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Now that's cool stuff right there! Lovin' the shop too!

Our Loss is His Gain It's been a few months since I've posted anything on the '36. With the car up and running, we were getting everything lined-up to have it sent to SC as planned when the call came from my brother's wife, asking not to send it. The news wasn't good, so out I went...

Wait! Wait! No. That's not it... OK. That's better. Very cool score!

Thanks Mac!! Not much new this last week, but I was looking back at fabricating the front bumper and radius rods and put together a quick something that I thought I'd share.

You know it was! One of my sons came out to help, giving a third hand as I soldered a couple of dash wires. He had no idea when we started filling the diff that it would be going out. He just stayed-on... fluid, wheels, jump-start because of sitting, "Hey, let's go!" Carb needs some...

Link to yesterday's shakedown run:

Windshields I made a cardboard pattern and pulled-out the old glass cutting saw to cut the windshields. There was a very slight difference between the two sides, but not so much that I wasn't able to use the same pattern for both without concern. An edge view shows the laminated safety...

Welcome from Colorado! ' also looking forward to seeing a build thread. Any current photos?

I've used traditional A/C compressors as a source of onboard compressed air in the past. The refrigerant carries the lubrication in those so they're not supposed to last too long when you use them that way. Although I haven't had one seize up, I picked-up a York style that has it's own oil...

Yesterday I took an old GM bracket I had lying around from a passenger-side under-slung accessory and adapted it to fit a second alternator (which was also on the shelf from some other vehicle). In this image I was checking clearance and alignment and still needed to make a piece of flat going...

Side Project (Shop Truck) Gets Some Attention I picked up a different bed and overhead rack for the '58 yesterday. I saw a buddy had it on the back of his trailer to take to scrap and I asked what he wanted for it. He said, "You want it? It's yours." So out came the portable hoist and now it is...

I'd be willing to try a tile saw. It would probably work. ;) This was just a little cheapie hand-held circular saw bolted to the underside of a piece of plywood with a slit cut in it for the blade to stick through. The blade is one of those diamond dusted ones that's used for glass cutting of...

There are many ways to go about the actual cutting of the glass and, as in everything else, different people will have different preferences of method. My intent is to help you and anybody else ensure they'll be able to fit the glass that's being cut before they find they've put many hours into...

All of this came true on my '56. Harry successfully did what what he did on the first try. I paid him, and we put a windshield that wouldn't fit into the bed of my truck. I brought it all back to the shop and made it fit with a hammer and dolly... and a sawzall, and a welder, and... Take a look...

I Like Curves Even a seasoned glass man is taking a risk when cutting a windshield. For that reason a reputable glass shop will only charge you their cost for the windshield until they get one cut successfully. That way you assume the risk for the potential pieces ;) paying labor and profit...

Afterwards he stuck around and helped me make some patterns for the sides and I went to work on those: The light reflecting on the inside makes the opposite side look yellow in the pictures but a shot from the other side shows it's the same orange: The battery is disconnected because I...

The rear window interior surround support structure needed a little help so I rebuilt the bottom half over the last couple of days ago and then gave the glue a chance to dry: Today I solicited some help putting the back window in. It's obviously a cut-to-fit installation and we finally got...

Cool, Yes. Look again re: dually ;) I only point it out because I've got such a thing for 'em that when someone says, "Look, dually" I just about break my neck spinning around, "Where?!"

I'm catching up on this thread so responses may be to some older posts. Guilty as charged here too. There's something wrong with all of us. Even when we're feeling like death warmed over and can barely move, we need to go out into the garage to check something that's on our minds before we can...

Great job! ' got to be a blast to be able to drive it after all the work you've done. Nice detail on the window regulator gusset too. I love it when people can fix (and upgrade) their stuff.