Thread: Hey Its Friday Guys... Any Hot rod fun In your area this weekend?

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Mike, I thought you were supposed to go to the Mud Wrestling tonight.

Em

Originally Posted by MelloYello

Mike, I thought you were supposed to go to the Mud Wrestling tonight. Em

SHHHHHhhh... not so loud!!! Can't you keep a secret?!?!?

I wuz whispering - sorry

Originally Posted by M.T.

when do you supposed to get your seat back anyway?

That is the million dollar question. I'm not too worried about it. I have to paint the bed, front windshield frame, and dash still. I'm trying to get 99% of the simple lingering things done this weekend so I can bust my ass getting those last few parts painted.

Got the bus home from New Plymouth Friday.
The higher diff ratio (3.42) makes it a far better cruiser.
Spent the day (hey, it's Saturday already here!) doing a whole host of mundane jobs on it.
Changed the rear riding light lenses from orange to red, (the new lenses didn't quite fit, so spent some considerable time lathing them down with an emery board,) spent three hours scraping the paper delivery stickers off the inside of the windows . . . several were behind partitions or the bench splash-back . . . just about impossible to reach.
But with patience, a new long blade in the box-cutter, needle-nose pliers and tweezers I got there . . . also a magnet on a piece of string for when I inadvertently dropped the box-cutter. . . .
Got She Who Must Be Obeyed to give me a hand to shift the ceiling panel to a place of safety.

Also spent a lot of time sitting, looking, and thinking.

All good.

ANother milestone! That's great news!

Originally Posted by 34_40

ANother milestone! That's great news!

You up and about already?? I'm thinkin about finding my pillow..

Originally Posted by lamin8r

You up and about already?? I'm thinkin about finding my pillow..

Yep... I shouldn't be but, I am..

Originally Posted by M.T.

I can understand working extra on double D's but double S's

Yup, no racing this weekend, so I'll be working on a couple chebbies, one of mine then some time this afternoon on my friend Craig's old pickup.

I'd really rather be gone someplace racing with the Ford's!!!!!!!

Yesterday NSRA Nats in Kalamazoo. today Changing clutch on plow truck.

With weather like this this early Charlie, we best start preparing for winter now. All the predictions don't paint a pretty picture.

Originally Posted by johnboy

Got the bus home from New Plymouth Friday...... Also spent a lot of time sitting, looking, and thinking.

All good.

jb, that reminded me of an old colloquialism from the Missouri Ozarks of my youth, when an old timer was asked if he'd been sittin' on the porch all afternoon,

Ah-yep, been sittin'. Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.

That sittin' time is some of the most important time on the project, when one just sits & looks at the beast, and lets the mind sift through the options and alternatives. Besides, you've got a couple of years of "sittin' & lookin'" in backlog on that bus, for sure! It must be a great joy to actually have it in the shed where you can wander out and mess with it at your pace, and drive it up and down the road as you please! I'm happy for you both! As you say, it's all good!

This past year around here the car count has been down. Money has a lot to do with it. I'm looking forward to the Pumpkin Run Oct 4th. Big swap meet, may find some stuff for my 51 Dodge. We had the Cynthiana rod run, here in Ky, a few weeks ago, last yr there were 1400 cars, this yr I'd say 800 was tops. Hope next yr is better, maybe some things will finally pick up around here. Enjoy what we got left, good ole winter is almost here.

I was able to get something done for a change this weekend. Moved and dug up some rock in my parent's driveway which was all pott holed out, unloaded my trailer of round bales, fed one and stored the others, got this dang white dodge done, gave the kids a ride on the tractor, put the COE back in it's nesting hole, drug out my Mom's 68 Mustang and put the wheels and tires from my 40 on it, and tried to stay focused on not working on any other projects for the week besides the 40.