Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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Originally Posted by Ron B.

........ but obviously you haven't grown your blue hair yet, because from what i've seen down there ALL the blue hairs drive a Lexus!

They don't call him pops for nothin'!!

SAY Don
I thought I'd bring this back to the top for you Cause We'er all waiting for you to get STARTED again

Yeah I am waiting for you to park the Lexus and START the project again. heh

maybe he got to much sun done there over the week end

Sun? Sun tan? I think he was going to get his teeth whitened but got a tan instead.... (someone here should know where that is comming from)

Don---Whats the matter here???? Have you hit "burn out" on your project, or are you just taking a rest. I live vicariously through you posts, (seeing as I'm not building anything this year), and you seem to have come to a stop. Are you being pulled in too many directions by all you sons projects?

Brian: Kind of all of the above. Now that the rush to possibly have it ready to take to Daytona has come and gone, I have sort of stopped to catch my breath. You know how sometimes you have all this enthusiasm to build your car and sometimes you don't want to look at it? That is where I am at right now.

If I didn't have this darned cold I was going to go do some things on my T today, but the way I feel I may not even make it to work tomorrow. (Nyquill and a beer REALLY make you sleep good )

Thanks for asking though. Nice of you to care.


Don

Don---Ya can't be sick and creative at the same time. Being sick sucks in a large way ( I know---I've had the damn stomache flue for 2 weeks). Sometimes, you have to step back and take a breather. Whenever I am in the middle of a build, I hate to stop, because I always have this terrible fear that I might never get started again. I really hope you are feeling better soon, and that everything works out okay for you.---Brian

Thanks Bud. I do plan to get the engine to the machine shop this week, and then I can start using all these nice new shiny parts I bought at Daytona. I am also talking with one of our members about the stainless exhaust systems he makes, seeing if we can make up some zoomies for it.

The other thing is that Season is hitting in Florida, and we are buried at work. All of the snowbirds are returning and wanting their boats fixed. When I get home at night all I want to do is sit in front of this screen chatting with you all. Old age is a b****.

But, you are right, I need to force myself to get over there. Otherwise the momentum does slip away.

Don

Today I had to go back to work, couldn't squeeze out another sick day. Cold was still hanging on, but a Doctor customer of mine noticed I had the cold and told me to go to the store and buy a product called "AirBorne." He said it boosts your immune system, and shortens the duration of a cold. I was desperate, so I did. THIS STUFF IS AMAZING. After two doses of it, I feel 100% better, and am not sneezing and coughing any more. Just thought I would pass this along.

After work I felt good enough to stop at the shop and drop off my new radiator for the T, that showed up today. I had it built by PRC, the same folks who did Dan's '29 radiator. Thing looks so good I may not run a shell on it. I still have to pick out an electric fan, and cut out a hole in the shroud to mount it. There is no question I will use a SPAL fan, after the experience I had with the one on my Jeep. They really move a ton of air.

Didn't really get any work done (don't feel THAT good yet), but I did sit around and admire my radiator. Here are some pictures of it , with and without the shell. I probably will run the shell though.


I'm really anxious to get the engine machined so I can start building it. Lots of new parts for it, just waiting to be put on.


Don

Took some pictures of my Son Don's new project. Hopefully Dan will have the frame perch modified this weekend, and Dan can give him his Xmas present early. He has most of the parts to get this thing up on wheels (except he borrowed my rear tires to do the mock up ( ) He is probably going to run the same setup, except with one inch more backspacing, so the tires tuck in a little tighter.

Don

Hey Don, I really like that radiator, those guys do some great work!!!! The entire project looks really good. Glad to hear you found some new drugs......Now GET BACK TO WORK!!!!!!!

A good dose of the right stuff and off he goes, the radiator is very cool.

Hey Don, just wandering if there's anything going on with you or your sons car's. With my work schedule right now i'm living through your build.

Thank's for the time you put into this for us... Ron:

Thanks for asking. Yeah, we aren't going nuts on it yet, but he and I went to the shop Tuesday night and started mocking stuff up. We put the engine in the frame and started figuring clearances, etc. He still doesn't know he is getting a different frame made, and Dan and I are going to sneak over there Saturday and put in as many hours as needed to finish the frame up at that time. Xmas is just around the corner, so he have to hustle.

I ordered his engine mounts from Speedway, and they should be here Monday, so the timing should be ok. We are sort of in that pre-Xmas lull period, where you just can't get too involved with serious building, but that should change right after New Years.

Dan and I were just talking last night, Don has got to make a decision on wheels and tires early on, because they will dictate the final look and theme of the entire car. He is on the fence between chrome reverse, or Cragar SS, or solids, or??????????? Dan and I are going to have to get him moving in that direction so that we can start getting it up on the final wheels, and set ride height, etc. Don has never built an early car, just later models, so he needs some direction from us as to how to stick with a theme, etc. It is his car, but some of the things he has mentioned he wants to do to it are sort of all over the place, and we need to get the look tied down to one specific era.

So, not a lot going on, except for some pre-planning . I guess I could be doing something on mine though.


Don