I miss Don too. Glad you did do the blue!
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I miss Don too. Glad you did do the blue!
Max cool,love the look !
Jim I was on street rodders web site looking at Ken Thurms 32 sedan, when I came across this trtack style t that I thought you might like
http://image.streetrodderweb.com/f/f...d-modified.jpg
Great work as always Jim!!! The car looks like it's ready to go blasting into Turn 3 at Ascot!!!!!!
Thanks again to everyone for the compliments. It's been a fun build, although I got sidetracked a number of times and should have finished this two or three years ago...:rolleyes:
Whiplash - I have a stack of receipts in the shop yet to be totaled. I'll do that soon and add it all to the previous total. I had originally said I hoped to bring this project in for about $4500, but I know I went a little past $5000 with the paint and other last-minute stuff. I remember Don's "Project 3K is Underway" thread. That car turned out beautiful, but I think he just couldn't restrain himself from having some pricey details. I would estimate that he spent more than $3000 on paint and upholstery. I think the total was probably closer to 10K when he was finished.:HMMM:
Steve - I've seen that car before; it's nicely done and well proportioned. I don't remember what engine it has; possibly a flathead. The body is a '26 - '27 style and the external mounted gas tank is typical of a "Lakes Modified" style car as Track Roadsters were required to have the tank mounted inside the body (usually under a turtle deck, but occasionally a pickup bed was used).:cool:
Dave - I'd love to put it on a track somewhere just to see how it handles. Maybe one day I'll persuade the officials at Orlando to let me make a couple of laps during practice. If so, I'll post the outcome here...:D:D
It's been a year since I updated the cost of this project (5-23-13) and it's pretty much done now except for a couple of very minor details, so I guess it's time.:rolleyes: As of last year's total I had spent $4232.89. Shortly after that I started buying whatever parts were needed to make it legally roadworthy. In the past year I spent another $93.01 on miscellaneous nuts & bolts and $371.77 on parts. That includes the alternator, a new clutch master cylinder to replace the leaky original, all the wiring components, and a few other pieces that had to be replaced. I spent $165 for a new ring and pinion to get a gear ratio that is more compatible with the little 4-banger and 5-speed trans. I paid $106.94 to have glass put in the windshield (twice) and $150 for two new rear tires, mounted and balanced. Finally, I spent $419.61 on paint and materials to finish the body.:HMMM: Expenditure for the last year is $1306.33; add that to the previous total ($4232.89) and that brings the grand total to $5539.22. That's just over a grand more than my target of $4500, but still pretty reasonable, I think. I'm pretty sure I could get almost triple that for it if it was for sale:D:D (NO, it's not!:p). I probably would have spent a little more along the way, but a few things were gifts. I have helped a good friend with his '40 Ford pickup and he gave me the engine from a Chevy S-10 he was scrapping and he bought the seat upholstery from Speedway for my Kirkey seats.:cool:
I still haven't decided if it will get lettered and/or numbered, but I have the materials for that if I decide to do it. I also have enough material to do the interior side panel upholstery over at least twice (I over-bought). My wife has offered to teach me to sew and I may eventually replace the plain side panels with some pleats to match the seat upholstery.:3dSMILE: Now that the roadster is done I have some things on my coupe that need attention. I have a new aluminum fuel cell for it and I need to repair some rust bubbles that have come up on the doors. Then it's on to the next project...:whacked:
Jim, you are an inspiration to all of us, applying the old school approach to a modern street car. Good job!!
Outstanding Jim! And what a beauty you created! I am inspired by your threads, and others on here who make do with what they can do themselves, and within a reasonable budget. :) :) :)
Thanks! I had been wondering about tape residue and how the new paint would react to the cleaning before the clear coat and if it needed time if you were going to do that which I would have though meant fine sanding then clear.Quote:
Originally Posted by J. Robinson
August - I don't know if you've ever done any custom painting using candy colors or pearl, you've not said.:confused: Assuming this is new territory for you (or someone reading this), let me be more specific. With pearl, the pearlescent coat is sprayed over a solid color. Pearls are available in paste form, powder, or liquid. I like the powder type because it can be mixed with whatever medium you prefer to spray in any concentration you desire. Often, if there is only one color involved, the pearl powder is mixed with straight reducer and sprayed over the base color while it's still soft (called "wet on wet"). Then the clear is applied immediately and that's it. The color and pearl coats are not touched before the clear is applied because if the pearl is disturbed it will show in the finished product. On my roadster, using acrylic urethane paints, I wanted to put the scallop on the nose and I needed to put the pearl on before the scallop. So, how do you apply the pearl and then mess with the surface, but leave no imprints? I used 16 ounces of reducer, 4 ounces of clear, and one ounce of hardener (for the clear). In painter's parlance, I reduced the catalyzed clear by 400%. I added an ounce of pearl powder to the thinned mixture and sprayed it wet on wet over the white basecoat. The next morning everything was dry and the pearl coat was hard and stable. I was able to do all the layout, masking, and wipe-down without disturbing the pearl. I could not do any sanding at that point because that would have disturbed the pearl coat and it would have been visible when done.:( If I needed to do any wet-sanding between coats, it would have to be done before the pearl was applied or after the clear. Any sanding on the pearl or either of the metallic colors would be visible as flaws in the finished product. However, I could and did wipe the surface with wax & grease remover; it does not attack the urethane paint as long as it's completely dry. I hope this helps.:)
Wow that is helpful Jim.
