Between 485 & 705 SQ/FT Welcome......To Odd Acres

[Finallygotit]

OK, if you insist. Here's a pic of the car and the ugly sod that built it.















Cheers!!

 

[Finallygotit]

Really enjoying the updates. Yes i want to see more pictures of the cobra. Everytime I see this thread I think of the Odd Thomas books by Dean Koontz. I do not normally like his books but enjoyed the Odd Thomas books. If you are a reader might want to give them a try.
I am surprised that you do not have a garage or carport for the daily drivers to get them out of the sun. Or is that coming? You say it is not to warm there, but you are in a desert.

Hi Donnie, thanks for stopping in again.

I will have to check out the Odd Thomas books. I have been getting into reading more and more as this body ages.

As for DD shelter, the vehicles are at our respective work places most of the day so they are out in the sun there. As we retire, we will be looking at car ports for the DD's as they will be home much more. The side porch cover was built with a generous overhang and gutters so my lovely wife can enter or exit her van without getting wet on rainy days. Me on the other hand, I will look like a wet dog coming and going on rainy days.

Yes, we are in the desert but you have to remember, the higher you go in elevation, the cooler it gets. Especially if you're near some foothills as we are.

 

[Finallygotit]

More car stuff.

Here's a shot of the car as I just finished installing the fuel injection system and dove into the wiring. If it wasn't for the fuel rails, you'd swear it was a carburetor. I just loved the look of this system.



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And the body fresh from paint

 

[Bib Overalls]

Factory 5? Certainly like like the aluminum firewall. The "continuation" Cobras are more refined and perform better than the originals across the board. Your a lucky guy. No doubt about it.

 

[krcoomer]

I think it's something like 8 bucks more a sheet. That sounds like a lot but, man, this stuff is worth it. I'm not set on what type of roofing materials we'll use yet but I know, for sure what sheathing we'll be using.

Which brings me to an off topic comment, why in the world do we still construct homes using outdated materials and methods? I see some really great innovations and materials being used commercially but residential builders (as a whole) aren't following suit.

Having worked in remodeling again for most of the last decade I can tell you that it is because 90% of the people are too cheap to put it in their own home. Had a friend who is a roofer yesterday tell me that he lost a sale to a coworker of my wife over $100 to someone who we know has no workers comp.

Workers comp for roofing was 48% of payroll the last time I checked. Telling someone that their roof job would cost an extra $400 for 50 sheets of sheathing which is more energy efficient when they will take the "contractor" who has no comp coverage. A business realizes more about long term costs where people in their home generally want the cheapest price. I would be happy to have a little less stress on my HVAC system.

 

[Finallygotit]

Having worked in remodeling again for most of the last decade I can tell you that it is because 90% of the people are too cheap to put it in their own home. Had a friend who is a roofer yesterday tell me that he lost a sale to a coworker of my wife over $100 to someone who we know has no workers comp.

Workers comp for roofing was 48% of payroll the last time I checked. Telling someone that their roof job would cost an extra $400 for 50 sheets of sheathing which is more energy efficient when they will take the "contractor" who has no comp coverage. A business realizes more about long term costs where people in their home generally want the cheapest price. I would be happy to have a little less stress on my HVAC system.

I agree that most people are too cheap and don't think long term. That $400 investment will pay for itself in no time.

I would be happy to have a little less stress on my HVAC system.

AMEN!!

 

[Finallygotit]

Factory 5? Certainly like like the aluminum firewall. The "continuation" Cobras are more refined and perform better than the originals across the board. Your a lucky guy. No doubt about it.

Thanks Bib! I agree and in my opinion, the newer Cobra's will outperform the originals due to all of the newer tech put into them.

I don't know if I would say that I'm lucky; I would say I'm fortunate. I have worked real hard to get to where I am in life and don't take it for granted. Having a heart attack and getting shot taught me that.

Cheers!

 

[drivesitfar]

FGI: i love that car and even more so now when you showed us the insides of it. WOW.

so i bet not owning two homes, having a good portion of your remodel done at Odd Acres, and having your Cobra parked close to you so you can drive it at a minute's notice will ease up the stress on you and hopefully you'll never ever ever have another HEART ATTACK. you also look like one happy guy standing there next to your Cobra!!

things are really shaping up at ODD ACRES and i'm still looking for the ODD portion cause everything looks good to my eyes.

cheers

 

[1/2 Cup]

Finallygotit Awesome.

Thank you for sharing..

 

[Finallygotit]

FGI: i love that car and even more so now when you showed us the insides of it. WOW.

so i bet not owning two homes, having a good portion of your remodel done at Odd Acres, and having your Cobra parked close to you so you can drive it at a minute's notice will ease up the stress on you and hopefully you'll never ever ever have another HEART ATTACK. you also look like one happy guy standing there next to your Cobra!!

things are really shaping up at ODD ACRES and i'm still looking for the ODD portion cause everything looks good to my eyes.

cheers

Finallygotit Awesome.

Thank you for sharing..

Thank you gentlemen!

Drives, the Odd part about OdD AcReS are its inhabitants, two and four legged.

