33 Coupe Paint 7
7/19/05
Awhile back when I made my wheel
dollies, I had no idea that they'd come in so handy. I'm using all
four this time with my body sitting on them so I can move it out of the
garage when the time comes to get it painted. I put a long 4" X
4" on the bottom that spans from one dolly to the other and then
put some short 4" X 4"s along with a some 2" X
4"s on top of the long ones. The reason I needed so many pieces of
wood is because of the lip on the bottom of the body that had to clear
the dollies in relation too where the wood comes in contact with the
floor of the body. It sure does move around easy now.
|
|
|
While I'm waiting for my painter, I'm
trying to keep busy so I dreamed up a little project to do. What you see here
are my new door strikers which are made out of stainless steel that
found there way to the buffing wheel. I got the idea to make them as
soon as I saw how good the polished stainless looked against the new
paint. There's a big difference between the old and new ones that's for
sure. I'm going to use some 7/16" grade 8 bolts for the threads as the old
ones are a one-piece unit. To use the bolts, the heads will have to be
cut off and then threaded in the new pieces. I also didn't put in the hex socket which
makes them look that much cleaner. The reason for the hex socket
is so you can tighten them without them spinning, but I'm not worried
about that so I didn't put them in. Once the body is painted, I'll
take a shot of them installed.
|
|
|
One thing I did when I was first
working on the fuel system was use a piece of rubber hose. I only
used it for testing and then planned on replacing it later on. This piece
of hose goes through a hole in the chassis which means I won't be able to put a permanent
fitting on both ends. The reason for permanent fitting is because the hole is only
big enough for the hose to pass through. If the hole was much bigger, it
would weaken the chassis even more in that spot so I decided to use a
slip-on fitting which uses a hose-clamp to keep it in place. The reason
for putting a hole in the chassis in the first place was to keep the
fuel line away from the exhaust as much as possible. What you see below is
the new hose which now matches the rest of the fuel system. It's hard to
see here but the lower right red fitting has a hose-clamp that is hidden
on the back side. When I go to install it, I'll remove the fitting,
slide the hose through the hole in the chassis and then reinstall the
fitting. I guess I could've just used a hose-clamp without a fitting
because it's under the car and no one would see it......right? Then
again, maybe not!
|
|
|
|
I gots me some NEW TOOLS!!!
For Fathers Day, my wife bought me some tools with
the Craftsman name on them. One of the things that I'm having trouble
with these days is seeing the fine print on things. This includes the
size of small sockets which sucks big time. Well if you look closely at the bottom right corner of the box, you'll see that these new sockets have
been laser-etched with the size on them in large print. Now that's what I'm
talk'n about, some easy on the eyes tools. Oh....and a guy can never
have too many tools. Thanks sweetie, I love'm......and you too....very much!!!!
|
|
|
|
1
2 3
4 5
6 7
8 9
10 11
12 13
14 15
16 17
18 19
20 21
22 23
24 25
26 27
28 29
|
|
30
31 32
33 34
35
|
|
