Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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Don, did you get the reply to your brake question? Looks like it went to your "work" email.

No, I took a day off today, got the sniffles.
Thanks Bob, those look great on your car.


Don

Okay, it's on it's way with photo.

don it looks great .can i make a deal with you ??you come up to mich and help me on the willys and i will come down and help you with yours

Thanks Pat. Yeah, I'd be happy to come to Michigan, but only in the warm months. I went to Minnesota last January and it was "unseasonably warm"...28 degrees. I thought I would freeze while trying to pump gas into my rental car.


Don


Bring suntan lotion when you come.

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Thanks Pat. Yeah, I'd be happy to come to Michigan, but only in the warm months. I went to Minnesota last January and it was "unseasonably warm"...28 degrees. I thought I would freeze while trying to pump gas into my rental car.


Don


Bring suntan lotion when you come.

well i was thinking coming down when it get cold up here

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

well i was thinking coming down when it get cold up here

Yeah, but even then it will still be hot down here.

Don

i was in texas and help at GT performance it was 110+ in the shade never been to florida

Yeah, but that is a DRY heat, or so they say.

You can keep 110.


Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Yeah, but that is a DRY heat, or so they say.

You can keep 110.


Don

i was not dry.i was dripping wet you could not drink water fast enough

Don,

28º in Minnesota in January is WARM! We dont even wear coats when its that warm. -28º though is c-c-cold!

Yeah, everybody up there was kind of ticked because it was so warm. The lakes were not frozen thick enough to drive on to go ice fishing. You guys are REALLY into your ice fishing up there.


Don

Awesome thread Don!

I really appreciate your attention to detail.
Rolling the frame rail end over the front crossmember was super clean!
The aspect I can really relate to is the Alternative Engineering (of mice and men).

Keep up the stellar job.

Thanks Tom. I've seen some pictures of some of the members cars in the galleries, and there are really some spectacular creations in there, and some people on here who are really really talented builders. I don't measure up to some of workmanship of these, but I just build very basic cars. I look at some of the things they do and wonder "how the heck did someone think that up and actually build it?"

But by the same token, I have always noticed that what seperated a really nice car from one that is just ok is the amount of time and effort the builder spent on the little details, like brackets that he or she took time to shape and finish a little better than simply cut out of steel and left rough. That is why I am trying to make the brackets and gussets a little bit pretty and thought out.

I always refer to my Kid, and his building skills, and must sound like a broken record. But when I look at the car he is putting together I realize how talented some people truly are. He "sees" things differently than me. We look at the same part we want to build, and he will say "you know Dad, if you made it like this it would be cleaner and look better." and in 99% of the cases he is dead right. He will walk by me when I am in the garage working on the T, and I see him quietly studying something I am doing, and I think "oh-oh, he's going to tell me a better way to do this." And most times he does, and most times he is right. I have learned a lot from him, and just 10 years ago it was me teaching him how to do these things. He has simply surpassed anything I ever could do with shaping metal into a car. When his '29 hits the streets it is going to blow some minds, and I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up in some magazines. It is just so well done and unique.

But thanks for the encouragement Tom, and everybody else who has been so patient and supportive. This build has been a whole lot of fun so far, and this forum is probably the biggest reason for that.


Don

Well, I am no longer transmission-less. I won the one on Ebay tonight. They had a opening bid of $ 365.00 and a buy it now of $ 1075.00, and I was the only bidder and they forgot or didn't put a reserve on it , so I got it for $ 365.00 plus $ 85.00 shipping. $ 450.00 total. I have already bought a C6 and another turbo 350 from these people, Jackson Racing Transmissions, and these guys are the best. On Ebay they have a 2000 feedback with 100% positive, so I am not the only one that likes them. It should show up sometime late next week or the following week.

I started tonight on making up my driveshaft hoops and will post some pictures tomorrow when I get further along in that. In the meantime, here is a picture of my NEW (well rebuilt) turbo 350. Oh, it comes with a stock convertor which should be ok for now. If I bump up the cam I will go with a higher stall model later on.

Don