The Jalopy Journal
and another weekend rolls by..... the rails for the sliding front glass got lost inside the vortex that is also known as the machine shop....
just a few things to post... pic #1 one of the perks of being single... setting parts where ever you want pic #2 I pulled...
Bob... thanks for the thumbs up. as for why the single stage enamel? its just great paint to work with and if you colorsand it dead flat with a...
painted this week. the doors and nose, interior window trim, gas door, hood ornament, and grille trim was painted thursday.. I flatbeded the rod...
I have always believed that once a car is being driven the work on it stops.... thus I always completely finish a project before I start...
the body panels near the headers are catching a bit of heat and I really don't want that to be an issue since I am now block sanding the car for...
if reno was an hour away I'd do it, but 8 hrs is a bit much for me in any type of car... or train, or plane.... I'll have some video of it soon...
took it around the block for the first time.... rolled a bit and 1/2 hammered it and banged 2nd and the block was over.... turned the corner and...
it has registration.... tomorrow it has insurance.... I couldn't wait... took it out into the street just to romp the throttle once.... HOLY S*#%...
getting the door glass tomorrow and the windshield pieces back (had to have them fine tuned closer to my templates) another $600 added to the...
yes yes more pic 1 uhhh yeah (delete) pic 2 this shows how the inserts pull out. the upper is wrapped under around to the back and then...
and more pic 1 thin foam applied over the sound barrier pic 2 seat upper with thin foam and edge wrapped with material pic 3 I built...
some more seat stuff pic 1 on the left is what came with all the parts, on the right is the first level of change, I made a seat bottom and...
windows windows windows started making templates and it is as much of a hassle as ever but as with everything else.... its just a thing pic...
I didn't want to buy a hood ornament even though I found an original one and it wasn't overly expensive I wanted the design to be a bit longer...
decided to put some padding on the steering wheel pic 1 is the pads with stitching... still need to do a mount cover of some sort pic 2...
some tail light pics I had to cut a pattern to locate the holes in the exact same place from side to side, more fun once you realize that the...
93" wheelbase. engine is set back 9" behind the front axle 12' from the leading edge of the front tire to the end of the wheelie bars as for...
just figured out my phone records video duh I'll get some vid at some point in the next 7-10 days decided to go with a split windshield......
yeah I'm liking it. having a windshiled cut this week... getting tail lights and headlight wrapped up this weekend... 95% finished with the...
decided to clean the garage so I took the little rod for a cruise. 100ft total trip, big fun, 1 gallon of gas. : ) pulled the wheelie bars to...
it has doors
time for an update.. if you look back at post #395 on page 20 the last picture is of the headlight assembly I was planning.... here it is I...
just going thru some old pics and found this one showing what I started with.... and close to were it is currently. I remember my brother...
thanks for kind words guys, it all helps the project keep moving forward. doing some welding on the nose/grille section to better fit around...
coming along... got smart and taped carpet on the bars after the repaint. the inserts on the seats are not secured as yet and I am going to...
just wanted to throw a camera pic up... this is from the drivers side rear pov the fuel cell is final mounted with the interior panels that...
the carpet is finished, the dash is finished, the seat backs are finished, the seat bottoms are finished, the seat frames are finished.... the...
thanks for the kind words guys... will be posting completed interior pics next week (yeah.... sure I will, no, really I will) found the...
carpet takes sooo much time ugh I decided to trim around the roll cage so there are not a bunch of seams everywhere my eyes are...
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