What did YOU get done this weekend?

[Spike!]

Yeah, I know, its only Saturday..But I did manage to get some things done.

1) Found a place that sells Rolls and pleats, Garage, wrench, CK Deluxe, Baracuda, and just about anything else. Not far from home either..

2) Right down the street is a place that sells One Shot!

3) Found another local guy that sells Triumph parts (He had a triple tree/neck bolt for my springer front end.. AND an NOS '63 Pre-Unit Triumph back fender. Bought a few things from him..

Started putting some ideas I had for the bike into motion. It was a good day..

Spike

[lulabelle]

Started messin'with the 27.Sounds like you had a good one!

[C9]

(Trailer Ed oughta enjoy this....)

Got the potty room in the box trailer about done, light installed etc.

There's a piece of billet in there too.

Now if I could just find that GD gold chain....

[Tman]

Hey Spike! Did you mail those mags to me? Or was I supposed to get back to ya?

BTW, I got nothing done today and it was good.

[caddyman65]

me and hex went out for a drive and found a shitload of old cars tucked away, let`s see..i saw 2 53/4 chevys, 3 1960 caddys, 1 57 caddy,4 57 chevys and that`s just a small sample http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[41sled]

Finished cleaning and scraping the insulation/carpet/tar off the floor of my 48'... Didint get pics since it started to snow...Tomarrow ill take off the door panels, try to get them closing properly and remove the gas tank..


Ill make sure to snap a few...

steve-

[Paul]

christmas shopping for the girls,

went to every place I could think of,

Sears- tool dept.,

Home Depot- tool dept.,

Harbor Freight,

the local speed shop,

the local auto body supply store,

the local micro brewery,

Didn't find anything for them but I did find some stuff I didn't even know I needed http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

I'll have to try again tomorrow http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[shoebox72]

Not much, I took all the garnish mouldings out of my 51 Chevy HT, I'm sending them out to get chromed after the holidays.

Billy

[40StudeDude]

Almost finished the '58 Buick grille going in the '54 Caddy...looks bitchin'... Park lights are next...
R-

[HOTRODPRIMER]

Removed the gas tank,tailgate,tailgate upper window frame,rear bumper,tail lights and both doors and hinges from the ranch wagon......WOW, just saying all that wore me out!....

Man, 25 year old gas stinks......probably saved the tank from rusting to badly inside. HRP

[41sled]

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Removed the gas tank,tailgate,tailgate upper window frame,rear bumper,tail lights and both doors and hinges from the ranch wagon......WOW, just saying all that wore me out!....

Man, 25 year old gas stinks......probably saved the tank from rusting to badly inside. HRP

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tomarrow i gotta remove my tank.. Try 40 years of nasty gas and liquid rust... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[53_210]

Got day plates to take car to "aircare" inspection (failed 3 times already)

Put plates on and backed car up to see leaking fuel line going into tank

go to parts store

Cut fuel line and realize I forgot to get the other parts i needed....

Long story short, I passed aircare.

Derrick

[Sam F.]

i started stripping the 50 down last night and all day today..didnt find any suprises,which is cool.

http://members.roadfly.org/samiam/wkend1.JPG but made a mess of the entire garage..

this is what was left of 50 + years of paint..only one repaint since the original..and that was my reward afterwards!
http://members.roadfly.org/samiam/wkend2.JPG

[Charlie Chops 1940]

Just came in from shooting a gun full of 3 part primer on my track roadster p/u body and the back side of some '35 wires for a pals modified. A good day...coffee with some pals in the morning, lunch with some pals, phone consultation on the modified, primer, relax on the web...a good day.

Charlie

[Spike!]

The '63 NOS back fender was the best find..Kinda looks like a '36 Ford spare tire cover with that nice round ridge going down the center, but the Ford's sides don't cover like I want them to. The '63 Triumph's rear fender fits perfectly over the wide white 140 tire. Really fills the space well. I actually brought the rolling frame with me to the guy's house so I could eyeball up everything. Sadly, most of his chopper stuff had been sold off. I almost gave up on the springer front end because I lost the castle nut that holds it on. This guy had another one. Yeah..I'm happy.

Spike

[spudshaft]

1) Painted my f-1 seat frame so I can drop it off to be recovered;

2) Sold my Willys Jeep - I've now got some $$ and an open spot - it's party time! I'm due to buy a rusty shit-ball

3) Tomorrow, I'll match patches for the enormous holes in my truck's firewall and continue welding in the floor.