Yes. Thanks!
Here's something that could be used in other vehicles... Have you ever needed some decent floor mats, but nobody makes any that fit your application? It's a common problem with some of the body styles we hotrodders use. When I carpeted the roadster, I used the leftover pieces to make some floor mats. I cut them to fit and bound the edges with black duct tape. They looked OK, but just wouldn't stay put. The thin material had a habit of getting wadded up every time I or a passenger climbed in or out:mad: (see pic). My solution was to buy a couple of rubber-backed door mats (got these at Lowe's), use the old mats as patterns and cut new ones.
I laid the old mats on the back of the new door mats and used contrasting spray paint to transfer the shape. Then I used a craft knife to cut them out and trimmed the fuzzy carpet edges with scissors. They are heavy and stiff enough to stay put and they look pretty good.:3dSMILE: Of course, as usual, this stupid program loaded the pictures out of order, but you get the idea...:rolleyes:
The mats look nice, Jim! Another option might be to buy a set of mats for a larger vehicle and use the same approach to transfer the pattern and bind the edges.
On the pictures, I always hit "Preview Post" before posting, and can then drop down and move the file attachments into the right order in the Manage Attachments area, and previewing again to be double sure it's the way I want the order. I agree it's frustrating that the system doesn't seem to ever load them in the order we upload them.
Thanks, Roger. I've tried to move the pictures around in the "manage attachments" window, but they don't budge. Maybe I haven't figured out how to do it, but the only way I can make them come up in the right order is post them one-at-a-time...:whacked:
Great work on your mats! The carpet in my 40 would always do the same thing and it drove me nuts!
Hey! Where the Hell are all my pictures????
Test picture.
I'm seeing a lot of blue boxes with the words "Attached Images." Some photos show, some don't. It appears that Photobucket images link OK, but uploaded files may not.
Something weird going on here... All my pics are gone except the one I just loaded several minutes ago. Mine is not the only thread affected. I tried to e-mail Brent using the link on this site, but it came back as undeliverable. Has he abandoned the site? Anybody know what's up?
I don't have a Photobucket account and wouldn't know how to link to it if I did...
I generally PM Brent or Bill if I have a need to communicate with them about the forum. Brent sometimes takes a while to reply, and sometimes simply addresses the issue without any direct response. I agree something's funky. I tried four or five times yesterday or the day before to add a graphic to a birthday wish - the attachment info showed in the reply text, but no picture in the post.Quote:
Originally Posted by J. Robinson
Hi Roger,
I tried using the "contact us" link at the bottom which comes up as Brent's e-mail address, but it came back as undeliverable... Weird.
Jim,
I PM'd Brent a link to this thread with a note wondering about links to previously uploaded photo files not showing up in many cases. Maybe that'll get to him?
Thanks Roger. I'll let you know if anything develops.
Hmmm....weird. I'll have to look into this tonight after work. My apologies guys!
I made some changes...are you still seeing this?
I still get lots of blue boxes with "Attached Images"
Post #1020 has what's called a "Test Image" that shows, but all of the earlier pictures have the blue box with a small icon "Attached Images" like Jack says.
The only picture showing is the one I posted Monday as a test on post #1020. All others are still missing. My other thread on "Electrathon - A DIfferent Kind of Hot Rod" is also missing all its pics and The Bat's thread on rebuilding his old roadster from 1959 is missing its pictures. There are probably others...:confused::confused:
I went back and looked at several old threads of mine and it seems to be kind of random with several pages having no pictures, only the blue box & icon, then on a page where none appear you get to the bottom and a post has pictures. Very strange....
not good,all my pics are also gone,that makes my tech's also of no help to anyone
The photos on my "Up on Jackstands" thread are all gone. There's not even a blue box. Most of mine were photobucket linked.
If you do a uplink from a site like photo bucket and they are deleted from there they will disappear from here---------
Obviously, since it's a link. However, my photos have disappeared even though they are still on Photobucket. The links don't even show in the text. Direct uploads have disappeared also.Quote:
Originally Posted by jerry clayton
Don't leave us just yet Jim, your threads are excellent and instructive. Hopefully Brent will sort this out.
I'm not going anywhere yet, Steve, but I hope Brent can sort this out. I can even re-post all the photos in the appropriate places if necessary, but is it worth the effort?:HMMM: I'm just waiting to see what happens. I'm sure this is horribly frustrating for Brent, too, when something like this happens.:whacked:
Good to hear Jim. Hope it all gets sorted out soon.