'32 Chopped Sedan Street Rod

[mrm]

Perfect!

Finish it up, so you can start another one and enter the build-off! ?

[SpeedShift]

On 5/26/2024 at 8:26 AM, TopherMcGinnis said:

Great looking ride! I use tooth picks to remove unwanted compound from cracks and crevices.

Look up Houdaille shocks. That's the name of the company that built the friction shocks. 

Thank you. Appreciate the input.

One of the many things I derive benefit from on this Forum is the insight from both the model builders, and the occasional full size car builders.

 

Edited May 28, 2024 by SpeedShift

[SpeedShift]

4 hours ago, mrm said:

Perfect!

Finish it up, so you can start another one and enter the build-off! ?

Yep...I'd like to do a '32 Tudor like Dean Moon's '32 Tudor sedan lakes racer.

That will depend on my health prognosis this month (cancer).

 

Edited May 28, 2024 by SpeedShift

[mrm]

33 minutes ago, SpeedShift said:

Yep...I'd like to do a '32 Tudor like Dean Moon's '32 Tudor sedan lakes racer.

That will depend on my health prognosis this month (cancer).

 

Sorry to hear. I wish you all the best and good mood to start another Deuce. 

[SpeedShift]

1 hour ago, mrm said:

Sorry to hear. I wish you all the best and good mood to start another Deuce. 

Thanks Michael.

I've been working under a cloud since last November...but it's actually been a real incentive to getting some of my "ongoing" projects finished.

Still have a bunch on the bench that were started years ago, two modified '25 T dry lakes racers, a post war '32 highboy roadster, a sixties Austin gasser, as well as five American Graffiti builds.

And -  I got a couple of belly tank bodies recently that are begging for a hopped-up flathead or Ardun/supercharged engine.

So, what's the big deal adding another log on the fire?------ LOL

Only thing really bothers me is a long recovery period where my doc doesn't want me around solvents.

That would really suck.

 

 

 

 

Edited May 28, 2024 by SpeedShift

[mrm]

10 minutes ago, SpeedShift said:

Thanks Michael.

I've been working under a cloud since last November...but it's actually been a real incentive to getting some of my "ongoing" projects finished.

Still have a bunch on the bench that were started years ago, two modified '25 T dry lakes racers, a post war '32 highboy roadster, a sixties Austin gasser, as well as five American Graffiti builds.

And -  I got a couple of belly tank bodies recently that are begging for a hopped-up flathead or Ardun/supercharged engine.

So, what's the big deal adding another log on the fire?------ LOL

Only thing really bothers me is a long recovery period where my doc doesn't want me around solvents.

That would really suck.

 

 

 

 

I have given up on the notion of being able to complete in this lifetime all the projects I have started long time ago. LOL

[Mr. Metallic]

Hey Jim, I haven't been around here much lately, so I'm catching up. Did this one ever get pushed across the finish line?

Hope you are doing well.

[SpeedShift]

1 hour ago, Mr. Metallic said:

Hey Jim, I haven't been around here much lately, so I'm catching up. Did this one ever get pushed across the finish line?

Hope you are doing well.

Craig...thanks for the post. This '32 sedan needs a few little details like radius rods, drag link and taillights, and licenses plate.

Been away myself...2024 turned out to be a handful, which is why I haven't been around much.

 

I was diagnosed with a bone marrow/blood cancer the winter of 2023/24, a chronic form of Myelofibrosis.

I had two chemo treatments January and February 2024, with two separate hospitalizations not related to the disease but a byproduct of treatments.

That got my blood work closer to normal and with a new medication I was basically "stable" and feeling better and basically had it in remission.

My oncologist had me doing periodic bone marrow biopsies to check the disease and recommended that I ante up and treat the underlying condition while I was healthy.

(I'm in pretty good shape for a 71 year old...I exercise, watch my weight, don't smoke and rarely drink...it helped enormously with the procedure I was told to consider). 

Anyway, the procedure recommended was a bone marrow/stem cell transplant...frankly, -  the details of this procedure it scared me.

They do an intensive chemotherapy that basically kills the cancerous bone marrow and prepares you for  the stem cell infusion from a carefully selected donor. 

I agonized over keeping my bone marrow and just relying on the med to keep me stable... or rolling the dice and going through the intensive procedure to address the root problem.

My oncologist pretty much said things could get really bad if my underlying disease was left untreated and could put me in an "acute" state down the road.

So I agreed to do the transplant.

Was admitted August 1st after a donor was found and placement of a Hickman device and port in my chest for infusions.

 

Long story short...I got through it...I'll spare you the details -  but as many of you may know, chemo kills the fast-growing cancer cells but unfortunately also the fast growing

hair and mucous membrane cells in your mouth and GI tract...hence the unpleasant side effects. I lost my hair on my head about ten days in.

My GI tract took the heavy hit- you don't want to know those details   : )

I can't say enough good things about the Massey Cancer clinic here in Richmond VA...the doctors and nurses are the absolute best...and fortunately I live only 15 minutes away 

So, my post discharge clinic visits each week for monitoring my blood chemistry are not the burden it would be if I lived further away.

I have to give tons of credit to my wife Janet for all the support and care given during hospitalization and after discharge. 

Doing better every day...feeling pretty good overall, need to gain back some weight and muscle mass...and the medical staff says things look pretty good on the engraftment process.

 

Thanks for asking Craig...I hope anyone else dealing with this disease can benefit.

PM me if you have questions.

 

 

Edited October 11, 2024 by SpeedShift