of these fit around the walls instead of a central shop footprint(bigfoot) and I can get 8 cars in with run to work------And stop paying storage $$$$$$$$$$$$, but I do get a volume discount as I have several units----


And I won't be buying engines from anyone ----maybe paying another guy to spin my balance jobs after Ido the bob weights, etc or let me use his CK10 hone to hone some cylinders that have my torque plates and fasteners------


And I am looking forward to cutting down the many different welding rod alloys that I have to maybe a half dozen or so but the amount of scrap metal ain't going anywhere-----

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Well, it sounds like you have the plan. I was probably the only one who didn't understand your earlier explanation/question. :o**)

I'd love to have a mill and lathe and a bunch other stuff. In due time I suppose. :LOL:

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Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

I'd love to have a mill and lathe and a bunch other stuff. In due time I suppose. :LOL:

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Buy Jerry's in a few more years....;):):)

My lathe is an early 1940s era Pratt & Whitney off an early WW2 warship------------------around 70 years old now---no CNC or metric stuff anywhere------------

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Originally Posted by jerry clayton

My lathe is an early 1940s era Pratt & Whitney off an early WW2 warship------------------around 70 years old now---no CNC or metric stuff anywhere------------

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Best kind!! Who needs CNC if you're not doing production runs of 1000's of parts??

Oh-I forgot to mention that we had SNOW flakes today for a couple hours--no build up as it melted as it hit but being a loud mouth about it will probable have a foot by morning---------------


Now got to go to a meeting about a 3 million dollar 1.6 mile bike path-----------------

Jerry you taking your Schwin??:LOL::LOL::LOL:

I've got to get around and clean the burner in the stove and that should about do it.

Sorry Jerry, but you can keep all that white stuff! :LOL:

I have to pull everything out of the shed, and bring the snowblowers to the front, and put the tractors in the back.. I have a blade to fit my LX188 John Deere but I have never mounted it since the walk behind snow blowers work just fine.

I put in a new hot air heater a few years ago and last year upgraded the windows to double pane. Had the heater cleaned and tuned up a week ago and the shop will be nice and warm when I want to work out there.
As far as the car goes................I have those race ramp stands that cradle the tires and keep the car a foot off the ground. That way I have access to do anything under the car and it is much more steady then having it on 4 jack stands.

well I got Robins 33 and the cobra into the shop last nite but the 33 is still aprox 50 feet from where the tig cables will reach for doing the headers and under neath exhaust----Cobra wanted to run over the John Deere 455 on the sloped part of the back yard so we ended up putting strap thru the front wheel so that one tire slid (brakes/) and just pulled it around from to the concrete drive---------I hurt all over this morning--

We are still using the cooler during the late afternoons... but the temps are supposed to drop to the high seventies in a week or two.

I grew up about a hundred miles south of Chicago, but mine and my wife's family fled the cold weather in the early seventies. I followed with my wife and kids in '75! I was in my mid twenties by then, but I've had enough sledding, ice skating, snowmen, shoveling... and RUST... for one lifetime! :-)~

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Originally Posted by jerry clayton

I need working space for 6 cars this winter and I'm seriously considering selling off some of my engine equipment which would make room for the cars and would save several hundred $$$$$ for storage space that takes too much engine work to pay for out of profit?????????? but doesn't allow me to get anything done on the cars-------sound reasonable?????????????????

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You still need to move down South Jerry ......... lots of room and milder temps

We got ready for winter Saturday night at midnight WE CHANGED THE CLOCKS TO WINTER TIME LOL LOL....ted

I'm going to redo my present garage door as since its 9x18 no one has anything readily available---so I'm going to remove the paneling on outside, insert styofoam and then add the reverse board/bat siding likes on house-----it is heavy and kills off a couple rollers yearly but that's the way its been for 30 years and I'm going to be adding the insulation along with the fresh siding material-----


And I'm adding sets of 10x 450x5 go kart tires wheels at the forward 4 bar mount on the 33/34 chassis I have so I can move them around with a swivel under the front cross member-----------