Project: Recycle

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by Inverter

Your out of your analytical mind, mate ! Clean work, no surprise. Im still way ahead of you, bess step up those hours.

This seems appropriate. I'm never in a rush to get things done it seems as I don't care for the pressure of deadlines. My my budget being fairly low doesn't help the speed of things either.

With the holidays, we still haven't gotten the sway bar arms done. Yes, I can do them by hand but I prefer the accuracy of machining for stuff like this if/when possible.

I also reached out to a board member for steering column parts sources to obtain some rebuild parts. Again, holidays slowed that as well. Hopefully the next week or two will be productive.

[SCOTI]

Slow progress....

Got the steering shaft machined for the DD joint. I'll do one more test fit of the partially assembled column/housing this weekend before finishing the rebuild.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Nice work scoti..

[lolife99]

SCOTI what was the advantage of machining round stock for your dd fittings over using production dd shaft material?

[lolife99]

Never mind.
I see yours is splined on the top end.

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by lolife99

Never mind.
I see yours is splined on the top end.

Correct. It's the original main shaft for a tilt column.

[SCOTI]

Column housing and shift tube welded up....

[SCOTI]

THIS JUST IN.......

Literally. The rebuilt column from 70shortfleet arrived yesterday & looks new. Les was very easy to work with & collaboration of parts ideas flowed easily.

I can say I was always comfortable throughout the process as questions about certain parts or methods were discussed so we were regularly on the same page on the process & progress. Communication & value was great. I definitely won't hesitate to reach out to him again for my RetroRod project if it ever restarts (starts?)

A few images as it arrived. Note how the packaging is reinforced w/wood & the column itself is locked in place. Very nice.....

[TA_C10]

Originally Posted by SCOTI

THIS JUST IN.......

Literally. The rebuilt column from 70shortfleet arrived yesterday & looks new. Les was very easy to work with & collaboration of parts ideas flowed easily.

I can say I was always comfortable throughout the process as questions about certain parts or methods were discussed so we were regularly on the same page on the process & progress. Communication & value was great. I definitely won't hesitate to reach out to him again for my RetroRod project if it ever restarts (starts?)

A few images as it arrived. Note how the packaging is reinforced w/wood & the column itself is locked in place. Very nice.....

I'm glad this worked out for you, I couldn't be more pleased with his work as well. I feel like this was one of those parts that was worth it more than I realized at the time. Glad to see Les is still at it.

[88Stanger]

Goodness, that thing looks awesome! I have missed seeing your posts on the build.

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by 88Stanger

Goodness, that thing looks awesome! I have missed seeing your posts on the build.

Sent this off for rebuild & worked on some other stuff while it was gone.

Full drivetrain in the '29 Tudor (built/balanced/cammed 4-banger; 4spd conversion; rebuild rear end). It's the full/legit patina ride that got the most attention.
4spd swap & rear end inspection for the '31 Coupe.
Full drivetrain re-fresh in the '30 Cabriolet (hone, re-gasket, & rattle can rebuilt 4-banger w/a better head; rebuilt 3spd, Mitchel OD unit, rebuilt rear end).

I helped w/the '31 Coupe motor re-fresh in Nov. 2020. The other two were non-running. Neither had been on the road for years. We started thrashing 2nd week of May. All 3 cars were running/driving on June 10th for a club touring event in East Texas/Longview area.

[aggie91]

Those last two pictures are at the Kilgore College Campus. I drive by that lot every day. Where you there for the meet? the 10th was a Thursday, so I would have been at work...Wish I could have come out to look them over!

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by aggie91

Those last two pictures are at the Kilgore College Campus. I drive by that lot every day. Where you there for the meet? the 10th was a Thursday, so I would have been at work...Wish I could have come out to look them over!

Yes sir. We got discounted admission to the Oil Museum so we checked it out. The few times I've went out there I was never able to check out the museum. The Tour was Thursday - Saturday night. The 'Welcome Party' & ending event/dinner was @ www.wyldeacres.com event venue.

My buddies do these tours w/family & friends. This was my inaugural event

About 100 registrations/200 people signed up for this 58th Annual Texas Tour (60+ Model A's). It was different vs. what I'm used to as far as attending shows but it was a cool thing to participate in. I didn't care for the last minute thrash getting the Cabriolet going (it wasn't started until 11:15pm on 6/9/21. We were scheduled to depart @ around lunch time 6/10. No pressure. Wound up trailering the Cabby since it had a valvetrain noise on the fresh lifters but the other 2 drove the entire trip w/only the '29 experiencing 2 small issues that we overcame on the shoulder (1st one in Forney TX vapor lock issue; the 2nd/3rd stops were near Wills Point for a loose crank pulley).

The '31 Coupe just returned from another event in Colorado. The truck pulling it on a trailer broke down outside of Dalhart TX. He unloaded the Coupe & drove home to DFW some 450ish miles in a straight shot stopping only to refill gas & water. It's driven over 1k miles since 6/9/21.

The first two pics below were around 930pm Wed 6/9. We just got the rear end back in place so we could roll it outside & turn it around to stab the motor & trans.

