Technical What did you do today?

Hey Algoma
Best of luck on the project.
I’m planning to drive mine to Nova Scotia !
Well god willing ...
(I am rooting for ya)
And so I super excited , a fiend up north said he would lend me his Planishing hammer!
Yah , looking forward to experimenting and ruining som good metal!
On the other side of the coin
Well, what did you do today?, last night we had rain all day and most of the evening, while working on the 39 I noticed it was getting a little deep where I was standing ........
Yup shop vac to the rescue !
But was able to get some more done on the rad support and other points of needed attention,



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Purchased a broken Harley Davidson Panhead motorcase... Oh geez... I am going to loose more $$$ to my hobby(sickness)....

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I found the cannon ball in the Manus River in Greenwich, Ct. at low tide along with a Model T Ford Front axle. At the time, that was 15+ years ago I asked collectors about it and was told they were often used as landscaping ornaments and some kids most likely had fun letting it roll down hill and into the river. I could have done that back in the day. Bob

 

Put a head light switch in a o/t car,there was no way to get it out like the shop manual says so I cheated. Its a rusty winter beater but have figured out a way to do it if it was a nicer car.

 

Shoveled SNOW

 

Mounting a winch on my car hauler... Welding on the brackets now

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Letting the garage warm up then going to tinker on the sunliner some more.

 

Pictures?



Bones

 

I started painting frame , painted bones and springs, and put CHINA BILL spring liner in springs.

 

Put the snowplow back on my pickup, we are supposed to get 7" to 14" tonight and tomorrow. Work on the ramp truck is a no go at 4 degrees now and dropping.

 

That pup has hell raiser written all over its face!

 

Cut down the air deflector that is supposed to go in front of the radiator in my sunliner,to get more room for a more aggressive fan I moved the radiator forward to the six cylinder position. I picked up a extra deflector last year and got tired of tripping over it plus I was bored so it got me out of the hose today.

 

Painted door jambs, did some re-wire work and refurbished the speedometer in a deuce.

 

Spent a few hours at the shop of Mr Merle Berg. I wish I could post pictures. Can't wait to see this one finished. Had a great talk, exchanged ideas, and learned a few things. With 59 years of customizing and restoring cars, school is in session when you visit. Always a pleasure.

 

Well I got the loner

And I’m loving it
For those who haven’t tried ‘this tool , ya need to
This maybe obvious to most but for me it is just plain old great ,,,,,

This lead me to another piece
Which made me see this ( after I made a piece for the side
This tool has one problem
It has the potential to distract me from the 39 !
And I mean it , but must stay focused , must stay focused ..............


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@ Bones

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I know it's overkill, but I have two 1.5 ton 1937 Dodges, so I need the trailer to be able to pull these trucks up...

I am adding USEFUL stake pockets, and putting in real stakes that I can put some plywood on. Everything will be painted black...

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I might add, one of my winch holes is wanky, I have a dear friend that wanted to help. I squared up the winch "after" he drilled the holes. No biggy, it's a 1/4" piece of metal, stronger than the bolts going through it. It's a Harbor Freight 5000 Lbs. winch set up... Tomorrow I will wrap it up and build a battery tray for a Group 31 battery. That way the winch will have plenty of umph!!!
..

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On my 36 ford;

• stopped a lower radiator hose leak
  
• 3 spd tranny was stuck in between gears because shifter was inserted incorrectly, fixed that issue
• installed new gasket between fuel pump and stand
• moved car out of shop into the sun for a few hours to clean shop

Since it was a nice sunny day

• weed eated the weeds and clover sprouting up in my yard around my house
• mowed my 1.5 acre lot of weeds and clover in prep for our possible snow flurry's on tuesday!
• pressure washed a few oil spots on my driveway

 

Took three generations to fill a dump truck with firewood. Son in law cut, I carried or rolled the chunks to the splitter, six year old Grandson was the lever guy on the splitter. Fun time!

Bob

 

Note to cajunfire
That what I call dedication
, prepping your lawn for snow ....
And I can’t wait for the day mine rolls out of the garage ,
Especially under its own power




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OK, I give up. What is China Bill spring liner?

 

The plastic liner between the leaf springs, that makes the springs slide on each other for a smoother ride, It came from Speedway Motors , made in China.

 

Now it makes sense. Thanks for the information.

 

Good diagnosis. You do not know the half of it. Today she scaled our couch without touching a thing. She goes from 0 to 100 in a flash. Hope I survive the Winter with Devil Dog!

 

Jack, might want to check out the post “ winches” over on the Antiqated side. A lot of discussion on winches there.

Good looking mount by the way!


Bones

 

Yeah, if this winch dies, I will buy a Warn. It was a Christmas Present! Free is good for me!!!

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I will post yesterdays progress....

After welding in the stake pockets, I didn't like how then the edge was, and had concerns of them getting bumped and potentially dented so a stake wouldn't fit in the pocket. So I ground down the piece that I cut out originally to mount the pocket, and crudely welded it back in. Do to Kansas salt in winter, I rubber coated the pockets after the welding was completed. It isn't pretty, but it will work!!! LOL

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Right side pockets...

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I painted up some 1/2" plywood with Glidden exterior paint. My goal is to have a 4' X 8' box that is removable on the front of the trailer.

Today I am going to finalize the Winch installation....

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