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Hello there! Some of you might remember me, some of you might not, some of you don't really give a gently caress. But I return, with less content, less time, and a lot more on my real life plate than ever before! Basic info: I'm getting married within the year to my awesome 10 year, classic car owner girlfriend. I'm knee deep in trying to buy a house, an old one, that is capible of storing all of our "children" My career is backbreaking, but CREAM. Life is ok Lets begin: You remember my Cadillac? well it looks a bit different now:  My job takes me to the a different city every year for a month, 2 years ago, it was New York, this year it was Phoenix (largest sporting event in the US) - this year I decided to sweeten the pot of my return home by having my 58 Sedan DeVille bagged by a friend. It turned out to be a bit more of a process than anticipated, and I'll spare you the details until a later post about the system itself, but I will say this much - I'm extremely happy with the results - the car rides better than it ever did before, I no longer have to worry about dragging the rear end end coming out of a driveway, speedbumps no longer haunt my dreams and it looks bad rear end to boot:    I'm so happy with the result, somewhere down the line I plan on bagging my entire fleet, but I will be doing the installs myself. I decided not to cut out anything important to putting the car back to stock springs, so in turn, it doesn't lay frame, but it gets more than low enough to make me happy. More importantly, I researched the poo poo out of components and made what I feel was the best (well tested, more expensive) choice in components. The 48 Roadmaster  you probably remember the roadmaster looking somewhat like this:  not much has changed but she did get some new shoes:  and met a friend:  The trailer is not mine, but it belongs to a guy that lives near me, I met the guy driving home one day and got to bullshitting - he wants to take his new camper to shows, but he doesn't want to pull it with his modern pickup. we've been talking about taking the car and the trailer to shows together - the camper is a 1947 Curtis Wright. The car has been driving great, over the last few years she's required very little maintenance except for a new mechanical fuel pump - In January the brakes started going a bit soft so I switched back to the old caddy. sorry for the lovely IG pics in advance:  here it was the night I realized I needed a new fuel pump  I was asked to join a new car club here in LA - lately we've been doing some big things. We had a show in the LA river and it literally got overwhelmed with people, there were at one point 120 cars down there, including 2 vintage police cars that had heard about it and wanted to join in the fun. It was a day I will remember forever. We might do it again, but it will be under the radar until the day (or night) of. The awesome part about joining a new club is that we often get beautiful photos like this:  and:  and:  More to come, if you guys want them. Now on to some more serious stuff: I can't recall if I had shared this or not, but here goes: This is me circa 1991-92.  As you can see I'm decked out in the latest hot pink shoelaces and oversized Athletics teeshirt (I live in LA) but the boat behind me is my late fathers 54 Buick. It's been in storage since he passed away 16 years ago, until recently I hadn't seen it for awhile maybe 2-3 years. I made the decision to pull it out and finish the restoration that my mom and I started back when he passed away. The car has always been a sore subject for me in that my father and I didn't have such a great relationship, and it was the only thing I really enjoyed doing with him. Anyway, here's the car now:   you can see my 48 buick and the 58 buick that I used to own in the background. One of the things my dad told me before he passed was that the car didn't mean poo poo to him and he wanted me to sell it and buy myself something really nice. In my young brain I thought I would never sell the car, but now that I've grown older, I realized I created my own memories that stemmed from him owning that car. So I'm getting ready to sell it. Then there's the new kid on the block:   I bought this about 2 years ago, got it running perfectly, brakes dialed in, set it down, put it in drive - dead trans. With a good part of my car budget blown on the cadillac project, It's not really in the cards to start spending on this one right now. its a super rare car with only ~1500 of them ever made. I purchased this car for almost nothing, it's my ace in the hole. oh yeah, this happened too:  more. later. LobsterboyX fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Apr 10, 2015 |
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I'll have to grab a photo of that , it looks pretty.. weird. The back goes up way higher than the front, so I'll max out the front and try to level the back - I'm 6'3 and with the rear end up the fin would poke me in the chest if I walked in to it.
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Thanks guys - Now to start taking more pictures!BoostCreep posted:Welcome back! We should hang out soon, maybe even when my Bricklin is running. Not that it would exactly fit in with any of your cars. Agree - IIRC you're in mid city? you should come by our Wed meets, very oddball cars show up. here's a bit more eye candy while you're waiting  Monark Holiday with "Station wagon styling" woodgrain, turn signals and brake light!  latest selfie.  a recent club outing to Paramount Ranch in sunny Malibu.. used to be a racetrack..  buick on the banked turn.
