Family Tradition

[Propwash]

I had the same thing in the Coronet a couple years ago morbid...Turn on the fan or heater and the whole car smelled like the crooked bandits that took a leak in my car and their urine.

No kidding on the critic comment. I'm sure you're the same, but sometimes I get done with a chunk of a project, be so disgusted I won't touch it for a while. Come back a few days later and think..Wow, that turned out pretty good!

 

[northerndave]

sleep deprivation is another killer on working on these things after working in the garage for 12 plus hours you start to make some mistakes that even make the gerbil in your head stop running on his wheel and look at you and say DUH!!!

damn right!!

I know when I get there, I find myself in dolt land stairing at the simplest of tasks..... "ok Dave, time to hang it up, go to bed you dumb bazdard" lol!! :grin:

 

[Propwash]

sleep deprivation is another killer on working on these things after working in the garage for 12 plus hours you start to make some mistakes that even make the gerbil in your head stop running on his wheel and look at you and say DUH!!!

:yes:

 

[Propwash]

I shouldn't poison your thread or this site for that matter with a pony car but it's because of this little car that I just finished for my baby girl (16) that I found myself back in the saddle and now working on my own car, and visiting & learning from this site.

How many high school girls drive something like this? :grin:

I can't wait till my old dirty bird is as straight & shiny as my daughter's little ford.

That little car ate up a heap of my time but it also got me back into the groove and lead to the purchase of my b-body. :grin:

Sure didn't know any when I was in high school. if i did, i probably would have tried to date them..:grin:

Hey Dave, it's all Detroit steel in the end, Good to hear the little pony ispired a bit of the american legacy back too ya. Sounded like a "give give" relationship you had with the Ford

 

[northerndave]

Honestly it didn't fight me bad at all, it was a sweetheart of a car to work on & I did it with my daughter, it was great for that reason.

We had a roadrunner, a sport stalite and a bee when I was a kid in the early to mid 70's. All at different times but it seemed we had a string of them for a while there. it was enough to plant the B-Body seed in my heart I guess lol!! :grin:

I checked out the caltrac systems online yesterday, I'm sold! I'll be watching what you do for your center section as well since I think my suregrip is on it's way out.

 

[Propwash]

Yeah, that Cal Trac system sure does seem promising doesn't it. When I talked with the fella at Calvert Racing I told him my main concern besides getting more traction, was how does it affect ride comfort/Height considering the car would see the strip every now and then, but would be tearing up the streets a majority of the time.

He told me that you can set your preload for street and wouldn't even be able to tell it was there, then crank on the preload a bit and be ready to rule the strip. Several guys run the system on their daily drivers at calvert. Dantrap on here actually runs them on his roadrunner and said he was happy with them.

 

[northerndave]

I spotted a set on a chevelle just last week at a little cruise night get together locally.


It reminded me of a traction masters system I had seen on early/mid 60's fords...

But it was a little different, now that I've seen the cal tracs i'm sure that's what he had.

If I dump my clutch at around 2200-2500 then carefully stand into it I can usually hold both tires to the road but if I get after it too hard then one comes loose then I've lost it, let up so it can roll & stand back into it & it just peel loose again. I have a feeling the cost of a suregrip refurb may as well be going towards a locker.

 

[Propwash]

Still working on the rockers fella's. Pretty tedious little suckers...Gotta admit, this 90 and humid crap sure slows me down a bit.

Thought I toss up a couple pic's from the removal.......First one is a pic of the factory seam where the quarter meet's up the rocker. A torch does the trick really well for removing the old lead filler. Under that, obviously another factory weld needed to be cut out.

Other pic is just my area around the jam which is riddled with spot welds. After getting these and the A-Pillar welds out, i'm still working on getting the rest out..There is a bunch!!!

 

[detmatt1]

Very familiar site, except mine had a few more holes.:grin: How is that spot weld cutter holding up?.

 

[Propwash]

Pretty good Matt. Still using the same three bits that came with the package from Blair. I did break a pilot tip, but had a set of 3 new ones in a week for around 8 bucks. I did buy some spot weld cutter bit lube from Blair as well. Seams to help out quite a bit with the initial digging in and cutting speed.

I tell you what man, I don't know how this heat/humidity is treating you over in Motown, but this Northern Great Lakes dude is sure getting pretty fed up on this end. -20 below or bust!:cold:

 

[detmatt1]

Pretty good Matt. Still using the same three bits that came with the package from Blair. I did break a pilot tip, but had a set of 3 new ones in a week for around 8 bucks. I did buy some spot weld cutter bit lube from Blair as well. Seams to help out quite a bit with the initial digging in and cutting speed.

I tell you what man, I don't know how this heat/humidity is treating you over in Motown, but this Northern Great Lakes dude is sure getting pretty fed up on this end. -20 below or bust!:cold:

I didn't know they had lube for those cutters, I have been using thread cutting oil and it seems to work pretty well. I just by them off the shelf at a auto paint supply store locally.
To hot for me too here in the D, I wish it was 15 degrees cooler!:grin:

 

[roadrunnerman]

didn't know youi could get the cutter oil,will have to check into that when i start mine.

 

[Propwash]

didn't know youi could get the cutter oil,will have to check into that when i start mine.

It's actually like a paste...Almost like Bee's wax in a tube you press up from the bottom... Just insert the bit in it, spin the drill a bit and go to town. I wouldn't recommend eating it though :grin:

 

[northerndave]

I gave up on spot weld cutting bits years ago but I'd never seen one as stout as the one you are using.

I've been using 3/8" titanium pilot point style drill bits from basically any hardware store.

this sort of thing

 

[roadrunnerman]

It's actually like a paste...Almost like Bee's wax in a tube you press up from the bottom... Just insert the bit in it, spin the drill a bit and go to town. I wouldn't recommend eating it though :grin:

can you get it at any autozone store or from a store that sells the bits and welding supplies?

 

[Propwash]

I doubt autozone would stock it but I can imagine a mechanical contractor supply store selling metal fabrications supplies like welders/bits might Roger.

It's readily available online from Blair and other paint/fabrication online stores..

Looks like this:

 

[roadrunnerman]

thanks,i will look for it the next chance i get.will be about 3 wks b4 i get back home to do any real work on my RR.

 

[Propwash]

3 Weeks...........wow. Roll on brother!

 

[roadrunnerman]

thanks for the song will.Reminded me of the days when trucks would actually do triple digits(yes,i did too),i can still do triple digits but it's 65.1:rolling::rolling:

 

[Propwash]

thanks for the song will.Reminded me of the days when trucks would actually do triple digits(yes,i did too),i can still do triple digits but it's 65.1:rolling::rolling:

LOL...No Doubt huh. Growing up around rig's my whole life with my dad being a diesel mechanic, the times sure have changed. He use to drop trucks off for extra cash and I remember riding with him in the old International Cabover's, getting bounced out of my seat, all the way down to Chicago. Something about semi's when your a little kid........I thought they were indestuctable and was king of the world when I got to ride in one

Tried out the diesel mechanic thing at a freightliner dealership before going in the military..Seriously hard, back breaking work. Everything weighs a ton. Couldn't see myself doing it the rest of my life. Still like rig's and miss tossing around the old lingo..."Freightshakker" ,"Ant Eater", "Georgia Mud Crawler"...."Intersmashable"

Kudo's to you guys driving them and putting up with a the crazy folks in the 4 wheelers around ya... Truck driver's really are the best drivers on the road!