JollySipper

This is the best forum about anything, anywhere...... I've been here almost a decade, myself.

"Burning out a fuse out here alone......" Dave, I had an odd happening the last time I made a post, which was soon after the forum came back online.... When I clicked 'choose files' an empty quote box appeared. Not sure if it was just a glitch? Just thought I would let you know......

Can't wait to see how this is progressing...... What do you have in mind for paint? This one would lend itself very well to one of your awesome panel jobs....

Got the paint work done........ I thought I would need to put one more coat of clear on after yesterday's painting session, but looking at it this morning, all it needed was a wet sand and polish today. I've been trying to get pics all day of the color, but it's proving difficult to get the shade right..... Started on the foil some to see how it's gonna look. That's progress for today! Please feel free to comment.....

Thank you Carl, man.... Hopefully I can show you a paint job tomorrow! I worked on it some today, need to wet sand my clear and put one more coat of clear on......

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I've been steady at it for a couple of days..... I've almost completed the interior. Still need to paint the front seats. The tan is vinyl dye from DupliColor, the carpet and "woodgrain" stuff is craft paint.... Also pretty much done with the chassis..... Still need the rear wheels attached. I wanted a color that would look kinda stock but not, I ended up with Deep Jewel Green Metallic. Hopefully I'll be able to get a better finish on the body than I did on the floor pan.... That's where we are today! Hopefully the nice weather we've been having here will last a while longer and I can get the body painted up in the next few days..... Thanks for looking, and comment freely....

Thanks, Mike and Tom! The top is in a permanent "open" position since it's been soaked in diluted glue.... I had planned to just attach it to the roof, it should look the part just fine......

Got a little more progress on this....... The body and associated parts are in final primer. This is Rustoleum 2X gray primer, it will make a really good foundation for the DupliColor I plan on using.... Thanks for looking in, and please do comment!

I am hoping to get some green in a few days from O'Reillys..... I need to swing by there and pick up some clear any way. The interior will most likely be various shades of tan and brown......

Here's how things are looking with the folding top! I think it's gonna work out pretty well...... I'll do a little clean up here, then it's on to primer! Thanks, and comment freely....

JC, you're a Primus fan, man.... There's a line in one of their songs (The Air is Getting Slippery) where they mention PF..... "The dogs are barking merrily as Jerry sets on high, If you studied your Floyd properly you'd know that pigs could fly"......

Those classic Minis are excellent... (especially the purple one!) I really like the white car with the "400" graphics and the racing lamps. What would it be?

Sounds real good! Be sure to keep us up with your progress. So, I'll be going with the DZs in the wide white tires. It may seem more custom than lowrider, but since I like kustoms too, it's all good! I've made just a little progress worth showing, got the front subframe painted. Mainly I've been scribing panel lines and trying to define the window trim for foil later. Also, I'm toying with the idea of a folding rag top. Anyone done one that they could show? or at least tell me if this looks like a good idea? I may try to find a better fabric for the top.... this is just a piece of bed linen soaked in diluted Elmer's glue. Naturally I would weather it a bit for a more realistic look..... I think I've decided on green for the body. I'll be picking that up next week from the auto parts store...... That's what I have today..... Feel free to comment, and tell me what you think of the top idea......

I read somewhere that Syd wanted to add saxophone and chorus arrangements to their songs..... After he left the band, that's what they did. I always felt that they wished Syd was still a member. Those later albums were pretty much written to Syd, or what he would have wanted the music to sound like..... Kind of in his honor/remembrance.....

Here it is with some DZs in the tires that come with the Lancer wheel covers.... These look much better to me......

I feel you, man... I'm not crazy about these either. It makes it look more custom than lowrider... I have another set of spoke wheels I'll try today, we'll see how they might work out.......

That color...... I bet that this would look really good with silver or gray graphics, maybe with a little yellow, like gray stripes with a yellow outline.

I believe I've got the ride height where I like it.... I had to use a different wheel/tire combo, as the spokes had too small a tire and the front suspension was bottomed out. These wheels allow for some lowering without the lower control arms being on the ground. These flippers give the mock-up a little different vibe, but I think they look good.... What do you guys think? Are these wheels a winner? Thanks, and comment freely......

The long 'jam' before the whale song part is THE BEST PF music on any album.... On the song 'Comfortably Numb', you guys ever give much thought to how different the two guitar solos are? One is before the Doc administers his meds, one is after...... It's like the first one is a little hopeful and bright, the second one is more brooding and dark.

Yea, Les changed the two lines that include the phrase "which one's Pink?". Instead, he mentions what I believe to be an alias that he brings up on Frizzle Fry at the end of "Groundhog's Day".....

JC, I'm sure you've heard this..... Primus doing "Have a Cigar". and it just so happens that I got a Floyd T-shirt the other day!

No one's gonna read that sign, though.... what with the "read less" movement going on......

I've built a model of my Dad's Charger. Here's a pic from the day he got it....... and here's the model of it I built for him.... It's not exact, but he was happy with it....