johnyrotten

Not much progress tonight, managed to get the bumpers sprayed, doesn't look too bad. On the plus side found the original distributor for this kit, so at least the kit I stole the current one from is "complete". Thanks for looking

Really cool looking. It just screams rat fink vibes. That blower, the rubber.

In the case of my kawasaki, I've found it faster to measure and cross reference certain parts. Case in point my front fork rebuilds. The seals are available, bushings and wipers, not so much. Found another bike that used the same size bushings(Honda rebel) and problem solved. There's a "bearing" in there, its actually more stiff teflon or uhmw material that centers the stantion, those were found n.o.s. and horded.

Did the same thing on my old ford ranger. The larger filter was just small enough to weasel in and out between the manifold and frame. Figured more filtration may help it, that truck was shown no love.

I have a previously started kit crudely painted the same color, maybe I should build a tribute car. 🤔

Figuring out what works for storage is always a pain, isn't it. That kinda display is great, they would not work for my situation as my house is small. I built a "hutch" or what ever it's called, and used the back wall of it as my storage for paints, everything is right at arms reach. I'll can post some links if your interested in what I used. Here's a shot of my bench. Excuse the mess on it.

Any kind of shelf/shelving units. More storage the better, as others have said. And you will reorganize until you find the layout that works for you. I like to keep my immediate work area open, so all my paints/glues ,ect are shelved on the back wall of my bench. Acrylic shelf for nail polish fit most hobby paint very well, cheap on amazon

I've always been a g body fan, nice job on the rear wheel opening. I see you kept the a.c. as well.

Turbo the flathead?

Thank you, it's not perfect, but a definite improvement over the start. Big failure on spraying the molotow last night, I failed to see the mixer ball take a trip into my airbrush. I lived Murphys law yesterday

Lambs were screaming

I say all the time "sometimes you have to teach people how to treat you."

Just one of those days where nothing goes right. From the 5 burnt pots dumped into one coffee at 5am this morning, lotto junkies sucking up my lunch break, to the greenhorn scuffing up my welding helmet. And now the mixing ball from the molotow stopped up my airbrush and blanked up the chrome. Murphy is definitely riding a black cloud around me today. I'm calling it. Tomorrow's another day

Wheel hop kills parts. Awesome trophy, and that's a cool little slot car. I've gotta check that stuff out sometime.

Little things like that can go a long way, you got a good head on your shoulders. Good on you.

Amen to that.

Used to do the same as a kid, especially after my younger brother would ruin my collection in an act of retaliation. I like the creativity parts box builds create, nothing closer to original hot rodding than that, in my opinion. Anyone can swipe a card, that's more assembled than built.

This looks cool, real junkyard build. Looking forward to the progress

Too soon.

Clarkson's top gear is the best one. That guy's awesome.

Keep looking for that job, push. Anywhere you can get a foot in could be the springboard to your career. Listen to these guys, especially the older ones. I'm right in the middle of this group age wise (43) and truer words cannot be spoken. I started as a grunt, now I run the shop. First steps the hardest

Cool spot, I'll take the nova in the second pic

Hope your Thanksgiving was good, very nice job on the gto, I've got the same year one to build someday. Classy looking ford, it looks like it'll clean up nicely.

I've saved the glass. About a half hours worth of work. 12000 grit paper, wet and a drop of dawn dish soap for lubricant. Sanded both sides, as it had scratches on both outside and in, of course. Followed up with meguiars plastic x on a pad, and then on a micro fiber. The pads are mildly abrasive, so it acts like an intermediate step. I think one more polishing and it will be back to original.

There's always that chance, as I've learned with anything I've built, that you will find the weak link. On a nutshell, that's what hot rodding, and drag racing is. Make it fast, see what breaks, improve, repeat. That yoke may have just used up its service life, or you happened to find just the right combination to make it fail. I used to work in industrial maintenance, and failure modes are valuable information for adjusting p.m. schedules and increasing up time.