Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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Something like that usually follows a statement like this: "Hey, guys! Watch this!"

One time ,I decided that I could drive my truck project thru town to a body and paint shop.
No bumpers,no headlights,no turn signals,no brake lights,no grill,no windows,no mirrors,it was completely striped for paint,no seats.
Well to make a long story short,I mount up the milk crate,my buddie is 6 foot 2 ,so he sits directly on the floor,have to have a comrade when performing acts of foolishness needless to say the state police found nothing they liked when he pulled me over.He did have a pretty big smile on his face,he said he never saw a partial truck on the road before
Lets see here ,I think it was like ticket numbers11072,11073,11074,11075,11076,11077,11078
Which is real nice when the judge looks down and theres consecutive ticket numbers,his comment was ,they must have finished off the ticket book on this one
The officer made sure he wrote down ,non existent ,instead of non functioning equiptment
Believe it or not the judge reduced it all down to basically fix-it tickets.
Once I told him the story of 50 bucks for tow across town was the deciding factor for me to drive it,he fined me double that and said to have it towed next time ,its alot cheaper than me.

Money saved by driving to the paint shop: $50.00

Cost of fines: $100.00

Having that story to tell: Price less

Yeah, Duane is right, you couldn't buy a story like that. Well, you sort of DID buy it, but it could have cost a whole lot more.


Today was more parts getting primered day. I put a 2 x 4 over a couple of ladders, and hung as many front end parts as I could on it. Got them all primered, but had to switch to a different can mid way though. Not sure what happened, I mixed the primer just like always, but half way through it started to gel in the gun. I had to hurry up and clean it all out with laquer thinner, and by that time even the extra primer I had waiting in a cup was starting to gel.

Luckily, Don had some epoxy primer he had bought for his engine, so I borrowed some of it. That batch sprayed well, but is a slightly different color, as it is a different part number. I really don't care, as I will probably be spraying more over it after I do some sanding.

Anyway, here is my "Xmas tree" of primered parts. I sure will be glad when this stage is over. It is a messy job what with all the sanding dust, etc. Tomorrow I have to do some housecleaning in the shop.........it is a disaster from all of this latest work.

Don