February 2009
11 posts
January 2009
19 posts
project truck roundup →
cannot afford lemons race stuff
But I keep looking for a car to bring. This one would be particularly mad: a yellow 70s mgb with the ugly rubber bumpers. LeMons New Orleans is in June, and going to school there is neither the time or the cash to put a cage and a fuel cell in something. See http://www.24hoursoflemons.com/ for details, if you haven’t yet heard of the $500 race car craze.
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freshly painted floor
Well, the better half of the floor under the seats, that is.
Spent a good bit of time getting covered in ferrous oxide dust.
But we finished something! The part of the floor pan underfoot is being replaced by some new pieces of metal that fit with the drains and all courtesy of ebay, in theory.
one engine mount done
But we forgot to take pictures. Now to go home and get out of grease-covered clothes.
patching patches' floor
Today, in addition to finishing up the roof work, I got the floor the cleanest I’ve ever seen it, and we marked out the first spots to patch over. Intending to do a combination of rivets and welding, mostly. Took the bench seat out.
Driver’s side is the weakest underfoot, while the passenger side is the worst underneath the footwell.
Hopefully the weather will behave this...
1967 Plymouth Fury III
This one lives nearby (more pictures here), and is only a couple of blocks from this strikingly similar, but much, much more evil looking, 1967 Ford Fairlane 500. The Plymouth Fury and its economy-car cousin the Valiant keep showing up everywhere.
This one, though, is missing the straw hat on the back dash.
specialty engine mounts →
Clay has been working on the truck (is doing so presently) while I try to cram in as many extra hours working as possible before school starts again. This is his take on replacing the engine mounts, which are special and must be ordered online, we’ve found.
civic Si for the new year!
I found out last night, that the friend that I sold my old civic Si to actually got it back. He had sold it to some vietnamese kids after the timing belt snapped and screwed the engine. I had feared the worst, but it looks great still. This is the car that introduced me to dealing with rust and really working on cars in the first place. Even though it’s air conditioner is still dead,...