Kyle242GT's 1959 5.044

[kyle242gt]

This is the strangest metaphor for masturbation that I have ever come across

and I worked so hard to avoid that.

 

[kyle242gt]

Lowered the front a coil to see if that'd get it in more of a sweet spot for steering. Not really.

Going to just leave this here for now.
http://www.southernrods.com/chassis...-hub-to-hub-for-universal-56-track-width.html
http://www.fulltiltstreetrods.com/hub_to_hub.htm

Sort of have to figure out if complete-but-scary is good enough or if I want to take it to the next level...

 

[Benjam83]

Who said "love"?

My younger son's been wearing socks with flipflops, my older son is a teenager, and my wife keeps bumping the cat at night, which gets it started purring.

Yeah it's hard...er........difficult to avoid.....



















masturbation, that is....

 

[pat244ti]

God that interior brings back memories of the kinda sketchy test drive I took in that thing for you.

Again love seeing the progress on it

 

[Harlard]

So has anything of any significance happened since October?

 

[kyle242gt]

hey everyone!

Car runs great, took my kids out the other day and made my 14yo drive it. he could barely push the clutch in, and then was so terrified all he could do was idle around a parking lot.

I said fine. Shut it off, and it wouldn't restart. So my kids got to learn about push starting - parenting is awesome sometimes.

Once started, I ripped about four yooge donuts, not noticing older son's door wasn't latched. whatever dude, you had your seatbelt on, and you were on the inside of the donut anyway.

Tried to start it the other day, clicks-ville. I think the recycled group zero battery that it came with finally kaputzed.

Still trying to figure out what to do next. Was debating Mustang II front end, but I don't think I care that much.. so now I'm thinking to just put the noncrushed door on, prime it all one color, hit it with some sixties scallops, and call it done.

Sometimes I get down on myself that it's such a halfbaked halfwitted illconcieved illmannered misbegotten wretch. Then I remember all the times Kenwood mocked me and implied it'd never move again and I think.



Damn it feels good to be a TB'er.

 

[Harlard]

Paint looks awesome as is. Primer would ruin it

 

[kyle242gt]

Paint looks awesome as is. Primer would ruin it

Relevant:

 

[Harlard]

Point stands

 

[toms_elleck]

I vote for primer, or more accurately just base coat with no clear (AKA, Hot Rod Flatz).

Horlord doesn't know aesthetics. He put nerd glasses on his 242. Don't listen to him.

 

[Harlard]

Prettying the car up goes against its very own principle.

Single rounds are way too popular with the scenester ****boy crowd. I can't be mixed up with that.

 

[amerbritcan]

Hot rod flatz and scallops ftw

 

[kyle242gt]

Tax season's over, but the weather's been nice, boating is rad, mtb trails are choice, and oh my god are there a lot of weeds around my property.

Have been thinking of selling it, or pulling the drivetrain for some future purpose, since the fun* stuff is done. But since I have this spare door, which I just happened to crush back in Scene 24, I figured I'd swap that today.

Not really a big deal, except the glass-to-regulator assembly is rotten and there's something fruity with the interior door handle - it doesn't work! I'm guessing that has something to do with the cloverleaf-shaped square hole in the latch assembly. Oh, and the driver's door lock doesn't fit the keys I have.

The old door is a mess! Crazy wrinkled top/bottom/front/rear, smashed near the hinges, the woiks! Evidently there was a pretty good smackeroo in this thing's history. And, that explains the 1/8" thick bondo on the cowl; rather than work the door back to fit properly, they just mudded it up and called it a day. I'll hit it with a grinder or heatgun or something and see what's in there.

I also primered a few more places in preparation for getting it all primed and lowridery. Tentative plan is to get it more-or-less hammered into shape, prime it (maybe metalflake/lace the roof!) and put some scallops or other 50's-60's style graphics on it.

Unless I can come up with a sweet cheap way to put bass-boat levels of metalflake paint on it.

 

[cwdodson88]

I use these guys for dry pearls but they have rainbow metal flake that can be added to any base/clear. I love the lace roof idea, then have someone stripe it with scallops.
https://www.paintwithpearl.com/shop-custom-paint/metal-flakes/

 

[kyle242gt]

Got all the trim removed. A variety of plastic pushpins, metal clips, and threaded studs... Will have to see if I can track down more of the plastic clips. They fit nicer and are much easier to get in and out.

The firewall/cowl/front quarter (?) area is really gross, I heatgunned out most of the bondo, called it good enough. There's still way more in there.

Funny how bad the doors fit. Are they all like that? Passenger side should be pretty minty from what I can tell, but the door stands about 3/8" out at the bottom rear corner while matching up pretty well the rest of the way around. I guess I could be that the whole car is tweaked. Wouldn't surprise me.

Still planning to prime it all red, throw some period-correct scallops (or somesuch) on it, stripe the outline, and call it good. But there's something about the feel of a DA sander in my hand, I hear the clarion call of finish work, "It's just one little piece to smooth out at a time..."

One thing that's holding me back from that is uncertainty about the front end - will I need to rework it for a bigger radiator? Will I lose my mind and put a Mustang II front end in it and rework the fenders?

...but there sure is something about getting that sander out after a 25-year nap.

 

[kyle242gt]

Food for thought:

 

[cwdodson88]

I like the bottom one, the style of scallops on the top one is kinda meh, seen it too much. The bottom one is out of the norm for scallops.

Can you tweak that door? Maybe park next to some sturdy thing and with a block of wood going up and down in the jam, and a block on the outside of that corner angled across the corner / push the corner in with a scissor jack?

 

[nel621]

Not sure how you went about removing the doors but most body shops will tell you to take the door off of the hinge and never take the hinge off of the car. Getting stuff to line up again becomes a PIA.

 

[kyle242gt]

I learned that after the fact! The new door came with hinges, but one was stuck, so I had a half-n-half situation no matter how I sliced it.

Holy crap this thing is rough, but it sure looks better being all one color.

 

[nel621]

All one color, that was fast! Looks great!