Bullocky I have been watching your build for a long time . I don't care about it being glass I just care about the fun you have in building it . If it wasn't for glass cars there would be a lot less seen out there today . You have to keep up the history for the young guys who are still looking !!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Shillady
Well said, Bobby.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluestang67
It's slow going for me these days. Just trying to stay afloat. I'm still scraping undercoating off the underside of my fenders. Hope to make some better progress before too long!
In the meantime, I'm keeping up with you guys whether on this thread or the others. I'm sure you're all looking forward to spring! Heck, I am too!!:D:D
Just to change the subject a wee bit -
In the last few weeks have changed the springs - the fronts (posted elsewhere) and lastly, the rear. The fronts were too weak(150#), the rears, too 'strong' (300# - 540# progressives) which of course made for an interesting ride. Of course with another fresh 8-10 inches of snow yesterday on top of the 2 feet already on the ground, it doesn't look like I'll make my hoped for March 15th back on the road date:CRY:
Then yesterday, put some heat shields on my Flowmasters to keep the exhaust heat away from the floor, but more to keep it away from the fuel and brake lines. I had a set all made up to be installed before the body went on - but being 'of age' have a problem with CRS so I ended up buying the Flowmasters. The straps need to be redone to the top of the mufflers, but that's a 10 minute job when I can get the car a bit higher. Here are a couple of pictures just to let you know I haven't just been sleeping under the car.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i8...eatshield1.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i8...Carbottom1.jpg
(yep, it is kinda dusty under that car!!)[/B]
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i8...ld/200spr3.jpg
DAMMIT it PO's me when the photos don't show!!!!!
Slow going here also just can"t Munster up the energy with out sunshine . That vitamin B is needed on these foggy days .Quote:
Originally Posted by randyr
Dave W. These springs are a science that I don"t think any one has down yet . I have 200# on the rear of the 31 and hope they will work with the road .
I know you guys will be shocked but I've actually done something to my car lately and here are some pics to prove it..:LOL:
After scraping all the undercoating from under the fenders I decided to tackle stripping the paint and repairing a little rust spot. The rusted section was in front of the wheel well on the passenger side rear fender. There is bracing behind the rusted section. After cutting out the bad section, I heavily coated the inside of the bracing with Rust Bullet before welding the patch piece. A thin coat of filler and it should be good as new.
I got one of the front fenders stripped today but I didn't take a pic of it yet. It's not quite as bad as I thought it would be. I wanted to send it all to a media blaster but that's just not in the budget right now. I had a gallon of stripper sitting around so I decided to put it to use! The hard part is getting everything out of the little corners & crevices with this method....any tips?
Randy - Harbor Freight have several low end media blasters, i.e around $15 bucks or so. They aren't the best, but with some of their media(Starblast) (or even mason's sand for a small area) will clean up most residue and tough to sand paint. I used one when I had to get the Brookville red primer from behind the cowl lip on my car and it worked OK. This area here, both sides:Quote:
Originally Posted by randyr
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i8...DSC_0076-1.jpg
I then sold the blaster at a swap meet for about what I paid for it
Hey Dave, I bought a 20gal media blaster a few months ago but quickly realized my compressor isn't big enough to run it. So it's still sitting in my garage looking very shiny & new. :CRY: Maybe I can find somebody fairly close by with a big compressor who'll let me plug into it for a couple of hours.Quote:
Originally Posted by IC2
It feels good to be moving forward again....even if it's still very slowly! :D
I made some progress today! Finally!!:LOL::D Thought I'd share a couple pics with you.Quote:
Originally Posted by randyr
It used to look like this..
And then earlier this year it began to look like this,
And now tonite it looks like this.. Should be in color by thursday! Then I can submit the paperwork to the state!
Very Cool, Mike!!!! What color will we see on Thursday? Geez, I wish mine was at that stage!! :CRY:Quote:
Originally Posted by 34_40
I'm excited for ya, buddy!!:D:D
Thanks Randy. It'll be blue. I walked into the paint store and flipped through the color chart and one color jumped at me... No fancy name, just a stock Sherwin-Williams color blue...Quote:
Originally Posted by randyr
I rushing to get it as done as I can so I can submit to the state for a title. If I can make it happen before the end of the year it'll be emissions exempt!
HOORAY!!!! WHOOPEE!! OH MY GOLLEEE !!!!
Congratulations, Mike. I hope the next photos we see are of the colored car!!!
Hooray?? Whoopee?? Golleeee??? **)**):whacked::D At least your post made me smile! :LOL::LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by IC2
Sanded all day today and a bit more to do tomorrow.. Then another "light" coat of primer. If it looks okay, it'll turn blue probably thursday.. As long as it stops raining too!:HMMM::HMMM: