Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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When I was a kid if you weren't respectful of your elders you were assured a torn up backside.If we got in trouble mom would tear that butt up and when dad got home you could expect the same ...times 2.Now days kids are so much left up to raising themselves,with tv and x boxes, that don't have any role models. I thank God my 29 year old daughter turned out to be a wonderful young lady,college educated and married to a great man with a new baby boy.A while back I overheard a conversation with her and one of her friends about their parents.My daughter told her "my daddy was always there for me".That kinda made all of it worthwhile.

The last couple of nights Dan and I have really been putting in some hours on our cars. We worked til 7 AM this morning, from 8PM last night. Today we started about 2 PM, and I just got home, and Dan plans to work until 7 AM again. It is so much cooler at night, and we get a lot more done.

We slipped the body back on the T for the final trial fit before paint. Wanted to make sure everything cleared and fit, and luckily, it did. I am also not going to use the big headlights I mocked it up with........now that the car is together somewhat, they just didn't look right, so I will use them on my Dodge truck. I dug around in my headlight collection, and found a nice pair of Guide lights that look much better, so that is what I'll use.

I installed the windshield to get the full effect, and am really happy with the stance and all. It looks just like I wanted, and it is just as low as I hoped. Dan and I are going to make our own T grille shell out of 18 gauge steel, because the fiberglass one I bought doesn't fit the radiator perfectly. He convinced my tonight that we should bend up our own.

Here are some pictures of how the mockup looks. I'm pretty stoked. Starting to look like a car finally. If I get it primed and painted by next weekend, that will only leave some wiring and plumbing to get it running.


Don

Dan has been working on his transmission tunnel, and has it about licked. He built a framework first out of thin round stock, and is now skinning it with 18 gauge sheet metal. The entire floor will be welded into one piece, and he is going to paint all the interior panels body color, and just put some snap in carpeting where your feel go on the flat sections.

Here is a picture of where he was when I left tonight.

Don

The T is starting to look really good. Have you decided what color to paint the body yet?

Dan's trans tunnel is shaping up nicely also.

Great workmanship on the part of both of you.