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They look good, Brick!!! When is it going into the paint booth again???

Got a bit more done this weekend. Seems lately that weekends have become pick-em-up truck time.... Got some more white paint redone under the hood of my '71, and got some primer on that '70 chebby C-10 I've been helping a new to roddin' guy with. Tomorrow is Monday, so back to my own shop!!!!

On the '70 chebby, also installed the factory radio speaker delete option!!! I can't leave anything stock!!!!

SAY Dave whats that white stuff on the other car I dosen't look like OVERSPRAY.

That's PAINT on MY TRUCK!!!!! I've had that dang '71 Ford for 16 years now and never have managed to get it done.... Whenever things got slow in the shop I would bring it in and start working on it, then PRESTO, get new work coming out my ears and the '71 would go back to the warehouse. Originally had a 428 CJ in it. The block and heads had the correct date code for a Mustang a friend of mine was building, sold him the CJ... Built a nice fresh 390 GT engine, Edelbrock heads, good crank and rods, tri-power, the works. Well, along comes this guy building a 'glass Cobra and the 390 was sold. So now it has a 351 Windsor in it, stocker with a factory 4 barrell. Hopefully nobody will buy this engine and I can get the dang pickup done and sold...!!!!!!

And the white stuff on the little car is snow...Got about 6" of it this weekend.... Might even be able to get my annual snowmobile ride in sometime tomorrow!!!!

Brick the dash is looking good. Like the blue and white guages .

i've been looking for a windsor or at least a set of 69 0r 70 heads for one . The rod would look great with a 351 in its rails.

351 W's are fairly easy to come by around here. Just picked up another one in a Mercury that was given to me for hauling it away!!!! Engine runs good, tranny shifts, can't argue with the price.

As for the good Windsor factory heads, good luck. They are getting kind of hard to come by. With all the competition in the aftermarket head area, prices are fairly reasonable for an assembled set... Sometimes buying them new and assembled is a viable alternative to sticking a bunch of money into a set of heads that won't perform near as good anyhow....

Heads are cheaper now , but i dont like the aluminum . I passed a set in 2003 for 250 they were done but had been sitting awhile. Hindsite is kicking in now .

There are some really great cast iron heads being made for the Windsor's now. I don't have any problems with the aluminum heads, but if you prefer the cast iron ones many of them will flow as well as the aluminums, and in many cases cost a bit less.....

Cost a bit less now were talking LOL. Leave more for something else.

Lets see Dave, just counting the last 2 pages thats about 57 projects going and taking on more, "Can't get time to get to my stuff" Wow I wonder why!HeHeHe!! Good thing your not full time!!! If I was closer I would have you paint mine too, but it goes in the shop here again thursday.

Thanks Bluestang, I like the combination too and only $130.00 w/tach. If they hold up it will be a great deal.

Originally Posted by brickman

Lets see Dave, just counting the last 2 pages thats about 57 projects going and taking on more, "Can't get time to get to my stuff" Wow I wonder why!HeHeHe!! Good thing your not full time!!! If I was closer I would have you paint mine too, but it goes in the shop here again thursday.

Yeah well, I got to do something to occupy my time!!!! The most fun one right now is that '70 chebbie pickup. The guy is brand new to hot rodding and right now is so fired up about the truck you wouldn't believe it!!! I get a couple emails every day from him about what to do and how to do it on his truck. I guess getting a new guy started off on the right foot building hot rods is a form of payback to the sport for all the guys who taught me over the years......

Anyway, I never have been able to sleep much, some days 4:30 AM is a really good time to slip out in the shop and get some work done on my own stuff. I seriously doubt I will ever run out of projects!!!!!!! Though I would imagine I will probably end up having a sort of garage sale this spring and get rid of some of the half done stuff around here!!!!!!

Started building a rear bumper for the Camaro today. The brackets bolt on to the original mounting points on the car....Anybody know why the original brackets aren't centered on the car? Must be one of them chebbie things. The upper tube is 1 1/2" od, going to add a lower one out of 1" od, too. Have to leave room between the two to french in the license plate and want a bit of extra protection on the bottom as the fuel line will exit there from the fuell cell... Both tubes will of course be covered by the lower sheet metal panel.... Here's a couple pics...

Helping getting the younger guys involved is alot of fun I have to agree, I remember when I had that kind of entusiasm. I think I still get that way when I crawl in my ol' hotrod, I just get all wound up again. It is the greatest fun there is with your clothes on! My baby goes back to the paint shop friday for sure, finally!

Well, if we don't help new guys get started, Hot Rodding wouldn't have much of a future....

Good luck at the paint shop, anxious to see the chebbie all done......

53 Wagon is 99% done and needed somthing to do this week. Soo I started back on the wifes 57. Got a lot of the floor done, all glass removed. and started the fun part getting to the good metal.

Here are a few more not much to look at but its better than most I've seen out there for a lot more $. I bought it off Ebay and picked it up south of Evansville IN.