Spring Resolutions: Get Car Stuff Done!

Just finished rebuilding the front suspension on the '58 Apache this past weekend. Its headed to the alignment shop in the morning. We are going to drive it while doing body work on it this summer and hopefully have it ready for paint and the new engine ready to go in before cold weather returns. This is the first major renovation on it since we started driving it in '99.

 

Jay, I'm sure Mr. T (for Tardel) is going to do right by your Merc.

I have been doing last minute fixes and improvements to the Acme van getting it ready for the long road trip to the Round Up. Added another gas tank so now I can go 23 miles between fill-ups. The 36 Cabriolet has a new carson top and is almost done getting a new coat of shiny black paint. The 54 Vicky (formerly Dady0's diner's car) has been getting some major re-working and will be hitting the road soon.

I guess I have a lot going on..

 

Putting the final touches on this...

 

Yes it does! Damn snowball effect. "While I'm in here, I really should" etc. etc........

 

Is that a leopard print firewall?

 

Hey Stephen, yep, a little home-made custom painting, looks not bad:



have a good one,

Carsten

 

It's been Spring in Arizona for a few weeks now. Summer's damn near here already. My next few weeks will be spent wishing I could mess with my '29 while recovering from surgery. (Tuesday)

 

We go straight from winter (it's about 3 weeks long here), to summer, it's been over 80 for about a month already...

Got a 1 car garage at home, and I got that cleaned up after I made a unholy mess making Billetproof trophies... She is past the "I-want-to-park-MY-car-in-the-garage-for-a-change, dammit!" phase and onto the "It's-a pain-in-the-ass-to-get-stuff-out-of-the-back-seat-when-it-is-in-the-garage" phase and she's parking it in the driveway again. I have an empty garage again...

So It's time to move my CB750 project home to work on it...
Got a clunk in the driveline of the 46 Ford, so that'll need to be looked at
Gotta start stripping the paint and bondo off the 46's body to prepare for little customizing stuff and paint... Always fun in 90+ degrees/90% humidity.
Building a chuck wagon for events
Build a woodworking shed to get MORE crap out of my tiny garage.

 

The nice thing about being sick for several years is that I've gotten rid of every project and now that I'm well I can re-focus on a single project.One that is done is better than 5 that are all needy.

 

OK! I got some help making my bed!!!!! Still lots to do on the Mistress and the daily driver.