Everybody that is currently building a car...

Thanks guys; I know there's a lot nicer rigs on here than this old box but I doubt anyone is having more fun than I am! I love this stuff, wish I could figure out how to do it for a living. Anyway, on to today's report:
I started putting the new front clip together. I fitted the side and front pieces, marked the headlight and grille location and got those cut. the headlight assemblies are a little narrower than the trim rings so I split them, made some simple angle brackets for mounting, and screwed them to those. I think it came out good; I still need to make a bracket for the bottom but it should be plent sturdy. Spent a lot of time on little stuff; the hood hinges were pop riveted on before but I took some small pieces if steel plate and drilled and tapped them to make an adjustable hood hinge. My wife has been taking some online classes for her degree so I've had a lot of time to kick butt on this lately. More to come tomorrow!

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In response to brickman, I didn`t want to hijack bluestang67 thread...
this was a past project I had to sell to finish the current one, wife wouldn`t let me have anymore ( save the whales ) as she calls it....
pics before I sold it all in Swede paint, minus motor...

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Originally Posted by 406Rich

In response to brickman, I didn`t want to hijack bluestang67 thread...
this was a past project I had to sell to finish the current one, wife wouldn`t let me have anymore ( save the whales ) as she calls it....
pics before I sold it all in Swede paint, minus motor...

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Rich its never Hi Jacking it's adding some great stuff.

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Originally Posted by falconvan

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Never liked re posting a pic but Falcon this just had to be the one . I really like the change's here and if you keep this up a side living can be made nicely . .

Front end is really lookin' good, Falcon!!!! The dual headlights really help out the plain jane front end look the van had!!!! Really good plan!


Started putting together a customers "brand new" Chevelle out at the shop today...All the tin is coming from Dynacorn, the dudes that make the 'maro's and Mustangs--seems to be decent stuff, let ya know more as the build progresses...and I'll try to remember to take the camera along and get some current "shop shots" one of these days....

Dave cool on the pics how did that Chrysler with a Hemi come out .

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Originally Posted by bluestang67

Dave cool on the pics how did that Chrysler with a Hemi come out .

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Been on "ignore" status for awhile.... Owner had to save up more money, probably back on it and get it knocked down and the body on the rotissierie next week... Just like most places, money seems to be tight for everyone this winter!!!!!

The dual beams turned out great. What an improvement over the original design. Nice job too!:cool:

Thye look fantastic Falcon, nicely done, your fabrication skills are getting pretty damn good bud!

406Rich, I ment no insult and I do like your frame. I don't think anyone thought you were stepping on anyones toes. I like seeing all the builds anywhere anytime. Sorry if I offended.

Got the lights on the other side mounted today. I made some braces to go around the perimeter of the grill opening and will hopefully get the grill made this week. Also started putting some angle braces on the hood mating surface; just drilled some holes and plug welded them in. I got these parking lights from a big rig place; they're Kenworth marker lights. I had all the inner panels sandblasted a while back and decided to just take some Rustoleum industrial enamel to paint the back side of them so they wont rust. the side that will show is going to get painted white like the rest of the truck. Here's my son and his "friend who is a girl but not his girlfriend" helping me out. She's got it bad for him but he's not seeing it.

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Rich, if anyone has hijacked this thread that would be me; I'm suprised and honored that these fine gentlemen havent kicked my butt off here or charged me a surcharge for posting so much.:LOL: Keep them pictures coming, we all like to watch each others progress. Glad you all like the front end, guys.

no way u get kicked off the thread falcon, and if u've hijacked the thread, i got NOOOOOOOOO problem with it. as ever i'm amazed at how much work ur getting done as well as how well ur doin it. YOU may not consider you to b pro caliber crafter, but i sure do !!!!!

Thanks Wiz; i owe it all to watching Dave's work for the last few years. If I can learn to fabricate half as good as him I'll be satisfied.

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Originally Posted by falconvan

Thanks Wiz; i owe it all to watching Dave's work for the last few years. If I can learn to fabricate half as good as him I'll be satisfied.

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Oh man, don't say that stuff, gonna make me blush.... I gotta fab everything cuz I'm too dang broke to buy the parts!!!!:LOL::LOL:

Anyway, here's some real low quality shots of the Dynacorn parts.... The roof and quarters on the '67 'maro and the floors, structure sides, quarter panels on the Chevelle. Oh yeah, then a shot of the lately neglected Plymouth... No updates on my own stuff, haven't touched it in a couple months.....

The Dynacorn stuff seems to be above average quality, still imported pieces by not too badly done. The quarters and roof went on the '67 (a real RS 4 speed small block car) with minimal trimming and adjustments.... I'm still in the process of fixturing the new floors and side structures for the Chevelle, but so far they also seem to be above average... Just some minor tweaking and presto, brand new Chevelle!!! The roof, roof supports, filler panels and firewall should show up on the truck next week sometime, I hope!!!!

and a couple more while I'm at it.


The big block is a stock old 454 going in the '69 'maro we're building for a guy til he can afford his new 572 crate engine. The rust monster Chevelle belongs to the dude we're building the new one for....looks like we'll be able to use the trunk lid and hinges, glass, a few trim pieces, and absolutely none of the sheetmetal off the car...

