Re: Bread & Butter 27 Ford Project

by CustomCabby on December 4th 2009, 9:36 am

I get so flippin envious watching all you guys with your skills and know-how doing all this stuff. I tell you what, you build it (no matter the cost) and I will trade you even up for the truck.... deal?

by RebStew on December 4th 2009, 10:12 am

When it gets warmer and we have a work session just stop down. After you see it in person a guy can 9 out of 10 times do it himself. Chad (Rusty Karr) had never welded until he stopped down here one night and we showed him what to do. Within an hour he was writing his name in metal and building stick men trophies. Very Happy

I think I had more fun watching him play than he did. There a picture around here some place of the little guy he made..

by RustyKarr on December 4th 2009, 4:57 pm

by RebStew on December 4th 2009, 5:06 pm

LOL where's the one of the stick man?

by Cratethis on December 4th 2009, 6:48 pm

Nice heater! That thing is a beast! it looks like it could heat a garage twice the size of yours.

by RustyKarr on December 5th 2009, 2:59 am

RebStew wrote:LOL where the one of the stick man?

http://www.scroungers.net/shooting-the-breeze-f3/work-learning-sessions-t596.htm

by RebStew on December 13th 2009, 8:53 pm

I didn't get much done tonight. I built a stand for my tubing bender and managed to get the rest of the front end ripped back apart. I've put it on and taken it off so many times now I could do it with me eyes closed. The other bone doesn't need too much work so hopefully soon the axle and the other bone will get finished, prepped and primered. Then it's time for some color. Very Happy

by RebStew on December 14th 2009, 7:18 pm

I've been hanging out the the garage most of the night. I'm in the office now waiting for my primer to set up. Johnny and Glenn stopped in for a few. It was good to have company. The garage is full of junk again so no real place to hang out but it was warm with the stove going...
I did manage to win the bid on this glove box. I didn't really need the door but the dash I got from Doug was stripped down. No lock or emblem. I'll bolt this one on and it will at least stay shut and an emblem to boot. Very Happy

I still need a speedo for a 55 or 56 Merc pretty bad. I've bid on a couple but they went to hi.

by RebStew on December 21st 2009, 8:18 pm

I spent too much time on the front end stuff. It will stand out and I wanted to try to make it somewhat okay lookin'
Stuff is hanging all over. I managed to get the paint shot on the bones and axle. I ran the air hose over one of the bones when it got stuck to something on the floor. It was at the bottom so I just soaked the paint to it. It covered but got a run in it. It's no biggie I'll nibble it out and buff it.

by RebStew on December 22nd 2009, 7:25 pm

Worked for a few hours tonight. Finished up the trans cross member, mount and brackets for it to sit on. Got the dummy engine and trans back out of the car for like the 5th time and bolted on the freshly painted bones and axle. I was going to get the spindles mounted but after looking at the bearing for the king pins I'm going to go ahead and order some new ones. They are a little rougher than I thought they were.

by magicman_1968 on December 22nd 2009, 7:35 pm

I will be in the garage hopefully on Thursday for a bit....stop up and grab that tranny or when i get my truck back together i will bring it down......

by RebStew on December 22nd 2009, 7:54 pm

I may stop on up and get it if you will be in there. I may start ripping the engine apart right after Christmas and reringing it. As long as that's all it needs I may be doing pretty good.

by Cratethis on December 22nd 2009, 8:35 pm

Looks great Steve! Keep up the hard work!

by RebStew on December 26th 2009, 1:34 pm

magicman_1968 wrote:Hey do you plan on putting some kind of bumpstick in there? Because i have a good vega converter that was in that Monte when i took it apart....i thought about using it with the 406 but i have another converter i was planning on using......i may put it on Craiges list or Racing Junk for maybe 75.00......let me know if you are interested.....

I'll take her Joe. I'm going to need one with that tranmission anyway, might as well have a little stall with a bigger cam.. Very Happy

by magicman_1968 on December 26th 2009, 10:57 pm

RebStew wrote:
magicman_1968 wrote:Hey do you plan on putting some kind of bumpstick in there? Because i have a good vega converter that was in that Monte when i took it apart....i thought about using it with the 406 but i have another converter i was planning on using......i may put it on Craiges list or Racing Junk for maybe 75.00......let me know if you are interested.....
I'll take her Joe. I'm going to need one with that tranmission anyway, might as well have a little stall with a bigger cam..

its all you man Very Happy