HOTFR8
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I wonder if that gives him access to pep pills or similar ?
Anyway Bull you got that right as he does not waste any time.
E-tek Restorations: PROJECT THREAD
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I wonder if that gives him access to pep pills or similar ?
Anyway Bull you got that right as he does not waste any time.
Omphaloskeptic
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I do believe that Ed is a drug dealer; oops, strike that, I meant drug representative! heh-heh
HOTFR8
Banned
We dug holes and cemented it in about 10". No movement even with me and the kids swinging!
I've sold drugs for a long time, though now it's the kind that are taxed!
Since my day job is (barely) 3-days a week, I work in the shop some afternoons, most of Thursday and Fridays and a bit on the weekends. I can easily put 25 hours a week in there if I wanted. I also use our Hot tub every night after dinner and then relax in the evening with my computer in front of the TV - which allows lots of time for GJ, posting and watching the news!
and like the rest of us addicted to this forum
This.
Cheers gents!
HOTFR8
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Kevin54
MEMBER EMERITUS
Way back in time and it's been 40 years at least, my dad and I were restoring a '57 T-Bird for a guy to give to his son for graduation. That T-Bird had been painted at least 7 different times not counting primers in between. We had a blowtorch that we used for lead work. We tied into a natural gas line for the gas side, then of course the air side. That is what we used to strip the multiple layers of paint off of it. I bet that car was 200 lbs. lighter after stripping it. The good thing, no bondo and hardly any rust.
The only other sort of odd way we stripped a car was an Olds Limo that was previously a funeral car. As soon as it came in, I washed it, then started sanding it down. A piece of paint came off, then another, so I turned up the pressure on the airhose and started blowing the paint off. I literally stripped the whole car of one layer of paint. Come to find out, the guy had always kept the car washed and waxed but it was showing it age some, so he took it to Earl Sheib the prior year. Some on here are familiar with Earl and his famous Diamond Gloss Paint and the $29.95 special. Old Earl didn't believe in sanding cars down, at least around here. You run it in, they wash and wipe it down, tape up what little they wanted, then shoot it. Once I had it stripped, then I could go back to sanding.
Kevin54
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I see that now after I looked at your blog. I had it in my head that you were just doing it on some brackets. It was CudaChick that is sending you a bracket.
I'll be alright:tard:
Well the 40 Ford is off to the paint shop so I spent the day cleaning up the shop and getting the Datsun ready for primer. It's ready to spray but will have to wait until Sunday due to family commitments...
In the afternoon I picked up this bike that I want to fix up for one of the neighbourhood kids. This young fella (who has always been SO nice to our special-needs son, Colby) came by last week asking if he could cut the lawn for some cash. I asked him what he wanted the money for and he said a mountain bike. I let him cut the front and paid him, but at $10 an hour I'm thinking it might take him a while to save the $$ for a nice bike!
In the afternoon I picked up this bike that I want to fix up for one of the neighbourhood kids. This young fella (who has always been SO nice to our special-needs son, Colby) came by last week asking if he could cut the lawn for some cash. I asked him what he wanted the money for and he said a mountain bike. I let him cut the front and paid him, but at $10 an hour I'm thinking it might take him a while to save the $$ for a nice bike!
HOTFR8
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Nice one (with the push bike) Ed.
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Damn I love the truck! (And stand up move with the MTB!)
And I really need to stop checking on the Z's progress Or it's gonna drive me nuts and I'll be out there in 5 hours knocking out your garage door and doing a gooder one
BTW - wtf, I haven't seen one across my crackbook in a while - did you stop posting or did facebook decide i didn't like you as much?
And I really need to stop checking on the Z's progress
Or it's gonna drive me nuts and I'll be out there in 5 hours knocking out your garage door and doing a gooder one BTW - wtf, I haven't seen one across my crackbook in a while - did you stop posting or did facebook decide i didn't like you as much?
