Recent content by DrJ

That's a good one! And I think I have a use for it right away too. Done similar many times on stripped outdoor hinge and latch striker plates screw holes on doors in the house, only I use wood toothpicks or bamboo shishkebob skewers and a little carpenters glue for those. When I was a kid, my...

I just get out my 1/4" wide cold chisel and a small hammer and tap on a half "pie cut" of the broken stud in a clockwise (tightening!) direction until it's jarred loose from the rust and permatex that's got it stuck in there. Then as soon as I see it move some, I reverse direction and tap on it...

I love this one... Does one need a welding jig or table to make up the welding jig or table on? ;) I think if you are going into production of many frames, the expense and work involved in making a single purpose table for that purpose is worth while, but if you are just building one frame, or...

Don't know who "Ricky and Ronnie" are so unless the diner has a different name, no. Captain M. I did use some of the steel from the rear fenders to make the right front panel but the left one is mostly VW squareback roof steel. The original front fenders were all ripped up and smashed, and...

I grew up in and still live in Long Beach. CA, Started customizing model cars in '59 with a '59 Pontiac and a Square Bird being the earliesat and still have a '61 Tbird model I Customized in '6, among others. For many years my car activities ammounted to just keeping the daily drivers running be...