Finally got to pulling the car out and doing a little work. Fired right up and everything working. Good thing I labeled the switches lol. The hood scoops scoop didnt have a nice edge where it touched the hood vent. The voices said to elongate the front and taper in the sides. Worked out good

Just need to finish that up, did a lil work on finishing the roof scoop also. . Got on my cuz to finish the upper wing of the rear spoiler, hopefully that gets done soon. One of my customers has a print shop, and hes making decals for my hood emblems. Didnt know what to put on them, so I went w the family crest. Burned thru a ton of projects so the car will be getting love again soon.

Almost done w my beater trucks paint job, got a new front bumper, lower valence that I added a lip and lights to, and put a 4runner grille on it

Figured out my issue w my devilbiss paint guns lol, theyre junk. Watched a youtube video of a pro trying to use them and out of the box and after several cleanings, even he couldnt get them to spray good. So I got a new gun, the new hf "black widow" hte gun. This things bad arse! Lays down pant like butter perfectly wow luv it!

Painted my wifes friends destroyed honda. No joke 3/8" of bondo on the drivers door


There musta been 3 cans of bondo on that door, last goober didnt even try to pull the dents out. In 15 mins I had the door pulled out where it only needed an1/8 of mud lol.
Did this and my truck in the duplicolor lacquer they sell at kragens. Nice paint dries quick. Dont bother w the lacquer clear tho. I had just shot 2 coats of clear on this car when my cuz came over. First words out of his mouth," whens the clear going on?" Itll be getting a urethane clear on top. Came out perfect tho


And I knocked off a bucket list item, an arcade machine. Didnt want one w one game and always wanted to build my own. Was in a best buy and saw the arcade 1up machines and they look lame! Got this konami box from cl for$200

Got a 22" monitor, some usb encoders, and the buttons/sticks, loaded all my goodies on an old asus laptop, made a mount for the screen and controls, swapped the front doors over and

6300something arcade games on mame(1400 not working, 8k total) every american and japanese console game for the nes, snes, n64, master system, genesis, segacd, turbografix16, neo geo, and probably more on their own loaders.

Concrete pad for the new garage/shop going in friday hopefully!

shem

Don't go acting like you haven't been gone for three months. I thought maybe you gave up on us spectators. Great to see you back at it!

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Did you decide againsnt changing the rims??

I never give up, just get sidetracked! Im a dad and works picked up bigtime. Havent really done much on the car,told myself id get the dmv stuff done before any more work. I got my dmv guy to speak to the manager of the local dmv and she doesnt know anything about it. Called the smog ref, they were very helpful but need that certificate to start the exemption process. May have to drive to dmv headquarters and do it myself.

Got my side emblems made, a new tail light, and fixed up a buncha small leaks on the air ride. The engine belt would squeal sometimes, especially when revved, so today I moved the tensioner over to the udder side like I did w my other motor.


Got a 74" belt and fired it up, no squeal at all. Even backed into my garage and came screaming out into the driveway in 1st and no slippage. Locked up the front tho lol.
Then I trimmed up the hood scoop scoop and cut the holes for the vent screens


Cuz welded the upper spoiler but its a bit short. Painted my beater again and got decals

Picked out indigo blue for the color. A beautiful dark blue w just a tinge of purple. That chits purple, I really didnt want a purple truck fock! It gets tons of compliments tho. When I ask people what color it is they all say blue wtf?!

Neighbor 2 doors down got her boyfriend to move in from east coast. Very cool cat and into old cars. Took our rides out for a cruise


Crazy cart xl are all sold out, and I wouldnt pay a grand anyways- so I built my own called the silly cart. Made it from a pocket rocket so the fork assy only lets you drift up to 90 degrees. Another in the works from a scooter w 360 rotation. Ill make a post in ot about it because this is something everyone needs to have and at least try. The guys at taxi garage sell them if you wanna pay 3k for a custom one. The deere one on their website looks awesome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81HfOW9TLI0&t=552s

Made mine w the fairing and seat from the bike and was going to put the old fubabbi wheel on. My cuz had this old yacht steering wheel he was going to toss ages ago, I kept it and put it on because it looks hilarious, out of place, and makes you feel like your driving a school bus lol. Got a free skateboard and wheels and modified some casters to fit the wheels. Used an old section of 3/4 gas pipe from a job, an exhaust coupling, a pvc spacer, and a broken off post hole digger handle for the drift bar. made the frame from emt and covered it in some diamond plate. 36v battery, controller, and pedal, and off to the races. Guaranteed smiles and fun for hours!





shem

Nice rides!