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Originally Posted by brickman

Purple Passion! That will be cool, lets pick up the pace I would like to see that myself.
Saturday and looking forward to getting started on my Dart today.

Pick up the pace??? The current pace is waaaaaay too quick allready!!!!! I'm just a crippled up old man now!!!!!!

Hope to get some work done on my pickup, and maybe a bit more on the Camaro this weekend... However it is rainy, and the old farmer in me sez hit the couch and spend the day napping!!!!!! Hard to say what will get done......

HaHaHa!! I here ya Dave, J/K anyway, but then off you go. Hey if you wanted to slow down on working on stuff you wouldn't of retired!

Speaking of work, here's the '56 Dodge redo Bill and I inherited after another clown screwed it all up and wasted a bunch of time and money...and yeah, that thing's got a hemi!!!!! As you can see, we have a lot of work to do. That's a new patch on the area behind the door, should have seen the junk the had RIVETED on there!!!! The rust above is just surface rust so no big deal, just have to grind it off and treat it with some Phix. The car is fairly straight, but does have some damage,, and unfortunately it appears that the worst of the damage was done intentionally. Shops like that reflect badly on all of us!!!!

Also, I had decided I didn't like the way the hood came out on my pickup so I repainted the whole hood, moved the stripes around a bit and added the one red bar in the grille. This pic shows it wet sanded and buffed for the first time with compound only. Should come out ok, at least I like it better this time. I hate to leave something done that I was saying "would of, could of, should of before the rest of the project is even complete!!!! I've had this truck for 16 years now and haven't got it finished yet, so I guess another day spent repainting the hood isn't a big deal!!!!!

The pics show the way it was first, and the way it is now.

Originally Posted by DennyW

I don't see any Blue on there, or stars yet Dave !!

Thought about a 3rd color, I'm just not artistic enough to work it in anyway that it doesn't wind up looking dorky!!!! As for the red, white, and blue.....Hmmmmm nope, don't think wrapping myself up in the flag and visually expressing pride in a country that IMO has gone to ____ in a handbasket the last few decades probably wouldn't fit my style, either!!!!!!

That WCFB sure brings back memories, had a pair of them on the '36.

[QUOTE=NTFDAY]That WCFB sure brings back memories, had a pair of them on the '36.[/QUOTE

Some day when I'm out to the farm, I'll try to remember to get a pic and some numbers off the pair that I have... The are complete with factory looking linkage...no idea what they came off of!!!! Got them at a swap meet many moons ago just cuz they were cool!!!! I ran two of them on a high winding, radically cammed 289 with the old Edelbrock 2 4bbl intake on a 65 Mustang coupe many years ago. They worked great!!! Simple old carbs to work on and synch. Don't even remember what the CFM rating was, maybe 400 or something????

[QUOTE=Dave Severson]

Originally Posted by NTFDAY

That WCFB sure brings back memories, had a pair of them on the '36.[/QUOTE

Some day when I'm out to the farm, I'll try to remember to get a pic and some numbers off the pair that I have... The are complete with factory looking linkage...no idea what they came off of!!!! Got them at a swap meet many moons ago just cuz they were cool!!!! I ran two of them on a high winding, radically cammed 289 with the old Edelbrock 2 4bbl intake on a 65 Mustang coupe many years ago. They worked great!!! Simple old carbs to work on and synch. Don't even remember what the CFM rating was, maybe 400 or something????

Mine were a matched pair from an early Vette. The first time I tried to rebuild them I ran out of carb cleaner so I just mixed a little gas with what I had left.
Damn, what a mess. I had a buddy drive me into Oceanside and found a station that the owner let me clean them in some good cleaner. I'll bet he told everybody that he knew about the dumb kid that came in with the gunked up carbs.

Originally Posted by DennyW

Yeah, I hear ya on that one. Just joking any way.

ps: They don't even sing the star spangled banner like it is supposed to be sang. Very little respect now.

I did think about a blue, purple, black or something pinstripe on the outside of the red pinstripe, but gave up on that, too!!!! Heck, it's already wet sanded and buffed now!!!!! I really want to get the old thing finished up this summer, 16 years is long enough!!!!!!!!!

As for the star spangled banner, thank God for a mute button for the tube!!!! Some of these "modern renditions" could really leave me PO'd!!!! But hey, nothing else matters anymore, why worry about some old song, right?????

Truck is looking good Dave, and 16 years isn't that bad. I like the ol' Hemi in the Dodge, she was a real screamer back in the day.

Yeah, it should be a fun car, the owner is really excited to finally see some work being done on it. Got the rear quarter blocked in today, looks pretty good. Should be able to get the body shell in primer next weekend. Also today, took time to look over the front fenders....Looks like some real manly type had to prove how tough he was and caved in one of the headlight openings with who knows what, looks like it was hit with a big piece of flat bar stock or something.... Suppose the dude was PO'd cuz the owner pulled it out of his shop.... Guess ya gotta be tough to beat up a car, huh?????

I agree, why take it out on the car! I think that baby is going to be a dandy to hotrod up.
I got my electric back up fan in today, no buffing, guy got tied up. I did get some new plugs in her and cleaned the engine so I am ready as I'm going to get for Branson @ 98degrees next weekend.

Dave new stripe is definitly a hit on the mark . The stripe outline is the accent that was needed brings it out .

Thanks Stang, yup it needed the stripe

Brick, looks like I can ad Branson to the list of places I've missed this year!!! Have fun, the new fan should really help out if it's as hot as usual!!!

I hope so, I let it idle in my storage unit in 100 heat and it stayed at 180 so maybe my heating troubles are gone. Branson in 100 degree weather with bumper to bumper traffic will be the test for sure.