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Here's some pics of my '32 Coupe,should be done later this month.

Well, things were going right on schedule today..... Had big plans to get a lot accomplished! Got the primer/sealer put on the tailgate and racerback fairing, then started putting things away so I could slide the Plymouth over and make room for my pickup. Things were going great till the exhaust fan on my furnace decided to seize up the front bearing!!!! Half dozen phone calls later I determined you just don't get one of them in Madison, SD on a Saturday morning unless you don't mind paying $138.00 for a $30.00 electric motor..... oh well, supposed to be almost 40 degrees tomorrow so I guess I can still get things shuffled around without heat.

$138.00 for a $30.00 motor,,oh well,,like you said Saturday morning.
I had the same thing when my garage door springs broke early one weekend.
Have a good rest of the weekend!

Well, another well planned weekend shot right in the butt!!! Did get out in the garage to get a bit of cleaning done, got the Plymouth slid over and now just have to organize things a bit then run the pickup in.... Soon as I get the dang furnace working again--waiting on parts right now--I'll be right back to where I should have been on Friday..... It's a bummer starting the week out and already 3 days behind!!!!!

Look on the bright side, Dave...you'll have that heater up and running soon while me and many others are freezing out in the garage with no heat . I did more last winter. This winter I've decided to stay inside. I'll get more done in half the time once it warms up a bit otherwise I just fumble around and bust up my cold hands.

Guess what? Today is a holiday!!!! So, now to find me a new motor for the exhaust fan I'm down to calling in favors from a friend who does HVAC work.... So far, nothing but playing phone tag trying to track him down!!!!!

35, I'm way too old to work in the cold!!! so far it's about 16 degrees here today, way too cold to even bother going out there until I have the new motor in my hands!!!!!


PS--Another thing I was planning on getting done today is getting some parts mailed off to a racer buddy in Canada---guess what, it's a holiday and I suppose the Post Office is closed too!!!!!

Might just give up and go sit around, drink coffee and play pinochle with the rest of the geezers!!!!!!!

Dave I feel the same way most weekends! Seems we start out with car projects we want to do, and end with maintenance stuff that has to be done.

Im with you, Dave. I cant take the frigid temps for long anymore. I've been heating the garage for the last few years with a kerosene heater but I put a call in to see whats involved in having the gas company put a meter out there so I can have a furnace.

got to have heat in the shop..My plow truck decided it was going to be a pain Friday and die at the far end of the driveway..figured it was out of gas... walked the 1/4+ mile back to the house got a gas can and headed back...put gas in but it wasn't empty???? got in truck it started. got about half way back and it quit. After dinking around for about an hour I found that the coil was breaking down. changed that and were good to go.. Probably won't snow the rest of the year.... Dave don't you just love holidays. 1bad 32. you can clamp an OH door spring and they will work for ever, if its only one break. Don't expect a door man to tell you that.

Well, I've got some help coming over here in a bit to help me get my '71 back in the shop. Furnace should be operational again sometime tomorrow. Dang near up to where I wanted progress to be by 10AM Saturday!!!! Another case of 1 step forward, 3 steps back!!!!!!

i am completely outclassed by you guys (BEAUTIFUL CARS!)
but i keep coming here anyway.
lately i have been forced to take a crash course in the mysteries of the holley 4412 carb.
never even looked at one closely before.

There!!!! Got my pickup in the garage---no if we can get the furnace running again life will be caught up to where I wanted to be by noon Saturday.... Sometimes plans just don't work out, huh??????

Had this long weekend great intentions but with the over time I have been working , hard getting out of the recliner and quilt .

Dave I know the feeling. I spent half the day Sat. looking for a battery cutoff switch that I bought months ago. tried finding the glue for the headliner, then the plow truck screws up. Wifes car and my pickup are due for oil changes and I found out I have a leak in the train room over the table. Along with Fri. the 13th I think it was 48 hours long. BUT I think I figured out the paint sceam for the Nova.

Yeah, I keep telling myself it's all going to work out for the best, just wish it would all work out SOON!!!!


Lord grant me patience, but PLEASE HURRY!!!!!!