Then of course, another shot of my ever vigilant, always ready to attack watch dog, Pepper, hard at work!:rolleyes:

Hey Falcon, the kid's girlfriend is better lookin' then both of you!!!!! Really like the big van, that thing is gonna be kewl!!!!!!

The twin lights turned out just like I thought they would falcon, have you decided on what the grill is going to look like yet?

Dave you haven't changed, you still have 4 projects going at once! Wouldn't have it any other way would you?

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Originally Posted by brickman

The twin lights turned out just like I thought they would falcon, have you decided on what the grill is going to look like yet?

Dave you haven't changed, you still have 4 projects going at once! Wouldn't have it any other way would you?

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Well Brick, there's actually 5 in the shop, 2 more waiting, plus the 4 in my garage, and one sitting outside waiting for room.... So yeah, everything is normal around here!!!!:LOL::LOL::LOL:

In response to brickman 406Rich, I ment no insult and I do like your frame. I don't think anyone thought you were stepping on anyones toes. I like seeing all the builds anywhere anytime. Sorry if I offended.

There wasn`t any offense, I just posted the pic in Bob`s thread to show my shocks of a past project, didn`t want to put anymore in there to hijack his thread...that was some bright red paint though.:toocool:

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Hey Falcon, the kid's girlfriend is better lookin' then both of you!!!!! Really like the big van, that thing is gonna be kewl!!!!!!

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It dont take much to be cuter than me, Dave! I was looking at your projects; great stuff. The guy with the Chevelle must really want a Chevelle BAD. That a serious restoration project with those quarter panels, but if anyone can save it, I'm sure you can swing it.

Brick, I think I'm just going to use 3/4" square tubing for the grille; should have it done by the end of the week.

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Originally Posted by falconvan

It dont take much to be cuter than me, Dave! I was looking at your projects; great stuff. The guy with the Chevelle must really want a Chevelle BAD. That a serious restoration project with those quarter panels, but if anyone can save it, I'm sure you can swing it.

Brick, I think I'm just going to use 3/4" square tubing for the grille; should have it done by the end of the week.

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The rust bucket is being replaced by the new floor pieces on the table and the side structures leaning against it....Plus all the rest of the new sheetmetal for the body is on order!!!!! and, get this----the dude is building the car for his 16 year old daughter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

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Originally Posted by 406Rich

In response to brickman 406Rich, I ment no insult and I do like your frame. I don't think anyone thought you were stepping on anyones toes. I like seeing all the builds anywhere anytime. Sorry if I offended.

There wasn`t any offense, I just posted the pic in Bob`s thread to show my shocks of a past project, didn`t want to put anymore in there to hijack his thread...that was some bright red paint though.:toocool:

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Need more it's a education on some good work .

Dave had been wondering how you where coming along on the Chrysler. Thanks for all the pic's , great eye candy as all are . Just like this one .

http://inlinethumb36.webshots.com/13...500x500Q85.jpg

Yeah, I don't even like building sedans Bobby, but one as nice as your A or Walt's Plymouth can certainly get me in the mood to build one!!!!

Hope to get caught up at the shop and be able to spend some time in my own garage after this next month.... If I had known I was gonna live this long I sure as heck would have taken better care of myself!!!! I sure do seem to run out of ambition before I run out of work anymore!!!!

Happening to a few of us Dave no poroblems we just hit it when we can .

Yeah, like my old pal Dean sez, "gettin' old ain't for sissies"!! I took a tumble on the ice Wednesday night, slipped trying to get into the pickup and crashed really, really hard! Couldn't do a dang thing Thursday or Friday!!! So now I'm 2 more days behind what I was already behind...I think......:LOL::LOL:

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The rust bucket is being replaced by the new floor pieces on the table and the side structures leaning against it....Plus all the rest of the new sheetmetal for the body is on order!!!!! and, get this----the dude is building the car for his 16 year old daughter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

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Unbelieveable; some people have more money than sense. Wish I was one of them!

Glad you're OK, Dave. Be careful,we dont heal as fast as we used to.

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Originally Posted by falconvan

Glad you're OK, Dave. Be careful,we dont heal as fast as we used to.

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Man, that's an understatement!!! Not sure I'm ever going to heal at all!!! Half my body is now in technicolor from all the bruises!!!!!:LOL::LOL::LOL:

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Man, that's an understatement!!! Not sure I'm ever going to heal at all!!! Half my body is now in technicolor from all the bruises!!!!!:LOL::LOL::LOL:

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I like it when the blood runs :whacked: :eek: It's a pretty red color & it means my heart stilla pump'n :rolleyes: :D...joe

Oh Ya Dave, now your giving your all to your projects!! How are you feelin? Guys of our MATURE state should refrain for contact sports, like ice skating or maybe walking sometimes!

Brick, you mean Dave's MMA match is canceled!? Bummer!

I threw a grill together from 1/2" square tubing tonight after work. It's a little plain looking but I think if I put an expanded metal backer behind it it'll look decent enough. Also put some more angle braces along the upper edge where the hood rests. It's starting to feel pretty solid; maybe some lower braces when I'm putting it together for the final time. Here's a shot of the old front for comparison.

