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Work junk, and junk... at work. By 'junk.

Bronco Boy said:
Mmm, paint. Yeller looks good. And that F100!
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Thanks, BB :cool: On behalf of the crew.

Walked up just in time to see a tool fly apart going about 10K RPM today. It went clear across the building to where other dudes were working and hit a car. Neither one of those but damn. Don't see that every day luckily. I think new dude is on his way out, lol.

Maybe the old dude too. I'm not a real big fan of this mess I got handed to work on this week. I think they let Dennis the Menace slap this floor in there after he practiced on his treehouse. Now I gotta make it look all Bob Vila. Starting at the firewall, working left to right. The yesterday mess was so awful I just left the camera alone. That was at the other end of the car.



 


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I mean I don't know what they really wanted it to look like but that looks decent to me haha.
 


From cowl to tail it was all made from cold rolled 18 gauge with a brake and bead roller. Pretty much every 30s car is completely missing floor and rockers by now. Boat building techniques seem to have ruled in the past because they are all fiberglassed over rust, at least that's all we find. Why no new parts were used, I don't know. But it is indeed functional and solid, and will look good where it can be seen. It could have straighter lines but the only ones who might notice would be the engine and trans. All I did was trim stuff and MIG it together.
 
Foot and a half square wheel size. Dayum. Wonder how it will look on the ground, stance-wise. I think the rears will look tucked in too far but maybe its just me.
 


this was a friend of mines from the 80's he paid 5000 shipped just a roller, not engine or tranny was set up for 1/8 mile, 5.56 gears and a spool rear.

iirc it had 32's on it.

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Yeah these are only 29 high. Slick car! That pic is more like what I'm used to seeing, slapper bars and 15s. I had to stare at the 18' wheels for a minute because anything that wide is usually seen on a 15" rim. I still think the rearend is gonna look a little too narrow. You'll see.
 
my brothers chevelle got crashed, some dick ran a red, any way his 462 bb and b and m built th400 went into it. lifting the front wheels off the ground took nothing lol but the gears were way to low to have any real fun.

spool rear is retarded on the street, right turns were a bear. it helped if you kinda burped the gas and slide it round, or CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP LOL
 
My 12-bolt does that a little once in awhile, just the little click click diff thing. Never rode in a spool car but I have rode in something with those giant old school meats that can flat-spot on ya overnight. They are way swimmy, too much for me. I bet these rears on the yellow one don't have a lot of the issues like that. I'd bet on wheelies too but nobody really knows about the engine other than its an LS.
 
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That thing will look just killer when on the ground. You must make sure it can leave "meat marks" on the pavement though. LOL
 


Mike said he jacked up the rearend and it looked like it will sit kinda high back there. But theres gonna be bumper, spoiler, fuel cell, maybe battery and who knows what all to be added. Once its down on all fours we can sweat those kinda things and go from there. The owner might go full perv next time he sees it, I mean if that was your ride how hard would you be hankering for it?

I've heard LS7 and 5.3 both, about the engine. The little one might not be such a sin since this is going to be a Z/28 clone but yeah... some tubbed cars don't do burnouts which IS actually the idea. It had the grille in it yesterday but no pic. I missed work today so who knows how much progress has been made. I was pushing for glass install next after its a roller again.
 
Heres the '69 today. Bam! Primer and seam sealer. Amazing how fast that goes when its all new metal.











And heres my 2.5 day week's progress on the '33-







A new project for the painter-



The Riviera again. Must be waiting for parts. I swear you could put a spotlight behind that trunk lid and Batman would show up.

 
This is our 68 Camaro cheat sheet so we can figure out where all the parts go-



General overall progress is moving right along.







This is the 67 F100 again, finally showing the finished bed floor. I see how the wood ties in the interior color now. Sort of. Pretty wood!


 
Oh and yeah... my project is back bolted down to the frame with new floor, firewall, and roof patch all in epoxy primer. Dillweed forgot to put a notch for the distributor, lol. These rockers had been previously crappily replaced and fastened with rivets and bondo. I dug the crud out and tacked where I could.



















 
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