Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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wow really looking good nice job love the skull shifter

Thanks Mark. I think the shift knob and his aoogha (sp) horn are his favorite parts of the whole car.

Don

Beautiful! Ultra clean looking. The monochromatic color scheme with white accents is really nice.

Don and Don Jr. nice job. Did both of you start with new clean frames? I'm working on the chasis and rust removal now, and was looking for some pointers on preping and cleaning the frame. Did you spray the gold on your frame, or send out, Don? Steve.

Thanks JR. God willing, it looks like we might be rolling into Daytona in something other than the family cars this year!! At least we got registered.

Thanks also Steve. Yeah, Dan and I laid up and built both frames using 2 x3 3/16 wall rec tubing. The three of us did all the painting except for the bodies. Glad that phase is over, I am still coughing up different colored paints. Maybe now my sinuses can get back to normal.

If you can do it, I would strongly recommend taking the frame and suspension pieces to a sandblaster and letting them do their thing. To be honest, I should have done that, but we elected to sandblast our own stuff. Probably would have cost about the same, and we wouldn't have had to put up with all the dust and mess. Not the best stuff to be breathing. If you do that, etch prime it immediately though, as it will start rusting very fast.

Don

Don---That things cute as a speckled pup!!! When he gets the white upholstery in there it is going to be total eye candy. Beautifull job!!!---Brian

Thank you Brian. How is the weather up there now? Getting cold yet?


Don

Don -

Your sons T really looks sharp, love the blue paint and the white trim. A very sharp looking rod, looks to be a lot of fun. Now that we have seen the sparkling blue one, let's see an update on yours. Caught it on another site and it really looks good, especially the copper wheels. Looks like you only have a little bit more to do on it to get it on the road.

BTW, hope you enjoy a sunny and warm Daytona while I'm be freezing by butt of in PA. Maybe next year.

Don, we've had a beautifull fall. It has stayed relatively mild right up untill this week, with daytime temps around 65 to 70 degrees F at mid day. I was still driving the Wild Canary downtown on "chores" last week!!! The leaves have been really pretty, although we haven't had any frost yet. This week the temperatures have dropped to about 55 F at mid day, falling to around 38-40F at night. I am in the middle of a big engineering contract for a feeder plant that makes parts for Toyota up here in Ontario, so I've been to busy to play at hot rodding. Every morning I come down to my office and fire up the computer, and the first thing I check is the progress that you and the boys are making. Some really marvelous building going on at your place.---You have something to be proud of.---Brian

Hey thanks for showing the picture of the Blue T. I'm planning on running WWW and GM blue rims, a white Lake Header and as my pictures show, GM Blue engine paint on my 26 T coupe.
Tom

Thanks guys. I've never been a blue kind of guy, but I really like the color on his T. I like the idea of your GM blue engine and wheels too, looks good.

You know you're nearing the end of a build when you can turn the key to start it, and flip switches and things light up. Yesterday I painted my steering shaft and column support, and today I got them installed. Now I can turn the wheel and the front ones move. I also got my gas pedal painted and reinstalled, so now I don't have to speed it up at the carb, I can do it with the pedal.

Dan came over after work and did more work on my wiring. Now the taillights and license plate light work, the turn signals flash, and the fuel pump runs. I turned into a parts hander for him, as he did all the hard work. When he's working you just stay out of his way and keep the parts moving.

Tomorrow night he and I are going to wire the electric fan and headlights, and that will be it for the wiring. If I get the brakes bled and adjusted I could maybe take the first ride around the block Sunday.

I ordered turnouts for my headers from Sanderson because I felt the headers would scorch my new paint the way they are aimed. The turnouts should not only move the hot gases outboard, but maybe quiet it down a little more.

Check out the picture below............we have taillights!!!!!!!!!

Don

Looking good lone wolf.......LOL
Brad

Aren't three lone wolves an oxymoron or something? Both of your car's have turned out so well, and I'm sure Dan's will several time more. It's sad to see this coming to an end, but to see your car's on the road will be too cool. Good luck over the next few day's.

Ron

Hey, you guys aren't getting rid of me that easy! I still have a Dodge truck to build and my old '27 to put back in shape, so I'll be around for awhile yet. Bet I take a little breather in between builds though (physically and financially )

Tonight Dan and I worked on finishing up the wiring. For all practical purposes, it's done. Every switch now works something, but we still have to install the headlights after I paint them and the grille shell. But at least we have juice already there waiting. Dan did a nice job on it, and it was cool to see how someone who did it for a living does things. Whereas I cut the wires neat and short, he leaves some extra as service loops so that there will be extra wire to trim if you ever need to go back and fix something. I learned a lot watching him.

My exhaust turnouts came today from Sanderson, and I got them installed. Not only do they direct the flow of hot exhaust away from my paint, they also quieted it down even more. The sound now reminds me of some of the Cobra kit cars you see running around with sidepipes. I think it will be tolerable and somewhat legal sounding.

Finally, we decided to bleed the brakes, and thank God I always use silicone brake fluid. We had a couple of leaks, and my painted chassis would have been ruined with regular brake fluid. The first leak was in the front residual valve, I had the wrong fitting in the end of it.........got that fixed. The next leak was from the bleeder valve on the drivers side front wheel cylinder. Looks like someone cross threaded the bleeder valve, and it is not seating. They are brand new from Dennis Carpenter, so I will give them a call Monday. In the meantime, I have another wheel cylinder to put in there, and will probably do that tomorrow.

That is about it for tonight. Oh, we also got the fan shroud cut out and mounted the electric fan. If I had brakes I could take this thing for a little spin.

Don

You guy's should go into buisness after this project! Silicone fliud, huh! Good to know. Right now any paint striping is a blessing but when the truck is done, it would be nice to have something to preserve all the hard work. Is silicone fluid interchangable with the regular stuff? Steve.