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I sure hope so...;)
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Another Warm Sunny day in the middle of winter… High of 62F or 16C for my mates in the UK...:mm:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7347/...82d35a26_b.jpgUntitled by ta2don, on Flickr Started the day hanging a tire swing for my Granddaughter's 9th Birthday…:ennyd: then off to the shed to continue with the frame swap saga...:lol: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7321/...a167e3a9_b.jpgUntitled by ta2don, on Flickr Finished cleaning and painting the Frame, Rear Crossmember, and Track Bar Mount… :metal: then bolted the crossmember and mount on with Grade 8 hardware and Loctite….:chevy: Here's the bottom side all done… https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8681/...8ffea947_b.jpgUntitled by ta2don, on Flickr Topside… https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7384/...b7324e70_b.jpgUntitled by ta2don, on Flickr Track Bar mount… https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8668/...f751e0ef_b.jpgUntitled by ta2don, on Flickr Crossmember… https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7430/...26b3e7af_b.jpgUntitled by ta2don, on Flickr Completed Frame ready for Suspension...:metal::chevy::metal: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8622/...5321d19c_b.jpgUntitled by ta2don, on Flickr |
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Looking Good Don! You are trucking along. We are having the same weather here in Central Texas although a little bit warmer. High of 74 today and tomorrow maybe a record near 80!
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Looking great brotha!!! Now ya just need some clear coat! lol :chevy:
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Don you have been a busy man. Your frame looks great. can't wait to see picture of it sittin in front of your tattoo shop.
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Thanks Guyz!!! :mm:
Upcoming weekend colder and wetter, so I will concentrate on Cleaning and Prepping the Rear-End and Trailing Arms for paint and re-assembly...:uhmk: |
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Lots of progress!!!!!! Looking good.
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Looks great! Keep on truckin' Don!
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Thanks Guyz!!! :mm:
Wet Nasty day today, so when the wife and dog started watching the Puppy Bowl, I made my way to the shed and built a couple of custom tattoo machine foot switches… One of my fellow artists, wanted the Rat Trap one and showed me a pic of a Wrench one, so… Here's the one I fashioned for me… Nevermind the bird poop welding...:haha: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8614/...8c3ed0aa_b.jpgUntitled by ta2don, on Flickr Rear View of the Electrical hookups… https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7283/...5cf9500b_b.jpgUntitled by ta2don, on Flickr …and a few pics of the Rat Trap one for my friend Klown… Here's the artwork… https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7395/...e91aed88_b.jpgUntitled by ta2don, on Flickr Finished product… https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8620/...7d17280d_b.jpgUntitled by ta2don, on Flickr Now it's time to watch the Super Bowl...:chevy: |
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Another day with decent weather and a bit of progress...:mm:
This is how the rear end set-up started today… https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8663/...0ff59187_b.jpgUntitled by ta2don, on Flickr In a matter of minutes I had the trailing arms separated from the rear end and ready to clean and paint… I used a wire wheel to clean the 50 year old bolts… Here is a shot of one cleaned and the other not... https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7311/...a6928bfc_b.jpgUntitled by ta2don, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7406/...560721fc_b.jpgUntitled by ta2don, on Flickr Here are the Trailing Arms, U-Bolts, and Lower Shock Mounts painted… https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8589/...9c5b4325_b.jpgUntitled by ta2don, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7370/...29894367_b.jpgUntitled by ta2don, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8653/...9a637b3e_b.jpgUntitled by ta2don, on Flickr Here's a shot of the Trailing Arm Crossmember Mounts painted and installed… https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7447/...b74c274c_b.jpgUntitled by ta2don, on Flickr The Frame and Trailing Arms now wait for me to get the Rear End Cleaned and Painted...:uhmk: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8572/...96cfb05c_b.jpgUntitled by ta2don, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7442/...c0fc4210_b.jpgUntitled by ta2don, on Flickr …til nest time...:chevy: |
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:metal::metal::metal:
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Looking good Don!
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way to go don... nice detail and you're blowing through it. will be a roller before ya know it.
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Thanks Guyz!!!:mm:
If the weather guys and gals are close to right about this coming weekend's forecast...:rolleyes: I should have a roller…:D That's the plan nonetheless...:metal: |
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Great work Don. Getting closer all the time.
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Highly impressive progress Don.
I see JoJo checking out the progress too. |
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Checkin in and lovin the progress!!!
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Thanks for checking in...:mm:
Gotta get some upper and lower Rear Spring Mounting Bolts and hardware as the Rust monster has used the past 50 years to slowly gnaw at these bolts...:lol: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7407/...2cbee521_z.jpgUntitled by ta2don, on Flickr Aiming to get this transformed into a roller this weekend...:metal: |
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Looking good!
