I am using nut serts in the frame..blind nuts, then clamping the lines with stainless clamps with a small piece of vacuum hose over it to give it a tight fit.
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I am using nut serts in the frame..blind nuts, then clamping the lines with stainless clamps with a small piece of vacuum hose over it to give it a tight fit.
Not a build pic. Just had some Turkey day time to kill before the big feast tonight, so I Finished a customers tow vehicle. They pull this behind the motor home. I pulled a few elements out of the motor home stripes and came up with this, so they match when it's a tow vehicle, but doesn't look too out of place when it's not. That's enough for today. Time to get ready for turkey. :3dSMILE:
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Well I'm leaving tomorrow morning at 4:00 a.m. to go out to SD for Pheasant hunting and to stop at Dave's to pickup my coupe. I talked to him yesterday and he said it's ready for me to pick it up. EXCEPT for one thing.......... he's holding on to my doors (see attached photos) :eek:
Ya think he's holding them Hostage????:confused:
Or maybe he's so attached he just can't let them go?????:confused:
Or...... oh ya, he said he would bring them out to me in the Spring so he could see my son's 66 Mustang Fastback. Shucks he could just come and see the 66; he wouldn't really need to keep my coupe's doors hostage would he? :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:
Tom was just here, dropped off the trailer and headed west for some pheasant hunting with his brother.... He'll be back on Sunday to pickup the couple... and yes, the doors are being held hostage til spring.... still need a bunch of work on them before they're ready to shoot. Suppose I should get out in the shop sometime this weekend and get his coupe together!!!!!:LOL::LOL: :LOL: Tom will have plenty to do on it, he's going to put in the floor, steering, seats, brakes, and all that other stuff....
Well, the coupe is on it's way back to Tom's.... Got the body shaped up, and all mounted, kept the doors here cuz they need a ton of work... and now Tom's gonna run off to Florida, then come home and work on the car in the spring, I'll let him tell ya what all he plans to do...
Anyway, here it is loaded up and heading east----on slippery roads!!!!!!
hmmmm. can't get pictures to load???? keeps saying upload failed????
Oh well, I put some new pics in my gallery for anyone who's interested....
I got home at 6:45, roads were glare ice only for about 5 east of Dave's...... until I got about 5 miles west of Albert Lea and then all blankty blank happened, not really that bad. I called my son and asked him to help me unload the coupe, I was 30 miles from home, roads were dry, I was clipping along at 65. AND then my dash lights began flikkering, the amb meter bounced all over the place and BINGO no dash lights or tail lights. I still had my headlights, so thinking the worst I shut the heater off. Thought maybe the alternator might have gone out and I'd be running on the battery. Called my son back and told him the problems, and said that I was going to get off the interstate. AND then more snow/sleet, the road turned glare ice. I got behind a slow moving Semi and finally got on a backroad. Bad choice, it was even worst. But I got home and after several attempts to back up into my driveway I got it done. I shut off the truck and put on the emergency brake..... and it skidded back out the driveway about 6 feet. But the coupes home and in my garage now....... covered with salt and sluch, but home.
Nasty trip, but glad you made it safely, Tom!!!!
Sounds like a real adventure, Tom. Glad you and the coupe made it in one piece!
Me toooooooooooooooooooooooQuote:
Originally Posted by falconvan
I'm so stressed over it I decided not to trailer my Motorcycle to Florida when I leave in the morning.
Tom the coupe looks great, nice job to Dave. Have a safe warm trip to Florida.
Yep Tom looking like a very nice rod you have going there . Dave is worth his weight in Gold .
Where you going to in Florida, Tom.
I live in Brandon / Tampa we have car club meetings twice a week.
We've got a few guy's that built thier cars from scratch here too.
That's the stuff I like to look at to get idea's for my project.
Kurt
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Originally Posted by vara4
I think Tom was leaving for Florida today, Kurt. I believe him and Don exchanged phone numbers, might want to check with Don and see if he knows how to get hold of him....Think Tom is going to be down there til April!!!!! Don't let him get bored!!!!!!:LOL::LOL::LOL:
I'm sitting idle these days since they side lined me.
I would like to meet some of the guys I talk with on here.
Drove up to my grandmother's funeral friday buried her saturday
then drove back saturday night. Its about 1000 miles one way,
and it rained the whole way back to florida. Got lucky though
we did'nt get any black ice. I got to see family I had not seen in 20 years.
Grandmother thought no one would come to her funeral, Her great grandkids
showed up, came from all over the United States.
The pastor even remarked he had never seen such a turn out for a 90 year old person before. I think she would have been very pleased to know how much
every one really loved her. Kurt
Sorry for your loss, Kurt.... With all those people there, I'd say it's a cinch you aren't the only one that's going to miss her!!!! Good to hear you had a safe trip!Quote:
Originally Posted by vara4
Thanks Dave; Kurt
Grandma's are our link to our childhood. Mine could make me feel like a 5 year old when I was 32 years old. I miss her. I'm sorry for your loss.
I'm sorry for your loss, Kurt. Wow, 90 years! What an awesome life; the things she must have seen that we only read about. I never met my grandma but my mom had 35 grandkids and they were definately the love of her life. I know your grandma felt the same.
Kurt......Just read your post. Sorry for your loss, I am sure she is in a well deserving place.
Thanks Guy's; She will be missed, I'm just glad it didn't drag on with her suffering or something like that. She lived through some of the greatest times on earth.
