bobss396

Since I moved here in 1986, I have seen ONE chippie. The north shore they are all over. Maybe they don't cross the Expressway? I had 5 squirrels about a year ago. Then one got clipped by a car and another drowned in my pool. So 3 it was for a while. A few weeks ago I started seeing smaller ones... and mine are generally well fed. So I count... I had 6 of them out there.

Nah, they bolt in with lock nuts. The driver side was replaced at some point. The factory holes are smaller for rivets, which the air chisel makes short work of. Then the holes need to be opened to take a 5/16" bolt. I have probably done well over 100 of these when I was fixing cars for a living. I got in last night, sat down and fell asleep, went up to bed officially around 11. Today is 62 and cloudy. All I have to do is assemble the arm and put it back together. Oh yeah, the disc pads are shot... that will be Tuesday's fun. I'm also having the new front tires put on my wheels.

Passenger side is together. I was able to track down upper ball joints too. The 2nd side is all apart. One bushing the inner sleeve was frozen. The air chisel makes it easier.

I am shot. Messed up my knee somehow, truly the walking wounded. New control arm bushings are in, 1 side. Have to pick up upper ball joints after 1. Cut myself using the air chisel too....

What does it measure up as?

Rear brakes are adjusted, new rear tires and hubcaps are back on.

Fed Ex... can almost set my clocks by them.

Quite accurate. My brother had one around 1985. It was parked in front of his apartment and a drunk ran into it in the wee hours....

I use between .016" to .018" wire. Mostly blue, red, yellow and orange. I just got some from Ron Coon Resins in orange. Ebay you have to be careful. I got 2 boxes of what was supposed to be wire wrap wire, but it was close to .040".

This is Brie stretched out for a snooze

Shapers are still used. Die shops used them to rough things out, as they could run with minimal attention. I was a tool and die apprentice but mainly worked in regular machine shops. I did a lot of heat treating. I also programmed CNC mills for a while and set them up at a night gig I had for many years.

One was leaky and they are cheap at Rock Auto. I got the brakes in, my son was over and helped me bleed them. The old oil breather was clogged up solid, must have been original. I replaced the locking gas cap with a regular one. I have to put in a new dimmer switch that came today.

I have been gimping around with a knee injury... not fun and we heal slower with age. Be careful out there.

Message sent, the wrecker looks amazing.

I had one many years ago, same car only a Caprice with a 396 in it around 1975. This is a 283 with a 2 barrel on it, I need to lean out the choke a little bit. I need the seat done... like sitting on the john as it is now. The locking gas cap is a PITA... ordered a new one. Once I had the SS hub caps off it, I realized it has Camaro 7" wheels on it. I got some 215/75-14 tires for the back and the existing ones I was going to use are too narrow for the wheels, so I'm getting 2 more. Next up is arranging to drop the front seat off to be done. Maybe early next week, I'm tackling the upper a-arm bushings next and possibly the front springs on the driveway.

Like I need a hole in my head. My girlfriend saw this for sale. I saw it last Thursday and bought it. A 1966 Belair that runs well. I got the rear brakes out waiting on parts. I put the OG steering wheel back on. I'm putting fresh springs under it, some minor front end work and an alignment. It has power disc's up front, a HEI ignition, aluminum radiator, new dual exhaust. The puller I used to get the steering wheel off, I made in college around 1974. The main part was made on a shaper.

The red Max Wedge has been owned by the same guy since new, unless it changed hands. I was going to go but got wrapped up in something here.

I saw on IG he is going to get a gofundme going.

I was worried about him, I'll have to look on Instagram to see if he has new posts. I looked, last post was August of 2023.

In my old kitchen (before the 1997 gut job and remodel...) I lost the completed steering wheel to a '59 Impala while sitting at the kitchen table. I looked everywhere, under the radiator, under the appliances. Like it was blinked into another dimension, aka a Twilight Zone episode. I gutted the kitchen myself, looked diligently for the lost part. Nowhere to be found. No matter, I had used a steering wheel from something close enough.

Pro Tech has some really cool stuff out. I find myself finding and using more and more of their products, like hood pin plates, t-fittings for carbs, etc. I like the lug nut ideas. I used some Detail Master fittings on my last stock car, not cheap either at around $1 per lug nut. I used that with small diameter aluminum rod. Either .020" or .025".

VCG has a light bar, 3D printed and pretty cloudy. He may have the round type. Look at Checkers or Wreckers on eBay, again some of his printed stuff is questionable.

I use something similar from HL. They have a smaller stackable set, so did Michael's Crafts. I use old pill jars too.

I lost another part and it was 1/8" square by 5/16" long. Crawled around on the green-ish carpet.... nada. So I made more. I was house cleaning, getting ready to vacuum and figured I would sweep with a broom first. I looked in the dust pan... there the part was! I would never figure how a part could bounce that far on a carpet. Maybe it takes a leap off my knee.

I think that Randy Ayer's NASCAR modeling forum is still around. I used to go there some years back. Those guys would be best to ask.