What did you do today not on your truck...

[FleetsidePaul]

I've seen those "Fluid Drive' Dodges. But have never ridden in one. That must have been quite a treat.

105 years old? Imagine what he has seen. How much the world has changed in his lifetime. It boggles my mind.

[special-K]

Yep, 105. And our conversation kept going back to him seeing a lot of changes. He remembers when radio came out!

That Fluid Drive was a hydraulic coupler that used something like 10w oil. Basically a torque convertor. In case you guys don't remember, it drove like a 3spd column shift. But when you'd come to a stop you didn't have to push in the clutch. But you would still be in the same gear when pulling off, so you still had to shift into 1st. No parking gear, only the emergency brake. I wish I had gotten a picture. The woman had it painted a metallic brownish gold. The interior is a light brown. Just The chrome is of course brand new looking and the stainless was polished. Pat found an oil bath air filter at Hershey and a nice set of hubcaps. It's very sharp looking. He hasn't driven it anywhere but into town once a couple miles. I want to get him to take it to a show so I can ride along. He has been fixing all the little things. Still no radio or fuel gauge. He bought another sending unit for the gauge and hopes that will do the trick. He has over 300 hrs into it so far.

It's close to this color, but ever so shiny. 1" whitewalls (kind of wrong for the car) with black wheels, hubcaps, and beauty rings. The hub caps are like baby moons with Dodge across them in red. He detailed the Fluid Drive stamped into the front bumper red

[FleetsidePaul]

I might be technically cheating here. But I found this when I was cleaning the crap out of the back of the "Love Shack' 20 years worth of junk in the camper.

What is this? It looks cool. I might make a bathroom light out of it.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

I might be technically cheating here. But I found this when I was cleaning the crap out of the back of the "Love Shack' 20 years worth of junk in the camper.

What is this? It looks cool. I might make a bathroom light out of it.

Didnt Wile E Coyote use that ? Acme lite company! Think Tim is right it was a light bar for 8mm movie cameras

[72c20customcamper]

Did some paint correction on the Chevelle . It gets micro scratches in the clear because it was painted with the old technology urethane bc/cc . But it makes it easy to polish up .

[3757chevy]

Tuesday , not today . Hung out with the guys . Couple of new guys stopped by.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

I might be technically cheating here. But I found this when I was cleaning the crap out of the back of the "Love Shack' 20 years worth of junk in the camper.

What is this? It looks cool. I might make a bathroom light out of it.

That's what it is, a bathroom light. Or it sure would be a cool one. Not sure, but maybe it was lighting for making movies back when that was a big deal, 16mm, 8mm, and Super8. All I know is I love all that stuff painted with metallic paint and hammerite back then, copper, green, blue, whatever. It was the NEW thing back then

Originally Posted by 3757chevy

Tuesday , not today . Hung out with the guys . Couple of new guys stopped by.

The crowd is growing. That's cool. I see some 67-72s in there. That squashed out coupe is cool to look at I guess. I'm not even sure about that for me. All I know is you can look at it all you want, but drive it? Sorry for blurting, but I just don't care for that trend. Just silly.

That wooden panel is something I might do. All you need is a cowl and build the rest.

[3757chevy]

Originally Posted by special-K

The crowd is growing. That's cool. I see some 67-72s in there. That squashed out coupe is cool to look at I guess. I'm not even sure about that for me. All I know is you can look at it all you want, but drive it? Sorry for blurting, but I just don't care for that trend. Just silly.

That wooden panel is something I might do. All you need is a cowl and build the rest.

I'm with you , cool to look at .... NOT practical.
I DO have a 34-35 cowl . .......I have enough to do right now.

[special-K]

I need that! A friend has offered me a Model A frame and another offered to give me the drivetrain and running gear. I could have a rolling chassis fairly easily and certainly cheaply. I don't expect to ever build a full bodied car or pickup but I'd like to come up with something fun. I was thinking a doodlebug but building a wood body huckster or truck would be neat.

[Stocker]

[Palf70Step]

Had to swap the pump out on my air compressor system. My Harbor Freight pump died (reed valve assembly) after 14 years. They don't make parts to repair the old one (I replace the valve assemblies 6 years ago), so got another one, on sale at HF so for $90, and couple $ for some 3/4" pipe I am back running again. Had to route the air pipe as it was different between the 2 and the hydraulic line guy didn't have the fittings I needed to match up, so 3/4" pipe to the rescue to meet up with the old line. Maybe not stylish, but it works and should be strong enough. I also will need a slightly smaller pulley for the motor, which is on the way, but looks like I'm back in business for about $120 total. I don't seem to use is as hard as when I first got the thing and set up the old HF pump in early 2009. If I get 15years out of this one, I will feel good.

The original setup was a 1991 Excel system. It served EdB for 15 years and been with me since 2006.

