Sunday, September 20, 2009

paint, sand paper...and a job well done...






compared to the sheet metal i had worked on before this, this car is SOLID...but the clear coat on this car was badly peeling...but for the much of the car the paint was original (bonnet, top, trunk deck, front fenders)...so we began removing the clear coat, and the corral red base coat paint...in preparation for the new paint...

while doing this preparation work i discovered "the" rust on the car...i pulled the trunk deck and the truck deck rubber seal and discovered that over the years water had settled beneath the trunk seal and rotted the lip that carries the rubber seal...coming from a 1920's and 1930's restoration era cars this is very insignificant but still an undesirable find...

i am somewhat committed to replacing the original corral red color but from time to time my mind flirts with colors like black, steel greys, and other colors to numerous to mention...

my son Jonathan really enjoyed sanding...i know that sounds crazy..but there is something very fulfilling about doing something that you can see your completed work in a short time frame...he did a great job...

Friday, September 18, 2009

cylinder #4 and a lesson on why the term "flea-bay" is instructive


i think that i am desperate at this point searching for the long lost head for my M10...anyway, i find this head after getting a referral from a typically "reliable source"...and i find out that the company i am talking to only sell heads...this is there only business...this is singularly what they do...i call and after a through interview i order the head he offers...which of course the salesman assures me is a great head...long story shorter...i get the head shipped to the machine shop i am using...the guy from the machine shop gets the head several mornings later and he calls me and says david...i think you better come down to the shop and look at this head...i rush to the machine shop... 4 welds!! ... and a helicore sitting in 2 cracks at the spark plug seat...shaking my head that was my lesson on why they call often call ebay...flea-bay...

Thursday, September 17, 2009