[Zeke]

Started working up a business plan for a diner. Just to see how much it would cost to get one going. Damn I'm on winter break and I'm crunching numbers again. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Donzie]

Did someone mention diner? Here's mine. I've been working on it most every nite and weekend for several week, trying to prepare it for a couple of family Christmas'. It's as done as it's gonna get for now, the wife's family is coming tomarrow.

[Donzie]

'nother

[Donzie]

here's my retro living room.

[flatlandman]

I canceled Christmas..
Caught him stealing moldings off my car.

[sawzall]

not much.. actually thanks to some help from tokyo my chassis is finally nearing compleation.. I have GOT to get the exhaust finished after the 25th so I can paint this damn thing and reclaim one of my 2 precious bays...

a shot overall

[sawzall]

heres a photo of the rear crossmember tokyo helped me with and the 33 gal fuel tank I picked up for the car.. we mounted the fuel tank on top of the crossmembers so that it wouldnt be seen from the rear of the car.. when I build the floor for the rear section of the car I will make it removeable so that the tank can be removed when necessary..
fwiw I took a lesson from lulabelle and used 4x4 square tubing for the rear crossmember.. and of course later I will install the hitch to this crossmember as well

[sawzall]

last but not least..

this is the reason you should ALWAYS set the ride height up BEFORE any other work.. this is a photo of the repaired x member the previous owner TORCHED this area out because he was using the stock rear springs in the car and needed clearance for the driveshaft.. at any rate I spent alot of time fixing this area and reinforcing it.. I guess this is what I been doin the last 2 weekends

[Tinbender]

Finished building the Y pipes to hook up the exhaust dumps on the stude. Built some tips to run when there open. They came out bitchin. Good gas welding practice!

[titus]

JACK SQUAT and i smashed my finger while doing it!

[whodaky]

Finished hanging my latest piece of hot rod art in the old Who Daky hot rod hangout. A tech drawing of a '32 roadster quarter from the Kiwi Konnection via good friend Les Moran.
Rest of the weekend was spend redoing the messed up firewall on the deuce tudor I bought earlier in the year. http://photo.starblvd.net/~whodaky/4-1-1.jpg http://photo.starblvd.net/~whodaky/4-1-2.jpg

[Morrisman]

Not strictly the weekends work, but a pic of what I've been putting right the last couple of days. You can see the pigeon hole I have to work in. Still, some guys have to build outside in the UK!

The roof is actually going on already, more pics to follow soon.
Paul
ps. Sorry it's back to front, and shitty quality, kind of an after and before shot http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

[beatnik]

I tuned up my parts runner Ranchero, went and brought home a bunch of parts out of storage and we finally put the Christmas tree up.

[burndup]

Got my cylender heads FINALLY installed and torqued down... I have 3 day weekends and could only budget 1.5 hours to car stuff... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Xmas day is WIDE open tho! Damn truck may run by the end of the year.

[Rocket88]

Done nothing yet, but I've got to put a new heater core in the wife's blazer this morning. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[Dreamweaver]

Sold my 327/powergilde from my old 65 SS.

Slicing on my 2x4 frame for the pickup.

[Elrusto]

Took four screws out of a Model T door! Man that shit was rusty!
Degreased a motor that was given to me.

Fucked off in general.
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[Fat Hack]

Took advantage of the TROPICAL Michigan weather (sunny and into the 40s...a December heatwave!) and went out to work on the old 49 Chevy.

Unbolted and removed what was left of the old battery tray and tossed it. Then, cut out the rusty remains below it to make a nice, rectangular hole where the new universal heavy plastic tray will go after I make up some supports and cover the hole with some fresh sheetmetal.

Also pulled off some more underhood stuff I won't need...the old voltage regulator, it's wiring harness and other random bits and pieces as well.

Made some quick measurements under the hood and inside the car to figure out motor mounting and brake pedal configurations.

My Performance Bodies catalog lists a slick brake pedal/master cylinder assembly that mounts the two small Howe master cylinders backwards on a hung pedal. I thought that such a design would put the master cylinders in an unaccessable location, but with the stock radio removed, I should be able to reach through a folding access door I'm installing in the dash to fill the brake fluid.

Not 100% sure that I want to go with the race car brake pedal assembly yet, but it looks like it might work out pretty well. The tech guys at Performance Bodies know their shit and can tell me if this is a good idea or not!

