What Did Ya Get Done This Weekend?

Also picked up some seasoned red oak, going to try and get it planed
and milled this week if the weather holds out............

Drove a 1000 miles to go to a high school regional championship game and 2 basketball games. I really enjoy me grandkids but dang I'm getting to old for that kind of beating.

Good job FBP.

Spent the weekend writing. I signed up for National Novel Writing Month, and the goal is to write 50k words in the month of November. As of Sunday night, I'm at 40,637 words...I think I just might make it!

Good work, Animal. I don't have your discipline. My novel is started but not a quarter done, and I've drifted away from it. After 40 thousand words you should be addicted to the story and just keep rolling along.
Good Luck.

On another note, I finished up doing the brakes and seals on a Mopar 8 3/4 rear-end that will go into a '46 Dodge D23 coupe. I had wanted to get this done and installed before winter hit. Oh well, I'm only a few days behind and as punishment for my tardiness I will have to mount this rear-end outside in the snow.

MercuryMac said:

Good work, Animal. I don't have your discipline. My novel is started but not a quarter done, and I've drifted away from it. After 40 thousand words you should be addicted to the story and just keep rolling along.
Good Luck.

On another note, I finished up doing the brakes and seals on a Mopar 8 3/4 rear-end that will go into a '46 Dodge D23 coupe. I had wanted to get this done and installed before winter hit. Oh well, I'm only a few days behind and as punishment for my tardiness I will have to mount this rear-end outside in the snow.

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Thanks, Mac! I only get to work on it on the weekends, but you're right....I'm ready to keep going now. Good work on the rear end. Maybe you'll get a couple of nice days to install it!

You need a bigger shop MM. I don't like to hear about anyone working in the snow.

Tripper said:

Steering on the Chevelle started to get a lil hinky so I decided some new parts were in order! Look at the deplorable conditions I have to work in... haha! Mrs Tripper decided to put her goatie's alfalfa right in front of the back door... sure smelled good though! These are the old parts layin' on the floor... glad that's over with! [ddd

BoB

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Check that rag joint. I spun one out on my 64 Cutlass. They don't have the captive pin and slot thing like later ones. I just happened to be turning into the driveway when it happened.

One of my side projects was to tinker up my '55 Merc pick-up. I've been driving it for 20 years now, and I've noticed that it needs a little TLC. The thick tin water pump pulley on a small block Chrysler is too weak, so the constant flexing of the fanbelt pulling on it finally cracks the front and the pulley starts to wobble. I finally found a new pulley at Summit and now I'm putting in a new water pump and the pulley.

On Friday I didn't do ANYTHING ! It felt great not to have anything to do but relax for the entire day for a change ! [cl

On Saturday, Don and I took a look at his boat motor. He has a 454 in it and lately it has been starting to miss at top end. We did the normal stuff, cap, rotor, etc, but then we pulled off the exhaust manifolds and noticed some moisture on a couple of plugs. Since he has stainless steel exhaust manifolds, and they look good, it is probably a blown head gasket.

So, we had the marina put it back on the rack and we will get to it after he gets the new motor back for his T bucket from the engine builder. It never rains but what it pours, sometimes !!


Don

Watched football, then watched more football...............

forbigpicture said:

Watched football, then watched more football...............

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Same here, problem is i'm a charger and packers fan on a good note it was the last game (for them) for awhile.

cleaned house
went for prime rib
watched a scary movie

My brother whom I haven't seen in quite a spell came with his wife for a visit! He has a basketball player & went to college on scholarship. He insisted on playing local pickup games with kids half his age & repeatedly sprained his ankles! He's 71 now & has more trouble walking than I do (I have bad ankles)! I was pretty surprised! It's hell gettin' old!

BoB

Cut a hole in the bathroom wall to find where the smell was coming from.
Discovered a trainwreck of 50 year old crumbling pipes.

Oh Crap!

kenny c said:

Oh Crap!

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I was telling you about tinkering up my '55 Mercury pick-up, well I finished putting the new water pump and pulley on and a gas tank switch over. Tomorrow i'll run it up on the hoist and do a few things underneath.

I didn't spend much time in the shop today, but I got the 55 up on the hoist.

Put in cab lights, radio/phone jack/amp with two 6x9s and a glove box!





...ones blocked by the stack, that real life rat rod effect

Phone jack and glove box



Some 6x9s I had laying around, actually do pretty good powered by the littler kicker pxa200.2.





Some full interior pics