Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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I'm just the opposite, Don!!! I usually get a ton of work done the last 3 weeks of December cuz everybody is so busy doing Christmas stuff I don't have to put up with a zillion interruptions!!!!!!!

Don are you ready to just sell that thing to me? Come on, just think about how much of a pain it still is going to be to get it painted and TOTALLY done. Just imagine, sell it to me and all your worries are gone, you can spend more time... umm.. picking up cans...??? YEAH thats it, picking up cans! Now how much fun would that be?

Okay, you've talked me into it. Bring $200.00 and a set of golf clubs.


Actually, I've never been on a golf course in my life, and even when I would play miniture golf with a date, she would beat me.


I swear, tomorrow night I have to get SOMETHING done on this thing. I am finally shaking my cold, so I feel more like starting to work on it again.

But if I decide to bail out, you will be the first to know.


Don

Don's the only guy to have a 3 mo. cold. When he gets over the cold he'll have to go to REHAB
I can get a set of clubs hook up my trailer and be there by dinner tomorrow.

Yeah, you are right Charlie, this darned cold keeps hanging on. Everybody at work has been passing it back and forth, and is like me, and has no energy. Just when I think it is gone, it comes back. Maybe I'm not drinking enough. Even my Kid hasn't been over to work on his '29 for a while because he comes home from work and goes right to bed.

This has got to end sometime.

Don

I got to admit I had a cold last month and ever once in awhile it comes back for a visit. Those days I don't get much done. That along with a torn rotator culf and kidney stones on both sides I'm not getting much done either. Other day I went out turned up the heat , came back in the house that was it till the next day. I'll be glad when they get these stones out.

Looking good Don!!! How goes it with the new tig?

Thanks Dave. Well, he had planned all week to play with it today for the first time, but I kind of got him involved in the T. It's tough when you are the only good welder in the family, because we all depend on him to do our cars for us, and his sometimes gets neglected.

He's pretty good with it though, and I swear the next day at the shop is all his.

Don

Wow, that looks great Don. I still gotta get my rear end brackets welded on and get it installed. It must be nice to have a roller now!!

Yeah, I'm trying to keep up with you. Looks like you are getting all of your major parts bought, so you should be in good shape to get the T running pretty soon. Your UPS guy is probably developing a hernia.


Don

Nicely done gentlemen, you had a great day of it it seems!! It's always great fun to work on the rods with the best buds.

Starting to make a little progress again. Dropped off my engine at the machine shop yesterday, and he says it will be done next week. He also said it looks great, so a hot tanking, freeze plugs, cam bearing, cylinder hone, and maybe a slight decking should do it. I also left the pistons to be cleaned, and plan to reuse them with just new rings. I forgot to take the crank, so I'll drop that off when I pick up the block. I think it just needs polished, as it looks really clean too. By next weekend I should be able to start building the engine, hopefully.

While we were at the shop Don started mocking up his T bucket, and trying to figure out what look he is going for. He borrowed my chopped '32 grille shell from my '27, and as soon as he propped it up in his T, the direction of the car was set. This is the look he was after, so we put my front tires and wheels off of my '39 Dodge on it, and the rear tires off of my '27. So his T will be '50 style, kinda Grabowski-ish.

All he has to do is order some of his own tires and wheels from Coker, and he will be up on wheels. (and I can have my stuff back ) Somehow, my cars are getting stripped to build everybody elses.

Here are some shots of how it ended up looking. This weekend I have 3 days to work on my own car, so I should have some progress to post then. Assuming I have any parts left on my own car.


Don

Little Don has the right idea
I bet his comes in under 3K if he keeps using your parts

Yeah, and mine will be "Project $ 50K."


Don



PS: Machine shop just called, my engine is done. $ 254.93, and he said it checked out great. Tuesday I'll pick it up.

I bought my oldest stepson a elcamino some time back got it north of here brought it home and after working on it for a couple days found out there was nothing left of the frame from the midsection back. Wound up makeing a road trip to an army base in OK. picking up a rust free one with no drive train.That round trip was done over Thanksgiving left here and didn't stop till we were back here. Made one out of two. In all the car cost him the price of new shocks. Me I don't even want to think about it. The thing is I'd do it again,if he asked.