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....Hi Fellas. I've been out for a while with an injury, better now.

Daver.

Originally Posted by Daver

....Hi Fellas. I've been out for a while with an injury, better now.

Daver.

Glad your back!!

I found this picture of me in 1982 with my first car, a 1941 Dodge Luxury Liner. I was only 12. Took the photo with a 1917 Kodak camera!
That was a cool car. Flat head six, all original. First time we started it, I didn't know the radio knob was turned on. you know those old tube radios needed to warm up about 10 seconds. All of a sudden Glen Miller's String of Pearls started playing, and my Dad and I almost had a heart attack...thought the damned thing was haunted! I wanted to keep her but the compression was weak so we sold it for $750, not bad in '82. Went out and bought a 1960 Caddy Series 62...

Hey everyone been looking and staying up with it all . Haven't did a whole lot over winter but look for parts and think of changes .

Dave been watching that shop work you are doing . The Plymouth is coming along just great , and the 69 Mustang looks sweet in color .

ChrisP nice rod you have going there . Family shots really help it also .

Tom F give ya $500 for that Fastback . Been sad here since I sold the S Code to get the 37 Wish I had it back .

Look at you Falcon cruising in a Vette , well not bad if ya come up and let me test drive it . Never have driven one .

Ireland keep up with you in the header thread .

First since 31 is for sale I decided I wanted to keep the T-5 and 9 inch so I located a AOD from a 88 Mustang GT and a 8 inch from a 66 Fairlane 500 . Now I need to get body off again and swap these two items out soon . Also made the decision to get it running and rolling for a faster sale .

The 37 has some bad front cowls sections and a guy on the H had a set $65 to my door and super clean I can't Thank him enough saved almost $350 on parts this way .

cowl panels




Also picked up this 351 W for the 37 it's a C9 block now looking for some GT40P heads cheap for it . Just missed a set locally for $200 well have to keep hitting the U pick and find some .
So the 37 will be 351 , T-5 with a 9 inch





Then I bought one of those nylon fiber wheels and stripped the right mustang fender of 2 layers of paint . These really remove the material and leave such a nice clean sheet metal surface . Just started to run the 80 grit DA over it last night . Soon it will be primer and ready. Last thing is the hood woo hoo its ready for paint .



Well since the 31 sits so close I hit the right cowl I had hit with a 80 grit DA . The paint being original just comes right off with this fiber wheel . This means strip time will be cut down on it and it will get ready fast to color . Not much sheet metal work since its clean and pretty straight .

Started with 50 grit forgot what it took to get those marks out and how many sheets of 80 . Have to keep renewing to make a good cut . But the fender is looking good now and won't need much primer to fill . One half done with the nylon fiber wheel 80 cleaned it right up .

<<ChrisP nice rod you have going there . Family shots really help it also . >>

thanks, Put a lot of work into her and still have a long way to go!

Man, with that outfit, I bet you got your lunch money stolen at school A LOT!!!.....

Looking great, Bobby. My wife and I are cruising the Vette to Indy for Super Chevy weekend on July 11th. Come on up and I'll let you take it down the road.

Bluestang67
I wouldn't even sell my 66 Mustang notchback parts car for $500

LOL I didn't think you would .

Getting some stuff done on the '51 Chevy. I entered it in a carshow for july 8th.. it's not going to be a spectacular car when done, just an amature resto for now ( I'll re- restore it in a few years or so ).. it's mechanicly sound as is, so I just gotta get it painted and put the interior togther, replace glass and stuff like that.. I should have it done, but if not.. the carshow registration was only $6.. and of course, recheck all of the mechanics b4 putting it on the road just to make sure

Just an update on the Plymouth. Working on the engine covers--the new EFI hemi is really fugly with all the wires and stuff on the top of it, so I'm covering the whole thing. The owner is another geezer, so of course the back end had to have flush mount lights, frenched plate, and megaphones!!!! The automatic tranny is huge, so of course the tunnel had to be huge and the seats (Honda) mounted high. Vision is fine and it's how the owner wants it so it must be right...... The interior is huge....back seat is from the Honda, too, and behind it is a firewall hiding the fuel tank and battery box... When sitting in the back seat, there's a ton of leg room!!!! Gonna be a really fun cruizer. Lots of electrics and electronics going under the dash--22 relays at last count, plus the ECU, A/C evaporator, and all the other normal stuff. Just got the new radiator back, have to start building mounts for it and the condensor tomorrow....

Originally Posted by Matt167

Getting some stuff done on the '51 Chevy. I entered it in a carshow for july 8th.. it's not going to be a spectacular car when done, just an amature resto for now ( I'll re- restore it in a few years or so ).. it's mechanicly sound as is, so I just gotta get it painted and put the interior togther, replace glass and stuff like that.. I should have it done, but if not.. the carshow registration was only $6.. and of course, recheck all of the mechanics b4 putting it on the road just to make sure

That doesn't look much different than my 53 did a few years ago! (well, 18 years ago) I looked at your site...looks like you're gonna paint it purple? Fantastic! Nothing like a nice deep candy purple. I think I'm going to go with metalflake. Good luck with that car, looking forward to seeing the progress!

Originally Posted by ChrisPFlorida

That doesn't look much different than my 53 did a few years ago! (well, 18 years ago) I looked at your site...looks like you're gonna paint it purple? Fantastic! Nothing like a nice deep candy purple. I think I'm going to go with metalflake. Good luck with that car, looking forward to seeing the progress!

yes, it will be a grape purple color.. I bought the interior first ( grape purple and snow white vinyl ).. then took color samples to the paint place and had them custom match the colors.. I might bring the snow white to the outside somehow.. as it will be, the glove box door and the area behind the gauges are painted a diffrent color from the factory ( gray on a blk dash ).. so the main portion of the dash will be purple, with the glove box door and area behind the gauges will be white.. all color matched

Well the coupe is loaded up on my motorcycle trailer and I'll deliver it to Dave's this Friday. I'm going to a wedding in Billings MT and hope to pick it up on my return home on Monday. He's going to put the doors on it. I Will be doing some welding on the body mounts he fabricated so when it's back here it will go right back on the chassis.