What Did Ya Get Done This Weekend?

[forbigpicture]

House is coming along well. I wonder if you should be working under those conditions though.

Same here Smalls even though you guy's maybe used to the heat it
can get you before you realize it....I know this first hand.....
You guy's are doing a great job on the house...just make sure you're
here to finish it...

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[smallfoot]

Same here Smalls even though you guy's maybe used to the heat it
can get you before you realize it....I know this first hand.....
You guy's are doing a great job on the house...just make sure you're
here to finish it...

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House is coming along well. I wonder if you should be working under those conditions though.

Hey guys, I appreciate the care! But you know I haven't followed the "rules" since the heart attack...probably the only reason I'm still around 4 years later. I'll keep pushing! I've told all my friends if they see me fall out, reach down and finish the deal or walk away and let me go on my own.

 

[Tripper]

Have to lower the radiator in the frame a couple inches to make the grill shell even close to the cowl! Also have to widen the grill shell to fit my big block Walker radiator. Did a lil more work on the alligator too!

BoB

 

[lowbudget50]

Very productive day, finish up the Impala it went home, finished up the floorboards in the 442 it went home. Got the steering done and the floor built to hold a fuse box and computer for the go t. I also had time to pull my Fairlane in and tear the rear end out of it for final welding cleaning and undercoating

 

[offroadrolls]

Last weekend

My wife and I took off for 3 days of camping and wheeling last Wednesday afternoon 7/3

We found a good spot up in North Routt on the other side of Big Red Park and grilled some Brauts the first night.

We went wheeling around the next day and broke an exhaust hanger. So I used my spare transfer case mount as a hanger, it worked well.

That afternoon I went and rode some single track on my bike and saw Big Foot.

That night we roasted marshmallows in the campfire.

The next morning we took off to go wheeling and about 100 yards from camp the old junkyard Volvo Engine in the Zuki locked up......bummer!
So we had to break camp and use the truck to drive down and pull it back to camp. And then set the camper back up for our last night. We grilled Salmon for dinner. Next, the following morning we towed the Zuki back to town and winched it into the Shop. Then Sunday I went down and pulled the pan to find a mysteriously dry connecting rod on #2. I thought for sure it would be welded to the crank. But, after removing the cap and the head I pushed the piston out of its cylinder and the engine is still locked up. I have 2 more spare Volvo Engines so I'll be rebuilding one of them to get the Zuki back on the trail. Also I'll be tearing down the locked up engine to see what went wrong but, for now it's still a mystery.

 

[bob w]

Thanks for taking us along ORR.

LB 50, wow , nice to get that much done. Aah, youth.

I pulled the 305 out of my Anglia. Gonna clean up the engine compartment and put a new/old 355 in it. The 305 was a free engine and it started fouling one plug very quickly. The 355 was in the Anglia before and because of my stupidity it hydrolocked. Replaced one piston and a very bent rod and it should be good to go.

If you want to make an Anglia look big, park it next to a Fiat.

 

[Tripper]

Got the brake booster off the Nova & the new one back on... lil more work & I should be good to go! Getting the 4 nuts off on the backside of that unit was a real PITA... glad that's nearly over!

BoB

 

[Tripper]

Well it overcast & cooler this weekend & I spent my time between my build & keeping lil goats contained in their pen! Goats can be hard to keep contained but lil goats can get through a space a chicken can go through! Got my steering setup done & keep moving on! I will be SOOOO glad when I finish this build... probably my last complete build! After this I plan on freshening up my Ranchero!


BoB

 

[Tripper]

Worked on mocking up my Pete & Jakes shock tower/headlight post combo. Welding them on this morning! Closer still!!!

BoB

 

[soltz]

Tracked down some vacuum leaks on my daily

 

[smallfoot]

Got the roof on 3 weekends ago. Got the doors in. Waiting on windows. All window orders around here anymore are all custom orders. Gone are the days you can find enough in a builders supply store to do a whole house no matter how simple you make it. We're not doing bad for a couple of flatland hillbillies. Junior claims we started the building the day we poured the footer...April 10. Not yet 5 months. That's 2 days on the weekend and what hours we can squeak in when he gets in from work during weekdays. Here's some pix:

 

[Burgerman]

Look'n good Small. Doors are a nice touch. [P

 

[dutch]

nice! impressive roof construction... [cl

 

[forbigpicture]

Great job Smalls !!!!!

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[bob w]

You're a workhorse, Little feet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z-GwdaKrn8

 

[05snopro440]

That's looking awesome Smallfoot! Looks like one half of the ceiling will be vaulted?

 

[soltz]

Great Job

That sucker looks very wind proof, I hear you get some wind around there .

 

[soltz]

Not the Weekend, But

Made "The Stones" Concert in L.A. on Thursday. [cl

 

[smallfoot]

Thanks guys! It's not a big house but the way it's built will appear roomy. That vaulted ceiling runs from the kitchen/dining area all the way thru the pool hall. It will be open from one end to the other. Walking in the kitchen door you will be looking thru the whole house out the back french doors. I don't believe once we get thru that me or Jr either one will ever have to make any structural repairs. That roof will still be going after we are dust. Wind storms....well. The top three courses of block are laced with horizontal rebar and poured solid. That's the top 2 feet. Along with that, every 3rd vertical cell in the block is rebarred and poured to the footer. I don't want to temp fate because momma nature can do her thing but we laugh and say it'll go all in one piece...

 

[smallfoot]

You're a workhorse, Little feet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z-GwdaKrn8

Good memories there...known some Dixie chickens!