48 DODGE Pilot House Rat

[GJunktionMike]

I used to think heat in a shop was over rated. I figured if you were cold you weren't working hard enough then ..............I GOT OLD!!!
Now it's no heat no work period.

Mine came after I jacked up my hand. 150,000 BTU's Takes my one car garage for 0 to 80 in minutes

 

[I-R-POPS]

I was keeping my youngest grandson today while his mom and dad
went to a funeral in Santa Fe. We were in the shop after lunch and I
was working on my wiring in the cab when I heard this banging going
on. I looked back and the little shop foreman was beating on the tail
gate with a hammer. I asked him what he was doing and he told me
"building a hot rod".
How can you argue with that from a three year old? I did suggest
that maybe we could "build" on piece of square tubing instead of my
tail gate. Then the little fart told me "easy turbo".
Didn't get a hole lot done so we went for ice cream. We had a blast
today.

 

[1952B3b23]

I was keeping my youngest grandson today while his mom and dad
went to a funeral in Santa Fe. We were in the shop after lunch and I
was working on my wiring in the cab when I heard this banging going
on. I looked back and the little shop foreman was beating on the tail
gate with a hammer. I asked him what he was doing and he told me
"building a hot rod".
How can you argue with that from a three year old? I did suggest
that maybe we could "build" on piece of square tubing instead of my
tail gate. Then the little fart told me "easy turbo".
Didn't get a hole lot done so we went for ice cream. We had a blast
today.

Hahaha sounds like your grandson is a funny little dude. Its cool that you bring him out into the shop with you, gotta get them started early. My nephew does the same thing when i bring him out into my garage. Screw drivers and hammers are his toys of choice and usually end up in the weirdest places. Of course if there are any cardboard boxes around he likes to play inside those (with the lid open )... keeps him occupied so i can actually do something.

-Chris

 

[Old Iron]

I asked him what he was doing and he told me "building a hot rod".

Ahhh, bitten at such a young and tender age
So what flavor of ice cream did you get him, Turbo [ddd

 

[I-R-POPS]

Yeah this kid is just like his dad, a wild child.

Old Iron, he likes a little ice cream with his caramel.

 

[Old Iron]

"he likes a little ice cream with his caramel"
Yep just what I figured, just not the caramel

 

[christcrusader13]

I like him! Good that he's doing something productive at a young age, much better than him getting hooked on video games! [cl

Sorry about the tail gate

 

[I-R-POPS]

My son called and said when he was leaving, the wild child got up this morning at 5:00 and told him he was going back to Pops house to "finish his hot rod". It doesn't take him near as long as me to build one.

 

[sgtpontiac]

Grand kids are a hoot!!

 

[I-R-POPS]

Grand kids are a hoot!!

That's for sure. Cheap entertainment too.

I finally finished up my air supply system for the bags today.
Not really happy with the compressor. It's an Airmax 750.
They claimed it would fill a 5 gal system from 0 to 200 psi in 4 min 39 sec.
More like 10 min. I would go the York compressor direction but they are
butt ugly sitting on top of the engine.
I think I might put a 120-150 psi pressure switch on it instead of the
150-180 that it came with and see how it does. I don't need 180psi as light as this thing is.

 

[sgtpontiac]

Doesn't have to sit on the engine....

That's for sure. Cheap entertainment too.

I finally finished up my air supply system for the bags today.
Not really happy with the compressor. It's an Airmax 750.
They claimed it would fill a 5 gal system from 0 to 200 psi in 4 min 39 sec.
More like 10 min. I would go the York compressor direction but they are
butt ugly sitting on top of the engine.
I think I might put a 120-150 psi pressure switch on it instead of the
150-180 that it came with and see how it does. I don't need 180psi as light as this thing is.

There was a post somewhere that described mounting it in the bed and driving it off a starter motor....see If I can find it....

 

[sgtpontiac]

Take a peek at this...see what you think....

http://ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?p=83151#post83151

 

[I-R-POPS]

That's interesting. I wonder what the rpm on one of those
starters would be?
I know a guy in Texas that mounted one on a service truck
under the bed and ran it off the drive shaft by putting a pulley
on it.
I may do something like this if I can't live with the electric
pump.

 

[sgtpontiac]

the other link that has the picture of set up...

http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/official-contest-thread-final-voting-poll-5763#post7006

 

[christcrusader13]

That's for sure. Cheap entertainment too.

I finally finished up my air supply system for the bags today.
Not really happy with the compressor. It's an Airmax 750.
They claimed it would fill a 5 gal system from 0 to 200 psi in 4 min 39 sec.
More like 10 min. I would go the York compressor direction but they are
butt ugly sitting on top of the engine.
I think I might put a 120-150 psi pressure switch on it instead of the
150-180 that it came with and see how it does. I don't need 180psi as light as this thing is.

I agree on the uglyness... lol I decided to go with a Sarden (Sanden) on mine, they are smaller and a little easier on the eye, not too bad to maintain either. just an idea... I was going to go with a Viar until I looks at the price and was like I could replace my Sarden 6 times before I got that much $$$ into it.

 

[I-R-POPS]

I guess I'll make do with what I've got for now since the money's
already spent. But I'm going to do something different down the
road.

Hind sight being 20/20 I should have done some homework.

 

[christcrusader13]

I guess I'll make do with what I've got for now since the money's
already spent. But I'm going to do something different down the
road.

Hind sight being 20/20 I should have done some homework.

I totally feel you on the 'doing homework ' I just saw another way to chop a rounded top that would save me probably 20-30 hours of labor, but its already cut now......

 

[I-R-POPS]

Success

I got the rear corner windows installed today. After breaking one and
having to get a second set of rubber seals. More wasted money. I never dreamed that this would turn into such an ordeal. But I do like the view.

 

[Old Iron]

Where'd ya get the corner glass and seals ?
They look awesome

 

[sgtpontiac]

Wow Pops...

Those things look great....shame about the one breaking....but they do look nice..