 

[rmack898]

Dan,
I've been quietly following along since the beginning. You've done a **** load of work and I'm enjoying the the ride. Thanks for sharing it with us.

 

[Finallygotit]

Hi Mac and thanks for the kind words.

If you folks saw what we're doing now, you'd think we were really Odd. .....or insane.

I have to take some more pictures and will post in the not too distant future.

More to come!

 

[drivesitfar]

FGI: not even a HINT? ok i won't ruin the story telling cause you are doing a FINE JOB of writing the tales of ODD ACRES. hope you are smiling and having fun even if it is hard work.

cheers

 

[Finallygotit]

Hint?

The house is getting empty.

 

[Terrick down Under]

FG, I can see that the pics you posted have not been looked at in detail....no one has commented that the hose clamps have not been clocked!!
Seriously that is very nice work.

 

[Finallygotit]

FG, I can see that the pics you posted have not been looked at in detail....no one has commented that the hose clamps have not been clocked!!
Seriously that is very nice work.

Thanks for the laugh Terrick. I hope you're safe over there.

 

[sawduststeve]

OK, if you insist. Here's a pic of the car and the ugly sod that built it.

Woohoo greenery, oh and and cool car and a cool dude.
Thats one beautiful motor mate, keep up all the good work.

Regards
Steve.

 

[Finallygotit]

We do have greenery out here!!! Don't think Coyote and Road Runner scenery.

 

[sawduststeve]

We do have greenery out here!!! Don't think Coyote and Road Runner scenery.

I did think you must have, I've only been joking. cool photo.
Wylie Coyote and the road runner one of my favourite cartoons from childhood.

Do you know the urban myth about AC and the British speed limits ?

Steve.

 

[Finallygotit]

......Do you know the urban myth about AC and the British speed limits ?.......
Steve.

Steve,

No, I haven't heard about that one but I would like to hear about it.

 

[-Brent-]

Steve,

No, I haven't heard about that one but I would like to hear about it.

Is that the one where in preparation for Lemans they tested the car(s) early in the morning on a major road with long straits....the media caught on that they hit 185 and there was a huge uproar?

 

[sawduststeve]

Steve,

No, I haven't heard about that one but I would like to hear about it.

ok, in 1964 the UK had no speed limits on some unrestricted roads and the M1 out of London being one of them. AC were based just out side London, Thames Ditton(?), and were preparing for that years Le Mans, they and a few other teams used to speed test the motors at 4am up and down the motorway, and Jack Sears their driver was calculated to have hit 185mph, the story found its way into the papers and he had to lay low for awhile.
Two years later the 70mph speed limit was introduced, manly because of the rising accident death toll, but not helped by the AC Cobra hoohaa.

Regards
Steve.

 

[sawduststeve]

Is that the one where in preparation for Lemans they tested the car(s) early in the morning on a major road with long straits....the media caught on that they hit 185 and there was a huge uproar?

Yes, and you type waaaay faster than I.

 

[-Brent-]

Yes, and you type waaaay faster than I.

It's easy, I barely knew the details! Haha.

 

[lieutenant]

Great work on the sheds, house, whole property... you ever get the front gate dialed in? Shot? That must have hurt.

 

[drivesitfar]

FGI: so were you DE BUGGING the house maybe? i've heard scorpions and maybe snakes and a few other critters tend to be a hassle down there in GOD'S WAITING ROOM.

so other than a Cobra any of those other critters giving you any grief? if it makes you happy i didn't notice any UN CLOCKED SCREWS!!

cheers

 

[Finallygotit]

Is that the one where in preparation for Lemans they tested the car(s) early in the morning on a major road with long straits....the media caught on that they hit 185 and there was a huge uproar?

ok, in 1964 the UK had no speed limits on some unrestricted roads and the M1 out of London being one of them. AC were based just out side London, Thames Ditton(?), and were preparing for that years Le Mans, they and a few other teams used to speed test the motors at 4am up and down the motorway, and Jack Sears their driver was calculated to have hit 185mph, the story found its way into the papers and he had to lay low for awhile.
Two years later the 70mph speed limit was introduced, manly because of the rising accident death toll, but not helped by the AC Cobra hoohaa.

Regards
Steve.

Thanks for that Steve!

Great work on the sheds, house, whole property... you ever get the front gate dialed in? Shot? That must have hurt.

Thanks for stopping by lieutenant and the kind words. I'm working on the gate (parts just arrived) in between other projects; pics soon.

And yes, it did hurt.

FGI: so were you DE BUGGING the house maybe? i've heard scorpions and maybe snakes and a few other critters tend to be a hassle down there in GOD'S WAITING ROOM.

so other than a Cobra any of those other critters giving you any grief? if it makes you happy i didn't notice any UN CLOCKED SCREWS!!

cheers

Drives, no issues with bugs or critters here. And what's that **** about "GOD'S WAITING ROOM"?!?!?!?! That's Florida, not Arizona!

Nope, what's happening at Odd Acres is disassembly.

