Projects The Further Adventures of a Car Dad and his Family PICTURE HEAVY

No problem I had wanted to go to the Corvette expo this weekend but it looks like I am going to work instead. I am also a little low on funds

 

Well I ordered my master cylinder for the Vette. Just like Johnny Cash said "one piece at a time" but it is definitely going to cost more than a dime

 

one foot in front of the other, 1 part at a time

 

These cars are taunting me. I am seeing them everywhere. I saw this one while I was at work.
I had to go to one of our offsite warehouses. There it was.
I don't know much about it but when I looked in it, it looked stock. Upon closer inspection I saw the console had a 5 speed gear layout on it.

 

If any of you guys are around Cleveland Tn. Saturday our last cruise in of the year will be going on. Come on down.
Free swap meet it is not too big but sometimes you can get some good deals. people will be at the swap meet by around 9 or 9:30 cruise in doesn't start till noon.
Look for our wagon we will probably be there around 2

 

Ethan and I loaded up Saturday morning and went deer hunting. then he had football practice. Then we loaded up and went to the last local cruise in of the year.
Ethan and I took the wagon
Here are some pics

 

more pics



the little Suzuki was cool it was 1300.00

 

If I remember the black Olds had a 6 liter LS in it

 

Well it has been a few weeks since I have posted anything on this thread. I went to Cumming Georgia last Wednesday and Thursday for work. While I was down there I did a "mini" shop tour. We will call it the "HOT ROD TRIFECTA". I will post pics at lunch today.

I just want to say thanks for to the H.A.M.B.ers that let me come to their garages and showed thier hospitality it really meant a lot.

 

1ST I went to Tony's (Dog Patch) house to check out his Southeast Gasser Dodge coupe build. That is going to be one hell of a ride. I also took a few pics of his garage. It is a really cool place and a good use of space.



Then Tony loaded me up in his coupe and took me for a ride to Russ's (Cabbage) house. I kept telling him I was afraid it was going to ruin me. I hadn't ridden in a car that old and with the Hemi and open pipes and 4 speed and spool it was one hell of a ride
Russ's place was chock full of Hot Rod goodness lots of cool parts and projects. His house was a really nice place also. I really liked his "Reading Room"
Cool Merc with a beautiful Flathead.

 

Lastly I went by Jason and his wife's house (onebad210) He had a 57 chevy post that is going to be one nice ride. The motor looks like jewelry.
The garage had lots of Gas on oil memorabilia in it also.We hung out for a while and his wife brought some BBQ.

All in all it was a great trip and I had a great time thanks guys. I just wished my son had been with me he would have had a ball.

 

On Saturday we went to our annual Redneck Get together.
BRING YOUR OWN FIREARMS
BRING A COVERD DISH
BRING YOUR OWN ALCOHOL
We shoot then we eat then they drink. A good time was had by all
1st pic is Ethan shooting my Colt Anaconda 44 mag with some of my light target handloads in it.
2nd pic Ethan shooting my Remington 597 Target .22

 

Good talkin' to ya last Wed. night Enloe! You're welcome anytime my friend....

 

I believe the store you were thinking about is the Cabelas in Acworth. man it was awesome

 

Enloe, Where are the Deer pictures? Just thinking about that marinated Backstrap makes my mouth water.

Gary

 

Don't have one yet it was a youth day and we only were in the woods for an hour and a half. then he had football practice.
Hopefully soon

 

Well I have been gathering bits and pieces for my Corvette. I got the calipers and the master cylinder. I am going to try to get a lot of the little stuff like belts hoses fluids now. I am off the last 2 weeks of the year so I will try to have a ton of stuff to throw at the car while I am off.

The plan is to take the car to Bowling Green next year. We will put it on a trailer as I can't pack enough stuff for me and my son to tent camp for 4 days.

 

It was fun hanging out with you Enloe! Now you know where to hang out when you are down this way! Surprised you didn't snap a pic of Russ' Reading Room.

 

I thought I did I had a momentary lapse that is often referred to a "BRAIN FART"

 

Well it has been a while since I have posted in this thread. I have been doing a lot of stuff lately UNFORTUNATELY not a lot of it has had to do with cars.
The kids both are playing basketball, I have been hunting , I have also been reloading ammo for shooting endeavors.

I did go a few weeks ago on a wild goose chase. Supposedly a friend of the family had a bunch of old trucks at her farm that her dad owned. I went with my brother in law to check them out. There was a Model A 4 door sedan he was interested in. I was also told there was a 32 ford truck (I was interested in that).

The model A was there and he made the deal on it. The 32 ford was not there we had a good day anyway.
I will post some pics soon.

 

I also had a birthday the 5th I went to the shooting range that day. Then Saturday night my wife and I went to Chattanooga to T Bones bar and saw Husky Burnette and had supper.
I have to say thanks to Dog Patch for having his music going in his garage the night I went down there. It wAs a great show.

 

Partying with the wife, hunting with the kids and fooling around with old cars, it can't get much better. Stay with it.
OT perhaps but the suzy x-6 brought back some old memories. The early, pre watercooled years of my m/c roadracing years. I loved those times, thanks.

 

Well here are the pics I promised from the trip to look at the old trucks. Like I said my brother in law made a deal on the sedan. My son wanted us to take the old trucks.


I believe this truck was an old hot rod. It had an old Pontiac engine in it.

I told the lady we might be interested in the old F100s But it would be in the spring.

 

good pics and it looked like a good time with russ, tony, and Jason............get that vette ready....got the motor out of my A and gonna add a little h.p.....what are you feeding ethan ....man he's growing...take care

 

Raw meat and Gunpowder trying to make him mean

 

Enloe - Great set of photos! The early '60s Chevy truck with the tree sitting on it brought me back. One of my teenage rides was something similar. Only worse!

 

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas.
The West "men" got firearms and other stuff for our other hobby.
Santa brought Ethan a Remington 870 express and the family got me a Henry Rifle in 44mag.
Now its time to get back to the automobiles.
What did you guys get?

 

WELL THIS SATURDAY WE WILL BE HEADING TO NASHVILLE TO THE SWAP MEET. WE AREN'T GOING TO SELL JUST LOOK AROUND AND MAYBE BUY SOME STUFF. I HAVEN'T BOUGHT A SET OF VALVE COVERS IN A WHILE I THINK I AM GOING THRU WITHDRAWL

 

We had a good trip. I will post some pics later today. I saw some neat vehicles and I got the "valve cover monkey" off of my back (temporarily)

 

Well here are some pics as promised. Some will be on topic and some won't enjoy what you like and ignore the rest
I really like this