Re: Henry's 55 Constellation
Posted by Cli55er On 2009/3/26 22:58:53
tonight i cleaned the other drum up, my dad did the first one, and i started to paint them, but it is so humid that the paint is taking forever to dry. i couldn't paint the other side because the paint was still sticky. i should beable to finish tomorrow.
so, i just put them aside to dry overnight. i also made a piece that will connect both sides together when i go to push the thing up on the trailer. it is just a piece of 1x1 wood that i cut and drilled holes into at the ends. i used 1/2" x 2 1/2" bolts to hold it in. it works, but it isn't the best thing. i also painted it black so it kinda matches. when i pushed it side to side, the lower bushing bolt that is longer on the passenger's side seems to be okay, so we will see when i get the steering all together at some point in the future.
i'll flip over the drums tomorrow and paint them and mount them.
i also need to see if a tire shop has a used tire in the 205/15 series, one of my rollers is a 215 and is bigger and makes the car lean and looks bad. hopefully one of the tires shops will have a used one laying around.
get the trailer tomorrow and load up on saturday morning and hit the road.
supposed to be nasty here tomorrow and cold saturday morning, but supposedly better in salado, so we will see. i pretty much decided to go no matter what, with the frame, you only live once. i am going in two mondays from now to do another ablation on my heart and most likely have a pacer/ICD implanted. so, you only live once, so screw it.....rain or shine...it's comming with me. ;0) what good is it if i don't enjoy it.
i also got my truck backed up over the frame and was able to fix the rubber pad under the base plate on the lower a arm. worked out great. ;0) i just jacked it back up, put the hanger back on, fixed the plate and rubber and let it back down. ;0)
i painted the colors on the bars too.
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so, i just put them aside to dry overnight. i also made a piece that will connect both sides together when i go to push the thing up on the trailer. it is just a piece of 1x1 wood that i cut and drilled holes into at the ends. i used 1/2" x 2 1/2" bolts to hold it in. it works, but it isn't the best thing. i also painted it black so it kinda matches. when i pushed it side to side, the lower bushing bolt that is longer on the passenger's side seems to be okay, so we will see when i get the steering all together at some point in the future.
i'll flip over the drums tomorrow and paint them and mount them.
i also need to see if a tire shop has a used tire in the 205/15 series, one of my rollers is a 215 and is bigger and makes the car lean and looks bad. hopefully one of the tires shops will have a used one laying around.
get the trailer tomorrow and load up on saturday morning and hit the road.
supposed to be nasty here tomorrow and cold saturday morning, but supposedly better in salado, so we will see. i pretty much decided to go no matter what, with the frame, you only live once. i am going in two mondays from now to do another ablation on my heart and most likely have a pacer/ICD implanted. so, you only live once, so screw it.....rain or shine...it's comming with me. ;0) what good is it if i don't enjoy it.
i also got my truck backed up over the frame and was able to fix the rubber pad under the base plate on the lower a arm. worked out great. ;0) i just jacked it back up, put the hanger back on, fixed the plate and rubber and let it back down. ;0)
i painted the colors on the bars too.
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