Dr. Cranky

Hope he recovers pronto and gets back to what he loves to do which is hang out with all his buddies here!

Oh boy, Doctor Cranky LOVES yard mules!

Love the name and the attitude! Congrats.

Jim, I think the idea here is to clean further . . . what I would probably recommend with HOK paints and other urethanes is to clean the gun with lacquer thinner first and then put it in the machine with some sort of degreaser . . . The machine is only good for in-depth cleaning of particles, etc . . . NOT to actually clean all the paint off the gun.

Well, upon further experimentation, this is what Cranky thinks . . . if you are going to open and close your doors, trunk, or hood many many times, then go with the tried and true brass rod and tubing, but this works well if you are just going to prop up your hood or trunk open . . . to show off, say the interior . . .. Also, I repeat, liquid cement will compromise the plastic . . . use gel type crazy glue.

Harry, what I remember about them from way back when was that they were expensive, but now I got one for 29.95 or something like that. It's one of those tools that has gotten really cheap, so Doctor Cranky said, hey why not?

It sure does, and dentures with fillings!

Can it be any easier?

BEAUTIFUL!

I love it. You can never go wrong with the 49 Merc. Good job.

Nice color. I likes it.

Nice work. Keep it going.

Thanks, Cruz . . . John, that looks great. Easy and wonderful results.

LOL, you see now why Doctor Cranky calls it his "sauce?"

The plastic of these lids is a different type of plastic than what comes in our model cars . . . I think the chemistry of this sucker is there to make it more elastic and pliable, and endure the punishment of you opening and closing your coffee lid. Yes, I would imagine that it will eventually crack . . . but then again, you can reinforce it with tape or more plastic . . .

I beg to differ, my friend. I've spent the whole day testing the thing . . . they make it so that it won't come off. Of course, you gotta try not to compromise the strength of the plastic by putting too much liquid cement on it. I would use crazy glue instead.

I posted it here in a hurry because I want everyone to try it and see what kinds of results everyone gets, but rest assured that I think it will work. I mean, the half circle of plastic should go around the panel edge allowing plenty of clearance for the door or trunk lid to open. Of course, the only problem is that the material is two thin and it will not hold the weight of the panel, which is okay. It should work on doors. I hope you all experiment and get good results.

Of course in order for all of this to work you have to set up the door or the trunk with tape just to get it all squared and framed, etc . . . exactly like the old fashion way with brass rod and tubbing, but you are using a thinner material here. In my case I am suing this on a 62 Impala junker and the trunk is going to be opened half way . . . etc . . . Give it a try, folks, and see what you come up with . . . On the doors I think you can use a very small magnet to keep the door shut and then you pull it open. It's going to work well, Doctor Cranky believes.

The little flap is the part we need, and it comes off the lid . . . I thought about using it like this: But with a little cutting it will work like this!

So the morning started the usual way with a cup of coffee, this time from Dunkin Donuts where I stopped on my way to take my daughter to school. And I was driving along, singing a song, sipping my coffee when all of a sudden Roy Orbison's "A Candy Colored Clown They Call The Sandman," came on . . . and I reached over to take a sip of my coffee only to realize that the top of the lid looked like this: I tried to sip the coffee but nothing came out because the sipping hole was shut and when I flipped it open, LIGHTING STRUCK!!! The lid was hinged with a thin plastic top . . . and I thought HINGE!!! HINGE!!! HINGE!!! These things are put on there so that you can seal your coffee and keep it hot, also to keep the coffee from spilling, in short it just moves up and down as many times as you want without breaking!

This would definitely be interesting!

Yes, yes, I love that idea . . . now we're thinking!

LOL! Yeah, I can do that. A Salt Flats "SunStruck Zombie" Salt Licker!

Thanks, yes, that's sort of the look, which is going to mean narrowing the chassis too. Should be fun.

Doctor Cranky LOVES this one! Where's the Yetti Figure?