Hot Rods Still no snow! So lets get a Roadster started.

Get out your shovels, weather channel says you'll be up to your butt in snow by the end of the weekend.

 

That's okay, I figure we had a month of grace period from the white stuff. Too bad they gotta use a ton of brake line killer for every 100 feet of road when there is just a dusting of snow.

 

yeah and since they have not used any this year, i am sure they will, "double up", so there is none left over at the end of the year.

 

So glad 32 Fords were built back when cinders were spread out of a pail and the whole town got together to shovel the main street. Out on the farm and back roads the horses still ruled.

 

no snow so away we go. put a days worth of fitting the dash board, cleaning all the oil and slime off the new body [pita] and took the wood, seat brace trunk lid shelf, and cowl vent out to prime underneath.

 

sanded the blasting "fuzz" off the deck lid and hood. how many times will i sand these louvers before the paint job is done?

 

smoothed out the rough casting and checked the fit to the body. one on the right smoothed one on the left i did after the photo.

 

started sanding the body.

 

Didn't need the wood stove going this week to get things done. Nice and warm here in New England. Nice work guys!

 

More times than ya want to.

 

if what you mean by "guyS" are me and the cat, thanks. when the sand paper comes out the crowd scatters........some even leave the country.

you got that right.

 

I thought Tater was the inspector.

 

Progress on mine, settin motor/tranny and body 2day, all is already painted

 

You had to Junx us!
Got Snow now!
Weather man says going to stay cold for a while?
SUCKS!

 

wow your really moving along.
man that is a lot of overspray. what are you spraying and what with?

 

Overspray ? shot single stage urethane with a Sata.
Btw here it is 1 hr ago. Ready to bolt minor parts on the wire and fire. Wheels will be White to match firewall and leather belts on hood.

 

@da34guy i was looking at the bright red floor. all good!

 

Not really a cat lover but that's all right!

 

i never was a "cat person" i picked up this ferrel cat, trapped at a friends house, it took a year of gaining his trust. best mouser ever! and he appears to be genuinely interested in car projects. i swear if he had thumbs he would be helping sand.

 

Well I am back! Is all the sanding done?

 

sanding done.....for now.
fixed a few spots on the body and sprayed some epoxy primer on everything.

 

the brookville bodies are really nice but need a little tweaking to make them perfect. a couple hits with a hammer in a few spots to finish the shaping and a skim of filler in a few spots. primer/blocking could have been used to fix most of the spots but i prefer to just get it done with a little filler.

 

black walnut stain against a black car, NICE!

 

Nice to see you were working while I was away! Drinking rum a 11:am is hard work Looks Good TB!

 

filler primer on the outside surfaces! once it was dry i painted the underside, insides and small parts black.
should the underside and inside be this shiny?

 

force of habit i painted the underside of the cowl and back of the dash white. it helps, brighten things up, when working under the dash.

 

i sprayed the inside of the deck lid and doors using my shoots gun and a special wand it made for it.the wand and technic can be seen here;
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/deck-lids-and-the-men-that-louver-them.750934/
i also put the first coat of varnish on the wood.

 

Nice!