Recent content by Takalek

headlights conversion Now I see that I have been working with the wrong parts, I do have a set of rings but they do not appear anything like the one's you have shown me. I reall appreciate the pictures, I'm not the sharpest knife in the kitchen and pictures really help me out. There was a...

headlight conversion The deeper I look into this headlight stuff for my 38 chevy the more confused I get. I talked to the headlight Guru in up in Mass and he confirmed my suspesions on mounting a 7" headlight in the 38 bucket. It can be done but looks like crap, frenching them to the...

headlight conversions! Thanks Crank, the measurements are right on, the same as mine. Now I am thinking I must simply find another 38 chevy headlight bucket inner workings. Frenching them would be Ok I guess, it's just not the look I am trying to achieve. I love finding stuff at the...

Headlight conversions! Today I feel like a complete idiot, after all my flustration on headlights for my 1938 chevy sedan. I removed a headlight from my 1939 chevy sedan for comparison and low and behold they are completely different. The headlight bucket is about an inch smaller on the 38...

headlight conversion I think I sent you a PM Old Iron and I think I call you Tired Iron. Anyway I live down south and east of you out in the country just north of Mammoth Springs Arkansas. I tried 50 Buick bucket parts but the adjusters will not fit under the rings. I am more than...

Headlight conversion Well after reading some of the replys I remembered I had this old 50 Buick out back for parts, so I took the buckets out of it. Still no luck the parts were to large to allow the fitting of the adjusters in the buckets. So back to the drawing board. By the way...

headlight conversions! Thanks Guys, But I do not have any problem finding the round 7" headlights themself. It is the inner workings that hold everything inside the buckets, I do not have anything except hollow shells sitting on the fenders. It is hard than all git out to find junk yard...

I got a 1938 chevrolet sedan in the works and need to install some headlights in the old girl. It did not have anything but the empty buckets when I bought the old girl and I can not seem to locate anything that will mount inside the buckets. Maybe I'm just getting old but those new flame...

There used to be this site online called Roy's Hot Rod Garage and it had this posting that went something like this 1, You will never have the nicest hot rod. 2 you will never have the worst hot Rod, 3 you will never have the fastest hot rod 4 you will never have the slowest hot rod...

Paint a car! Is there a site that defines the meaning of the differnt types of paints and primers. Like what the heck is sandable primer and non sandable. What is the difference between Alky and acrylic enamels. Self etching and epoxy so on and so on! I was told you only had a very...

Paint job! I have been watching this thread and was having the same problem as I too am not a great body man nor painter. I went to the local feed store and they sell paint for tractors. And it is almost the same price as Rustoliem plus if you want you can buy a catalyst for it which makes...

used to live in Tok Alaska! There are lots of old irons around Alaska especially in the interior where there is very little rust. Welcome there are some good folks and very knowledgable folks here to boot. I will be headed back to Alaska to pickup some more of the stuff I left behind...

Ruined Rat! Preacher it isn't the fact I primed it and flamed it, I just feel like I destroyed her soul, took away all her class. I am the first to tell the young folks be true to themself not what others think. And what do I do "sold out" thats what I did, I guess thats the problem...

Ruined rat! First off I love Rat Rods and take mine to as many shows as possible. Most of the time there are one maybe two Rat Rods and if they get any kinda award at all it is for unfinished projects. How many times has your car been called a pile of crap or when you gonna paint that tub...

At the civic center in West Plains, Missouri June 11th, more info go to to www.westplainscarclub.net Anyway I go to as many shows as I can for no other reason to let the world know Rat Rods are not going away. I was felt so shamed from all the bashing I get, I went and sanded and primed...