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Wrar posted:YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! That's quite a compliment. It really took me awhile to figure out that not everyone is in to this kind of stuff. Especially after I graduated college - my antics were not always appreciated. I really enjoy sharing this vast amount of useless knowledge of everything old. Cars are actually a very small part of what I really love. One of our favorite things to do is explore and discover the history of LA. We go to lectures, slide shows, vintage movies that all focus on the history of LA and drive around searching out the places that built LA. I'm a long time member of the LA conservancy, and I've even submitted a few proposals to preserve endangered historic buildings. One of my long term dreams is to get a masters in Historic Preservation, however with life marching on, that might be something I obtain later in life. So just tonight we found ourselves underneath the 6th street bridge for a weekly lowrider show - She took all the photos tonight and currently she is sawing logs, so when I get them I'll post them up - but more importantly than a bunch of cool low-lows was the beautiful 1932 bridge itself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_Street_Viaduct Now the sad (but true) part is what's about to happen to it: http://6stbrp.nationbuilder.com/ Onward to our drive home: we decided to take a quick detour to Carroll ave - the place in LA with the highest concentration of victorian homes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_Avenue It's a part of LA that no one really talks about, but is probably one of the most special places in the city. - we also collect vintage "paper" which consists of postcards, photos, magazine ads, fruit crate labels ect. one of the first postcards we ever bought was this one:  a few years ago we were driving around and found the exact location : https://www.google.com/maps/place/C...7ec64ac88b91046 whaddya know! the guard rail is still in place and the trees have grown a lot. Oh!  ooOOooo  
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NitroSpazzz posted:Glad you decided to make a thread. I've always loved the old cars like this and at some point would like to see how they are to live with. Guy at work has a couple that he daily drives during the summer, think a 48 buick and 53 ford if I'm remembering right. A friend of mine was the president of rock-ola jukeboxes, he runs a business on the side that restores vintage electronics, jukes, radios, tv's - I've known him for some time and he is a perfectionist. he has done most of my work for me. I did one myself many years ago, a small tabletop zenith radio from 1952. it was fun, but it was a lot of trial and error - I wouldn't say its easy, but unless you have access to components, it can be quite time consuming waiting for stuff to arrive, only to test the next bit and it too is bad. I have had a few large "console" radios restored. at one time I had 3, I gave them as gifts to my best friend and my mom one year for christmas - they both had aux cables. this is mine:  its a late 30s Firestone (yes the tire company) "Air King" - I bought a cheap bluetooth speaker with a headphone jack and just plugged it in to the aux cord and now I have a bluetooth enabled console. we both love listening to old radio shows on it - there's a great app on iphone called Vintage Radio that has a great db of old shows to listen to. There are also some great podcasts and XM has a great station called Radio Classics. Das Volk posted:Son of a bitch, they're replacing the 6th Street Bridge? I've wanted to see it in person for years, I guess I need to head to LA soon. I'll let you know, but my club is planning to have a show down there again in the summer time when its dry again, ironic, right? Fart Pipe posted:Welcome back! Looking forward to reading about some lobsterboy adventures. I just got offered an incredibly cool car last night for a price that's almost too hard to refuse. I have to let that cook for a bit, but it would be foolish to let this slip away. leica posted:I imagine he has searching craigslist down to a science by now cars by owner > 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932..........1960 - rinse and repeat. bicycles > elgin, higgins, western, shelby, colson, prewar, pre war, skip, skiptooth, wooden antiques > philco, predicta, zenith, streamline, deco... yeah, i could go on for days. Raluek posted:I mainly meant all the things that aren't cars. http://thecabe.com/ - sign up for the forums and lurk. it gets very childish at times - grown men take bicycles extremely seriously. th vwls hv scpd posted:Haha. Welcome back sir. Glad to see you took my recommendation to resurrect this. LA is pretty neat. I love all of the historic buildings there and the architecture. then you will love this: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=170279 1000+ page thread of photos of vintage los angeles. I've literally spent days on this. one time I collected a bunch of pictures, printed them out then we drove around to find them. Left Ventricle posted:I need more pictures of that wagon. What is it? 1954 Century Estate wagon - bought it in early '13 - I spent some time on it and got it running like a top, got the brakes tip top - set it on the ground, put it in drive.. nothing. trans needs a rebuild, but because I have so little time, it sits. I have a new set of tires waiting for it. I have to sell some bikes to get the fire under me to get it on the road. I bought it initially for the Mrs to promote her business. It's really just about finding the time. A friend of mine was at a rear-end shop in orange county (quite far from where we live) and saw a simple hand written ad that said "54 buick wagon for sale, call Dan" - older guy, didn't know anything about cars, had it sitting in his garage for years... it cost me less than the 100 mile tow to get it home. There were only ~1500 wagons built in 1954 - making it the most rare (not valuable) car I've ever known   this was in the garage of the guy I bought it from.  terrible photo, but the interior is almost perfect. the windlace is coming apart, but other than that, its really nice. Really need to get some better photos of it. As i mentioned briefly in this post, I've been given the chance to get another, very rare, very cool car.. for nothing basically.. I'm weighing options. Anyone want to buy a bike?
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Didn't you have some old motorcycles too? I did - I sold a majority of them last year and the photos are of course on my home computer. I had: 1977 Honda CB750a - an automatic motorcycle. I bought it from a friend who had fallen on some hard times and needed it gone, in turn, I rode it a handfull of times and like most stuff let it sit. it was a great bike, just boring and a bit too new for me. 1966 BSA Lightning 650 - bought it one day for 500, sold it the next for 3500 1950 BSA B33 - 500 thumper. had a weird expiremental alloy head. I had it running and rode it around the block. it was an original 50s bobber - it was painted metal flake green and had a bunch of really cool custom parts from the 50s. The Honda and the B33 I sold as a lot to.. someone who used to post here, not sure if he wants to be mentioned. I still do have my 1960 Vespa VBA:  I really don't like riding in LA because, as they say, I trust myself, i just don't trust anyone else. sometimes I'll fire it up for a ride around the hood, to the coffee shop or to a cruise night. It's great fun - it has a modern LML (indian) engine in it with the upgraded 4 speed trans. IMHO it's too fast for what it is, cooking at 50 on 8" wheels is a bit hectic. I also put a replica Abarth pipe on it. It was restored in the 90s and is starting to show its age, thinking about offing it soon too. it will be just another thing to carry over in the move.
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iwentdoodie posted:Every time you post I start looking at classics again. drat you. His name is Ross - you'll probably talk to his wife if you call http://rjb.sharepoint.com/Pages/default.aspx
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IOwnCalculus posted:Now you're making me want to bag my truck. drat you! So easy! I bet you there's more tutorials on bagging your exact car than you could count. 58 cadillac sedan deville? not so much. I got most of my kit here: http://www.theslamstore.com/category_s/51.htm
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IOwnCalculus posted:Oh yeah, there's no shortage of kits built for the '67-'72 C10, but the vast majority of them assume you're bagging a trailing-arm truck, not a leaf-spring truck like mine. Which means then I have to look at doing a four-link or something nearly as aggressive. I assumed as well  My buddy just did a "bolt in" notch for his 70.. You could go the cheap route and go yank a trailing arm setup from something else and go to town. IIRC some company sells a "NASCAR" arm kit that basically is an exact copy of the truck arms..