[88Stanger]

Now that is cool! Love those old rides.... great looking ones... This is where our trucks came from... like a family tree of sorts... lol

[TA_C10]

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by TA_C10

It hasn't changed much. I walk by it daily so this I know

Haven't touched it. Chasing Model-A stuff for the next round of updates.... Front suspension/brake upgrade for the Malibu (acquiring/assembling the right parts).... Complete brake re-vamp on my OBS...

All that while trying to decide on the 64's wheel/tire options. The tires are now ~10yr old new tires . The fronts were pirated for my old 90/OBS several years ago & the old/new rears are no longer available in the size I have/want. With things taking so long to deliver after order, I've been trying to decide now & get some wheels in the works.

I have been cleaning up w/the intent of getting back on it soon. The shop is a mess w/the bed of the 64 as the 'EZ' storage receptacle.

[TA_C10]

LoL, EZ storage and my 10 yr old new tires. It's the kind of mess that your proud to have

Look forward to the model A updates as well as the c10.

[aggie91]

I think you and I are on a similar time line with our trucks, my rebuild started around the same time as this one...but I think mine is finally a bit closer to being road ready...

[clemdaddy]

Just signed on to your build... looks like a weekend of interesting reading. I could tell from a quick scan of page 1 that you were a builder worth following.

[hewittca]

I don't wander over to the 60-66 side of the forum very often, but I definitely should do so more often. I can't believe I missed this build! I love everything you are doing to this one. The stance mockup is what got me hooked on this one. I know it's been a while since the last update but hopefully this one is still on the list to finish.

[SCOTI]

Serious 'Thanks' for the props & kind words. I actually just visited w/the well known board member N2billet today to update each other on the status of our current projects/plans.

The '64 is still here & waiting. Been doing some car flipping to pay the hobby bills during '23. While the $$ helps get parts, your focus on the flips takes alot your free time.

We discussed making some time this Spring so hopefully it happens. We currently have my '30 Cabriolet in line for a new top; updating the drivetrain for a mid 80's full size patina Bronco (& then suspension rebuild/lift), then we're building a chassis for a '30 Tudor & I'm trying to finalize the layout on taller front wheel tubs for my G-body Malibu.

So the '64 is not forgotten.... just bumped down on the list.

[hewittca]

Sounds like you have a lot going on! I saw your Malibu earlier on in the thread. I definitely dig that one as well. I had a '80 back in the day. Sometimes I wish I still had it.

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by hewittca

Sounds like you have a lot going on! I saw your Malibu earlier on in the thread. I definitely dig that one as well. I had a '80 back in the day. Sometimes I wish I still had it.

Sadly my '78 is farther apart than it already was as one of the flipper projects turned out to be worse than hoped.

I picked-up a non-running/non drivable '81 ElCamino Jan of '23. We tinkered around w/it & got it running so I proceeded to fix the drivability issues. One we had a fully functional vehicle the plan was to put it on the market. As we were completing some shop clean-up, I left it running in the P-lot to burn off some of the funk from it sitting >7yrs. After about 30mins of idling, we could hear a bottom end knock. No bueno letting it go for profit w/that known issue so it sat idle in the lot.

Fast forward, we continued work on the scheduled/customer Model-A project that was a complete drivetrain swap for a '30 Sedan (60° v6/4spd to a Pinto 2.0/C4 auto); rebuilt & lowered my '30 Cabriolet + brake swap (mechanical to hydraulic brakes), bought/flipped an '02 Suburban, head swap on my 5.3 equipped Envoy Denali, & a trip to Colorado mid June.... We were BUSY.

We struggled significantly w/the drivetrain swap on the '30 Sedan (supposed 'kit' that we had to significantly modify to make it work) so that ate up alot of our time. What should have been 5-6wks part-time/after hours of effort turned into a 13month project. We finally finished it up right around the week of Thanksgiving & returned focus to the other stuff sitting idle.

We decided direction was needed regarding the ElCo. We yanked the motor (305) just before Xmas & looked @ the bottom end. It was ugly. We were going to throw a backyard/down & dirty rebuild @ it but then chose another path.... We plucked the 52k mile 305/350 combo out of my Malibu & swapped it into the Elco. No worries that it would have any more issues that way & no additional expenses (parts purchases) either. We yanked the drivetrain out of the Malibu on a Sunday afternoon (after picking up a 6.0/4l80e that Sat AM) & had it swapped into the ElCo by the start of the 2nd half/Sunday Night Football game. We tinkered around a few nights that week & it was running/driving before the end of Thursday night. Had someone interested & it sold/he picked it up on Jan 2nd.

That following weekend we got another flipper repaired (bad shift linkage on a 5spd VW Jetta/Wolfsburg edition), I finished minor stuff on a car/flipper I bought for my dad & delivered it (DFW/TX to ATL/GA & back) & got my '99 (Spot) aligned/inspected + legal again the next week. Since then (last week), bought/flipped an '04 Tahoe & I bought a 2014 Mazda MX-5 (from the guy that bought the ElCo )......

[kev2809]

wow, lot on your plate! and im struggling to work on just one lol

[Braunschweiger]

You've been hard working, the Camino looks good, congratulations on the sale.
It's nice that you got the Model A on the road,
I've now found time to continue working on mine,
I'm currently replacing the roof wooden construction with steel in order to install the sliding ragtop