Thread: 1968 Plymouth Valiant 1st Gen HEMI

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it's nice to have space, I just keep moving stuff to only move it again and again and again!

Originally Posted by Navy7797

it's nice to have space, I just keep moving stuff to only move it again and again and again!

Yep. And I seem to move 1 thing and it displaces something else with 1/2 of that landing on the workbench and then I forgot where I was going with this other thing and I'll see something else that can go over there with a like piece of something and then... what was I doing now???

Well not too much of an update on the car this time. and pretty much got the reinforcement brace to the transmission tunnel pretty close to the shape it needs to be. The brace is just a piece of 1/8” X 2” flat stock and with some heat and a hammer I was able to get the shape and twist I needed to make it fit. I was hoping to have a picture of it welded into the car and painted but that will take a while.

We also pulled the lower control arms off and replaced the urethane lower bushings,

tunnel brace by M Patterson, on Flickr



The weather turned nice a couple of weeks ago and I figured it was an opportunity to make up some progress on the car. You guessed it, I did too much and caused an issue with my poor old body……fortunately as it turned out it was “minor” but confined me to the house/recliner for about the last week and a half. So instead of following the advice I’ve given others in the past (“ don’t push yourself to hard and give yourself time to heal”), I gave myself a self-inflected wound.

This is pretty much the first time I’ve been in the shop for a week and a half and for the few days I’ll probably restrict myself to the computer and maybe some small bench tasks. So yeah trying to do too much ended up costing me at least a couple of weeks instead.

Zull’s missed coming out to the shop too, she’s pretty much stayed on the porch or inside the house with me since this has happened. I’m not sure whether it’s the shop, me or the treats she knows she’ll be able to con me out of in the shop (my votes’ on the treats LOL).

22525 by M Patterson, on Flickr

One of the projects I’ve been looking at is getting some simple shelves I can stack the small parts boxes on so I don’t have to unstack them every time a need a small part.

PB by M Patterson, on Flickr

If anybody has an idea on who sells shelves that would work or are super simple to build I am definitely interested in any input.

Oh well…..still kicking in Arizona LOL



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Originally Posted by Mike P

One of the projects I’ve been looking at is getting some simple shelves I can stack the small parts boxes on so I don’t have to unstack them every time a need a small part. If anybody has an idea on who sells shelves that would work or are super simple to build I am definitely interested in any input.

Oh well…..still kicking in Arizona LOL

Mike,
In my shop I've got 5 or 6 of the cheapie stamped steel shelf units that the big box stores like Lowe's or Home Depot sell, the 5 shelf units that one assembles with a bunch of #10 bolts, washers & nuts. They're flimsy, but once all of the fasteners are tight they're stable and work OK. Mine are stamped metal, but this one is the same size, 1.5Dx3Wx6'H with wood shelves, 400#/shelf and $35 - https://www.lowes.com/pd/Winado-Stee...elf/5015235479

Another alternative for that type of shelving might be found at a thrift store, Goodwill, etc. Years ago a standard feature on desk tops was a three to five shelf file folder "holder"/bin/rack, whatever it was called.

Originally Posted by rspears

Mike,
In my shop I've got 5 or 6 of the cheapie stamped steel shelf units that the big box stores like Lowe's or Home Depot sell....

And today, because I posted the link to cheap shelf units my Facebook Feed is showing me every shelf unit that is made in China or offered by Amazon/TEMU/ETSY/etc/etc, ready for immediate delivery!!

Thanks Roger, if I was just setting up,my shop those would be great.Is it was when I built the shop wood was cheap (remember those days) and I had a lot on hand so I built in shelving units, what I'm hunting for is something to organize the crap I have on the shelves.

Thanks Bob, I hadn't even thought about those and there are some listed look like just what I'm after.


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