It's 5 weeks before Turkey Run; Oct 24, 25, & 26. Saturday the 25th is the big day. Registration is free.:D Here is a link:
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It's 5 weeks before Turkey Run; Oct 24, 25, & 26. Saturday the 25th is the big day. Registration is free.:D Here is a link:
http://daytonabeachdreamcruise.com/
Hey Don-- Any progress on any of the vehicles in your shop?????
Darn, work gets in the way, don't it? haahaa. But it sure is nice for the cash flow! I been driving a dump (dirt) truck since mid June, low pay, but great guys to work for, by and large! Old High School Friends. Getting me back into the real world and out of my hibernation den! Health is coming along pretty good, knock on wood. Happy Thanksgiving. Check my build, 1929 Essex Highboy in Shop Talk. Perley
Don,
Have you guy's stopped working on hot rods???????????????
Earl
Don---We still love ya, and we miss ya---and your sons!!! I have kind of backed away from the whole hotrod thing for a while, but I still have my roadster pickup and still use it as my daily driver when its summer time. We all miss your posts.---Brian
it seems like work has just gotten in the way for them in recent months, but i'll tell you it's been hard to adjust to not scanning for a Don build thread when i come to the board :HMMM:
Hey Perley, 35Fordcoupe, Brian, and Earl, thanks for asking. As a matter of fact, we HAVE stopped working on our cars for the past couple of months..........combination of things. Work has gotten in the way for Dan and I, his typical workday is now 9 am to midnight or later (he got in at two this morning) and since I have gone back to work my day is usually 7:30 to 8 or later too. It's the old thing, either you have the time and no money or the money and no time. :(
The other thing is that we got a little burned out on building them and needed to take a break. When it stops being fun it is time to get away for a while and recharge the batteries until the desire comes back. Finally, Dan and I are in the process of moving. We have been maintaining two apartments for the past 4 months because we haven't had the time or energy to fully move everything to the new place...........we're thinking of keeping the one apartment just for the cats because the new place sure is nice and clean without them messing everything up. :LOL: With the economy the way it is, frankly I am a little afraid to spend any more money until I replenish my savings.........you never know what the future is going to be and I don't want to take any chances.
We were kind of holding off until after Turkey Run to start again on the cars. Dans is sooooooo close, all the major fabrication is done and we just need to prep and paint his frame before we can start bolting the shiny stuff on. He bought some parts at Daytona like a SoCal dash insert and other parts, and I bought a red metalflake steering wheel and SoCal headlight stands for the Dodge, and a dual carb setup for the T. We should be done moving this week and plan to get back on this stuff maybe as early as next week.
Don is sort of in a holding pattern too with the T bird he bought. He too works a full time job then plays 5-6 nights a week in a band, so his time is pretty limited. Not sure how he keeps up that pace, but he has done it for the past several years.
So, that is where we are today. Thanks again for wondering about us.......we are still alive, just dead tired. :):)
Don
PS, I just realized my post is kinda like those annual Christmas letters your relatives send out and everybody hates.............."Johny got an A in History this month and Fluffy the Dog has had indigestion." LOL
Don---I know what it is to burn out, and I know that life gets in your way. I also know there isn't a damn thing you can do about it till the desire returns, on its own. You can't force it.--However---Hotrodding is like Herpes---It clears up for a while, but it always comes back!!!:LOL::LOL:
I like your analogy brian, ill have to borrow that one from ya. Im glad im not the only one who has burned out on the projects! Looks like were all feeling about the same.
Brian, hows the lathe working for ya? Any cool toys made?
Hotroddaddy--All kinds of really neat stuff!!! About 2 months after I bought the lathe, I went out and bought a vertical milling machine, then a metal cutting bandsaw. I have been building working model steam engines and things to run with them to the point where I am now doing my "How to" build posts over on the "Home Model Engine Machinist" website. I am also going to have an article published in "Home Shop Machinist" magazine, running a full set of engineering drawings for a beam type steam engine that I designed.---Brian
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Brian your right! I found out this morning my wife has been salting my food with antibiotics! But I'm on to her now and am sure the hot rod bug will return even stronger than before now that I'm wise to the bug thing!:LOL::LOL:
Actually like Don the body work this summer burned me out for a while, then the money thing with the new engine made me take a break and start saving for the motor to be dropped in. So for now it's work, work work, but hopefully in January Project Sp. K will come to life again!:toocool:
That's really cool Brian, I clicked on the picture and it came to life! :) Very nice work. Where the heck did you find a slinky???? Didn't know they still made them.