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Hello friend! I think you should move forward with bagging that car. 59 - 63 have a different frame that allows them to go very, very low without cutting anything.. I'm gearining up to make a post about the system. I have 2 friends with bagged 62's and it's really not as big of an outlay as most think.
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Apr 14, 2015 03:37
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Ricecop69 posted:Welcome back Danny (it's Andrew from Pride). I'm jealous of your fleet. I've been looking at 68-70 coupe devilles, but I need a truck more than a cruiser as I'll be moving soon as well. I'm hoping to pick up a 67-72 c10. I'm glad to see the 58 looking sweet. The bags and the different hub caps really set it off from the last time I saw it down at my shop for the quarter panel repair. If you ever need assistance again with body shop stuff, hit me up--my number is still the same. I might know of a nice 63 shorty for sale.. Nice as in tons invested in engine/trans that just sits behind my buddys woodshop in venice. I definitely will keep you in mind, you dont know how much you helped with the 58. BrokenKnucklez posted:Besides craigslist, is there any good insight on finding old motorcycles/dirt bikes or is it just scanning the road and see what's out there? I don't really know too much about keeping an eye out for bikes - pretty much all of mine have been luck. The BSA's I bought were a total after thought. When I was in high school I would ride my bike past this house with tall grass growing and a really cool 59 Ford sunliner convertible hardtop just sitting there. One day many years later I was driving past and saw a guy inside cleaning out the garage - I hoped to find more gold in the garage, but the guy was actually the owners brother. the owner had died (in the backyard) and stayed there for a few days before the neighbors noticed a smell) He wouldn't sell me the sunliner, but he showed me the two BSAs and told me I could have both for a grand. The Vespa came from my cousin who bought it for his wife, she hated it, and I made him an offer. As I said the 77 was bought from a friend who was hard on his luck. Bikes are probably harder to spot because they can be stashed more easily. A few guys I know have scored bikes and scoots by going to look at cars and noticing bikes laying about. A good friend of mine got his Lambretta like that - he was going to check out some 50s caddy and saw the lambretta just sitting there - I guess it was one of those "oh that thing? get that thing out of here and you can have it" type deals.
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Apr 14, 2015 06:02
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anyone use something weird to shave?
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ExplodingSims posted:Yup Sup fatboy bro...  Years ago I had a fatboy that I had gotten in a lot of vintage razors. IIRC I paid 5 bucks for about 12 razors. I remember I sold a lot of them at a swapmeet and cleaned up. I remember I never even tried the fatboy, and because it didn't have a case, I didn't care about it. fast forward to last year at the height of my addiction to razors, it was pissing me off that I couldn't find a fatboy for under 100 bucks! I finally got a really nice one (this one) for 40 bucks - I was very excited. cleaned and polished it up and gave myself a shave and honestly I like my aluminum "black tip" super speed wayyyy more. I'm completely obsessed with the shick repeaters in the first picture I posted learn about them here: http://www.safetyrazors.net/schick/schicktech.htm My favorite of them all is this beautiful Aristocrat:  Perfect weight, balance, beautiful look.. If I had to pick one to keep for life it would be this one. while on the grooming theme, check out this awesome local barber shop:   The little Italian guy who owns it is about 90 - I don't go there too often, because he's rather expensive. he has photos of him with Bob Hope, the 3 stooges in their later days and many other stars of the past. He has that typical old man shake in his hands, but as soon as the sciccors or razor come up to you, he goes steady as I've seen. It's bothering me that I cant find it, but he gave me an original business card from 1958 showing the newly built barber shop with its phone number "State 5530" Anyway, picdump time:   not my fiance' - her car was used for a fashion shoot.   her generator gave out at a gas station in hollywood - a few minutes after this pic was taken we were literally swamped with tourists taking pictures and asking about the cars. picked up this original 1948 registration a few months ago:  I've got the awesome opportunity to drive both of these amazing cars on multiple occasions.  what are they? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudie_Cohn Also I'm very excited for tomorrow because on wed nights, cool things happen  
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ExplodingSims posted:It took me forever to find the Fatboy I have. I got inspired after seeing you collection you posted in the previous thread. Wow - I have to say that the first sentence makes it very worthwhile to me to keep posting stuff like this. I'm really glad you enjoy your fatboy, and that travel kit is really cool. I think that's considered a tech razor - I didn't have one up until sometime last year, I got one, tried it and sold it, they really are nothing special. Private message me, we'll do dinner, at one of the best preserved 50's diners... in the world... or something. Or at this well preserved 1930's haunt  Dupars is located at the farmers market/ the grove here in LA. the photo was taken just a little to the left of the google drop pin thingy:  Cool.. nice... as you can see to the north is CBS - this is where the price is right and numerious other shows are shot. I've worked a few shoots there. to the east you can see the grove, the ultra cheeseball mall/apartment complex. it has a fountain, an apple store and even a cute little trolley. awww. in the parking lot of farmers market, there is a cute little mock old-timey gas station - Gilmore in fact:  Gilmore gas staion.. where have I seen that before?  excuse the bad photo, it was all I could find, but I'm an avid 3 Stooges fan*, This is a screen grab from "Three Little Pigskins" the episode where they pose as college football players. *last year we all went on the cemetery tour of LA to find notable celebrities grave sites - morbid I know, but I have another story about this that I'll share later. Anyway, the story of Gilmore field is extremely interesting, I cant find any good links for it, but I'll try to summarize as quickly as I can - Gilmore buys a piece of land that no one wanted, struck oil and went nutty, he built the farmers market, a stadium, baseball field and drive in theater. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers_Market_%28Los_Angeles%29#History  as you can see, the only part of this still left is the farmers market. Another interesting fact is that Gilmore field was the birth of Midget racing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilmore_Stadium#Midget_car_venue  Pretty cool right? Then there's this: in the far east corner there was : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-Pacific_Auditorium My heart breaks for this..   Streamline Moderne at its finest. It was a groundbreaking design, it was host to SO much. I remember the day it burned in 1989, I was just a little kid, but I remember watching the fire at my grandmas house on the old black and white, no remote TV (my grandparents refused to buy a new one because "it still works just fine, honey") My grandfather pulled out a photo of him there in the late 30s. he told me all about the auto shows as well as the ice skating shows that used to happen there. Anyway, its a shame but its legacy lives on at Disneyland California adventure:  I'd give just about anything for a time machine.