Damn I love the truck! (And stand up move with the MTB!)
And I really need to stop checking on the Z's progress
BTW - wtf, I haven't seen one across my crackbook in a while - did you stop posting or did facebook decide i didn't like you as much?
R u saying I'm moving too slowly on the Z???
Don't forget I have another job, rental properties, a busy family life, a house and big yard, 3 other projects AND 4 other cars of my own to upkeep!!
Same reason for the lack of posts on the Duplicolor FB page. Sometimes I only have time to post once and GJ is my Go-To site.
Of course if you want to come help block sand the 240Z, we have a spare room downstairs, Mrs E-tek is a great cook AND I'll supply the beer!!
Omphaloskeptic
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R u saying I'm moving too slowly on the Z???
Don't forget I have another job, rental properties, a busy family life, a house and big yard, 3 other projects AND 4 other cars of my own to upkeep!!
Same reason for the lack of posts on the Duplicolor FB page. Sometimes I only have time to post once and GJ is my Go-To site.
Of course if you want to come help block sand the 240Z, we have a spare room downstairs, Mrs E-tek is a great cook AND I'll supply the beer!!
A-A-A-N-N-D-D-D DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE UNRESTRICTED USE OF HOT TUB PRIVILEGES WHILE YOU ARE BETWEEN BLOCK SANDING MARATHONS! LOL
Ed, the mountain bike project for the neighborhood kid is one that is worthy of posting progress pics with a 'Presentation Photo' when you give it to him. Kudos to you for doing this fine gesture!
HOTFR8
Banned
Ed, the mountain bike project for the neighborhood kid is one that is worthy of posting progress pics with a 'Presentation Photo' when you give it to him. Kudos to you for doing this fine gesture!
We do not make a lot of fuss about this type of project and we should as it would be great to see some photos when you finally give him the bike.
jarhead
Well-known member
Quote:
Originally Posted by Omphaloskeptic
Ed, the mountain bike project for the neighborhood kid is one that is worthy of posting progress pics with a 'Presentation Photo' when you give it to him. Kudos to you for doing this fine gesture!
Agree
Originally Posted by Omphaloskeptic
Ed, the mountain bike project for the neighborhood kid is one that is worthy of posting progress pics with a 'Presentation Photo' when you give it to him. Kudos to you for doing this fine gesture!
We do not make a lot of fuss about this type of project and we should as it would be great to see some photos when you finally give him the bike.
Agree
jkherd
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Originally Posted by Omphaloskeptic
Ed, the mountain bike project for the neighborhood kid is one that is worthy of posting progress pics with a 'Presentation Photo' when you give it to him. Kudos to you for doing this fine gesture!
Agree
I think we would all like to see the presentation to the boy. Great way to pay it forward E tek.
MP&C
Well-known member
Now don't all one color look better?
Newest project: 1968 Camaro, with 383 Stroker Engine, built to the hilt!
It's a SWEET ride, but has an older amatuer restoration that needs to be fully addressed to bring it from a 10 footer to a 2 incher....
But before that gets started, I needed to do some upkeep on my compressor, including re-building the compressor box to keep the noise down in the shop.
It's a SWEET ride, but has an older amatuer restoration that needs to be fully addressed to bring it from a 10 footer to a 2 incher....
But before that gets started, I needed to do some upkeep on my compressor, including re-building the compressor box to keep the noise down in the shop.
CudaChick1968
Member Emeritus
Whoa, those valve covers sure look familiar!!! I think I might know your customer.
I think I might know your customer.But before that gets started, I needed to do some upkeep on my compressor, including re-building the compressor box to keep the noise down in the shop.
E-tek, do you ever forget what PSI or CFM your compressor runs at? It would be handy if it was written down somewhere so you could refer to it, if your memory fails you.
My two cents: don't go nutz restoring the bike! Do the mechanical stuff. Don't take away a chance from him to learn how to strip, sand, primer, paint. I hear there's a guy in his neighborhood who could teach him a lot about that.
