Update #: 1190, Date: 2010-04-25 03:04:40

Title: more delays

Keywords: delay

So why have I not posted about the build? That's because I haven't touched the car in basically a month. No, I haven't gotten discouraged and given up. I got side tracked by vacation. I went on vacation out of state for two weeks. The week prior to that was spent getting ready, and most of my free time in the week since has been spent photoshopping my vacation photos. I went kayaking on one of the days that I was gone, and that has led to further delays......it was enough fun that I decided that I need to go kayaking more often. What little time that has not been devoted to photoshop has been spent playing with fiberglass. I now know that I dislike working with fiberglass. I've now learned that glass resin sticks to both Tupperware boats and open cell foam stuffed inside [lawn mower created] holes in the bow of the fore-mentioned boats. I've also learned that properly laying fiberglass takes a lot of practice. Since I lack that, I'm laying on multiple layers to make a thick, but ugly/lumpy, patch. My trusty angle grinder will smooth and thin the glass to pretty it up. I also got some bungies and used them to make new elastic cargo straps for the deck. The bungie ends were looking a little frayed after passing them through the eyelets on the kayak deck. There was enough left over, though, to wrap them in duct tape near the knots (i.e. behind the frayed area) and cut through the tape. I then filled/coated each bungie end with fiberglass resin to prevent any future fraying of the fabric ends. After that I tried sitting in the 'yak. I can still fit in it, but barely, and certainly not for long. I'm tempted to remove the seat (...and fabricate a new one???) to get a few more inches of room inside.

Update #: 1191, Date: 2010-06-20 06:06:43

Title: motor mounts

Keywords: motor mounts

I just ordered some stuff from speedway motors. I got their universal motor mount cushions (PN 7209314) and some reproduction Frame Adapters for 1928-1934 Fords (PN 1353274) I've decided to hold the grill shell in place with the same sort of metal screws that I used on zippy's rocker panels.

Update #: 1192, Date: 2010-06-20 06:06:10

Title: minor website changes

Keywords: website

I recently changed my level of service plan with my hosting company, moving up to a higher level plan that will allow substantially more bandwidth. It's probably not necessary, but is nice just in case slashdot/digg/jalopnik discover rose. I know, not a likely scenario....) The added benefit is that I can now host multiple domains off the same account, which let me move slothnet.com's content to the pennyanteracing server and get rid of that hosting account. It's nice when you can get more bandwidth and spend less than before. :) I hope to get more motivated and do some more LAMP stuff so that I can have simpler edit functionality, emoticons, etc. That will come with time, though....

Update #: 1193, Date: 2010-06-24 03:06:51

Title: basement lambo guy

Keywords: basement lambo

jalopnik on basement lambo guy http://jalopnik.com/5065896/hand+made-lamborghini-built-in-basement-finally-sees-light-of-day "Mr. [ken] Imhoff, our hats are off to you sir. You are an inspiration to us all, we want to be like you when we grow up. Considering the quality of the work here, we're fairly confident your car is actually better than factory, more reliable, better handling and faster, and you have the satisfaction of having built it yourself. Congratulations sir, you are a grease monkey superhero."

Update #: 1194, Date: 2010-07-08 02:07:19

Title: 240z page

Keywords: 240z

http://www.geocities.jp/datsunz903/

Update #: 1195, Date: 2010-07-14 02:07:43

Title: Chinese kid fabricates car

Keywords: lambo clone

Anyone who can look at a car and then design and fabricate a replica of it has my respect. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1284692/Fancy-ride-Lambor-teeny-Chinese-lorry-driver-spends-year-building-80mph-dream-machine.html Owning a Lamborghini supercar is the stuff of dreams for most young men, wherever they live. And if you happen to be a twentysomething lorry driver from rural China, that dream would seem all the more unattainable. But that fact only served to spur on 25-year-old Chen Jinmiao. Realising he would never earn enough money to buy the real thing, Chen decided to build his own. A year and the equivalent of £2,000 building later, he had his very own 'Lamborghini'. And Chen is more than happy with his replica of the famous Italian sports marque - even if its 60 mph top speed is some 150mph behind the real thing. Chen, of Binzhou in Hunan province, said: 'I downloaded the drawings from the internet, then bought the materials from the market.' His bright yellow car even has the original's signature scissor doors. But Chen, who has no formal engineering training, has yet to hear whether he will be allowed to drive his 'baby Lambo' on public roads.

Update #: 1196, Date: 2010-07-14 02:07:58

Title: awsome model T replica

Keywords: home fabrication

http://rodcustom.automotive.com/69119/0610rc-1923-ford-roadster-coupe/index.html 1923 Ford Roadster Coupe - Low & Narrow, Far & Wide This Handbuilt T Gets Around Ask people what makes a "real hot rod," and you'll find out that everybody's got a different idea. But let's agree on one thing: Dave Eltzholtz's homebuilt, mucho-driven, bare-metal '23 T is a no-doubt-about-it hot rod. Dave got interested in rods as soon as he was old enough to draw them. His lifelong assortment of iron has been diverse, but consistently cool: '34 sedan, Model A rpu, '63 Corvette, '54 F-100, "Cal-Look" '64 Beetle, Austin Healy 100/4, and this most recent ride. "I remembered seeing pictures in old sports car magazines of Italian workers pounding out car bodies in dimly lit garages with simple tools," Dave says. "I wondered what that would feel like because it looked like satisfying fun." Now he knows. He started building the T about six years ago on the floor of his garage, dividing up his work area with chalk lines and building each piece separately. By the beginning of 2002, all those separate components came together as a one-of-a-kind running roadster. "I was surprised that I had something that had to be inspected, registered, and insured!" Dave wasted no time getting the homebuilt hair dryer on the road. The 100-mile Ranch Run in January '02 provided the shakedown drive that has never ended. The road test continued later that year with an extensive loop through California. A year later, Dave made a run to Pike's Peak, covering almost 3,000 miles in five days. In 2004, with the custom-built roof in place, he was off on another five-day blast, hitting Bonneville, western Canada, Yellowstone, and the Tetons along the way. In between the big trips, he makes local events all over Southern California. We've spotted the roadster/coupe at subsequent Ranch Runs, the Antique Nationals, the Primer Nats, and the Twilight Cruise Night at the Wally Parks Museum. It was also an Asphalt Ego-Rama semi-finalist in 2005. After four years and 33,000 miles, Dave's itching to get the T back on the road. Where to next? "I want to collect mileage going to an event in Maine or the far Northeast and run my tires in the Atlantic Ocean!" Look around, East Coast rodders, there may be a bare-metal T coming your way.

Update #: 1197, Date: 2010-07-27 04:07:05

Title: Ferrari P 4/5

Keywords: other car fabrication

"The racing version of Jim Glickenhaus's Ferrari P4/5 is currently under construction. The car, built from an F430 Scuderia and an F430 GT2 racing car, is set to compete in the 24 Hours of the Nürburgring." http://jalopnik.com/5597915/exclusive-ferrari-p45-competizione-build-report

Update #: 1198, Date: 2010-07-29 06:07:24

Title: brackets

Keywords: grill shell

After mowing the lawn today, I sanded the grill shell a bit and cut some tubing to make brackets. I'll attach them to the grill shell so we can use them to mount the shell to the chassis.

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