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Well I logged in this morning and there was a message at the top of the page telling me I have not posted in a while and that I might want to post. So, here goes a post for ya...lol...and this is in the project area as that is all I have been doing is project cars.............but for other people.
I finished the sheet metal work on a 76 280Z and had been waiting on the front doghouse from the owner to finish it. I finally pick the doghouse up Monday. Next, I've finished all the sheetmetal replacement for the 72' Nova except the rear quarter which I am working on now. I'm also working on a 65' (I think) Mustange - installing new floors, torque boxes and maybe shock towers (if I can bring myself to cut them out) plus toeboards. In between all that I finished out a 66 Chevy truck that I wish I had more time to do but the owner wanted it done in a week. I put it in 2K primer for him and slicked the bed. Did not turn out the way I wanted but he was fine with it.
Note: If you find some backyard restoration guy like me and trust him, DO NOT rush him. He will not be able to do the job the way it needs to be done and you will be upset that it isn't right when you caused it...just a heads up.
Moving on, I was able to drive my car......ok it was just in and out of the garage but it squeels tires in the garage
arty0031:. Still have a running issue but once I get some wheels for it I might get fired back up to finish it...after I get everone elses cars done.
Now, the rest of the list goes like this - the Nova should be done this weekend as well as the Mustange. Then the 55 Ford gets moved in for some heavy metal work (by the way I did say Ford and don't care, it is a really nice car that sounds like a true hotrod from the 50's with its dual straight side pipes) that the PO fixed with bondo and expanda-foam (don't get me started on that crap). After the Ford or should I say with the Ford, I will be working on a 57 Sedan that the 66 PU owner brought for me to do. After I get his Sedan done he is bringing me a rusted out hardtop to build. The deal is that I build the hardtop and he gives me a 68 Chevy PU with a 327 SBC for the work. I've been looking for a truck for my son so it worked out......Oh, I forgot the 280Z, I need to put it back together this week and get it out of here. Oh, I also forgot about the other 68 PU that the Nova guy is bringing me. Plus several other cars on their way to me.
So, that's were I have been. Every moment I have is in the garage...lol. Not a bad thing. I do wish I had one of those self vacuuming robots. The crap that gets stuck in the frames and all the holes here and there....geeze. It's every where.
This is a learning experience. I really enjoy working on cars, wish I could do it for a living but I am not a professional, still learning.
If I don't check in often you guys know where I am......later.
Josh
I finished the sheet metal work on a 76 280Z and had been waiting on the front doghouse from the owner to finish it. I finally pick the doghouse up Monday. Next, I've finished all the sheetmetal replacement for the 72' Nova except the rear quarter which I am working on now. I'm also working on a 65' (I think) Mustange - installing new floors, torque boxes and maybe shock towers (if I can bring myself to cut them out) plus toeboards. In between all that I finished out a 66 Chevy truck that I wish I had more time to do but the owner wanted it done in a week. I put it in 2K primer for him and slicked the bed. Did not turn out the way I wanted but he was fine with it.
Note: If you find some backyard restoration guy like me and trust him, DO NOT rush him. He will not be able to do the job the way it needs to be done and you will be upset that it isn't right when you caused it...just a heads up.
Moving on, I was able to drive my car......ok it was just in and out of the garage but it squeels tires in the garage
arty0031:. Still have a running issue but once I get some wheels for it I might get fired back up to finish it...after I get everone elses cars done.Now, the rest of the list goes like this - the Nova should be done this weekend as well as the Mustange. Then the 55 Ford gets moved in for some heavy metal work (by the way I did say Ford and don't care, it is a really nice car that sounds like a true hotrod from the 50's with its dual straight side pipes) that the PO fixed with bondo and expanda-foam (don't get me started on that crap). After the Ford or should I say with the Ford, I will be working on a 57 Sedan that the 66 PU owner brought for me to do. After I get his Sedan done he is bringing me a rusted out hardtop to build. The deal is that I build the hardtop and he gives me a 68 Chevy PU with a 327 SBC for the work. I've been looking for a truck for my son so it worked out......Oh, I forgot the 280Z, I need to put it back together this week and get it out of here. Oh, I also forgot about the other 68 PU that the Nova guy is bringing me. Plus several other cars on their way to me.
So, that's were I have been. Every moment I have is in the garage...lol. Not a bad thing. I do wish I had one of those self vacuuming robots. The crap that gets stuck in the frames and all the holes here and there....geeze. It's every where.
This is a learning experience. I really enjoy working on cars, wish I could do it for a living but I am not a professional, still learning.
If I don't check in often you guys know where I am......later.
Josh
