Finally some info 7/15
Posted by Dr Diecast at 7/15/2008 6:48 AM and is filed under uncategorized 
Ok ok ok ok ......... I know I have been lax on updating the blog daily but honestly I have been busy and with my want, need and desire to get as many projects completed by the end of the month that I have to prioritize and the blog is not really on that list.
I spent Friday and Sunday polishing out the last of the Birds.... I spent yesterday assembling a couple birds and here is s shot of Pete's Flock O Birds, LOL. By the way I hate putting these together...... ugh!
Note a couple things....... the easiest to see is the non hubcap wheels. See all the wheels, along with the spares, along with the trunk hinge covers and fuel filler tube cover have to be painted yet..... I was out of thinner so that still will get dealt with today. Anyway...... here is a shot of the cars...... Pete....... they are almost in shipping form, lol.
Now along with these I was also trying to get the Black 34 with the multi color side stripes assembled except for the wheels. This car started life as a 34 with a blower sticking out of the hood...... if you remember I made the hood flat..... so now this motor doesn't work. Taken the blower off and replacing it wont work since the valve covers are wrong too. So whats a guy to do ? Well I head to the parts bin...... but.... since I didn't charge him for any engine work I will not be going over the top on this.
3 hours later, LOL, ....... he has a make shift small block with a air cleaner, valve covers and alternator that resembles his under the hood. Along with just that, I had to fab up the headers, basically cut, trim, heat and fit some to fit this motor in this car... then re aligien the exhaust to fit it.
Oh yeah, speaking of motors........ Friday I assembled the 71 Monte Carlo for the 67 Chevelle projects owner and the engine that comes in that car is a piece of shit. Red block...... crappy flat valve covers..... cheap ass sticker on the black plastic air cleaner and last but not least..... blue...... yes blue spark plug wires that are the thickness of heater hoses. This along with them being about 3/4 of an inch too long make it so toy like. So as a nice gesture I ripped that POS out and replaced it with a nicely detailed Exact Detail big block. Took a little finagling to get it to fit right but what an improvement. I also didn't get paid for this but........ I have done 3 other cars for this customer.... am shipping his 3, Chevelles and 1 Monte Carlo today and he has 3, 69 Camaros ready to come to me for something.... I still dont know what but was told they are coming as soon as these 4 cars get back. So....thats 7 projects and 3 more coming.... I think giving him a free engine is a nice gesture.
OK....... well im done rambling and need to get back to it.
I'm out !
I spent Friday and Sunday polishing out the last of the Birds.... I spent yesterday assembling a couple birds and here is s shot of Pete's Flock O Birds, LOL. By the way I hate putting these together...... ugh!
Note a couple things....... the easiest to see is the non hubcap wheels. See all the wheels, along with the spares, along with the trunk hinge covers and fuel filler tube cover have to be painted yet..... I was out of thinner so that still will get dealt with today. Anyway...... here is a shot of the cars...... Pete....... they are almost in shipping form, lol.
Now along with these I was also trying to get the Black 34 with the multi color side stripes assembled except for the wheels. This car started life as a 34 with a blower sticking out of the hood...... if you remember I made the hood flat..... so now this motor doesn't work. Taken the blower off and replacing it wont work since the valve covers are wrong too. So whats a guy to do ? Well I head to the parts bin...... but.... since I didn't charge him for any engine work I will not be going over the top on this.
3 hours later, LOL, ....... he has a make shift small block with a air cleaner, valve covers and alternator that resembles his under the hood. Along with just that, I had to fab up the headers, basically cut, trim, heat and fit some to fit this motor in this car... then re aligien the exhaust to fit it.
Oh yeah, speaking of motors........ Friday I assembled the 71 Monte Carlo for the 67 Chevelle projects owner and the engine that comes in that car is a piece of shit. Red block...... crappy flat valve covers..... cheap ass sticker on the black plastic air cleaner and last but not least..... blue...... yes blue spark plug wires that are the thickness of heater hoses. This along with them being about 3/4 of an inch too long make it so toy like. So as a nice gesture I ripped that POS out and replaced it with a nicely detailed Exact Detail big block. Took a little finagling to get it to fit right but what an improvement. I also didn't get paid for this but........ I have done 3 other cars for this customer.... am shipping his 3, Chevelles and 1 Monte Carlo today and he has 3, 69 Camaros ready to come to me for something.... I still dont know what but was told they are coming as soon as these 4 cars get back. So....thats 7 projects and 3 more coming.... I think giving him a free engine is a nice gesture.
OK....... well im done rambling and need to get back to it.
I'm out !
Well John I love what I see….Looking Good…..I’m glad to see you used the Red & White interior for the White car rather than the straight Red as first planned, a way better look for it. Anyway nice group of cars that would make any collector proud to own. Maybe the next 6 or so will be easier to work with, okay maybe not!!
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Nice thinking Santa, those nice gestures are rare and usually come back to reward you other places. It's called karma.
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