Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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My doctor said I had the body of a 30-year old, but I had to give it back . . . it belonged to his nurse.

Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

My doctor said I had the body of a 30-year old, but I had to give it back . . . it belonged to his nurse.

Bummer Jack.... I remember when doctor's used to give you some candy to take home with you!!!!!

Don't feel bad Henry, I can't go to wall Mart anymore either!

Love the wheels Don, that is a rich grabber blue.

Thanks Brick. We got his tires mounted on them and balanced today......couldn't wait to see the stance when they were put on, so we wheeled it out into the sunshine for the first time. It's starting to look like a car finally!!

We spent the last couple of days wooding in the sides of the body, and are almost done. We decided to do it the way Total Performance suggested, and followed their instruction sheet. Instead of laying up mat and resin under each stringer (like I did on my cars) they suggest using body filler as sort of mortar under each one to bond it to the body. We went one step further and bought a high quality filler with fiberglass strands in it, figuring it would bond better than just filler.

Their wooding kit is really not all that great, just some wood that is no more than firring strips, but Don bought it anyway, so we had to use it. At about $140 for the wooding kit (just the sides, the floor is $ 85 more) it should have been at least NICE wood, but it was pretty bad. However, you never see it once the interior is in place, so we just did it as they instructed.

I have to admit the body is getting pretty rigid now that the wooding is almost done, so it must work. There are a lot of TP cars out there running around, so they must have it figured out pretty well, I guess.

So, here are some pictures I took today. Tomorrow I will finish up the wooding and get ready to flip the body over to glass the underside of the floor. We figure in a week the body can be ready to go to the shop for prep and paint.

Don

OH, that isn't blue overspray on the tires........it's the blue protectant Coker and others use to cover the whitewalls. (didn't want you guys to think I sprayed the wheels with the tires mounted.......lol.)

It's starting to look like a car

Hey! That's my line, and it's copyrighted.

Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

Hey! That's my line, and it's copyrighted.

Oh Man, first I steal that cartoon, now this!!!!!!!!!!! It's a downward spiral from here, next I'll be tearing those little tags off of my pillows !! Al Capone had NOTHING on me.


Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Oh Man, first I steal that cartoon, now this!!!!!!!!!!! It's a downward spiral from here, next I'll be tearing those little tags off of my pillows !! Al Capone had NOTHING on me.


Don

Just don't cut the one off of your mattress or the tag police will come and get ya.

Don, I didn't know how much a rebel you were until I see you using copyrighted material, tearing tags off your pillows and thumbing your nose at the law. Next you will be putting the nike swoosh on the side off you car without promision. Tsk Tsk when will it end LOL
Brad

I wish I had a couple of kids with projects to work on. I've done about all I can to mine - except for upgrading parts that already work. I was a little lost this last 4-day weekend.

Don the tags will be great packing material . But i'll take the peanuts its safer .

Aw, come and get me coppers.........say hello to my little friend, and all that jazz.

Jack, time to do another project, or at least enjoy the coupe (if the DMV ever stops messing with you )


Well, Don's T is coming along pretty well. Tonight he and I finished up all the interior wooding and it is now flipped upside down so I can glass the bottom of the floor to the body. Then we only have to cut the holes for the gauges and it can go to the body shop.

The wooding isn't the neatest we have ever done, but it follows Total Performances instructions, so at least the interior kit he bought should slip right in once it is painted. We also did some more work on his engine tonight. It is gonna be a sweet little 302 Ford..........30 over TRW forged flattops, X303 roller cam and comp cam roller rockers, crank crossdrilled, early steel heads with a lot of work done like big ss Chevy valves, guide plates, etc. He topped it off with a polished 2 x 4 Edelbrock setup, and has a TCI race prepped tranny behind it.

The engine was built to go into his drag Capri (which he just sold) so it should move the little T pretty well. I owned this engine originally, and he and I have traded it back and forth a few times. Wish I still had it for my '27.

Here are some pictures I took tonight.


Don

Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

I wish I had a couple of kids with projects to work on. I've done about all I can to mine - except for upgrading parts that already work. I was a little lost this last 4-day weekend.

You can adopt me, and come over and help me

Looks good Don, have you ever considered making this your new profession?
Ken

Thanks Ken. Yeah, I have, but I have sort of gotten used to eating regularly, and I would starve for sure.


Don

Hmmmm.... If that little 302 keeps changing hands like that Don, wanna let me know when it's my turn?????