Don
Good stuff Brian!! You are very talented.
Like the old joke goes---"If I'm so damn talented, why ain't I rich!!!"
You only get to pick one. You can be either talented, rich, or good looking. Somehow, I missed out on any of the above. :o:LOL:
Don
You and me both Don!Quote:
Originally Posted by Itoldyouso
All it takes Brian is a million dollar invention! I know you have the ability to design and make a product that the world wants.
OK Don! If you lost out on all of those, HOW did you convince that beauty beach chick to pose in your T? Go Figure!!! Perley
I woulda been RICH, but when my SHIP came in, I was on the TRAIN------:p:p
Hello DOn,
Good to hear your ..... voice(?) ........or see you back at it.
I'm struggling along trying to keep focused. Been down working on the cpe. Pix soon.
How bout some undated pix??
See you at BilletProof.
Paul aka/ Ratty 46
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Originally Posted by brianrupnow
As I watched the video I realized I was smiling, strange how pieces of metal moving in and out, up and down, going in circles can make a person feel good, it did for me anyway. Very nice work!!
I love all things mechanical. It doesn't stop at hotrods. I too am fascinated by many different kinds of machinery. Right now I am suffering from hotrod burnout, so it is really great to have another technically based hobby to be involved in. Especially in the winter in Canada.:LOL::LOL:
Brian...I think you should apply your engineering and mechanical skills to either RC Dirt Track Racing or build a working 1/4 scale trebuchet! (LOL)
Pat
Ah a trebuchet...Loved the one featured on Northern Exposure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Monaco
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Stovens.....I think when I retire in a few years, I will try my hand at building one. I always admired the different designs. (Lot different than catapults!) The internet has quite a few sites that have plans for building one. I even saw one made from steel rods. However, I like the wooden ones because of the detail.
Pat
Damn--I had to get my dictionary out to see what a "trebuchet" was. Why would I want to build one? My wife works for Canadian Dept. of National Defence. She can probably get me one discount from her department. Thats all the Canadian military has, along with their Sea King helicopters that won't fly!!!
Brian....LOL!!!!
Pat they sell little desk top ones that would fling small objects at your coworkers. I was sorely tempted to buy one, but the big ones sound like some real fun.http://img.rlt.com/A/10421/desktop1.jpg
I went through and read your whole thread over the last few days, Don. This is an awesome build, I think I learned more in two days than in the last two years! Looking foward to seeing the finished product.
Thanks. I talked to a sandblaster today while I had him doing a boat for us at work, I am going to get Dan's frame and my '39 frame to him in the next few weeks so we can start prepping and painting both of them. I think we have rested long enough........time to bust some knuckles again. :D:D
Don
Hooray!! It'll be good to see those creative juices flowing again.:D:D Any possibility that either of those projects will make it to Billetproof?:cool:
It will be pretty tight as we are already into December and BP is in March, but we are going to try for one or both. Dan' really is close, yet so far away. The major fabrication work is done but there are still those 1,000,000 little things left to do that take time. My Dodge is probably 60 percent done, and since it is going to be left somewhat unpolished in it's final form it shouldn't take too long to wrap up.
Dan has also come to the realization he isn't creating the Mona Lisa here and that it will not be his final, ultimate hot rod. He just needs to get one running/driving rod on the road and then he can leisurely build the other projects he wants to do. He is leaning toward satin because he sees how good other cars like Gastricks '32 look done that way, and it would fit the era of the rest of the car too. He's been on it for 4 years now, time to git er done. :):)
Don
So thats why one "fell" out of the sky during an air show a few miles from me 5-6 years ago?? They had to take it back to North of the Border on a couple of semi's:eek:. I've seen it on about half of the "disaster" TV shows ever since - and yep, I was there.Quote:
Originally Posted by brianrupnow
Brian and Dave Wikipedia has a great section devoted to what you guys are refering too. I was in Canada around the time of a Sea King crash. The people we were staying with were furious with the government.
Here is a Wikipedia exerpt..."Following a change of government in October 1993, the incoming Liberal Party ordered the Canadian Forces to immediately cancel the entire order, forcing the payment of cancellation fees of $500 million (CAD). By not purchasing the helicopters and slashing the DND budget, the government hoped to trim the deficit and become more fiscally responsible. But by canceling the New Shipboard Aircraft Project outright, the new Liberal government left itself with very little room to maneuver, as during the 1990s the Sea Kings' air frames, engines and avionics systems slowly but steadily became dated and obsolete as the Sea King entered its 30th year of service. The Sea Kings still needed replacing, but no alternative or contingency plan was offered. Some have noted that the decision to simply cancel the NSA contract in the end did not turn out to be very fiscally responsible of the government at the time.[14] Chrétien one time famously retorted during a debate that the President of the United States still flew in a Sea King, so that helicopter was still good for the Canadian Armed Forces.
