Another build thread? Yep, my track-style T

[J. Robinson]

Well, I have figured it out for now. This old computer won't talk to my camera, but it will read a flash drive. My new laptop will download from the camera, but won't up load to this site, so... I put the pics on the laptop and resize them, transfer them to a flash drive, then load 'em into this computer and upload to the site. Sheesh! What a pain, but here we go

Since I completed the wiring and cooling systems a while back, I have been knocking other things off the punch list. I had glass put in the windshield frame about 3 weeks ago just before I bought the license plates. I installed a horn inside the nose and put a catch-can on the radiator.

Way back when I started this project I said I would show everything, right or wrong, warts and all. One of the pics below (which uploaded out of order as usual) show the hinges I made for the deck lid which didn't work. The other pics show the hinges I ended up with and the deck lid installed. Those hinges are "disappearing hinges" from the cabinet hardware section at Lowe's (Sure wish I had looked there first!). The pic with the lid open also shows part of the reinforcement I put around the opening. I used pressure-treated wood (2 x 4 ripped to 1 1/2 x 1 1/4) that I screwed and glued in place with body filler. After the body filler hardened, I removed the screws, countersunk the holes, reinstalled the screws with all-purpose glue on the threads, and then filled over the screws with more body filler. A little sanding and a fresh shot of primer and it looks like it's always been that way.