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Started by Popeye the Sailor, March 11, 2015, 11:26:08 PM

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Popeye the Sailor

#510
July 02, 2021, 08:00:29 AM
I've got one 45.

Little Honda  :D
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

kopfjäger

#511
July 02, 2021, 09:31:10 AM
I’m kinda digging the color, and the record player is badass!
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Popeye the Sailor

#512
November 10, 2021, 05:11:48 PM
I've been slacking. On updates, anyway.

Record player showed up



Some kind soul saw the latest bit of stupid and sent me this



My old man used to sing that song to me when I was a wee tot, so I was excited to get it.

I've embraced the future opulence theme and found a set of swivel seats



Just, uh, slightly worse for wear.





Optional cigarette lighter in the back.

If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

Popeye the Sailor

#513
November 10, 2021, 05:14:00 PM
Summer hit and all work went away.





















It didn't suck.  8)
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

Popeye the Sailor

#514
November 10, 2021, 05:17:27 PM
Got the car killin trees down.



Cleaned some bits up



A '61 Chrysler Brake drum is ideal for holding a starter motor in position for painting. Use that info however you'd like.







Once I'm done with the torque converter I can reassemble the rest.
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

Popeye the Sailor

#515
November 10, 2021, 05:18:59 PM
All the silver is metalflake so it pops in the sun.

Why I chose that for an underhood paint is beyond me.

https://youtu.be/T1kG2gHppDY
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

ducpainter

#516
November 10, 2021, 05:33:24 PM
Quote from: Davey Two Tractors on November 10, 2021, 05:18:59 PM
All the silver is metalflake so it pops in the sun.

Why I chose that for an underhood paint is beyond me.

https://youtu.be/T1kG2gHppDY
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Duck-Stew

#517
November 11, 2021, 09:44:11 PM
Record and player are cool.

Loved the photos of the summer much more.
Bike-less Portuguese immigrant enjoying life.

Howie

#518
November 11, 2021, 09:50:59 PM
Gotta agree with PortaGuy about the photos!  Record player is a nice touch.

Popeye the Sailor

#519
November 12, 2021, 02:24:39 PM
Quote from: Portu-Guy on November 11, 2021, 09:44:11 PM
Record and player are cool.

Loved the photos of the summer much more.


Well yeah, the summer was more awesomer. Those kids had the time of their life. I did too.

Now I'm just back to puttering. Slowed down a bit with my gimpy arm. I need to stop breaking myself.
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

Popeye the Sailor

#520
November 20, 2021, 06:14:19 PM
Prepped the shop, one handed  :P



My buddy Pat came over and basically put it together for me.



That's the old frame, which is getting replaced, so I didn't clean it up.
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

kopfjäger

#521
November 21, 2021, 12:47:34 PM
Oh hell yeaah!  [evil]
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Popeye the Sailor

#522
June 20, 2022, 04:20:09 PM
ML's thread motivated me to update this nonsense.


Like an idiot, I bought a boat.

That was about the extent of the plan. Storage? Moving it? Does it run?

Plenty, no way, and no.

First off, to move it, let's find my old Jeep. About time it did something useful.



Look at those lines-doesn't it just scream....ugly?



But it seems fitting that we'll pull our broken boat with the broken Jeep. Consistent, even.
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

Popeye the Sailor

#523
June 20, 2022, 04:22:07 PM
With a great arm workout for Paula and some serious abuse of a Kubota that is way too small for such shenanigans, it got stuffed in the shop.

Barely.





Look at all that space.



Being too unmotivated and unskilled to actually expand ye olde shoppe, we'll work with what we've got.
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

Popeye the Sailor

#524
June 20, 2022, 04:25:43 PM
The Dana 70 got new relined brake shoes. Same for the Dana 60 up front.



That is a 6 on 7.25" bolt pattern. No rims exist for them except for the split rims. No one seems to like those anymore, which is a shame because I won't touch the widowmakers, either.



A complete fix of the floor was undertaken, and by that I mean I removed all the leaves.



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