NewOldWood

I saw an interview recently with Burt Reynolds, he said that he recommended Sally Field for the part and that the execs didn't like the idea claiming that she "lacked sex appeal". Wow, couldn't disagree more, thankfully Burt got his way. Also remember reading something long ago, said that they were shopping for someone to donate cars for the movie and not getting any takers. Pontiac reluctantly agreed to supply three cars. By the end they were down to one, patched together from parts of all three. The jump scene above completely destroyed one of them. They knew they had one take to get that shot. Those cars probably turned out to be one of the best marketing investments ever made! My drivers license was hot off the press when this came out, can't remember how many times I've seen it.

I don't have kits or patterns, do you have any of the old wood? In some cases the wood can be reproduced using the sheet metal as a pattern. It's not easy to do but if you have no choice.... One of my current projects is interior wood for a 39 Ford Sedan Delivery, these are pictures of some of the parts I've made for it, quite a few yet to go. I'm in South Alabama.

One thing about being a one man show is you get to do everything. Or as I like to say, there isn't anything they wont let the carpentrer do around here! This is my answer to how to adapt a yardstick long shift lever to the relatively fragile shift lever on a Velvet Drive transmission.

I've been to the shows...it's all glamour and romance...just ask em!! I occasionally get struck with a job that makes me wish I were scrubbing toilets. I've not just seen how the sausage is made, I've made it!! And, yes, I have to clean my own toilet too............

I have a couple bars very similar to that but with slightly different ends on them. I got them from an estate sale, they look very old. Not much you can't move with them, I've schooched a couple pretty good sized milling machines across the floor with them. I believe it was an ancient Greek that said something like, Give me a long enough lever and I will move the world.

I don't like to borrow things because every time I do they break and I have to fix them before I return them. I don't like to loan things out because every time I do they come back broken and I have to fix them. Maybe it's just me?

Thanks! The exhaust is made of stainless tubing and marine wet exhaust hose. I was hoping to be able to get from the engine to the transom with hose, but even the soft walled hose (some of it has a reinforcing wire, soft does not) wouldn't make the bend so I had to use the stainless elbows. The tank is 33 gallon, a copy of the original.

Come on over, I've got one you can use!

Got the deck framing done except for the engine hatch, wanted to set the engine in first to make sure I didn't have to build around anything. Turned out that my problems were underneath the engine, I did not have room for the steering shaft. The rear mounts that came with the engine were too low so had to source some different mounts. All is good now, have room for everything and have the engine close enough to it's permenent position that I know I will be able to get a good shaft alignment. Exhaust is plumbed and have control cables ordered for throttle and shifter. Fuel tank is installed. I am going to try to get as much done inside the boat as I can before I plank the sides, so much easier to do now.

That's going to depend on which parts you're refering to. At one point or another pretty much every tool in the shop got used. If you're looking at a specific part I could get more detailed.

Right side up again. The process here will be similar to the bottom, replace the framing and then the planking, except that this time I am going to install as many of the mechanicals before the planking as I can, while I stilll have good access. Climbing in and out of the holes in the deck after the planking is on gets old fast, and I'm not as young as I used to be... Still a few pieces of old wood left in the deck, they will all be replaced.

I've always liked the 68-72 GM A-bodies. My first car was a 68 LeMans convertible and had a 72 Cutlass for a while, but a hardtop and not a W-30. One thing about all of the cars from this era, it was after they started salting the roads and before the makers started paying any attention to corrosion resistance. I lived in the Midwest at the time, they used to say that on a quiet night you could hear the cars rust.

As has been said, the disapointment of poor quality lasts a lot longer than the thrill of low price! Even knowing that I still have to buy a cheap tool every now and again to remind me of why I shouldn't buy cheap tools!!

All the bottom planks have been fit and glued, the screw holes filled and sanded and painted with an epoxy barrier coat. Flip it back over and start on the frames for the sides and deck.

Money laundering?

I'm in southern Alabama and mine was in todays mail. Thumbed through it real quick at lunch and was quite impressed. Issues 1 & 2 should be on the way, looking forward to getting those!

I don't care for the fluorescent greens, but there are a lot of nice shades of green. There are actually a lot of greens that go very nicely with a wood body. Remember that light pastel blue of the 80s? A car salesman friend of mine called that "no sale blue" and would not take a car on trade that was that color. Couldn't get rid of them, he said.

I've heard the battery tale, but never the tire one. What is said to be the logic there, I don't see how a concrete floor is going to shorten the life of a tire.

I thought I had subscribed to this magazine a while ago. Nothing in the mail box yet, going to have to check into it.

Price looks reasonable, an all original one owner unrestored 39 Ford Woodie wagon recently auctioned for 60K. I think the roof upholstery at the back should have been brought down to the liftgate hinge, I don't think the wood there should be exposed. Other than that it looks pretty nice.

Oops! Something went wrong. Please try again. Twice again today. This is the message I usually get, with two buttons under it...Contact us, and, Registered users sign in. Clicking on the second one brings up the regular sign in page where I reenter my info and get in. Don't have any idea why yesterdays process was different.

Me again today too. Second log in page was a little different, error message was worded differently and my login info was preloaded, it normally isn't.

Just an utterly uneducated guess, but has something of a homemade look to me. Not a terrible job, if i'm right,

160. Shoulda kept reading.

Was it the Ventura that was the Pontiac Nova, and the base model that the GTO was built on at that time? A friend of mine had one of those back in the early 80s, had a 350 Pontiac motor.