johnyrotten

Everything stated above is why my current truck(2012) will be the newest vehicle I own. Period. I do all my own work, I've got the skills to do so, the added complexity just isn't worth the headache for me. Bad enough the heads have to come off if the afm/dod decides to kill a lifter and eat the cam. I've owned all manor of vehicles, from classic hammer simple buicks to a "big turbo" 1.8t gti. If you want a good laugh, look up "coolant migration". When simple issues turn into multi-system failures and a dash that looks Christmas tree, I lose interest. A "simple" radiator replacement in my wife's jetta requires removing whole nose of the car, or as v.w. states "place the lock carrier in the service position". 20 minute job in anything from the 60's to the 80's now takes half a day. And a laptop.

He's one of those common Hollywood stories, and managed to screw his head on straight and have a second shot at success. He was good as Sherlock Holmes, I think the Ironman/ tony stark role was made for him.

Rambo

Robert Downey Jr.

I watched them at tracks,kit cars at shows and read up on them. They were/are a beast of a vehicle. Especially the big block cars. At 5'10" 200 I think it might be squeeze for me. Given the opportunity I'd go for it.

Ouch.

Always wanted to drive one of those, I think I might be a bit cramped though. Awesome cars, nice find. Are the fujimi nice? Not familiar with them.

100% correct. I've worked trades my entire working "career"(auto/industrial maintenance, ironwork/welder) there's a passion you need to become successful in these lines of work. I've witnessed TONS of people, a few with actual talent, but no drive or motivation to actually put the time and work in and become successful. Seems they want quick money, "fame" or whatever.

A while back another channel had him look over a 69 daytona, the car was "legit" but had been re-bodied due to a collision, and modified. Guy knows his stuff, and knows when to pull the plug and cut your losses.

My wife grabbed a bunch of these, hobby lobby I believe. Oil based, with a mixing ball inside.

That's probably the cost for a quarter skin replacement. 2/3 of the bed of my truck was replaced a few months ago, oem panel and tailgate ect, almost 9 grand for that repair. Seems about right.

Looks really good with either set, I like the white. Pretty cool build you got going on, came across this earlier today.

I've been eyeballing that mercury for a while, nice finds

Tools not where I appropriately store them.

Never been a fan of social media, never had a Facebook. I've always viewed it as the high school lunch room gossip table. From my late teens and even to today, I still hear people moan and gripe over what so and so said on Facebook, I tend to immediately tune out the rest of the conversation. I guess some dont mature. Don't get me wrong, beautiful idea being able to keep touch with people, advertise business and such, but like a lot of great ideas, horribly misused and abused in practice. Good for you "cutting it loose".

Welcome to the forum.

Thanks, the floor on this kit was separate, made it easy. All the real work is on the firewall for engine clearance and the bed. And trimming the seat, had to remove almost a quarter of an inch.

Started on the interior last night. I'm looking to have this look old, ratty but not raggedy, if that makes sense. Wrapped the seats and a quick half thinned coat of paint. Started making up some door panels, did the same. The door panels will have a bit of detail, nothing crazy as these trucks were simple. Maybe a pull strap or length of chain, I spotted some that may look correct. Going to build some window cranks, and thinking about putting a vw beetle dash in place of the stock one. I fit one up, it can be made to work, but the one I have isn't any good, poor detail and such.

In that case, Probably not worth diving into unless you've got an electronics background, I've managed some smaller repairs on things( my older vw's like to "eat" blower motor speed controls, 40 cent thermistor). Hopefully you find a replacement or figure out the issue. Good luck

Just a thought, but with small equipment such as that, motors and switches often fail. Not sure of your skill-set, but switches are easy to test, and most small motors such as that saw are d.c. and also easy to test. Usually there is no crazy electronics in them, unless they have a speed control. A simply multi-meter is all that's needed, and of course the know-how. I tend to repair rather than replace when I am able, seems quality has taken a back seat with things.

That's the generation before the few I've owned, still pretty neat trucks. My friends and I had one as a "field car" as kids. We beat that thing so badly. The truck took the beatings,till it didn't. The pic of your father's brings back some memories.

Started this before I joined the forum. Heavily z'd frame and channel job. A recent order from iceman included the frenzel, sorta got interested in this one again. Not sure how ratty I want to make it, bit the plan doesn't include pretty. More like a couple kids with tools got their hands on grampa's old truck.

Very creative, and looks great. I'll definitely be using this. Thanks.

Welcome to the forum

Very true, even the cnc plasma table I run at work is controlled with an aftermarket x-box style controller.