From out houses to toilets, Horse back to auto's, barely flying to out space and a man walking on the moon. Radio to TV, Kerosene to electric lighting, computers And living through the beging of hot roding, and givin 90 years to see it all. I'm jealous. She lived a great life,
And we all know it. We should all be lucky enough to live 90 years, and see the stuff she
had seen. Thanks again for the kind words, God bless you and your familys. Kurt
Well, Tom's coupe is gone and I have my pick-em-up back in the garage to get it finished up and sold.... Somehow I managed to punch a hole in the radiator while it was laying around for 4 years, so I've got to take it to the shop tomorrow to get repaired.... Most everything else is ready, taking care of a lot of the miscellaneous wiring and getting the interior ready for the new upholstery that should be ready this week!!!! Then it's going up for sale so I can spend money on other things..... As usual, the truck is almost done and I'm bored with it!!!!!!
Looks clean now it get's a bench seat? Or buckets? Kurt
Stock bench seat and headliner.....The upholstery guy is rebuilding the seat and putting some good foam and springs in it.... Seat and headliner will be red and white, pleated.....getting anxious to see it all put together!!!!!!
Dave; It must feel good, Can't wait till mine get's to that stage.
I'd have to drive mine a while before I sold it though. Kurt
:LOL::LOL::LOL: Well, I did promise my dog he could ride in it, so I suppose I'll have to at least make a lap around town with it..... I'm a builder. The fun is done when it drives out the door.... Unless I'm at the drag strip or a dirt track, then I do enjoy driving!!!!!:LOL::LOL::LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by vara4
Dave seen this truck come along way and looking good at that . No market to sell right now getting offers for half of what i am selling it for or asking . . Think i'm going to spray up the 31 and put it in the shed till this boils over . With a 3K suspension i'm not going to give it away . Only see specialty stuff hitting the numbers .
I need it to fund the 37 hate dipping in my own money to support this habit with the economy sitting on the bottom . This will just prolong the build doing a little at a time I hate that . I like the parts sitting here waiting when i get to the next step or part of build .
But good luck and hope it goes fast for you I like watching the projects your working on it gives me better skill . TV is not as good as the cars I get here on this forum .
Here I go getting side tracked again; but it's my brother in laws fault! He sold me this for $200 with a perfectly straight rust free body, good paint, and a nice interior. It's already got small block Chevy mounts welded in so I think I'll drop in a stock 350/350 and have some fun this summer, then sell it in the fall. How could I say no to a V8 powered 77 Chevette?
Heck, a guy's got to have some fun!!!! Should be a fun one to put together, anyway!!!
you could try to talk pat out of 734 he's building and realy have some fun
I think that might twist that little car in half!
i have been working on my ole77 for a while now, have done alot of work to it. i have come a long ways from the start. i put in a 1985 454 bb left the tranny that came with it. done a lot of mod work. right now its on jacks, but not for long. i'm having a problem with tanny fliud leaking on the ground from out of the center of the dip stick tub,i know the tranny is not full of fluid cause i only put about 3 quarts in it. i am thinking the tub is leaking where you bolt the tub to bell housing.
Well this is where I left it in September . Lost myself for a while but mind is coming back . Starting next Wednesday I will be off 12 days for Christmas shut down and I plan or at least hope to have all the light plastic and primer on it. Do still have the Holidays to contend with . Will have to clean garage again since I added all the parts for the 37 in there too geez I need a lot more room .
I am happy with how the rocker and fender came out . All down to a skim coat . Spring it will have color after being a dust collector for the last 12 years .
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Looking good! What color?
Ken i think the original Acapulco Blue since she is all stock and numbers matching . Just couldn't bring myself to alter it . Next one though will be a Gunmetal Gray cause i sure do like those colors.
Here's a shot of one Acapulco Blue stang, sure looks nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by bluestang67
http://californiaspecial.com/forums/...2&d=1180497881
Yeah it sure looks great all done . Eye candy for my :D
Here's my latest; hope to finish it quick, play with it a few months and sell it to put the money toward the 48. It's got small block mounts welded in but the guy who did it cut the whole firewall out. Shouldn't be too bad of a fix; most of the pieces are there. I bought a 350 from a 79 Chevy truck from Craigslist and tore it down today. Everything looks good but 1 head is cracked. I'll probably just do a quick re-ring with a cam, headers, and aluminum intake. I think 300 or so HP is more than enough to push it around! All the bearings were standard and looked pretty good. More to come soon....
Two more....
You know how one thing leads to another? I'm rearranging the garage for a new arrival. In the process I've got to move the '28 hiboy which doesn't have any motor mounts but was sitting there with a block and trans mocked into place. So it occurs to me that I ought to knock out a couple of frame mounting brackets "real quick" so it will be easier to move the roadster around. Over on one of the benches is a pair of rear spring brackets from the '65 Dodge that I thought I'd ebay away. But then I looked again and tucked inside those scabby ol' brackets were some frame brackets that were just right for the roadster.
The first pic shows the first frame bracket roughed out and the other Mopar spring bracket waiting it's turn under the plasma cutter.
The second pic is the passenger side bracket close to done, just needs a little more detailing. The driver side one is going to need more massageing to work around the steering box which isn't in place yet either (another one thing leads to another.....).
The third pic is the passenger bracket mocked into place. Once the radiator, fuel pump, and exhaust are in place you almost won't be able to see it. Could have bought some perfectly servicable ones from CE for less than $30 bucks. Oh well.......
Nice job, Bob! Very clean looking.