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Apr 17, 2015 07:12
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Team140 posted:Love the entire theme of your threads! I have a deep appreciation for old iron and really, anything pre mid-60s really. Ahh, I bet its close by, or cleverly disguised, where do you live? Do you still have that chevy? Claverjoe posted:Holy poo poo, this is cool. Thanks!
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BoostCreep posted:beautiful home That's spectacular. there are so many stories like this and its so cool that you actually get to work there. I'm stuck in a 80s building that used to be a silicon breast implant factory. before I forget, here's what we were up to this past weekend: http://imgur.com/a/3ovhx?gallery
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Trying not to let this slip away again so here we go:  whoops! guess I've been using technology to plan mods to my.. toyota.. uh.. lets forget this even happened. Anyway, hectic as usual - house hunting is hard, but its less hard when you actually are activly seeking out dilapidated vintage homes. Not going to post anything about it, but I'm getting closer every day to obtaining a home that would make my cars feel right at home. In the meantime, I've been trying to streamline and clean my current living situation enough so I'm not completely buried when it comes time to move:  this does not include several engines, transmissions and a few more bikes and pieces of furniture that live in the garage (which is another story all together)  Wed night is cruise night, our little group has amassed quite a few interesting personalities and we usually try to find something interesting to hit every week. this is the old Helms Bakery factory - an LA original. you can find out more about helms here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helms_Bakery The Helms story is so cool, but their hardware was even cooler:  A friend of mine actually bought one of these for his wife, for a short time she would take it, along with baked goodness to weddings and other events - if you google "helms bakery coach" you will no doubt find photos of her with the truck - I'm hoping that the truck and her will come out of retirement for my wedding. there is also one sitting in the "not for sale" portion of a local junk yard known for having some of the coolest stuff ever, including a screen used Jaws robot that wound up headed for the scrap heap after filming My mom fondly remembers these things delivering "the best donuts on earth" every weekend. This past weekend was jam packed with quirky poo poo: friday was the totally illegal 6th street cruise which has been going on now for a few months. Every week the cops bring out the chopper with sonic deterants, night suns and even mounted police to "break up" a good time.     They issued tickets shortly after I left - not sure of the specifics, but I'm really not keen to the fact that they were doling out seemingly fraudulent tickets, or threatening to tow the cars if the owners didn't pay on site. eesh! Saturday was my fiance's birthday so I surprised her with a trip to disneyland, which she's been bugging me for months about. I'm a mild disney fan, and having worked for them in the past, its always fun for me to see whats up at the park. My favorite attraction, is - duh- one of the oldest. The Enchanted Tiki Room:  also, it just so happened that the day we went was someones the first day back in 45 years http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/05/behind-the-scenes-hatbox-ghost-reappears-in-haunted-mansion-at-disneyland-park/ I had known about this for awhile, in 2013 they had one of their anamatronic figures at D23 (Disney trade show) which was a precursor to this. As I mentioned previously, I've worked for them in the past and have many friends who still do, so it was cool to see hard work come in to play - without even knowing it finally to round out the weekend, we visited a friend in Orange CA - a very cool historic town - I just thought this building was awesome: 
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Is your Cadillac bagged? Lead sleds are the poo poo. Yes - I've just been really bad about documenting the process. If I ever get another free minute I'll do a writeup on the system
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IOwnCalculus posted:Ha, I was at Disneyland on Saturday too. Strangely my daughter who loved the Tiki Room last time around, decided this year that it was "scary". Had no problem with Star Tours, especially since the cast member there decided to let her "stretch" to 40". did you see the guy in the red shirt sitting in the fiberglass 1950s toon cars back in toontown? yeah, that was me.  pretty humiliating standing behind a group of kids waiting for my photo to be taken, but  in other news: Co-worker asks today "is that a vintage football helmet? why does it have a fin"  In other, other news: I'm seriously contemplating making a mistake 
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May 15, 2015 07:27
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freelop posted:The mistake being not buying that right? Complicated caper - belongs to a guy who lives in a hearse with a nasty drug habit - have to A: track him down B: make sure he's in the right "mood". - its a 40 packard 110 coupe, the engine looks like its been rebuilt at some point, it spins free, still full of semi clean oil. Before he bugged out, he stored the car at a friends smog check shop, the friend is fiercely loyal and won't sell it without the OK of the owner. yeeesh!
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May 15, 2015 07:49
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Aloha. Last weekend I went bowling:  This is a very cool AMF bowling alley at the very tip of the valley.. Sadly it's not the coolest on the inside but the exterior is pretty exciting:  Also, I went to the BAR:  Sorry for the crappy photo, but this is a California legal semi automatic BAR made by Ohio Ordnance - owned by one of my dearest friends, who.. just.. might... sell... it.. to me? Not pictured in our memorial day WWII shoot-a-thon - my Garand, m1 carbine and Ithica 1911 - No pictures because, well, I'm the worst. The weekend before was also filled with some interesting stuff.  slowly but surely this thing is starting to come around, It was in desparate need of proper bias ply tires - when it was restored almost 18 years ago, whitewall radials were all the rage. I'm picking up the rims tonight and most likely I'll head down and pick up some new rubber this weekend. we also took a cruise last weekend to Carroll Ave. in Angeleno Heights - which is possibly one of my favorite places in LA - you can read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_Avenue  Then we went down to this place and I had a tuna sandwich without the crust.  Our weekly cruise is tonight and lately things have been getting a bit mad lately  I'll post the exterior of this car soon..
