33 Coupe Paint 7        7/19/05

Awhile back when I made my wheel dollies, I had no idea that they'd come in so handy. I'm using all four this time with my body sitting on them so I can move it out of the garage when the time comes to get it painted. I put a long 4" X 4" on the bottom that spans from one dolly to the other and then put some short 4" X 4"s along with a some 2" X 4"s on top of the long ones. The reason I needed so many pieces of wood is because of the lip on the bottom of the body that had to clear the dollies in relation too where the wood comes in contact with the floor of the body. It sure does move around easy now. 
 

 

 

While I'm waiting for my painter, I'm trying to keep busy so I dreamed up a little project to do. What you see here are my new door strikers which are made out of stainless steel that found there way to the buffing wheel. I got the idea to make them as soon as I saw how good the polished stainless looked against the new paint. There's a big difference between the old and new ones that's for sure. I'm going to use some 7/16" grade 8 bolts for the threads as the old ones are a one-piece unit. To use the bolts, the heads will have to be cut off and then threaded in the new pieces. I also didn't put in the hex socket which makes them look that much cleaner. The reason for the hex socket is so you can tighten them without them spinning, but I'm not worried about that so I didn't put them in. Once the body is painted, I'll take a shot of them installed.
 

 

 

One thing I did when I was first working on the fuel system was use a piece of rubber hose. I only used it for testing and then planned on replacing it later on. This piece of hose goes through a hole in the chassis which means I won't be able to put a permanent fitting on both ends. The reason for permanent fitting is because the hole is only big enough for the hose to pass through. If the hole was much bigger, it would weaken the chassis even more in that spot so I decided to use a slip-on fitting which uses a hose-clamp to keep it in place. The reason for putting a hole in the chassis in the first place was to keep the fuel line away from the exhaust as much as possible. What you see below is the new hose which now matches the rest of the fuel system. It's hard to see here but the lower right red fitting has a hose-clamp that is hidden on the back side. When I go to install it, I'll remove the fitting, slide the hose through the hole in the chassis and then reinstall the fitting. I guess I could've just used a hose-clamp without a fitting because it's under the car and no one would see it......right? Then again, maybe not!
 

 

 

I gots me some NEW TOOLS!!! 

For Fathers Day, my wife bought me some tools with the Craftsman name on them. One of the things that I'm having trouble with these days is seeing the fine print on things. This includes the size of small sockets which sucks big time. Well if you look closely at the bottom right corner of the box, you'll see that these new sockets have been laser-etched with the size on them in large print. Now that's what I'm talk'n about, some easy on the eyes tools. Oh....and a guy can never have too many tools. Thanks sweetie, I love'm......and you too....very much!!!! 
 

 

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