Technical What did you do today?

Watched "Shelby American", movie about the life and work of Carroll Shelby.

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watched "A Christmas Story"

 

Watched Christmas episodes of:

Bewitched
Andy Griffith
Beverly Hillbillies
Petticoat Junction
Happy Days
Gilligan Island



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Put a new shift knob on the 37.

 

hung my Christmas gift from my Kids and Granddaughters.

 

Here's my Xmas present (they are really expensive here in the UK) mounted up in the hinged battery cradle I made earlier. It was originally for an Optima but the Odessey is better I think. I needed to make a retainer for the smaller battery. I used polypropylene sheet and made it into a bus bar. Nice when you can make a part do two things. Just need to add a camlock webbing strap and it's done.


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Watching Ralphie walk through a '29 coupe shell gave me the giggles. Looks like mine when I drug it home...

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Couldn't resist taking a drive. Temps were close to 70 today so I got the truck out and me and the wife went on tour.

 

The wife had to work today, so I'm prepping and fixing to cook her dinner.

 

Got the bed back on my heap. Gotta do a little every day or it'll never get done. Need to get rid of the Model A lights and figure out a bumper.

 

...55 degrees today on Xmas day, mite've broke a record;...had to go fer a country cruz with the old Ford, snap'd a few pics...

 

Got everything in prime. Merry Christmas.

 

Ate too much, lazed around with the wife and the critters, didn't even go outside. Wondering why my neighbors like such crappy music.

 

Mildest Christmas Day in northern Illinois in memory. Worked a while in the garage. Replaced the corrugated plastic wire looms in the engine compartment with the woven looking stuff from Painless. Looks better. Somewhat more traditional.

Phil

 

Yep its a good movie. Ive found it on U Tube. The wife and I are fixing to watch it in a few minutes.

 

Sold some 32 Ford fenders to a guy in New York - got them boxed up today - shipping out Friday.

 

Encouraged by yesterday’s success, I cut out a real piece from 18 ga stainless:



and bent it up:





Then it was time to get cleaned up, dinner with the family.

Currently debating which beer to have...



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Ate more than my share of turkey, and told lies. A perfect day!
Merry Christmas everyone.
Bob

 

67 degrees on Christmas. Bizarre.
Cleaned up shop a little bit, stood and stared at parts.

bout it

 

Thought about people and times of the past. My Dad's birthday was Christmas day, lost him 41 years ago and still miss him.

 

Eat, take a nap, eat again.

 

Picking away at the '37 Chevy truck teardown

December 26th 2019 Started striping the glued on insulation and other easy items from the cab interior. That's when I discovered or, rather re-discovered (since I had applied the insulation years ago), that the firewall kick plate, including the area of the clutch and brake pedals, was a bolt in item. The area surrounding the pedal shafts splits into two pieces. The pedals would not restrict the cab lift operation after all. Beer of the day is RJ Rockers Brewing Company's Bell Ringer Double Pale Ale. I've been punched by this brew before.

 

No pics but repaired the turn signal cup on my 1953 Chevy
Followed the video from a guy fixing 58 vette
The setup is the same up until 62
Switches and cancels without any problems now



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Drove 6 hrs round trip to picked up a 3spd/OD for my 61 F100 Unibody today. The 292 will be much happier now! Yesterday I was able to get the Fairlane out for a Xmas ride with my son. Quite a feat for us up in Wisconsin!!!

 

Dug through an old garage and found some 32 parts. Windshield, original exhaust pipes (NOS), hubcaps and miscellaneous parts. Was a very good day! Late and unexpected Christmas presents for me!

 

Renewed my Alliance membership.

 

Put a new air hose on the retractable air hose reel. Been putting it off for awhile and when I got busy doing it, it only took me 15 minutes.

There is something to be said about procrastinating.....but Im sure its already been said!

 

Man I really need to do that too!

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My T-5 had a rattle inside and wouldn't engage a couple of gears so I tore it down and found a broken shift fork.I have a WC Camaro trans so I will swap out this s10 tailshaft and put it behind my flathead.

 

Borescoped three engines today..Not so good, Bad, and Ugly.. Not necessarily in that order.. In one, "supposed" to be good..