Rusty Bowtie
General Category => General Discussion - Intros => Topic started by: ghost28 on April 21, 2015, 07:29:29 PM
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I don't know about you guys, but I can't seem to get motivated in the shop right now. I have plenty to do just no energy to do it. Must be a spring thing. I hope I get my MOJO back soon.
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I know what you mean John. I've had to get caught up on some of the spring stuff around the house. Just finished rebuilding my grill. When I'm done with that stuff no energy to work on the car. Now that the snow is finally melted in my yard there's always something else to do around the yard. Can't wait to go for a ride. Maybe that will get me back into it.
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No kidding I've been going thru the same thing. Just can't seemed to get motivated. I did take the 38 out last night over to buddies house who has a lift and checked out the underside for any potential problems.
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Ghost if you find yours, see if mine is nearby. Geeez, mine is lost for sure. I just hope working on the renovations at the shop (now he's adding a clean room for building motors, tranny's and carbs) and will inspire me to work on something different, LIKE MY COUPE!!!!!!!!
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Darn we all might have to go to therapy ??? Are maybe we can figure it out here. :o
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ITS ALL THE DAMN WET WEATHER.
MIKE
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Mike you might be right, we are 6" above average right now. it seems like it rains every day. I'm not complaining.
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Ghost haven't seen your motivation here...... but
I Got motivated by the wife,,,She does the yard and house she said to go do my thing in the garage...last 2 days, been sanding doors to bare metal got the passenger side done and in primer. Worked on the driver's side today ready to put in primer . She mowed the yard to day and came out to help me finish sanding on the door. Beings the body and doors don't have rust or dents in them I am not going to sand blast them, and the guy I usually use is 150 miles away, and I don't trust any one here.
But I am going to send the frame out for sand blasting, figure they can't mess that up.
Photo of the wife removing the running boards by here self..what a gal ;D ;) Didn't want my help..
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I actually inlisted a friend to rattle my cage if I'm not making progress on the roadster. We have a goal to drive it to the Lone Star Roundup next year. 1 year away! My goal is to have the engine and tranny complete by June 6 for our Inliner show. There is just so much else going on and I have been letting a lot slide. Now it has caught up with me, but I want the roadster built. The good news is it's just a little hot rod. ;D
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Ghost I think FATnLOW's wife stole your motivation ;D
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It must be contageous because i have caught that bug as well i think it is some sort of dulldrum and that crap will pass as soon as the nice weather gets here or at least i hope vette59jdwl
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Ya know, when I first started this project I spent every free second in the garage. Then it seemed as soon as I got it streetable I hit a major slow down....... I'm trying, though. I got most of the stuff I need to put the car in final primer and I have been creeping along on the interior. I PROMISE to kick myself in the ass next week and get the car primed so I can finish the body and interior by the end of June. No exceptions! As for the rest of you guys... Just DO IT!! ;)
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This is how you do it..... a few kind words written down works ;D The wife doing her thing
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Well I went and did it :o I forced myself into the garage tonight. Put my dash panel in epoxy primer and touch up a few bare spots on the body, cleaned the dust off the 32, hoping to push it outside this weekend and possibly put another coat of gray high build primer if it doesn't rain.
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check the directions on the paint can and do not spray if the temperature or the humidity exceed the recommended spraying temperature & conditions.
I have a dual inexpensive $10 gauge in my garage for temp and humidity. Also make sure your compressor tank is drained of water and your inline water trap is up to snuff.
Don't want water spots in or on the primer.
mike
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I like to watch a good TV show about building cars on a saturday morning to get my motivation up.
OR watch a youtube video.
Guess I grew out of cartoons. :o
I know what ya mean though. When I got my car drivable I lost all motivation to do anything else.
Hell I cant even clean the garage and its been a year . Its coming back though but projects are getting stacked up .
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check the directions on the paint can and do not spray if the temperature or the humidity exceed the recommended spraying temperature & conditions.
I have a dual inexpensive $10 gauge in my garage for temp and humidity. Also make sure your compressor tank is drained of water and your inline water trap is up to snuff.