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May 27, 2015 23:58
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The Royal Nonesuch posted:what Huzzah!! http://www.ohioordnanceworks.com/rifles/semi-auto/oow-line/1918a3 freelop posted:Is that a valve wheel used as a steering wheel? He didn't show up tonight, but with a bit of digging I found this photo of the car: 
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May 28, 2015 07:25
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Enourmo posted:I SHALL RAISE YOU UP TO VALHALLA MYSELF It was kinda funny because last week he was telling me that he's gotten so much more attention for this car in the last few weeks than he's had in the few years that he's owned it. but fuckit.. lets go... 
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May 28, 2015 07:45
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Atomic family, southern California ranch style (or craftsman bungalow) house, and lots of bbq are next on the list. I'm trying. My mom had me later in the spectrum, she was 37, and my grandparents were solidly members of the greatest generation. My formative years were spent watching a lot of classic tv shows and listening to grandmas records. I liked ghostbusters and ninja turtles, but that kinda took a back seat to playing checkers and building my own toys with grandpa. Negromancer posted:That's pretty awesome that you can get a "new" BAR. I got the chance to shoot my uncles original BAR(full auto, stamped british typewriter company) and it was awesome. He has a ton of cool old guns, most full auto and sadly worth too much for him to actually shoot them, but he takes out his cheaper ones into the desert to shoot poo poo every time we go visit him. Shooting his tommy gun is awesome, but he would only let us use the stick mag's as the drums that he has are original. wow.. can I come along? The coolest thing about the BAR that my friend has is that everything except for the reciever is original WW2 stuff - the barrel is stamped 44 and the stock is bakelite or some kind of plastic made by the Firestone rubber company. I'm not sure if all of them are like that now, but I guess this company has been making these in really small quantities since the late 80s. The one that belongs to my friend is from 94 - a Tommy gun is probably the pinnacle for me, but there is no way I'll ever own one here in California - I tagged along to a few gun shops with my buddy last weekend, and one of them had a "California legal" Thompson - it had a bullet button to release the mag, as well as an extended barrel in order to exempt it from "SBR" status, so it looks kinda silly. It was...reasonably?... affordable at 1100 bucks, but still, if I had to have one, I'd almost prefer a non firing or blank firing replica that fits violin case.
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muh muh muh MEGAPOST: Becuase I have an office job, I feel it necessary for my sanity to trawl ebay listless - here is a few fruits of my labor..   Wow - its an original lighter from the dealership that originally sold my cadillac! better yet, the place still stands and is awesome:  and today:  mmmk -  I dont know that much about it (or do I and I just don't want to have any competition for them) but its a cadillac branded... um... shift knob anyway, the past few weeks have been filled with lots of cruising:         
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Jun 23, 2015 08:49
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BrokenKnucklez posted:What's it like shooting a BAR? I imagine the recoil would be lessened by the weight of the gun It's a really ridiculous way to shoot 30-06 - The mags are huge and unweildy, the charging handle is really small and awkward (its on the left side of the gun so you cant charge it easily while holding it) it also hurts. shooting it from the bipod is probably the most comfortible, although the range we took it to had benches with the stool attached, the gun was almost too long for the bench and I had to lean wayyyy back to be able to fire it, I eventually pulled up another chair behind the bench and was able to actually try to hit something. The sights are comical at best. you are very correct about the recoil, its so heavy it really feels like nothing, although it does have a pretty unique sound. Standing with it is not for everyone, the range we went to allowed rapid fire so I couldn't help squeezing them out as fast as I could, but for fear of hitting other peoples targets, I had to be somewhat reserved. releasing the mag is another silly task, there is a button in the trigger well, but fitting your hand around the mag is difficult for me even with large hands. All in all, its not a pleasant gun to shoot, it draws lots of attention at the line, old guys wanting to handle it, young guys wondering what the gently caress it is and of course a lot of "did your grandpa bring that back from the war?" - in other words, I loved doing it, and if i could afford it right now I would have snapped it up. In other news, baby gets some new kicks:   and and and.. shes getting her trans done over the weekend! after that she'll head to the front end shop to be given a once over. The century will ride once again.
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Jun 24, 2015 05:55
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Thanks - as the title says, I'm a lot less interesting now, although I do have a few rare days in which I can gently caress around, just trying to keep the thread alive is hard, I usualy hand my phone off to my gal so that she can "take pictures for your (my) internet friends"
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Jun 24, 2015 06:16
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:So apparently there's a 1950 Buick Sedanette at my local salvage yard. Anything off there you might be interested in? Hmmmm... what model is it? (special, super, roadmaster) Pretty much the only things I can use is engine parts IF its a roadmaster.. maybe the distributor, air cleaner (pretty sure they are not the same as 48) steering wheel, radio (if its a "wonder bar" If it is, it will have a floor mounted seek button).. the tail lights are super cool, if the bezels and lens' are good, if it's a roadmaster it may have the ultra rare bumperettes - . thats about all I can think of
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Jun 25, 2015 08:09
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Last month my life took a very interesting turn, my mother died suddenly and unexpectedly at age 68, I was with her at the very end. My priorities have drastically changed. I had my loan documents ready to go for a home purchase, and suddenly and extremely sadly, I've inherited the family home. The home was built in 1938, and my grandparents purchased it in 1950. My mother is the reason I love old things. She would often tell me she would play Little Richard, Fats Domino and Bill Haley for me when I was still in the womb. She was an amazing designer, she designed interiors for some of LA's elite, restaurants, and beautiful estates in Santa Barbara CA. Her style was derrived from growing up in LA in the 50s. When I was a kid she would drag me here and there running errands with her, I remember vividly driving past the ambassador hotel shortly after it closed its doors for good in the early 90s. She told me all about the Coconut Grove, and Robert Kennedy - and I wondered "why isn't it preserved, its full of so many stories". For my 18th birthday she woke me up at the crack of dawn and said "get dressed" - as any typical 18 year old would do, I said "AHHH COME ON, its my birthday!" - she ripped the covers off of me and got me up out of bed. We got in the car and next thing I know we were parking at Pershing Square in the heart of DTLA. We walked around all day, we rode angels flight, we had lunch at Cliftons Cafeteria and we went to the Bradbury Building. We walked past the beautiful movie palaces, and she even showed me the subway terminal building, and the hotel my grandfather and his father stayed at when they first moved to LA in the 20s. Her motivation behind this was that she wanted to buy me a nice watch, which she did. I still have mine, however she also bought herself one that day, and wore it every day, now, I do.  Back to cars and house stuff next time.