We have decided to pull up all of the ceramic tile in the rest of the house (kichen, great room, balance of hall & CG room) to have some commercial grade vinyl put down. The tile is so cold on my lovely wife's feet that they ache and make it very uncomfortable for her. If you recall, I put down some vinyl plank in the guest bath and hallway. That product is enough of an insulator that it isn't cold for her.

Great thing here is I get to get rid of the red and white tile in the CG room. Good riddance!!!!!!!!

I was not too thrilled with having to pull the base cabinets out of the kitchen but in order to do it right, they had to get removed.

Never a dull moment around here.

More to come.

 

[-Brent-]

Wow. She needs a pair of slippers!

 

[madoc1]

i agree on the red and white floor. we pulled up all the carpet we had except for the bedrooms and replaced it with vinyl planks last year. only thing i would do different is use the heavier gauge vinyl. the thinner stuff shows any underlying imperfection. good luck-that is hard on the knees.

jim

 

[Finallygotit]

Wow. She needs a pair of slippers!

You didn't hear this from me. Buuuuuut she shuffles enough as it is and trips on any surface imperfection when wearing those puppies.

This thread will self delete in 3...2...1....

EDIT: Seriously and to set the record straight, my wife can and usually puts up with a lot of ****. This floor issue has frustrated her to no end. The decision to do this was not taken lightly nor was it a cavalier conclusion. We both felt it would be nice to just walk around the house in our stocking feet instead of boots.

And since we were going to get rid of the red and white tile in the CG room, we decided to finish off the rest of the house.

 

[Finallygotit]

i agree on the red and white floor. we pulled up all the carpet we had except for the bedrooms and replaced it with vinyl planks last year. only thing i would do different is use the heavier gauge vinyl. the thinner stuff shows any underlying imperfection. good luck-that is hard on the knees.

jim

Hi Jim, yes we are going with the thicker gauge vinyl. The thin products we saw were very cheap in look and feel. Some of them were even translucent.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

[C_F]

I'm with ya on the red & white tiles for sure, that floor is a bit LOUD.

 

[Finallygotit]

I'm with ya on the red & white tiles for sure, that floor is a bit LOUD.

I was thinking of keeping a couple of those tiles. Then the thought passed.

BTW, you should have seen the room when it had some blue walls.

 

[Bob Heine]

I was thinking of keeping a couple of those tiles. Then the thought passed.

BTW, you should have seen the room when it had some blue walls.

FGI, I suspect someone said to the previous owners "Don't be afraid to use bold colors" without realizing their taste was confined to their mouths. When you make a choice like that, you can't expect top dollar for your home.

 

[drivesitfar]

FGI: was the checkerboard room an old craft room or maybe even the original garage? up for a nice game of chess or checkers?

so tell me you are not replacing all the tile in your kitchen which is what i think you are doing? i might tend to retile the entire house instead of re doing the kitchen, but HAPPY WIFE, HAPPY LIFE!!

good luck and maybe your new floor is already put down the way you tell a story on this thread and you are just keeping us in the plot?

cheers

 

[Finallygotit]

FGI, I suspect someone said to the previous owners "Don't be afraid to use bold colors" without realizing their taste was confined to their mouths. When you make a choice like that, you can't expect top dollar for your home.

Hi Bob, you are so on point there. We got the house for way under local area comps.

FGI: was the checkerboard room an old craft room or maybe even the original garage? up for a nice game of chess or checkers?

The CG (Converted Garage) room used to be a party/music room that the male portion of the PO's really liked. The female portion of the PO's said it was hardly used and she never liked it. I sensed a bit of friction there.

so tell me you are not replacing all the tile in your kitchen which is what i think you are doing? i might tend to retile the entire house instead of re doing the kitchen, but HAPPY WIFE, HAPPY LIFE!!

Yep, we are. We were going to do the CG room and decided that, since we're going to have a mess, would do the rest of the house.

good luck and maybe your new floor is already put down the way you tell a story on this thread and you are just keeping us in the plot?

Actually demo is scheduled to start this Monday the 27th; just when I have to go to Detroit for some training. My lovely wife will be supervising (she's the GC) while I'm away. She is more than capable to crack the whip.

cheers

 

[sean Buick 76]

Very cool projects I am impressed! I aspire to be able to get as much concrete installed before I die!!!

 

[Terrick down Under]

FGI, did you look at the cushioned vinyl? We had some in our last house and it is very nice to walk on in your socks!

 

[Finallygotit]

FGI, did you look at the cushioned vinyl? We had some in our last house and it is very nice to walk on in your socks!

Terrick, we did inquire about the cushioned vinyl. Thanks for the heads-up. When we asked the sales folks how it would hold up against the feet and nails of large dogs, they told us that this probably would not be a good option.

Darn............

Cheers!

 

[sawduststeve]

Blimey Dan , that's some job you've just undertaken, good luck with that.
The red and white tiles will be no great loss though.

In a previous house I put down a cushioned vinyl it was warm under foot and stood up well to two dogs, I did have to tack down 1/4 ply to take out any discrepancies in the timber floor boards. I don't know what sub floor you have but this is often good practice in any event.

Regards
Steve.