Technical What did you do today?

Spent just about the whole day replacing U-Joints under a C2 Corvette, then bent over the front end installing the headlight motors.
So....after crawling around under and around that little car all day I can truly admit : yeah, I actually AM 70 years old!....I hurt all over!
I'm gettin' too old for this shit.

 

Spent from midnight till 6am doing the 2nd half of my shift, went home,played with cats for 2 minutes,slept till 11am. Breakfast, went in shop and worked on old boat,took shower,went and got supplies for said boat and picked up new alum transom at shop. Went to the gym and now wolfing down dinner because I am back to work by 5:45 and do my last night shift. I got momentum going now and have to stick to the plan. This thread alone is inspiration to do so!!

 

to-nite i dropped in the last new pistons, my original '42 is now 0.060" over, new alloy pistons, new valves and guides, the rods are redone, new bearings everywhere. still the matching numbers engine.

All of my friends said: " man, i'm lucky with you that you decided to revive the matching straight eight engine"

i'm little bit proud of that and of my friends for sure.

for half of the money i spent i could have made her running with a 350 something hydramatic combo, but... i love the sounds she made and the smells and ..... so on.

 

^^^^^^^^^I'll bet that straight 8 gives your engine stand a run for its money!

 

Straight eights are way cooler than a 350! Sweet!!!

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Worked on getting the footings done, I had to hire someone to come out and help. One more step towards my workshop.

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Looks good! Size? My new shop just passed rough electrical yesterday!


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This first one will be the smaller of the two, 1200 Square Feet. I really want to use it to store all of my project parts. No electricity or plumbing necessary.

After I pass inspection on building # one, I plan on building a 2800 Square Foot as a second shop for doing my actual work. Including running water, septic, and 3 phase electrical power. I am only allowed 4000 square feet total here.... So this is what I have to work with, following California Law. I am going to make the most of it.

Then I will figure out how to set up my Kansas property... Less rules, more affordable! Yay!

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Certainly one without plumbing or electrical should go quickly. Hope that proceeds smoothly. Besides the framing and concrete I can’t say it’s been smooth here but I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. Randy


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How big is your shop?

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50x74. Out of that, 14x50 is a closed off from the rest section for the tractor and yard equipment. I hate the smell of grass and want it all separate from the shop! Lol.


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I wish I could have a shop that large. But maybe I could build one in Kansas someday.... Very nice.

I understand the discomfort of grass, makes me sneeze!

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Enjoyed Sunset at Waikiki Beach, Hawaii

 

The U.S. Army pulled a bunch of those tricks too, never raise you hand for anything!!

 

That is probably the best hour and a half you have spent in a long time, for you and him both. The last uncle I have left is a 92 year old WWII vet. He tells me the same old Army and other stories from the old days every time I see him. I just act like I never heard them before and enjoy every minute of it. I like to get him to talk about his 58 Tri-power Pontiac Chieftain he had back in the day and all the adventures he and my Dad had in it.

 

Thanks for making the rest of us feel really shit on

 

Believe it or not.... this old,fat, Okie has surfed there, in 2007!



Bones

 

I and some buddies helped a fellow club member move his stalled project from his house:

The owner is the one in the middle... with the biggest smile!! We moved it to another club member's garage that is going to move it forward pretty quickly.
That's one he is building now in the other bay.
Many good cars have come out of these two bays... and usually pretty quickly!
We call them, "Bobby Built."

 

He looks like a sneaking Con artist who just conned you guys into helping

Just kidding

 

^^^Don't bad mouth the member we call, "Shadow." "Shadow" because he is always there at club meetings and other gatherings and he also took a little ride with me in my 36 cabriolet from VA to the LARS in 2016.
He bought our breakfast... willingly!!
I will agree he looks pretty happy but I did say, "Smile Shadow."
This is the shot prior to the one above:

Dang! 'Ol Shadow looks a bit sneaky in this picture, too!
Our club began in 1974 and four of us there today have been in the club since the beginning. Shadow has only been with us about the last 20 years.
We don't do much but we usually have a good time at it.

 

Got up at day light. and fed the outside wood stove. cold morning 26 degrees. After breakfast I got in my OT 82 chevy wrecker and went to Missouri and hooked up to the 60 Pontiac I bought at the New years day estate sale. had to set the front wheels in the dolleys and remove the rear tires because I was worried about a humped R R crossing at Koskonog Mo. I couldn't tell when I bought it because of the leaves and being sunk in the dirt. However the floor pans and rockers are badly rusted. I only wanted the 389 engine anyhow. It has a trailer hitch on the back. Likely the hydro went bad is why it was parked. The tires where flat but had good tread and where matched sets. highway tread on front and snow tires on the rear. It was the maiden voyage for the wrecker since I swapped the engine. I drove it down to the corner yesterday a distance of two miles. Todays trip was 70 miles one way. The new engine has a two bbl carb. the old had a Q jet. and the throttle linkage don't fit correctly. and I had a part opening throttle. That was the only problem.

 

Today, Pulled the rear end out of my 34 pickup to install some 354 gears in.
Can’t wait to finally get better gearing in it.

 

Worked my ass off on a Bridgeport....

 

Congrats on a successful day with both the wrecker and grabbing the ol pontiac!!


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Another big deal- I replaced a duplex receptacle in the big garage. Very odd, indeed. The only thing on that plug was an old stereo and a Harley neon clock. A while back I was working along and the radio went silent.
I found the GFI socket for that circuit and cycled it a few time but that did not help. Adjacent duplex sockets worked fine but not the one for my radio and clock. It was replaced with no fanfare and the breaker was activated and I had my oldies station again.
A cursory investigation (I didn't take it apart) showed nothing out of the ordinary. No moving parts, no damage, no smoke, no leaks, no noise, etc. The thing just quit.

 

I Shoveled Snow And I Am Damn Good At It...

 

Picked up my gas tank from being painted by to33anda3rd. Got it prepped to go back in tomorrow. Also took my new puppy to a play date that wore her out.

 

Someone told the new guy, you do not need a respirator mask if you have antistatic shoes!(powder painting)

 

I am hoping to meet Don Dillard today to pick up a DeSoto Flathead that I bought from him. I am on my way to pick up the truck and service it for the road.

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Visited 808 Speed Shop in Kailua on Oahu, Hawaii. Was there at lunchtime and missed them, next time