Consequently, events unfolded to force the government's hand on the matter. By the mid 1990s each Sea King requires over 30 man-hours of maintenance for every hour of flying time, a figure described by the Canadian Naval Officers Association as 'grossly disproportionate'.[15] Furthermore, the helicopters are unavailable for operations 40% of the time and due to the fact that the airframes are 10-15 years older than other Sea Kings flying in allied air forces, AIRCOM is frequently forced to have spare parts custom-made as Sikorsky's supplies are either overly expensive or no longer in production. AIRCOM's Sea Kings are now widely perceived as unreliable, outdated and expensive to maintain, by observers both inside and outside the Canadian Forces. On February 27, 2003, when HMCS Iroquois was deploying to Afghanistan, a Sea King crashed within moments of takeoff, and the picture of the helicopter lying on its side on the destroyer's landing pad was embarrassing.[16]. Late that year, the entire fleet was grounded (except for essential operations) for several weeks after two aircraft coincidentally lost power within a few days of each other.
When it subsequently became clear that new helicopters were still desperately needed to replace AIRCOM's CH-124 Sea King fleet, the Liberal government began a slow, tortured procurement process that critics have accused of being deliberately tailored to prevent the EH-101 from being chosen as a candidate. One problem was that the government continued to tweak the terms of the new Sea King replacement project, dubbed the Maritime Helicopter Project. The project was divided into two sections, with distinct airframe and integrated mission systems components. The two-parts decision was attacked from all sides; opponents insisted that separating the major MHP components would only serve to drive up total costs.[17] Public Works insistence on “lowest-cost compliant” bids did not help the situation any further.[18]"......
Don sorry for the highjack!
I'm also excited to hear you'll be starting up again, and even on my limited small scale project understand totally what you mean! I was burnt with body work, and spent in the finance dept for parts, so I took a break while my savings is rebuilding! I have a deal with my wife that works well, no spending on the hot rod unless there is cash in the savings acct for it. So it is a slow process right now, as I have some big dollar things coming up, starting with remounting the engine( having a pro do this for welding skills reasons) and then welding in new lower shock mounts to the 9' transaxle. Then comes the big bucks for headers, brackets and pulleys, gauges and dash components....you know the scoop!:LOL:
So longwinded response .....very happy to see you guys jump in again!:cool:
Hoorayyyy Don (and Dan). Glad to hear it. Perley
Hey, what's the latest? Any progress on Dan's RPU? How about the Dodge pickup? At the last update you were going to begin preparations for painting the frames...:HMMM:
Well, big progress tonight...........we loaded the frame onto the trailer for the trip to the powder coater. :D Plan is, they will blast it and coat it with phosphoric acid or something, then we take it home and use the Tiger Drylac EPO Strong on it (I ordered two kits this week) and we will do the filling and leveling. Then the frame goes back to them for coating.
This was the first time the frame has been outside the shop in the year we have been building it. Getting pretty excited.:D:D
Thanks for asking.
Don
Hooray! Progress... Keep us posted.**):D
Well Jim, today we took Dan's rod for a little spin............Ok, I'm lying, we took the FRAME for a little spin. :o:D We hauled it to the powder coater this morning and Dan spent some time with them explaining what he would like done. I had to run to work, but he called me later and said it should be sandblasted by tomorrow PM for pickup. That will work out pretty well because I tracked the Drylac stuff and it is due for delivery tomorrow too. If all that happens we can spend this weekend grinding and filling the frame and just maybe have it ready sometime next week to go back for the color coats.Quote:
Originally Posted by J. Robinson
Seemed funny following it down the road this morning, it has never seen daylight. Dan wanted me behind him because he was afraid someone would rearend him in rush hour traffic. :LOL::LOL: I pity the car that hits that frame, it is one heavy Momma. :p
Don
Whohoo! This is inspirational! I'm as excited for Dan as for the rest of us. It will be great to see the frame when done, and see Dan driving along side you guys in his rod. I too am working on painting the frame riht now but just with por 15. Unfortunately the wet weather is here making it hard to do! Keep posting.:cool:
Lookin' good Don.---Brian