Got the clutch pedal freed up a little bit. My brother-in-law showed me a cool adapter that allows use of the stock three speed behind a small Chevy (or 250 six, 153 four, etc!). Just another option to ponder!

This car amazes me so far...it's really rusty, yet none of them long dormant bolts seems to put up much of a fight...I've had newer cars where every dam bolt breaks...but this car is very helpfull...I think it WANTS to be driven again!!

Also bought some small electrical odds and ends to help me re-wire this thing!

[kustomolds]

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i started stripping the 50 down last night and all day today..didnt find any suprises,which is cool.

http://members.roadfly.org/samiam/wkend1.JPG but made a mess of the entire garage..

Got home from work on Thursday, Shit, sat on the couch for 15 minutes, shit again, didn't leave the bathroom ALL weekend!! Inother words, Shit and Puke all weekend....FLU!!

BUTT, I love the Bike!!! I am doing one similar to that for the Wife right now. Wanna sell that one so I have a matched set??? (O.K., I guess I just set myself up for a good one right there.....)

[Bob K]

Got the motor and tranny in the 52, started hooking up the hoses and belts.

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[gasser]

Finaly got to roll my coupe out for the first time for a look.

[gasser]

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[Sam F.]

Kustomolds, probably to late by the time you read this ,theres still a few minutes left on one

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2210948745&category=42 0

actually ,theyre on ebay quite often

i love mine.

[hatch]

This weekend???...got the 45 running and took it for a ride...feels great!!!!!!

[zman]

Hauled a bunch of parts home from a find...

[zman]

and more...

[zman]

not done yet...

[zman]

It's like the energizer bunny...

[zman]

and some more...

[zman]

and the worlds ugliest interior...

[zman]

all in all a good haul. A bunch of NOS GM stuff. A bunch of 40 Ford (?) stuff. NOS bumpers, a set of Nova fenders. A bunch of stuff. I'm gonna inventory it all tomorrow or Tue. Most of it will probably fo up for grabs on here first. I still have more to get. But made sure I got the majority of the good stuff this load. I love cleaning out old shops...

[CharlieLed]

Cleaned out the garage so that I can at least get to the shelves on the far wall. Fixed two problems with the daily driver that have been hanging around far too long. Educated myself in the fine art of aluminum polishing, still a rookie but I am determined (I guess the big bucks I dropped on having some other pieces done for the Merc made a believer outta me)...

[Rude Dude]

Hey Gasser great looking 32 what backing plates are those Lincolns or aftermarket

[Tony]

Finally got my '33 pick up inside. A neighbor go's to FL every year and i keep my '57 in his garage, all i have to do is plow it to make it look like somebody's still there.
Other than that, nothing.
I hate winter....no motivation.

Rat..

[Tcoupe]

It is unseasonably warm around here, so I took advantage and went to a junkyard way up in the hills. Got some exhaust manifolds for a V8 in a 54 chevy...and a Factory alum.2x4 intake with carbs...the numbers say its a '56 or '57,. Found a bunch of other stuff I want but only had enough cash for the intake and exhaust.

[Mai Ki-Ki]

Yanked out my generator....really should degrease my engine...about 1/2 inch thick in crap at the generator mounts!

Pulled it to pieces and cleaned out acrbon crap and such...rescored the ribs on the main drummy bit and reassembled..seems to charge right now...

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[Stevie D]

Well went over to Titus's today and got the brake assembly mounted on the wifes t. Now i gotta wait for more money to come in to order more stuff for the t but hea were getting closer every weekend

[Hot Rod To Hell]

I actually made enough room to get my car into my garage. The only one on here that will understand how big of a feat this actually is will be Kritz... But it was no small chore! Now I'm trying to muster enough energy to go start yankin' the motor out (gonna re-ring it); but I have a BAD sinus infection, and I'm on quite a cocktail of meds right now; so I might just opt for a coma... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[Flatdog]

I worked on testing my new blower. I messed with the carb jets, just pluggin along very methodically. I've picked up 10MPH at the 1/8mi so far. It's looking good and all the connecting rods stayed inside the block. I'm a happy camper.

[prime mover]

I replaced my main sewer line from the house to the steet[75 feet] and while I was at it had the backhoe guy take out 5 trees in the front yard. anybody need any firewood? also put up some fence and a gate. I've never got this much done around the house in one weekend but I'm about to collapse from exhaustion.

[4woody]

I got the old exhaust off, the new headers on, the fuel lines bent and installed, and the linkage set up. That was a good weekend!