HOTFR8
Banned
C'mon Ed. What happened to the Push bike project for the young fellow down the road ?
Whoa, those valve covers sure look familiar!!!
Seriously? I didn't get a lot of history on the car, but one never knows!
Done and done. It needed new brake cables, a seat, front wheel and a good tune up. He helped with most of it and off he went!
HOTFR8
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Done and done. It needed new brake cables, a seat, front wheel and a good tune up. He helped with most of it and off he went!
You did not share any of it here ?But here's a project better suited for GJ: after repairing an air leak on the main line from my compressor I rebuilt its "sound-box" and installed a top on it with a duct fan to pull air to cool it while running. I think this was the reason the bearing was screaming - just got too hot with little air movement with my previous box system sans fan. Hopefully that does it!
This is what's eating up my time this weekend:
Dirt, dirty work....
This is what's eating up my time this weekend:
Dirt, dirty work....
jarhead
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Ed,
Maybe I missed it somewhere, does the 240 have a straight six?
I was watching one of my favorite shows "Wheeler Dealers", and they were working on a Nissan Skyline, anyhow allot of ggogling later I see the 240 had a straight six ?, I never knew that. I was also reading up on the 67 Mustang for the Fast and Furious that they transplanted one in (sacralige to some I know).
OK, a Sherman and Peabody moment for me...
Joe
Maybe I missed it somewhere, does the 240 have a straight six?
I was watching one of my favorite shows "Wheeler Dealers", and they were working on a Nissan Skyline, anyhow allot of ggogling later I see the 240 had a straight six ?, I never knew that. I was also reading up on the 67 Mustang for the Fast and Furious that they transplanted one in (sacralige to some I know).
OK, a Sherman and Peabody moment for me...
Joe
Ya, straight 6, lotsa torque and totally bullet proof. They rarely need rebuilding.
Once it has all the NEW parts on it, should look show-room fresh too!
I've seen a few V8 conversions and while I love them I'm a total originality buff so I normally take my own rides back to their as-bought state.
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Z-28 Camaro is going to be a real looker, if you're going to make it even better!!
Don't forget pics for our GJ envy.
That compressor might be giving you subtle hint to build him own house OUTSIDE the dirty/dusty/hot garage?? Heck you probably burn up air compressors every few years?? Maybe a dual Quincy compressor with a 100 gal tank would handle the load you throw at it??
Don't forget pics for our GJ envy.
That compressor might be giving you subtle hint to build him own house OUTSIDE the dirty/dusty/hot garage?? Heck you probably burn up air compressors every few years?? Maybe a dual Quincy compressor with a 100 gal tank would handle the load you throw at it??
Z-28 Camaro is going to be a real looker, if you're going to make it even better!!
Don't forget pics for our GJ envy.
It's always interesting to see a car that already looks good get torn to shreds and rebuilt! Of course they may look good in pics, or from 20 feet, but any closer and you see why they need a refresh and this one needs more than that!
Check out the cracks in the filler around the replaced quarters:
As well as the door gaps (due to the hinges):
That compressor might be giving you subtle hint to build him own house OUTSIDE the dirty/dusty/hot garage?? Heck you probably burn up air compressors every few years?? Maybe a dual Quincy compressor with a 100 gal tank would handle the load you throw at it??
I've thought long and hard about building a shed outside for it, but I'm concerned about: (a) the -30C winters here and (b) the noise for the neighbours, so I haven't done it (yet). I bought this compressor 5 years ago, so I would hope it lasts at least another 10 before I have to exchange or upgrade it!
In case no one caught it
it's an 18.5cfm at 100psi machine, which is way more than any other in the $1000 price range that I've seen. It easily keeps up to my blaster, sanders and angle grinders.