Came out super nice, Falcon. Very well done! Too bad that 99 out of 100 guys that look at it when it's finished will be clueless to the fact that the front tin is custom!!! But hey, that just means it's done right!!!!

Falcon I like the one piece lower myself . The front looks so much better with your design so keep it going and pics too.

Brian and IC2, Thanks for your interest, Over the weekend we got another 10" of snow and the garage thermometer was down to 17F. I was working on the car pretty steady until late November when it got too cold for my little heater in the garage to keep up and then we were busy with the "white Christmas", now they tell us that the present snow will still be here when we get even more in a day or two. It certainly seems like unusual weather for the Mid-Atlantic. Yes, I signed another contract for a book and I am trying to make this one sell better than the last one but it is intended to be a short text so I think I can get some work on the car if the weather would clear up. One picture I might not have shown is that I think I am getting near the end with just a few more wires and a hose to the power brake yet to go. The picture shows the tiop bows I did some time in September showing the carving in the front bow for the windshield wiper and the nice stainless top irons. I must have had the front bow on and off close to ten times and the screw holes started to get loose so now I have epoxied in the screws. Then I still needed more clearance for the wiper blade so since I couldn't get the screws out I took off the whole set of top irons to carve the bow some more. The plan is to get the motor running and the car inspected so I can drive it to a top shop. I am getting tired of the $50 fee every time I move the car somewhere! The last time was to the muffler shop for turbo mufflers and an H-pipe but it was $50 each way on a flat bed! Another problem is that I got a new laptop for Christmas (HP Pavilion) after the keyboard wore out on my old laptop and of course it has everything new, Windows-7, Excell 2007 and WORD 2007 so I sure miss my old XP system and have to learn a lot of new stuff and I still don't know what all the keys do on this HP laptop and then HP breaks in every so often trying to keep me up to date and I have no idea what the upgrades are so I have been busy on a laptop learning curve, but hey the thermometer in the garage tells the story. By the way I am pretty sure my immediate family now has immunity to H1N1 because about three weeks ago we were fine on a Sunday and sick as dogs for the following week. My wife vomited until she fainted and I actually thought she was gone laying on the bathroom floor! It lasted about a week but hey, now we are immune for another year! I'll bet IC2 and Brian are getting sunburn up near the Great Lakes while for some reason the Mid-Atlantic has become the Snow Belt! Crazy weather here!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Hi Don, my goodness I haven't seen your car in a long time and boy does she look good! That color is beautiful, I am not surprised that everything is so clean looking, very nice work Don. Is that a metalic brown, sweet.

Hi Don - finally hearing from you. I thought that you had been 'swallowed' up with your book, cold weather and whatever over the winter.

Your car is really looking great now - someday, after the winter that never ends, you should be able to get back working on it. This winter almost makes me reconsider our current plans to relocate to near Roanoke this year. They, for sure have had more snow and miserable weather then up here in NYS. We have had - possibly - 3/4 inches since early December, but it has been cool. We haven't had the flu but did get the shots several weeks ago. I hope you and your wife have gotten over your spell.

I posted current photos of my car on another thread yesterday, but here's one as well. The shifter and e-brake boots have to be installed along with a couple of other minor items inside, the top installed temporarily and the front end aligned.

http://www.clubhotrod.com/forums/sho...868#post376868

Falcon looks much better than the original! I didn't get a chance to say something like those tight bar thin tube grills that they make aftermarket for a Chevy truck would look nice, but what you came up with looks great too.:3dSMILE:

Hi Brick,

Glad you are up and about! The color is a metallic maroon which looks different in the dark and more red in bright light. Here is a beter idea of the color with my vulgar running boards which you may have missed. Most of the other folks were too polite to criticize this but IC2 did suggest I dip them in pickup bed black. I can do that later but my wife notes I tend to the gaudy so I'll leave them shiny for now. I had to put something on the boards because the car has been so long in building that I already have a few scratches and dings where I dropped a tool. I have an agreement in writing with the paint shop to do some touchups because they still are supposed to paint the wheels, but already the master painter has changed at that shop. In the meantime I have had two deer-repairs at that shop and I keep reminding them that "someday" i will be back to get the touchup and the wheels painted. The most recent deer collision was a total surprise. I was driving the family Saturn wagon on a four lane blacktop road through a forested area and I never even saw the big buck; I heard him hit before I saw him and he pretty well destroyed the left front fender and he only lasted a few quivering moments. He was a big 10-pointer and a beautiful animal but not as fast as he thought he was! Last week between snows we saw 12 deer in a group at one time and 11 on another occasion grazing on a large lawn just up the street on our rural blacktop lane that might have once been U.S. 1 back in the 1800s because it is called "Old Telegraph Road" but now just a two lane winding road with a one lane bridge just down the street in the other direction. I guess the deer were hungry after the Christmas snow and found the still green lawn a salad delight! The insurance cost on the Saturn was $3000 so I was glad I had full insurance coverage and it looks as good as new, but I now go real slow up that back road with the deep forest along it.

Best Wishes,
Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder