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Sat Apr 03, 2010 8:48 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol: 20 pages!!! wow are we a bunch of blow hard idiots?!!! yay pass me a beer!!!....stumble, stumble....<face down in mud>

Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:09 am

At least in 20 pages you managed to build a car.

Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:30 am

70 140 wrote: At least in 20 pages you managed to build a car.

Yeah but the point is if he'd have STFU he could have done it in 10. :lol:

Sun Apr 04, 2010 11:24 am

Ohh... My f#@king head....WTF happened?...and where's my f#@king car?.... F#@K.... #-o

Sat May 22, 2010 7:34 pm

Hi all, sorry no progress to report, we sold our house and have been busy doing all that moving bulls#@t and all the rest of the nightmare time sink crap that comes with selling/renting/buying/moving.

Just didnt want y'all to think I was dead or worse 8)

Sun May 23, 2010 6:34 am

No worries Steve...About all you missed was 45-50 thread "lockdowns" from John. :lol: :wink: Welcome back...-Russ

Sun May 23, 2010 6:43 am

sparkleplenty wrote: No worries Steve...About all you missed was 45-50 thread "lockdowns" from John. :lol: :wink: Welcome back...-Russ

Come on Steve...show a little misplaced bravado...I miss locking your threads. :cry:

Mon May 24, 2010 7:15 pm

John Moxon wrote: sparkleplenty wrote: No worries Steve...About all you missed was 45-50 thread "lockdowns" from John. :lol: :wink: Welcome back...-Russ

Come on Steve...show a little misplaced bravado...I miss locking your threads. :cry:
:lol: yeah, I need some more wallpaper

Thu May 27, 2010 8:32 pm

Oatmeal belongs in a bowl, not a Roadster! 20 pages of cool shite! You guys rock! Keep it up. Thanks.

Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:02 am

Updates? :)

Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:54 am

Stuggi wrote: Updates? :)

Funny you should ask, I have plans to finish running the electrical starting Monday which should facilitate some assembly of lights and gauges.

I dropped off my chrome headlight rings and swan neck mirror to the plating company yesterday to have them de-chromed so I can take them over to the powder coating guy along with the nostril grills, they should all match the roll hoops and rims after being sprayed.

I will be out of town for a few weeks the first of August till the 16th but I will try to get some pics up of progress after that. 8)

Also, I would like to install the windshield (windscreen for those across the pond) but am thinking it would be much easier to put a dash pad in first, any ideas on what to do with the dash? Should I just leave it metal or put in a pad? Any suggestions will be appreciated even if they suck and are stupid.

Steve

Thu Jul 29, 2010 1:09 pm

slafa wrote: Stuggi wrote: Updates? :)

Funny you should ask, I have plans to finish running the electrical starting Monday which should facilitate some assembly of lights and gauges.

I dropped off my chrome headlight rings and swan neck mirror to the plating company yesterday to have them de-chromed so I can take them over to the powder coating guy along with the nostril grills, they should all match the roll hoops and rims after being sprayed.

I will be out of town for a few weeks the first of August till the 16th but I will try to get some pics up of progress after that. 8)

Also, I would like to install the windshield (windscreen for those across the pond) but am thinking it would be much easier to put a dash pad in first, any ideas on what to do with the dash? Should I just leave it metal or put in a pad? Any suggestions will be appreciated even if they suck and are stupid.

Steve

I'd say go with a metal dash. Since you've done all the metal work so far, I think that would add to the look you are after. I switched my 67 to a metal dash and made my own panel to fill the speaker hole and loved the way it looked. The only drawback was the glare from the dash back up onto the winshield. I learned to live with it.

Fri Jul 30, 2010 4:52 pm

ovalboy wrote: slafa wrote: Stuggi wrote: Updates? :)

Also, I would like to install the windshield (windscreen for those across the pond) but am thinking it would be much easier to put a dash pad in first, any ideas on what to do with the dash? Should I just leave it metal or put in a pad? Any suggestions will be appreciated even if they suck and are stupid.

Steve

I'd say go with a metal dash. Since you've done all the metal work so far, I think that would add to the look you are after. I switched my 67 to a metal dash and made my own panel to fill the speaker hole and loved the way it looked. The only drawback was the glare from the dash back up onto the winshield. I learned to live with it.

Nice, I like that advice (cheaper and easier for one thing) I do have mounting holes where the pad used to be and I have the vents for defogging the windshield (although I shaved off the lip so they are flush with the dash) should I just throw some type of plug in them? fill them and repaint the dash? Any other idea?

Mon Aug 02, 2010 4:39 am

slafa wrote: ovalboy wrote: slafa wrote: Stuggi wrote: Updates? :)

Also, I would like to install the windshield (windscreen for those across the pond) but am thinking it would be much easier to put a dash pad in first, any ideas on what to do with the dash? Should I just leave it metal or put in a pad? Any suggestions will be appreciated even if they suck and are stupid.

Steve

I'd say go with a metal dash. Since you've done all the metal work so far, I think that would add to the look you are after. I switched my 67 to a metal dash and made my own panel to fill the speaker hole and loved the way it looked. The only drawback was the glare from the dash back up onto the winshield. I learned to live with it.

Nice, I like that advice (cheaper and easier for one thing) I do have mounting holes where the pad used to be and I have the vents for defogging the windshield (although I shaved off the lip so they are flush with the dash) should I just throw some type of plug in them? fill them and repaint the dash? Any other idea?

Here's a shot of my dash just after the car was 'finished'. If you've already shaved the lip off the openings, I'd say go ahead and fill them. Without the lip, it would just look like a couple big holes in the dash.

Mon Aug 02, 2010 2:09 pm

@ Ovalboy
Thanks, love the look of your dash, thats definitely the look I am after :D

Tue Oct 12, 2010 1:24 pm

Come on then Steve- What have you been upto all Summer??? Any updates?? :wink:

Tue Oct 12, 2010 2:18 pm

Paul_Revere's Ghia wrote: Come on then Steve- What have you been upto all Summer??? Any updates?? :wink:

Ahhh, you had to ask eh, Seth? :wink: Summer from hell, moved twice (nightmare), haven't done much on the car, did get the wiring done and some bits and pieces de-chromed for powder coating but no pics, I have it garaged about 45 mins away and haven't had much extra time to break away but I will try to get a photo of what has been done next time I'm there.... :cry:

Tue Oct 12, 2010 2:23 pm

Looking forward to the progress Steve- Don't envy you moving twice! Only reason I will move again is for a bigger garage- On site!!! :lol:

I was a little worried you had abandoned us for the type 3 crowd :wink:

Tue Oct 12, 2010 2:30 pm

Paul_Revere's Ghia wrote: Looking forward to the progress Steve- Don't envy you moving twice! Only reason I will move again is for a bigger garage- On site!!! :lol:

I was a little worried you had abandoned us for the type 3 crowd :wink:

Thats a rough crowd, have to build their own parts or scavenge from roadkill, I am not that tough... :lol: Ghia's are considered sissy girlyman cars over there.... :roll: :wink:

Tue Dec 14, 2010 10:17 am

any updates?