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Puget, you may find this interesting: guy in New Zealand using a Goldwing engine is a little British car (Hillman Imp), rear engined so almost like a downsized Porsche flat 6: https://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/202566/hillman-honda-flat-give-more?page=6 best, John, in Conn.

Robert, maybe this is a sacrilegious question, but will the owner of this car drive it on the street, or will it be an artwork that’ll only get out when it’s trucked from show to show? The level of preparation and execution is so high that it looks like it could compete at the Riddler and...

The Portsmouth of the Pacific! John

Mike, I’m guessing that a requirement of any friends who visit your home is that their vehicles won’t leak on that pristine concrete? My 57 Willys would disgrace itself within minutes. Beautiful property you maintain. best, John

Unfathomable displays of patience integral with your skill set Robert (and Jared). I was not thusly blessed! John

Do you want to use hardener in order to speed drying time? I’d think you use primer as it comes then use hardener with the gloss top coat. Rust Oleum is great stuff and very affordable but once you‘ve become used to the speed at which catalyzed paints dry, waiting for it to be ready can require...

The Airstream is a magnificent beast. Nice work on the Cherokee. While you’re working on sun faded parts, you must enjoy thinking about the lads back in Blighty having to do incessant rust repairs? I read threads on Retrorides.com and am still amazed at how quickly and thoroughly even newer...

Don, is cleaning your paint guns after each session a massive pain, or do you use some sort of commercial-grade cleaning machine from your body shop days? thanks, John

I was watching a Rockford Files rerun last week (worth it just for the cars and trucks you see memorialized on film) and it’s a routine plot device for good ol’ Jimbo to make calls from the pay phones of the day … Pac Bell?. I was remembering just how gross the hand sets were … nowadays we’d all...

I know it‘s been covered previously, but please remind us what’s the material that you make dies with? It looks like it’s been grabbed from (and would smell like) first gen TV sets. thanks for all that you share with us, John/CT

Nice work. That’s what I call a lesson in “the application of force”. Re: the door skin, might this be an opportunity to slide a deflated soccer- or basketball down between the door frame and skin and slowly, judiciously add air? You’ve probably already considered that technique. best, John

@ phivelug, what are those little chubbies in the exhaust, just before the tailpipes? thanks, John

Paint on the bed and hood looks spectacular. John

I imagine your friend felt horrible? I would have. Best, John

Wow, this is the very definition of a journey. Always great when we can see the misses along the way, not just the victories. John, in Conn.

That trans tunnel cover is really cool. And as my engineer late Dad would have noted, “elegant”. Neophyte Question: The bends/folds you made are so tidy but also consistent and symmetrical. How do you ensure each bend is to the specified angle? Is it a manual and by eye, or are you using some...

What an exquisite truck. I tip my cap to you, Sir. John, Connecticut.

The Olds Cutlass was - I’m pretty sure - the best selling car in the US in 1986-87. But the world changed and GM didn’t/ chose not to keep up. This is a cool project and I admire you for not recycling it once the true state of horrors became evident. John

My opinion: the shop wouldn’t question ownership. John

A floor jack styled with the same care as a locomotive or vehicle. And what skill must have gone into making the tooling to cast that main frame/body? Amazing. John