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Kevin54
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I've thought long and hard about building a shed outside for it, but I'm concerned about: (a) the -30C winters here and (b) the noise for the neighbours, so I haven't done it (yet). I bought this compressor 5 years ago, so I would hope it lasts at least another 10 before I have to exchange or upgrade it!
In case no one caught it
Build a room outside to house it, insulate it real well and put in louvers that you can close off for winter. Then put a door on the inside so you can have access to it and put louvers on the door. In the summertime, close the inside louvers and open the outside louvers. In the wintertime, close the outside louvers and open the inside so you have the heat going in.
Or put a louver outside and leave it open and put a solid door to the inside of the garage and keep one of those small oil filled radiators in with the compressor to keep things from freezing. Keeping one on the very low setting would still keep it warm enough so you wouldn't have a problem with oil thickening or any tank moisture from freezing.
On the other hand......how long of a project and how big of a project is the Camaro going to be? Are you going to blow it all apart like the others you have been working on, or is it going to be a simpler project?
And it sure looks small compared to the Galaxie sitting above it.
Well Kev, since I just re-did the compressor box INSIDE the shop and your idea sounds great but a LOT of work.....I think I'll stick with what I have now!! The box has taken the soundway down and the fan is working to pull the hot air out - fast. I aimed the IR thermo-gun at the outlet and it was 160F and at the intake (at the floor) it was 70F, so it's pulling cool air in and pushing the heat out very efficiently. I may even get a sheet of 3/4" drywall and go over it to block out even more of the sound.....later.
As for the Camaro - it's a COMPLETE re-do. It'll be stripped to the shell, the quarters and doors removed and the roof rails repaired before going back together - making it about an 18 month turn-around. As usual - I just need to find room for all the parts!
The box has taken the soundway down and the fan is working to pull the hot air out - fast. I aimed the IR thermo-gun at the outlet and it was 160F and at the intake (at the floor) it was 70F, so it's pulling cool air in and pushing the heat out very efficiently. I may even get a sheet of 3/4" drywall and go over it to block out even more of the sound.....later.As for the Camaro - it's a COMPLETE re-do. It'll be stripped to the shell, the quarters and doors removed and the roof rails repaired before going back together - making it about an 18 month turn-around. As usual - I just need to find room for all the parts!
jarhead
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neat stuff on the straight 6, thanks 
I'm going to be going with a custom color for the Z. Dupli-color is sending me some of their Brilliant Blue MEtallic so I can add a bit to the Silver they already sent me. I finsihed wet-sanding the body today and tomorrow I'll get the doors, hood, hatch and bits. Then Sunday I'll custom mix the color and paint the inners.
I'm still trying to decide if I want to bolt up the doors and hood before painting the entire car....
I'm still trying to decide if I want to bolt up the doors and hood before painting the entire car....
HOTFR8
Banned
Sorry - I wasn't really thinking of it as a GJ project!
Many of us did considering why you decided to do it and give it away.
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Newest project: 1968 Camaro, with 383 Stroker Engine, built to the hilt!
Good looking Z there Ed....is it a 'real one or a knock off/recreation'? Just wondering...
Newest project: 1968 Camaro, with 383 Stroker Engine, built to the hilt!
Good looking Z there Ed....is it a 'real one or a knock off/recreation'? Just wondering...
IGO2XS
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Can't wait to watch the Camaro project. Looks really cool man!!!
It's a recreation - but the differences are so minor you have to be a detective to positively ID the differences....
Definitely one up your ally - hopefully I can meet your exalted standards!!
However, I still have a few things to do to make room in the shop before blowing the Camaro apart:
Including getting the 240Z painted so I can put the body parts back on and get it back into one bay:
Today I removed all the junk metal that had piled up from my last 3 restorations:
...and also moved a TON of my early Ford parts to make room on the shelves for the Camaro parts. These boxes contain the Vintage Air unit, chin spoiler and other stuff that came with it...
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y20dth
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You can get money for scrap metal, you know that right?