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[QUOTE=Stovebolter]You guys are still making me "waffff"

Tom,

That'll be neat....you mean like a tonneau cover...so to speak. Instant open top. I like it.


Yup something like that.

[QUOTE=Tom F]

Originally Posted by Stovebolter

You guys are still making me "waffff"

Tom,

That'll be neat....you mean like a tonneau cover...so to speak. Instant open top. I like it.


Yup something like that.

Oh yeah, one of them new "Pop Top" deals,,,,,, right???????

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Yup, this one should be fun...also using it for "Top Chop 101" class for my young friend Greg who is ever so eager to learn this Hot Rodding stuff....

Hot Rodding is fun, but when you can teach some of what you've learned to someone new and young, it's twice as much fun...!!!!!!

Besides, a low ridin' chopped top anything with a V-8 and a 5 speed in a 95" wheelbase has got to be fun.........

That's a big 10-4.

[QUOTE=Dave Severson]

Originally Posted by Tom F

Oh yeah, one of them new "Pop Top" deals,,,,,, right???????

Hey I'm open for suggestions.

Dave,
Got home at 6:45, ran into a little rain, sure can make good time in SD, set my cruise at 80, and then in MN took it down to 75, didn't get passed very often. Got 98,629 miles on my bike now, shucks in another 1400 miles it will be a brand new 1988 Venture with zero miles on it.

[QUOTE=Tom F]

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Hey I'm open for suggestions.

Dave,
Got home at 6:45, ran into a little rain, sure can make good time in SD, set my cruise at 80, and then in MN took it down to 75, didn't get passed very often. Got 98,629 miles on my bike now, shucks in another 1400 miles it will be a brand new 1988 Venture with zero miles on it.

Wow, good time for the scooter trip!!! Betcha whatever that rain suit cost it would have been worth twice that yesterday, huh????

Last spring I came back from Rapid City with the cruise on 82;.....and still got passed a number of times...... Couple more good trips and you'll have the 00000 odometer!!! Got to have a good shot when it's the 99,999 reading so I can shoot it to my Yamaha rep pal!!!!!

Tom that's great! I haven't heard of many bikes with that kind of milage on them. My 89 softail had 65,000 and that's considered a lot. I had a 72 750 Honda that had close to 50k on her when I sold it after a pretty bad accident. The Harley's had some top end work, but the old Honda was just stock original, with only new chains and oil every 3-4 months!
Riding in the rain sucks! I tried to outrun a lightening storm in Utah for 2 hours, until I gave up and sought shelter!

Took some time this afternoon and evening to make some cuts on the Bronco.... Instead of playing the custom windshield game I'm going to just lay the posts back and use the stock dimension glass....done it on a few other chops, with a windshield like the Bronco has, there's no wrap around part to deal with so it's a fairly straight forward deal. My initial cut was a bit light intentionally to leave room to trim and fit the pie cuts on the A-pillars...Still have to trim enough to bring the roof down another 3/4" to achieve the desired overall roof height of 52" with a 5 1/2" ride height. I've got Tom's coupe in the big garage and the Bronco in the little garage, enough room for a skinny guy to work but that's about it. I'll try to clean the place up a bit and get some pics of the progress this weekend....

.....I'm looking forward to the pics, Dave....I've always been fascinated by
top chops. Don't clean the shop too much....we'll know.

Daver.

Originally Posted by Daver

.....I'm looking forward to the pics, Dave....I've always been fascinated by
top chops. Don't clean the shop too much....we'll know.

Daver.

Thanks Daver, it's very complimentary to call my little garage a shop---until about 2 months ago it was nothing more then a place to have the air compressor and storage.... got to de-clutter a bit or you won't be able to pick out the Bronco from the junk!!!!! Oh well, it will put to rest the rumors that you've got to have a big fancy shop to build a Hot Rod..... What's it matter anyhow? It's all in the name of having fun and self expression, right???? Though some have said that some of my builds only offer proof of excessive drug use in the 60's!!!!!!

Though some have said that some of my builds only offer proof of excessive drug use in the 60's!!!!!!
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Dave so thats where all that talent comes from i was wondering a bit . You know if your going to build this bronco we need lots of pics . You know pics of the truck and pics of the floor when your looking at the pic and it snaps one on its own

.....here's the extent of my manufacturing facility.

The frame is halfway out of the facility.

Daver.

Originally Posted by Daver

.....here's the extent of my manufacturing facility.

The frame is halfway out of the facility.

Daver.

Neat, clean, and organized.... All things on my "things to do" list!!!! I sure do miss my big shop....well, everything but the big payments that went with it.... Guess when I get to Texas I'll build me a nice one.... Tom's coupe is probably the last customer car I'll do anyway, I'm getting to enjoy building what I want the way I want it.....Either that or just too old and grouchy to want to put up with the general public anymore.....

Originally Posted by stovens

Riding in the rain sucks! I tried to outrun a lightening storm in Utah for 2 hours, until I gave up and sought shelter!

Ya I hate riding in the rain, been down on the pavement three times and two of them times it was raining.

Well I have not posted anything in a long time, but I finally started tearing into my 1966 Ford F-100. I decided to start by rebuilding the carb, it is the original carb on the original engine, I successfully rebuilt the carb and like a moran I decided to tighten the rear right bolt before tightening the rest and broke the seat, so I am waiting to raise the $400.00 to by another one. Today life was bad!

I`m building a 69 Camaro.This is going to be my frist one to finish.Started a few but always sold them before I could get them done,not this time!I`ve got the front end done,brakes all around,subframe bushings replaced,and the body work on the driver side is about done.