Technical What did you do today?

Congratulations. HRP

 

Spent the afyernoon with a few hot rod guys,telling lies and eating burgers! HRP

 

Modified a Mustang T5 short throw shifter I picked up for $20 at the Los Lunas, NM swap meet to fit the S-10 tailhousing that I put on the Camaro T5 I'm putting in my '31 A coupe. Seems like there's a million of these short throw units out there for the Mustangs, not so much for the S-10 or Camaro T5s. And of course I found one of the very flathead bellhousings I just bought from another member here, but the one at the swapmeet was only $25 with the correct starter plate and a rusty old starter. So now I own two of them. We spent 6 1/2 hours at the swapmeet, great weather and lotsa cool stuff.

 

Rolled the '12 T out and started it for the first time in 17 years! Best part was letting my 4 year old grandson drive it. Bob

 

A little OT, but we are just about to head out onto the open road (think Steppenwolf "born to be wild"

 

In Mo. at a SM class on beadrollers and power hammer . Bringing a new hammer home with me . Blue

 

Had a big tidy up in the workshop and made a tool to help cutting off bolts and setscrews square and also a tool to put rounded ends on brackets and chassis tags for use with my 18" bench sander (yes I said 18").

Well, I say "tools", they're just lengths of mild steel bar with a bunch of threaded holes at various intervals.

 

Cruising in the area around Princeton IL, at the Lions Club Toys for Tots drive, following an IH pickup.


And cleaned up some more stuff in the garage, getting ready for winter.



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Still trying to convince myself that brushing Rustoleum Marine grade enamel on my T Bucket frame is a good idea.

 

I'm a loser today and watched football. But all this week I attended an amazing metalshaping class and meet.... learned a shitload!

 

Picked up my new hammer .

 

Got my big Hershey find in the garage, '39 Ford cab. Bob

 

Baked a pie, in a sad attempt to suck up to my wife after spending all day yesterday at a swap meet.

 

Finished cleaning up from hurricane Mathew.

 

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Homemade or frozen?

 

Home-made baby, even used real pumpkin, none of that canned shit here! My belief is the return is in direct proportion to the effort, and not just in hot rods!

 

Took the old points distbuter out of the 33 and then put the new hei in.

 

After gearhead yoga over and under pop-in-laws beloved '63 Nova yesterday, had a long engagement with fix-its on my daily whip- renewed subscription on fuel filter (underbody) and spark plugs, cleaned up oil from a returming leak. Reminded myself of other fix-its it needs, as my '57 watched from the jackstands.

 

From yesterday... he'd found the gifted M/T valve covers' bolt holes are wider than his stock pair; stock pair has no oil cap hole, stock intake has the filler neck while the Eddy - Brock doesn't, so the Eddybrock intake I 'coated for him will wait for the next SBC we'll build for it.
Removed super tight exhaust mani to replace the plugs (have restored set to replace them). More to come on reviving his car.

 

Got the beams laid out for my new carport.

 

wired up my headlights.....and they work

and assembled my dash with my speedhut speedo....but a good mate wired it up for me

 

Moved a bunch of stuff out of the shop . Pushed my COE project out and unloaded the new hammer . Very heavy and had to take it in sidewards then stand it up . Got one of the arms on and remembered I needed to put some big rubber cushions under the corners and bolt it down . While I'm at it I'm doing a full fall shop clean .

 

Primed my frame. Tomorrow...... COLOR!

 

I went and picked up a frame for my Fordor build. Going to use a TT frame as it is a lot more beefy. If you are looking for parts check out lonepinemodelt.com Ron has a ton of stuff. More T than A parts but a bit of both.

 

It has cooled off sufficiently so the garage is somewhat bearable. So today after the Vintage Chevrolet Club swap meet I bolted on the rear bumper jewelry I've been holding onto since late spring.

 

Tell me about it... I'm on the shelf for another couple of months after a triple bypass on 10/1. Good luck to you!

 

I waited for a friend to call me in the morning till 2 pm...Then i went off to depot with the dog picked some 2x2 for me and took puppy to the woods..He turned 14 Friday, got to get him a B'day toy..Back home made stakes out of the wood and a half assed fence up by the road..Stupid leaves are getting blown all around but not away..

 

Finished putting this monster together and filled the arms and upright support with 20 bags of sand .
Then played with it a little , roughed in this MC gas tank half in about 45 minutes .

Now I have to put my shop back in place . Then back to body work on the COE . I hate paint bodywork . Blue

 

stayed in bed. been raining for over 24 hours.