89AKurt

Red Bull Momma!

Had a great weekend at the Williams Historic Route 66 Car Show. I was not the only Daytona there, this Studebaker with supercharged engine represented very well. They also got the long distance award. Got another 'Gumball Rally' picture. Got man cave bling, the vender just put that out 20 minutes before, when I was thinking of cruising downtown again. Something that pleased these lady tourists from Russia, getting a picture of mom in Fakerri. I know they were here to see the Grand Canyon, but hey. I missed my first opportunity when doing a joyride through Kirkland, young man wanted pictures of his girlfriend with the car. I have no problem with them touching the car. All I wanted was a picture with the Stutz kit car built on a Scout chassis. 😅 This morning while editing the picture, noticed the chalk entry number which is such a coincidence that I can't believe it! 😳 Great way to end the car show for me. I better not calculate how many years between the original Stutz and the Daytona, bet it's about the same time as Ferrari to now.

I've done a few cruises, this is the first legit show, Williams Historic Route 66 Car Show. Because the neighbor left early, I lucked out in getting this Cobra driver to park here. The 'Gumball Rally' stars have aligned. Then they connected with friends and were off.

I know right? Got this because it's a Chevy, little did I know... 🙄 I'm always amazed how perfect some guys can make their cars. I mean look how shiny these smoked chrome wheels are, it's disgusting.

I'm just doing a drive-by post, leave everyone is suspense for awhile. 😏

Oh man, no cutouts or flame throwers either? 🙄 I took Fakerri in to a long-time exhaust shop, he took a quick look, would prefer doing a whole system when the time comes. I really wanted to ditch the "original" filler tube that had two right turns that foamed up the gas, so this ought to help. Front A-arm bushings got replaced. And the front calipers decided to *#*#*#* while there, so those are replaced. Last thing I wanted to think about for now, is the top. We got an early storm, dodged the big rain while shuttling vehicles today. Quick fix: It's been fix that, something else breaks, fix that, guess what. 56 years old, what did I expect?

Took it in for new A-arm bushings, front brake calipers decided to fail by leaking all over. Amazing I got it out by 4:45. Of course I have an 8:00am appointment for an alignment, which tested my patience. Oh wait, what thread is this........

who cheat 🙄

I'm a self-retired architectural draftsman, I see a long punch list in your future! 😵‍💫 There was a day when I built my house in 1985, and the County did not have a building department to speak of. The County cared about the septic, but the design could be done freehand on a napkin. Over the decades it "evolved", there was a time when there was a "rural area" outside of towns that were exempt, but now the whole County is covered. Showing up at an old house with something like this, and they want to build on top of, I was the one to give the bad news. I lost potential jobs because I was honest, you need to tear down some structures before adding on. Don't get me going about "home inspectors" who work with Realtors. But I couldn't handle dealing with stupid bureaucrats who were new hires and didn't know how to build a dog house, so I quit. Good luck getting that fixed! BTW: This is page 666, so let's get this filled up and move on to the next number! 😈

sprues burning intensely

I will be lurking on this build!

Finally the stars aligned, Fakerri is running good, and a half decent sunset. I owned a red/white MINI Cooper that glowed during Golden Hour, this should be fun. I'm still learning how to park. 😅

First World problem, been waiting for a good sunset. Went to a favorite spot to watch sunsets. I didn't park early, so the prime spot was not available. After working with the tree, then seeing the pictures, they need someone to prune it, or cut it down. Looks like it's growing out of the car. 🙄 It was awful. /sarc off/

I was thinking of starting my own thread, so I don't hijack this one. 🤔 Would it be too much to call it 'Once Upon A Time - Kurt's Fakerri'? I'm someone who has only one project at a time going, I've tried several at a time and, meh. For now, while I'm waiting on scheduling, having fun letting my OCD take over here: The head needs to be separate, like the sign. Faked it with a chrome necktie. While looking into improving the fuel tank straps, I discovered an exhaust mount had broken, who knows when. I just got a metal circular saw at the auto club swap meet, so I cut some bed frame and drilled holes, wish everything was this easy. 😆

fast when stepping

like these posts 😜

Thank you for posting that picture! I was told about how much fun it is to work on this particular part of these cars, so I shall keep an ear open. Have the front A-arm bushings replacement scheduled, then on and on. I polished the body, needs more work. Since Prescott is known as having the World's Oldest Rodeo, had to do this.

not sitting well

Just what I wanted, I would be dangerous with the real thing. I installed the gap plates (splash pan on a '48 Chevy pickup) made with left-over sign. The existing hole (cut off) dictated the direction of the arrow. Can't really see unless you are looking down. There is an odd tiny detail, let's see who spots it. Polished/waxed the whole body yesterday.

with Jack boxed

What is with me wanting to use up every bit of something, like how big is the plastic scrap pile that I harvest from when scratch-building models? I got road signs to make the trunk/boot floor, have some left over that will fill up the giant gap in front of the headlights. Mockup cardboard in the driver side, just a piece big enough to visualize in the other side. This sort of modification would not take much to reverse, if I was ever to properly blow lots of money on a restoration SEMA car (ain't happening with me). It's also going with my theme of shock value, the trunk/boot is not what you expect on a real Ferrari. I added semi truck reflector tape for safety reasons, can just see the floor in this nightime picture: Here is something else that is like full scale scratch-building. There was no fender liner inside the passenger front wheel well, I vacuumed out pounds of dirt from the sill area behind the wheel. The shop fabricated aluminum panels attached to the steel square tube structure, except here. I made a cardboard pattern, got a Made In USA truck mudflap, cut with the jigsaw, simply screwed to the tube frame. Shouldn't squeak. 😬 I make up for this dorky cheapskate engineering by having real mechanics do things like this, new links and shocks: I have more to do, like a proper gas tank strap, front bushings then alignment, polish then wax the body...... I'll never get on the bench at this rate. 😏

with Blunderbuss slots

fingernail "polish" thinned

Wondering about starting a 'Show Us Your Junkyard' thread. 🫣

😆 haunting late night