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Aug 27, 2015 08:30
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Thanks guys - It means a lot. Without her I wouldn't have had this sickness. When I was a kid my dad had his 54 Buick Roadmaster convertible, after he left, she said something like "and he never even gave me a ride!!!" so I'd often torment her by making her ride in my caddy (which she tolerated, she wasn't fond of the cars because she thought having them made me look like a gangster or a "no-good-nick") - after a few 90mph runs on the freeway she said something like "I'm glad he never gave me a ride!" - anyway - here is the house:  and here is a new inhabitant who will soon be leaking on the driveway:  Long story short: I've always wanted one, wife has always wanted one, we were both feeling down in the dumps and nothing cures sadness faster than a bit of impulse buys. It runs and drives on its original banger engine with a 3 speed - we plan to putt putt around for a few months then dive in to full hot rod mode with my 401 Buick Nailhead + T5... bias plys, No fenders, hood, no sense.. indeed. more later
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Well, I've officially lost touch with reality.. here it is, the beginning of the decent in to madness. This was my first glimpse of it - I waited at the freeway offramp for about 20 minutes then this big bastard came rolling down the hill.  Because it was on a huge rear end semi truck, he couldn't deliver it directly to my house, it had to be dropped off about a mile away. The truck driver was really cool and told me the story of him picking it up in the middle of the night in the middle of nowhere Oklahoma, he had to fend off some stray dogs with the spare fenders included with the car. He also said that his cross country trip was a bit more fun because people were asking him about the "moonshine mobile" whenever he would stop. Anyway we got the car unloaded and I proceeded to drive the car for the first time in heavy dusk traffic - it was smoking like a chimney, grinding every gear and no lights of any type. once I got it in to the neighborhood it became less life threatening and actually fun.  The brakes are more of an idea than a reality, model a's were originally equipped with mechanical drum brakes... yes, non hydraulic, cam operated, asbestos lined, horse drawn carriage style brakes. Lucky for me the previous owner had updated them with 1940 Ford hydraulic brakes! that look like a child with an arc welder installed while high on acid. So again, the brakes are more of an idea than a reality, upon inspection I found that some creativity was involved with how they were installed, the good news for me is that all the parts are there (minus the backing plates which have been welded to the spindle) and when installed correctly would stop the car no problem and be much, much less sketchy. for the first few days I'd sit and look at it, put it around the neighborhood, and look at it more. My fiance even got in on the action and learned to drive it, she is pissed because the seat does not move forward enough for her to reach the pedals comfortably, I reminded her that we are lucky that the 85 year old wood was still supporting us from falling through the 85 year old wooden floors of the car. The seller had installed some fiberglass rear fenders on the car because the originals had rotted away long ago, but he had provided another set of steel fenders with the car that I had intended to put on. off they came:  whoops..   here's the way I see it, in 1930 they made over 120,000 of these cars, for the first time I have a car that is basically meant to be hosed with, the cadillac and buicks can be to a point, but fully customized is not something I can do to a 1954 buick wagon of which only a handfull are known to exist, with this car, there are probably a lot more of them around than there ever were in 1930. I'll leave you with this tidbit. some notes on the video: yes im wearing a stupid, hat, yes its vertical video, also. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO96C0LkzN8
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Making a bit more progress on this silly thing:  So I've made a decision regarding this engine, I want to keep it in there for at least a year, in the meantime I'll get the nailhead up and going and looking pretty and keep collecting parts- I have some information, that could be a rumor, but there could be an event that would make me keep the original banger. The beauty of this, over my other cars is that everything is made for this car, need a patch panel? order it, need some trim? Order it, need some backing plates for 1940 juice brakes? order it, need a hot cam, dual carb intake, headders ect for a 4 banger? gently caress it, order it. if I wanted any of these things for my buicks or the caddy, I would be searching for years. *note that radiator looking thing on the exhaust manifold - that's actually a deluxe option.. a heater - its missing a top scoop thing that plumed it in to the car, you open this little butterfly vent on the firewall and you have a heater! for my first trick:  I bought these windshield uprights and stanchions - It was a pretty stupid order, because I put them on, and held up my windshield frame and quickly realized that I like it SO much more without a windshield, but if I must, it requires some customization.. The original stanchions for this car were made of stamped steel - I found this set of cast aluminum ones on ebay, and figured that if I had to chop one down, this might be easiere to cut, weld and polish without dealing with the issues that stamped sheet metal might cause. With the order I also got that lovely piece of trim for the cowl, as well as a rumble seat hinge kit, hood gaskets (made of cloth) and a few other trinkets. My next task is to sort the brakes - I feel like all the parts I need are there, it just needs to be dialed in and a few parts rebuilt, with this kind of poo poo, i feel like it would be cheating myself if I just "fixed" them beacuse they are so jerry rigged its laughable.  I love the look of these wheels, they are 36-39 ford "wide five" rims - pretty similar to the early VW style rims - without getting too in depth, if I find a set of these drums, my backing plates would work just fine - BUT my front spindles need to be replaced due to the previous owner welding the backing plates to them.. ugh.  While I'm at it, it needs to be lowered a few inches - drop axle for the front costs about 250, and the rear "dropped" spring will set me back a whopping $95 bucks. there is more that needs to be done - this guy explains what has to happen with the wishbone suspension both front and rear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rex7xnG2PMY It's all relatively cheap, but as usual one thing leads to another and next thing you know you've got a shitload of work to do!  looks like I need a welder!
