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yep been there many times keep at it i timing you

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

yep been there many times keep at it i timing you

Timing me????? Don't bother with a stopwatch, a calender is more what you'll need for me!!!!!!!

On vacation for 2 weeks so today I hit the rt 1/4 a stripped the paint off . These Nylon wheels are the Sh3t , removed paint went over with 180 then polished it with a scoth brite . Still a lot of pieces to do so a little at a time . Not letting the Mustang sit to close now down
to about 10 hours work on it for paint ..

Guy told me to take it all down to steel and show it on Ebay .This way they can see it's all steel no patches in body or fenders and splash aprons .. Also borrowed a sand blaster for the inside of fenders .

Spare fender i bought but decieded to keep the ones i had less plastic needed . Will put them on Craigs list for local pick up shipping is high on them .

As said earlier have spent some time in the garage but the wife got me hooked on that D$$n Farmtown on Facebook .

No Bobby, say it isn't so! Not another Farmtown junkie! They're trying to pull me in but I'm not going without a fight.

Originally Posted by falconvan

No Bobby, say it isn't so! Not another Farmtown junkie! They're trying to pull me in but I'm not going without a fight.

Falcon run and run fast game is bad

Looks good Bobby!!! The body looks like it's in really great shape!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Looks good Bobby!!! The body looks like it's in really great shape!

Dave the body is rust free except what looks like rock chips in the front area . The hood and cowl have it the worst . Now there is some all over but only slight compared to this . This with it's age has caused some pitting but not bad like a car out in the weather . With you maybe 2 to 3 weeks start to finish buffing paint .

Selling it is a draw but climbing in it at 53 and plopping in the 37 is not a hard decision to make . Getting in and out of the 94 Escort is enough it's low like a Ferrari LOL .


A pic of cowl and chips

Little 94 Escort was sick blew its rusted Chicago salted brake lines a few days ago with Josh driving it . Well he was smart enough to E brake it and use what was left in the pedal to get it home 10 mile's .

Well 94 Escort wagons have 2 lines running to the rear not just one .At the parts store purchased those neat plier type line bender and it worked like a charm replacing the lines . Still runs to good to give it up ,

I have not posted here for a while but here are some recent developments. I purchased the complete kit for oak bows and beautiful STAINLESS top irons from Brookville about two years ago and finally got around to varnishing the bows and mounting the top irons. Then I found out they had sent me the '30-'31 bows but they exchanged them even though I had already varnished the bows, kudos to Brookville! So all I had to do was bolt things together, right? HAH! At least three techs who shall remain unnamed told me different ways to mount the wiper motor until I found "Pete" at Brookville who remembered routing a groove in the front header to hide the wiper blade. Since Dremel makes a wood cutting bit available for only $5, I used my Dremel tool to carve out a groove under the bottom of the front header to hide the wiper blade after mounting/unmounting the bow for trial-and-error fit at least five times! Then I thought all I had to do was screw on the other bows. HAH! Even though the top irons are beautiful they have to be bent out slightly to match the inverted U-shape of the bows and one side popped the screws out while I put the screws in the other side. Well that was repaired by filling the holes with epoxy and clamping the bow sides with small U-clamps. So far it is holding but the top irons are very stiff even though I have lubricated all the joints so it remains to be seen whether any screws will pop out when I try to fold the unit. I may have to use a few through bolts instead of screws if the screws don't hold. So anyway, for anyone else who has a roadster here a few pictures of the way I have approached the wiper problem. Maybe you can see the brakeline tubing covering the wires to the wiper motor in the last picture, if you can't see it that is good because it means it is not very noticeable!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

I too have not posted updates of my project in some time.
My '50 Studebaker Retro-Rod is nearing a 10 yr. build.
First 3 photos is where she's at today.
Trunk lid and doors still need adjustments.

The complete build story here: www.1950studebakerretrorod.com

The Elky looks great, but yeah, the kid's too clean....He ain't done much yet!!!!! Great job on the scoop!!!!

Nice work!

Wow, some great looking stuff on here the last few days! Don, your top is coming along great. That Stude is awesome looking; it looks like it's going 100MPH standing still. The Camino is cool, too. I'll bet that will be one proud young man when he rumbles into the school parking lot.
We just finished painting my son's Firebird, it came out really nice. I'll post some pics after we put it back together and get the decals on.

Thanks Dave. I gave him the old.....'look over the spectacles' look and told him he has a long way to go still. Cant run out of steam yet.
BTW...them headers sure look cool! Youre giving me ideas on mine now. I know I want to attempt equal length and tuck them between the frame rails and the fenders. Going to have to figure out a heat sheild of sorts though. Fiberglass fenders. Maybe I should put the steels back on.

Steve....thanks!

Falconvan....Yes. I wouldve done anything to be in his shoes when I was his age. I was into classics at his age. First vehicle was a 49 Chevy truck with opera windows. The only way I got a rumble was to pull a plug wire.

Well, I burned a bridge last night. My new Dynatechs fit except for #2. So I whacked it off so I can reroute it around the frame rail.
Small job, but stay tuned. I've been known to make small jobs last a long time.

Blue line old route, red line new route.