Projects I'm off to find my '30 Roadster in the Basement.

The day I get there, Jeremy,

My sheds that clean at the moment, it's almost embarrassing.
Course, there's not a lot of work being done in it either.

 

i just started cleaning out the 2nd floor of my barn.......i gave some stuff to Bob..........i guess i didn't help.
Bob i like the pizza and beer with the new Zealand guys idea.

 

YOU CAN DO IT! ( now sold- on to the next one)

 

I CAN'T! I was 10 years old when I swapped the floor mats out of my Dad's month old 1961 Ford for that insert. I never bothered to ask if it was ok, it was my first '32 piece ever. That night at dinner Dad asked how my day went. I told him about the floor mat swap for the '32 grille. (Turned out he had replaced them with 4 individual mats to get rid of the tunnel hump.). His reply was "I always wanted a '32 3Window." He never got one but we had a lot of fun at shows and Hershey swap over the years. That insert is 84 years old and has hung on my wall for 55 years, nobody builds them slower.. Bob

 

Wait a second. If you were 10 years old when you made the swap and that was 55 years ago that makes you a geezer!!

 

If so the Tshirt hasn't shown up. Bob

 

Bob, cool story on the insert.

I'm told you become a geezer when you turn fifty, so I'm a newbie geezer.
I'll keep an eye out for my T-shirt.

 

That means mine is well overdue also, must be lost in the post, that's it. JW

 

Bob's shirt is probably in the basement.....

 

it's a cardigan sweater, not a T-shirt..........

 

Bob has also been working on the sweater for 55 years!

 

I just found my Lucky Cardigan sweater in the basement while looking for a misplaced canvas automobile tire. Bob

 

I am beginning to understand why you are a-scared of electricity. You saw Ben Franklin get zapped.

 

Got to the front wall, will be cutting and fitting the free counter tops next. Bob

 

Notice, that Bob only took a pic of the nice, clean area... and NOT the heaps he just created behind him

 

Progress is progress.
Good work Bob, I can't think of any hard case comments, as I'm too impressed.

 

As Jeff said, impressed with progress. I do think that whats behind you in that pic would be interesting to see also, I bet there are some cool treasures. JW

 

Getting as many items on wheels is the plan so I can move things around if need be, like the back of the Steelback. Those two large milk crates were filled with firewood, but it has been cold so they are empty now.

 

Just wait till all these bits of clear floor start joining up......exciting JW

 

Lost my internet connection at the house, but I'm spending more time cleaning the basement. Found two great pieces for the Steelback that somehow got misplaced. Bob

 

.......... live, at Bob's basement .......... while we restore internet connectivity ..... what else lies within the vault !! ??? Stay tuned !!!

 

Hey Bob, if you find a Worthington in there let me know.

 

WORLDS OLDEST NOS TIRE has just been located! Frontier service guy is due tomorrow. Bob

 

Careful Bob! There are wires involved!

 

Mines beige.

 

Hey Bob, best way to test it is to touch it to the tip of your tongue.

 

Doug,
Dad and I had a good friend from the Train Collector's Association, was a master electrician, and NEVER turned the power off to do electrical work- he'd lick his finger/thumb tips and tap the bare (knob and tube to modern) wires to find out which was live

 

I think I know that guy!

 

Lionel transformer that I last used around 1966, I can stull remember the smell of burning insulation, never got an open flame but it did produce smoke. Would be nice to get the trains running for 2017. That is the misplaced cap for the Steelback next to it.

 

I like larger scale model trains, I have a G-Scale layout in my back garden. JW