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Oh boy! Here we go again. So over the last few months life has drastically changed, I thank you all for your previous kind words. I'm still in the midst of cleaning out the house and slowly moving my stuff in. A glaring problem that has reared its ugly head in the last few has been the fact that after last week I no longer have any running classic cars. I've been neglectful, and while no one can fault me for this, its actually costing me more money to have them sit than it is to have them functional. So lets go down the list: 1958 Cadillac The mighty workhorse. Last week the trans sprung a leak and the fuel pump took a solid dump in the same day. I barely made it home. The car has been really reliable for the last 12 years, and while it's still drivable, there are a few issues I need to address. 1. the fuel pump cuts out at high speed and even after sitting for a few minutes, it has to draw fuel all the way from the tank again. I have one on the shelf, but its been there for the past 12 years. 2. it needs to have the trans looked at, its always been spotty, but if i were to pour a quart in, i'd have a quart on the driveway. it also slips 70% of the time due to the large leak. 3. Long overdue for an oil change 4. power steering pump leaks - I can hold off on this one, but it will have to be addressed soon. 5. could use a tune up (rotor, cap, plugs, wires) 1948 Buick oh boy, where to begin. the car has been in storage for the past 8 months, it was taken off the road because the brakes were getting a bit sketchy. but sitting of course makes things worse. it too needs a lot. 1. While in storage the key was left on, killing my beautiful reproduction 1948 battery - still under warntee, but is a pain to claim. 2. because the key was left on, I have a feeling my pertronix unit is deep fried, usually when this happens, it also takes out the coil as well - on order. 3. I've been a stubborn idiot for the longest time about this, because its an electronic ignition it needs suppresson core wire, and after ive burned up a few of these units because of my folley, I tracked down a cloth covered version of the wire, but of course the color i want is on back order. 4. Brakes - could require a full, expensive overhaul. will investigate. 5. fluids need to be replaced. 1954 Buick Wagon I'm getting close. - pictures and description coming soon 1930 Ford Model A pictures to come. So anyway - I'm going to document the progress. Stay tuned. 
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Ok Ok Ok - here's whats been up with the 54 Buick Wagon So the last time you saw it, it looked like this:  It was running and close to being taken to the trans shop - that was on June 24. - 6 months later.. 3 of the 4 "new" old tires I put on it had burst, the battery went dead as a door - nail and of course the new electric fuel pump took a dump. I'm giving up my storage spot because owners of the building need more spots for their business, and while they haven't asked, I feel its coming, so I'd rather remove it before I'm asked to remove it. So no more bullshit, first things first, I was able to get a new battery under warranty, but those fuckers just dont want to give anything up for free. Then it was time to focus on the 3 flat tires.  Bam - I had the wheels blasted and powder coated the optional original color "Matador Red" The guy who did the wheels said that the back of them was encrusted in crud about a quarter inch thick - I laughed and told him he should see the rest of the suspension.  Pretty fresh. I really like looking at the color combo on this so much I haven't affixed the hubcaps yet. I was worried that the car would look too Christmas-e with the red on green, but the red has just enough orange in it that it really becomes a great color combo - the original emblems on the side are also supposed to have a red circle around the first letter of the model So a few days ago I was busy removing the old fuel pump and this happened:  That's right, it was engine install day for the 79 Kenworth K100 - this truck belongs to a friend and I was there helping out. he did not specify that he wanted the 1967 ford Champion crane to come do it, the company just sent the oldie because it was the best for the job. Champion crane company also made BMX bikes in the 70s and 80s so it was even more of a treat to see this thing.  The crane was powered by a industrial ford straight 6, the operator said that they use this particular unit for all of the finite jobs because of its silky smooth action, he said that there isn't anything in his fleet that has the same fluid movement that this does. he was so good, he was able to give us a half inch at a time as the motor was being eased down on to the mounts. The absoulte coolest thing is that the movement of the truck can be controlled from the crane nest.   god forbid the trucker that leaves his coffee (or anything for that matter) in the cab before service.  proportion is hard to gather from this photo. this engine weighs over 6000 pounds Long story short, the engine was installed without incident - the operator of this old workhorse was an absolute master of his craft, we would literally say - "about a half inch this way" and 6k of metal would silently move in to place. more fun soon. LobsterboyX fucked around with this message at 10:26 on Dec 9, 2015 |
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Shampoo posted:Gruen curvex? I have a 1930s one I was willed by my Grandfather when he passed, they're excellent watches. Your mom had excellent taste, my condolences. Thank you determined it's actually a 1938 Gruen "Jason" - a member of the curvex family, but I guess it actually came with this bracelet. I try to wear it at least once a week, but I find myself worried about it more than enjoying it. Woo! finally extracted!   shouldn't be long now..