Don't want water spots in or on the primer.
mike
I do have a temp. and humidity gauge on the wall in the garage, It was 65 degrees last night. I also use a air dryer on my air system.
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FATnLOW, may I borrow your wife, mine does't even want to ride in my car :-\
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FATnLOW, may I borrow your wife, mine does't even want to ride in my car :-\
Don't complain, that way you get to drive as you want and go where you want, and if you do not have a cell phone , YOUR OUT AND FREE..........,mike 8)
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Very true MadMike ;)
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FATnLOW, may I borrow your wife, mine does't even want to ride in my car :-\
Chopper......No not yet....Still need her to finish sanding...Then she can primer , then block sand and get ready for paint ...so i'll keep her a while ;D...... I have been really fortunate that she loves car related stuff...she always making stuff out of old car parts
and always around old cars,,,having 2 boys she kinda always did car stuff with them and it then grew into the old cars
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FATnLOW. You got the best of everything going on right there. :) Keep her happy. Chopper I feel your pain, but take my advice and don't even talk about your progress on the car to your wife. If she is like mine she will ride in the car when it's finished, but she don't want to here about the build, the conversation bores her about the same as sewing a dress bores me. On another note I did find a bit of momentum in the form of running the brakes lines on the Buick. Most everything is ran except a few items I will need to order. Now back to being lazy. ::)
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Ghost, I'm glad you found a peice of yours. I had every intention to sort through more parts. When I walked in the shop late this morning it looked like a bird sanctuary. So I went home, found my old Crossman. It took me 15 mins to get my eye and gun sighted, but I got 14 of them little bastards. Spring they tear away the insulation at the eves and make nests (and fly in) >:(
So later I got two motors moved, said the hell with it and went back home.
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I found a little of mine last night but not any tonight. I still need to work on my 38 to finish getting it ready for he Knoxville Nationals.
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Ghost, that is good advice. Every time I tell her about the car her eyes glaze over like I'm talking to her in Chinese and just gives me that nod that says "that's nice, dear".
FATnLOW, I have four boys who have little more interest than my wife. They appreciate cool cars, but turn a wrench? Nahhhh!
As long as the weather holds out I am going to start transforming my end bay into a makeshift paint booth. I have just about everything I need to prime my coupe, I am shooting for one day next week, hopefully Wednesday. I chose the U-Pol beige, that way it will cover easily if I paint the car yellow or black.
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Holly crap CHOPPER We are still getting snowed upon and your out painting what is wrong with that lol lol vette59jdwl
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Just finished sanding the 33 ... firewall and cowl were tough 3 1/2 days and done...but mommy says got go around one more time to make sure...
Chopper let us know how the U-POL does....
it"s 12:45 here and it's beer time...
Every one have a good weekend...Im' going to a swap meet tomorrow hope it's rewarding.................
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Fatnlow I used a product from Tamco part # HP5311 it is a self etching primer and it also kills any rust that you might have missed down in the bottom of the pits that sanding wont get to. Hope you find plenty of goodies at the swap meet.
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FATnLOW did you find what you were looking for at the swapmeet?
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No....Was looking for some Boyd e star wheels...have a 2 15 inch wheels,,, looking for 2 more 14 or 15 inch...been looking for a long time... didn't buy a thing...the wife scored on a bunch of stuff for her auto related nic-nack projects for her lamps and clocks ...but it was a really good day to get out and do some looking and visiting
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FATnLOW, I don't know if this is the syle star you are looking for. 10"x15" Boyd's ($400 for set of 4)Craigslist Hutchinson, Ks. Under "classic jeep wheels"??? :o Ad says 4.5 but multi-hole bolt patt, no damage but needs polishing.
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Sammons...looks like the same style.....And I can run those under the '33 as I went to 58.5 rear end length (4x4 S -10) and I presume they have the 3.75 or 4 in offset....he probably will not spilt them up either...... he say prepped with other pattern wonder if they have 4.75'' bp
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Most of the uni-patterns i've seen with 4.5" have been paired with 4.75". Possible to have been paired with the less common 4.25" (small mopar), 4.75"w/5". Sorry I no longer know anybody living in Hutch anymore, or I would have them swing by and look/measure for ya.