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12-24-2009 10:18 PM #4741
Falcon you must have been bored . See I put that in your head , but standing upright is a lot better and more functional .
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12-25-2009 09:25 AM #4742
Yeah, lucky for me I was at work and not in my shop when I thought of it, otherwise it'd be in pieces already.
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12-25-2009 12:15 PM #4743
Falcon, maybe you can chop the roof, but drop the floor inside to compensate for being able to stand inside? Just another thought." "No matter where you go, there you are!" Steve.
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12-25-2009 02:54 PM #4744
Falcon, have to expect that u and i r much of the same ilk it seems... I for one see niothing at all wrong with your prescription for change for the van...that would end up being perhaps one of the most unique hot rods on the planet....carefull u don't go overboard, BUT...go for it MAN!!!!!!Dallas
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12-27-2009 06:06 AM #4745
After staring it down for a while yesterday I decided against it. I wanted this to be a fairly quick winter project that will be on the road in the spring and I'm afraid if I try this it'll tie it up all summer. I spent about 10 hours sanding yesterday; good progress but nothing worthy of pictures.
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12-27-2009 06:24 PM #4746
Here's a couple from the weekend; I know this doesn't look like much sanding but I also did the inside wheelwells, footwells, and door tracks. I was going to just seal it and paint over the blue but it's just too crappy looking. Might as well start from the beginning. Did a little rough in on the gauges, too.
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12-29-2009 09:56 PM #4747
Looks like a whole car on just one side Falcon . Gauges look like they where made in that spot you have a eye for this stuff and speed .
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12-30-2009 09:08 AM #4748
Thanks, buddy. I'm on a mission to have this whole thing sanded in two weeks, we'll see how it goes. What's happening for New Years up your way?
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12-31-2009 03:13 PM #4749
Here's another several hours with the DA; also a set of seats I picked up at the boneyard today.
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12-31-2009 05:02 PM #4750
That's some really great progress on the I Scream Machine, Falcon!!!! Seats should work out well, though I must say I could also visualize an old set of Captain's chairs with armrests and all the good bells and whistles!!!!
I'm back to working on the Plymouth, but no real progress to report, unfortunately....The story is one I've been through before....Bill, who owns the shop now, was having another guy do the actual body work after all the tin work and fab was done. Well, IMO his work quality was a bit overated--seems he would rather just sling mud then do any real body work, IE the front edge of the hood varies in thickness from 1/8" to almost 1/2"! Rather then doing a bit of pingin' and dingin' to make the edge correct he just built the edge out of mud....Sure would look great sitting at a show next summer with the hood open, huh???? I won't even get into the rest of my "discoveries" on the work he'd done, needless to say I'm not real happy. Looks like I'll be redoing a lot of the work that someone else was already paid to do. I guess fit, finish, and detail has different meanings to different people!!!!!!Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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12-31-2009 07:56 PM #4751
Falcon, my man u do some good detailed work, it appears that however u complete the projectits going to b a nice one and one of a kind....i like that....love the seats too, salvage or where ever they came from, that would b a nice color scheme to paint the I SCREAM truck too i'de think....
Carry on car crafter, u got something goin there...Dallas
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12-31-2009 08:41 PM #4752
New Years right here . Momma works tomorrow and besides it is amateur night out there .
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01-01-2010 07:13 AM #4753
Thanks Dave, we're back at it today as soon as the shop heater gets it warm in there. It's 15 degrees this morning. The I-Scream truck; now that's funny! I think you just came up with the logo for the side! Sorry to hear about the Plymouth; sounds like a major hassle. Hopefully it wont take you too long to straighten it out.
I appreciate the comments, Mr Wizard. I think I'm going to go with basic white on this thing. I still need a lot of work on my painting/bodywork skills so I'm trying to keep it simple.Last edited by falconvan; 01-01-2010 at 07:20 AM.
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01-01-2010 03:20 PM #4754
Here's where I got to today; I had to push it out, blow it off with an airgun and sweep up all the blue dust, it was getting overwhelming. Also here's the front. It's pretty beat up so I'm going to try and build a new one. I got these trimrings off of Evilbay; maybe these and a square tube grill will make it look cool. Definately different turn signal lights, too.
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01-02-2010 07:24 PM #4755
Blue, i sure hope mama doesn't get wind of THAT staement, if so ur new year may not begin as well as it could...LOL...jus kiddin...carry on...Dallas
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