Mmm Yeah, Good times.

Brake lights work again, thanks to alot of help from my buddy Todd. I am very appreciative of his electrical expertise. Bought new linkage end pieces and threaded rod today, going to make new throttle linkage for the pick-up. p.s. Tognotti's still sucks.

Electrical Gremlins suck...

So the brake lights on the F-100 have decided to stop working entirely. I have tail lights and turn signals but no brake lights. I have tried using different switches, I have even changed out fuses and bulbs and still no go. I have to have an open somewhere in the line that I now have to find...

My wife's got the skillz

Erin brought home the trunk lid and hood for the chevy, here is a shot of the hood. Not bad! It has a small peak to it where she welded up the seam.

I love a good blast cabinet.

Took the hood hinges for the '53 chevy up to Loomis this morning. I threw them into the bead blaster and got them pretty well cleaned up. Wipe them off and blew them off the get all of the bead glass out of the hinges. I put them in some generic black primer first and then once that was dry i sprayed 'Cast Iron' color engine enamel. I think they came out pretty good for being so low-tech! They look really nice back on the car as well, but they definitely make the paint surrounding them look even worse. haha.

Removing a dirty tank is tricky...

Decided to pull the gas tank out of the chevy today, it should be getting replaced with a mustang gas tank in the future. That will require some extensive clean-up, welding and cutting first however. This tank is empty by all accounts so it should drop right out fairly easily...

Ok, so in reality nothing is as easy as it seems. The gas tank had about two gallons of gas still in it. Since the engine kept cutting out I had assumed it was out of gas. Now that I know there was still enough gas in the tank it makes me think that either lines were clogged or the fuel pump was bad. Carb is a piece of crap quadrajunk too but who knows. Anyways, pulled the tank out. The fuel line sheared right off so that is going to need to be replaced too! Anyways, I have 2 gallons of decent gas if anyone wants it!!

Pizza for Lunch!?!

Kathryn couldn't fathom that pizza was something you could eat for lunch. She kept telling me, "Pizza is for dinner!". So I took her to Luigi's Slice in midtown and she had a pretty good slice of cheese. We split a lemonade and then walked it all off around midtown...

Took K to the park today...

So, didn't really know what to do today. Decided to take Kathryn down to the park. She was pretty stoked when we got there. We went down to Fremont park on 16th and P st. A mom showed up with her young daughter and Kathryn talked to them constantly. She always wants to know if you have done the same things or been to the same places as she has...

2 of a Kind

Kathryn doesn't like waking up in the morning...

...and Erin is pretty grumpy around lunchtime...

Here are some shots of the Hood and Decklid in primer. Erin and her friend Eddie put a lot of work into these...

'53 chevy is moving along...

Erin is putting in a lot of time sanding and priming the '53 chevy. Our attempts at selling it on Craigslist fizzled out so we are moving forward with it. The fenders are done for now minus some additional body work. Erin is finishing up the hood and deck lid this week. Looking for a chevy 12 bolt or Ford 9" rear end on the cheap! Must be passenger car bolt pattern. Also, got a line on a new engine and tranny. If you're reading this, gimme a call to help pull whats in there. It needs to come out so we can pressure wash the engine compartment and get it painted!

Tognottis...ugh

Ok, just got back from Tognotti's. Picked up two lengths of 2" pipe, a couple small 'U' Bends, a big 'U' bend, some clamps and some hangers. Hopefully I have everything I need to get this done... oh btw, the dreggs of society hang out at Tognottis, and the employees aren't much better. Here's some more photos of the engine getting thrown in...

The F-100 is almost done...

The engine and tranny are finally back in... The radiator has been mounted, tranny lines run, linkage hooked up, wiring attached, drive line is in... Just need to install the exhaust and we're good to go. Off to Tognotti's to find some exhaust pipe...