crazyjim

I've been working on the SWC Willys and am now at the hood. Has anyone ever hinged it? I don't know if I should go for a front, rear, or side tilt on the thing. It's being built as a street machine and not the SWC gas coupe.

Fantastic build, Wayne. Looks fantastic.

Very nice. I like it and it's SHINY :)

Marcia got the pics done and are here for your viewing pleasure. http://cybrarygoddess.com/vetsweek2011

We ha a GREAT trip to Washington, DC for Veterans Day. We took a tour of the Museum Resource Center (MRC). That's place where all the stuff left at The Wall is taken, categorized, and stored. We took the American Gold Star Mothers (only 7) who were in town to dinner. In case you're not aware, the Gold Star Mothers are the Moms of Heroes killed in war. Thursday night we celebrated the Marine Corps birthday at the Froggy Bottom Pub with Vietnam, Desert Storm, Iraq, and Afghanistan Veterans. Friday we attended the Veterans Day ceremonies at George Washington University and presented them with a banner inscribed with 2,914 names of Americans killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. They are now the caretakers of that banner. We ran out of GWU to get to The Wall for Veterans Day ceremonies. Met Joe Galloway (We were Soldiers Once). Nice guy and gave a terrific speech. Saturday we headed home and thought the Veterans Day ceremonies were over, but we ran into 2 Freedom Flights at the airport. The first was WWII Veterans from Wisconsin, and the second was Korea Veterans from Tennessee. We were told it was the first Freedom Flight for Korean Veterans. It was really great shaking those guys hands and thanking them for their service. Marcia is working on getting the pics together. I could post the link here if anyone is interested.

I just turn on the heater in my shop. It's sunny here today and the computer says it's 67 and on it's way to the high 70s. Marcia opened all the windows to air the house out and she's going grocery shopping. I can't go out to the shop until she gets back.

You build some weird looking vehicles, Chuck - but I'm liking them.

Great combination of parts, Neal, but it's not SHINY. Even Dr. Cranky is doing a SHINY build. You to come out from the dark side.

The stuff looks interesting but I'm not ready to try it yet. Would like to hear about somebody's results though.

SHINY :)

Finally got home and able to check it out. Terrific pics and video. Thank you for sharing.

Sweet looking build.

I scored a copy on Ebay for $39.00.

I'm lovin' this build. Gorgeous.

Looking extremely fine, John. I'm really enjoying this build.

Part 2 was posted just a couple of minutes after Part 1. I had to break into parts because of the 5 pic limit here. I've been been to Europe and don't really know any pricing structure there or even if you have home improvemnet stores. Naturally, the more materials you buy, the cheaper each unit will be.

Never Neal. I need to make shiny builds. Thanks Ken. Appreciate it.

Should be able to do 10 easily.

I used a router for the edge of the board and an electric saw to cut the board. That's it for power tools. Yes Dr. Cranky, almost any size. Lowe's carries the plexiglas up to 24" x 48". Maybe they could order larger sizes. I never checked.

Found a computer at the hotel. Thanks for all the positive comments. You know me, Neal - no rust - just SHINY builds.

Is that Go Mango? Wheels are cool as is the rest of what's going on.

Those were big, heavy cars. Your build looks good and its SHINY :)

Looking good.

Looks excellent, Alyn. Thanks. I'm going to have to try your procedure.

It looked good to me, and still looks good.