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All that hard work is starting to pay off.
Looking reeeal nice. |
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Very nice brother!!!! It won't be long you will have that beast on the road. :metal::metal:
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Thanks Guyz...:mm:
Had a bit of a setback...:banghead: Seems in my rush to get the steering box mounted, I measured something wrong… When I started to find the right placement for the center link, I found that no matter where I place it the pitman arm is a bit low...:dohh: After another trip to look at the old bent frame, it seems I need to raise the rear of the box about a quarter of an inch… That should eliminate the Tie Rod rubbing the Lower control arm issue that I found after getting the box and adapter plate bolted and welded in place...:thud: Note to self… Slow down and check everything before making sparks and melting metal… The Saga continues...:chevy: |
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a good deal of progress this weekend Don. you got that roller going and it looks sweet. hope you have a great week...
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Great progress, looks great!
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Don,
Looking good but PLEASE stop using cinder blocks as axle stands!!! I have the scars to prove what happens when they collapse..... P. :D |
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67F!!!! Spring Pruning!!!! we had 2" of snow last night... just a light dusting really:smoke:
Progress looks great Don, I second the motion on cinder blocks. |
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Thanks for Looking in and also the input on the cinder blocks…;)
Only used those while I was getting the Steering box mounted...:uhmk: Resting a sore shoulder from moving a wood burning fireplace out of a dilapidated house while trying to stay above the rotten floor...:lol: Grabbed the mail this morning and was pleasantly surprised with a tube from Grizz in the UK...:bann: Thanks Rian… The yellow Boddingtons tap handle will be a shifter knob in a ratrod I will build for myself in the future… The Bacardi bat bottle topper will go on the existing ratrod as a shifter topper… Mrs. Boss already claimed the bracelets as well as the beanie...:mm: The tube will be re-used to send something Rian's way...:uhmk: |
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Not much done today… I used the Bacardi Bat Bottle Topper and the small Sugar Skull as a Shifter extension for my Rat project…
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8629/...c6a402e0_b.jpgIMG_1513 by ta2don, on Flickr After the Shifter project, I pulled the Odometer out of the Gauge Instrument Cluster I recently scored and rolled it back to all Zeros... https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7394/...85dd0798_b.jpgUntitled by ta2don, on Flickr The next step for the cluster is to swap the white faced speedo plate and apply the white face stickers to the 4 gauges… I had already done the white face treatment to the original cluster… I'm also going to research which Tach will be the easiest to adapt to the Right end of the gauge cluster… any tips will be appreciated...:mm: |
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Pleasure Don.
As long as I can create havoc in your life, I am a happy man. Just checked in commented on your Ratrod project too. Thought I would leave more crappy ideas for you to pursue ( I have the local scrap yard guy looking for a decent donor for me) Wheelbarrow tub, "soap box cart" http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps0y9kjsfr.jpg How good would that look on the back of the Ratrod, or even your Stepper.?? |
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Saw a similar pic on FB and I have a derelict wheelbarrow here on the farm...:metal:
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Just need to paint the metal plate that rests behind the cluster glass…;)
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That cluster is looking sweet!
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Thanx Brotha!:metal:
…after chatting with Grizz, following the posting of the latest cluster pic, I may leave the metal plate black… :confused: Here is a pic of my original cluster in the white that I had intended to do… maybe too much white...:crazy: Decisions, decisions...:lol: |
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It does look a little overpowering all white, maybe try lighting it up at night see if you like it...
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looking good don, way to tackle the frame! cluster looks like it needs to be broken up a bit! only getting every other Sunday off at the new job doesn't leave me with much truck time, so going to be looking for lil to no rust parts! like driver door, pass. front fender, fleetside tailgate!
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:agree: a little too much white.
Frame progress is sweet |
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We'll Don, I have heard of traveling on a budget, but this must be the cheapest run around Paris, France you will get.
With Nicola and her daughter out to France last week for her birthday, I wondered how to share the pics I know some of the guys on here like to see. But they are all in high resolution, so emailing 125 photos in batches of 5 was never going to work. So I loaded them into a file on her laptop, placed my digital camera on a tin of Heinz soup,and had the works iPad play some French music next to it while filming the screen in the dark kitchen, after which I uploaded it to YouTube. Think a piece of string, a couple of paper clips and an old shoe technology. Mostly photos taken in Notre Dame, Sacre Coeur churches, and grave yards, including Jim Henderson of the Doors and Oscar Wilde the author's graves. Some skulls and bones of 6 million dead people in the catacombs under Paris toward the end. So here you go......... Paris on the cheap. http://youtu.be/VBAgJ1W5jKE I hope you have a glass of wine at hand and some cheese. Sorry about the not so professional quality. |
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Thanks Mate! :mm:
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