[FleetsidePaul]

My neighbor has a little terrier dog. It's an obnoxious little guy and my dogs hate him. He strolls by the fence and pee's and kick his rear legs and antagonizes my dogs.

So..Today. My wife let's the dogs out to run in the yard. And who is out there? Yup. The little Scotty dog is in my yard. Now there is no fence between them.

I panic. I figured that my German Shepherd was going to kill this dog. They surrounded the dog and I thought it was over.

But no. Duke didn't do anything but just stand there. It was my little Havanese Bear Bear that jumped in like a land shark. Which is so unusual. Bear usually wouldn't get up if the house was on fire. But I guess he had a beef with the Scotty dog. So he went after him. Totally out of character. I can't believe that he even got up. He's a Sloth.

The Scotty took off running with my little Corgi hot on his tail. She chased him all the way home. I don't think that Scotty will be coming around soon.

My little tough guy.




And don't mess with a Corgi. They might have short legs but they have a LOT of attitude.

[Steeveedee]

Move equipment around. I have a SawStop jobsite (portable) saw for sale and I got it up to the front door of my "shop" for easy access when (if) the buyer shows tomorrow. Craig's List shoppers.

[special-K]

Did your buyer show?

I found these Morell 'shrooms yesterday. They was yummy!

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by special-K

Did your buyer show?

I found these Morell 'shrooms yesterday. They was yummy!

I've never heard of Morell mushrooms. Do they get you stoned?

This is what I didn't do on my truck today. It's still in the box with the rest of the stuff that the UPS guy dropped off. He hates me. I buy heavy stuff.
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[72c20customcamper]

Foot Felt good enough to cut some wood but it didn’t last started throbbing about an hour in

[GOPAPA]

I planted new bushes and a flower plant where the old Juniper Schrubs and big old tall leafy thing that I took out last fall .. the new bushes are Roses of Sharon /Hisbiscus and a Red Hot Poker ..

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by GOPAPA

I planted new bushes and a flower plant where the old Juniper Schrubs and big old tall leafy thing that I took out last fall .. the new bushes are Roses of Sharon /Hisbiscus and a Red Hot Poker ..

Be ready for the Rose a sharon to invade the whole yard . I had it at my rental property and I got it out of my yard but the neighbor has them and they pop up everywhere in my yard every spring . Very invasive plant

[mr.mud1]

i finally got finished up with momma's new greenhouse.my truck is at the body shop so i figured i'd better get this finished up and off the to-do list.i'll be back to working on something with wheels on it tomorrow,hopefully it's a truck?

[GOPAPA]

Originally Posted by mr.mud1

i finally got finished up with momma's new greenhouse.my truck is at the body shop so i figured i'd better get this finished up and off the to-do list.i'll be back to working on something with wheels on it tomorrow,hopefully it's a truck?

Nice looking green house ,,any wife would love that ,..You did good..............This reminded me of one time I was thinking of building a green house ,, I had a job changing out #8- 8 feet sliding doors in this one house ,I got all them doors that came to #16 separate aluminum framed windows ...
Took them home and then later about 6 months someone told me that they were no good for a green house as they were tinted and would not let the solor rays through for growing plants ..
I sold them for $75 dollar to a guy from the beach that he wanted to surround his ocean front patio for a wind brake ...

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by GOPAPA

Nice looking green house ,,any wife would love that ,..You did good..............This reminded me of one time I was thinking of building a green house ,, I had a job changing out #8- 8 feet sliding doors in this one house ,I got all them doors that came to #16 separate aluminum framed windows ...
Took them home and then later about 6 months someone told me that they were no good for a green house as they were tinted and would not let the solor rays through for growing plants ..
I sold them for $75 dollar to a guy from the beach that he wanted to surround his ocean front patio for a wind brake ...

yes sir,she's loving it.thanks

[special-K]

Got it done! That's a tidy greenhouse you built her. You should get a few points from that!

[mr.mud1]

yes sir,i sure hope so,i need all the help i can get,in the points dept?i'm usually overdrawn?i think it turned out ok?lumber is horrible expensive now,glad i wasn't building a house or my new shop now?take care,Greg

[LT7A]

That turned out really nice. Even though it's a relatively simple structure, you built it to fit with the style of your shop and house it looks like. Hopefully she's happy with it, it looks great from here.

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by LT7A

That turned out really nice. Even though it's a relatively simple structure, you built it to fit with the style of your shop and house it looks like. Hopefully she's happy with it, it looks great from here.

thanks,i think it turned pretty well.i know momma's happy,that's all i need to know.i did discover yesterday,it makes a great place to bake the paint on newly painted truck parts.she asked why i did that,i said it was 100 degrees in there?made perfect sense to me.ha ha.all the best.Greg