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Dec 11, 2015 03:59
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Pham Nuwen posted:I'm probably in the minority here but I think your new Ford looks loving amazing exactly as is with the fenders and everything. Personally I think the hotrod look is a little played these days. Put in a bigger flathead, maybe with a supercharger or something, but I think it's awesome with the fenders and the black paint. In a way I agree, when I first became interested in early EARLY stuff I thought it was sacrilege to do this to a car, up until now. I started looking at prices of used original fenders, running boards ect and everything that I pulled off the car can be had for so cheap, because there is so much of this stuff out there. The first drive with the fenders off was a very, very interesting thing, its so dangerous and fun. Pretty much everything has been done with these cars, and they are far from unique. Even with the little banger in it, its just so drat fun That being said, I still have the fenders.. just in case I ever want a change
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Delivery McGee posted:Aren't the fenders pretty easy to install/remove? I know Vic Edelbrock used to drive his '32 to the track/salt flats with the fenders on, take 'em off for racing, them put them back on for the drive home. Maybe not swappable on a whim, but you could definitely pop the fenders back on for a week or two when you go to a show or whatever and want that look. completely - you can order an entire car from Brookville - they basically make roadsters and coupes from 28-32 - they are exacting and in some ways probably better than original stuff. They are really well made, but at times can be more expensive than old stuff. I was considering this option as well, but my car came up and was in the exact shape I wanted it. Running, stopping (kinda) and driving, it also had the 40 ford brakes on it which is basically the staple brake for these cars. Later on down the road for me I'd be more apt to run some more modern brakes (1950s buick) but that will be when its time to drop this beastly thing between the rails:  For now I'm running the 1940 hydraulic brakes with 1937-39 drums and wheels - usually refereed to as "wide fives" I've literally been waiting my entire driving career to own a set of these tires:  That's right, Goodyear allweather deluxe tires - they only make 4 variations on these tires - 650 x 16 and 600 x 16 - white and blackwall - none of my big GM's ever had 16s, so I've been plotting these for the longest time. Other hot rodders usually tend to run bigs and littles, which is a great look, but I've always liked the look of big goofy balloon whitewalls that look more at home in toontown:  I've also plotted this out with a very cheesy photoshop  It probably wont look like this for some time as getting the back end that low is quite a task and will require some fabrication on the rear crossmember. in other news, i've been working on my stove:  I've added: Chrome top panels green kick green knob panel and not pictured, a green clock surround coming soon will be the new fridge and customized dishwasher
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Dec 12, 2015 06:14
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two great pieces - the radio is awesome. For 60 bucks you can't do much better, a friend was recently selling off one of his earl (brand name escapes me) radio like that - (two piece, radio and speaker) for $300 and I thought that was a deal.. I think you know what you are doing, whereas when I get them, check the caps, and see if it works.. Speaking of rebuilt:  the stove is now complete so what goes with a completed stove?  a 1954 Kelvinator Magic Cycle - built by Nash and I had them paint the dishwasher as well  A visitor recently pointed out that our kitchen reminds them of my car:  Speaking of cars, I recently discovered I'm not the only idiot dumb enough to have a model A in my neighborhood  a few weeks back I was coming home from work and I saw this beauty parked out on the street and another neighbor helping an older gentleman out with his other model a truck  What do you know? They clued me in to a few other guys in the hood that have old stuff lurking. A few weeks ago I had a garage sale that turned out to be rather successful, but a few people loved the cars and one guy in partucular said he had a 56 eldorado, he showed me a few crumby pics on his phone and told me he'd be back with the car, he didn't come back that day but a few weeks later I heard something rumbling and sure enough, he came back!   Another recent aquisition is this beautiful set of 1930s art deco chairs:  although they look like leather, they are actually oil cloth and they are in really really nice shape. It's a parlor set so it was the two chairs as well as a love seat. The girl we got them from instantly became our friend and we've been mildly searching for more deco furnature after we've sold off most of the contents of the house.  I think they look good there. what the hell is that glowing thing behind the chair? Its a 1948 Rockola jukebox:  It's a long story, but essentially my mom had promised to buy us a jukebox when we got our first house.. so we got a jukebox. it plays 20 78RPM records with its original amp, and selection system. there is no free play setting, you have to feed it to hear it. It is so loud it shakes the house and can be heard down the street. the funny thing is that 45RPM became the norm only a few years later and Rockola basically pulled these machines out of the distributors hands in favor of newer machines. So a lot of these particular boxes saw a very short life span in the wild, and all these years later, there are more of them that are in good shape than not. I have a friend who restores jukeboxes and he's currently building me a remote volume and reject unit as well as a bluetooth receiver for it. In other news! I finally got the garage cleaned out enough to start storing my own stuff in it, its been at least 10-12 years since a vehicle has been inside the garage  Sadly I quickly filled it up with furniture that I need to sell, but at least the car now has a permanent home - I'd love to have 2 vehicles in there, but its going to be a bit before we can liquidate all this furniture. another new resident of the garage is this 1954 Craftsman "150" drill press that I got for under 100 bucks.  the stella chalices were for my buddy and I to celebrate not giving ourselves hernias getting this thing out of the car. There's more for later...
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meatpotato posted:LobsterboyX, very cool thread. Your kitchen looks amazing. Well my first project I'm planning to do with it is to drill my backing plates for the front brakes of my roadster.. like so:  I'd also like to get one of these jobbers:  I used one of these things when I worked in special effects - great tool and for car stuff, couldn't be better. However, I have my concerns because its already set on the lowest speed and it still a bit too fast for me to feel comfy drilling heavy gauge stuff. Funny enough... the guy I got it from threw in a reducer kit made by a guy in the vintage craftsman tool hobby. Should be a simple install, but there's a small chance I may have to machine the long pole if it doesnt have the correct I.D. I honestly thought I was going to spend a lot more, and in looking for tools to match it (band saw, table saw, lathe ect) I feel like I got a smoking deal - bench top models like mine are selling for 3x what I paid for mine.. yikes!
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I don't have too much info on the 3rd pulley - I know the guy got it specifically for this model of drill press. It very much looks like a home machinist project  its the slug of aluminum with a pulley on it, then there's a 45deg cut with a set screw that holds the slug in place inside the main shaft - Seems pretty straight forward, but I have to adjust the tool first, because whoeever put the thing together (im assuming in the 50s) placed the actually drill a bit low on the shaft,
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