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Car Forum / Jeep / February 2006Cherokee "progress" today
Here ya go Kate. Here's a shots from 9Am, 2PM and 5:30 today Made a little progress today, more tomorrow. http://home.goldrush.com/obsoelyt/IMG_2790.jpg http://home.goldrush.com/obsoelyt/IMG_2792.jpg http://home.goldrush.com/obsoelyt/IMG_2794.jpg  SignatureStupendous Man, Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty I thought it worked the other way around? Put parts ON the vehicle? Carl > Here ya go Kate. > Here's a shots from 9Am, 2PM and 5:30 today [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Stupendous Man, > Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty >I thought it worked the other way around? Put parts ON the vehicle? That comes later. First, I harvest parts from the donors. I feel like crying. God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > Here ya go Kate. > Here's a shots from 9Am, 2PM and 5:30 today [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Stupendous Man, > Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty Man I agree with Bill... Are you sure you couldn't have found someone else looking for a carcas? I just hate thinking if you are scrappig the metal it will be re-used to build a little rice burner. > I feel like crying. > God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Stupendous Man, > > Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty Signatureo_o_o_o /| ,[_____], |???L --O|||||||O- ()_)?()_) ????? )_) You mean, re-used to build 10 little rice burners. Spdloader > Man I agree with Bill... Are you sure you couldn't have found someone > else looking for a carcas? I just hate thinking if you are scrappig the [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> > Stupendous Man, >> > Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty For once we agree Bill! What the hell is going on in these pictures? Signaturejeff > I feel like crying. > God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >>Stupendous Man, >>Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty These Waggy/Cherokees are cheap and plentiful. The one cut up is donating parts to 2 other vehicles, and since i am about 90 miles from a scrapyard, the local transfer station (dump) will take it in small pieces. I hate destroying what i dont want, but posted on the full-sized jeep board, and nobody wanted to come and get it. Beter getting recycled than sitting in my yard. Anyone want a running 72 for $650? local guy needs cash, I have pictures on the web. SignatureStupendous Man, Hathaway Pines, California I wanna see! Not that I will likely come and get it but you just never know. Kate : These Waggy/Cherokees are cheap and plentiful. The one cut up is donating : parts to 2 other vehicles, and since i am about 90 miles from a scrapyard, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] : Anyone want a running 72 for $650? local guy needs cash, I have pictures on : the web. You have to stop encouraging this poor man, he was begging for help! Shameful girl! Seahag >I wanna see! > Not that I will likely come and get it but you just never [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > on > : the web. Ummm... *bright eyed innocent look* ME? Encouraging? Nope nope nope... not me! I tried to stop him, really I did! Hey, If I can find out where he's doing all this, wanna go sit on his deck with me and his Mrs and watch? |'¬D Kate : You have to stop encouraging this poor man, he was begging : for help! Shameful girl! [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] : > on : > : the web. > Hey, If I can find out where he's doing all this, wanna go sit on his deck > with me and his Mrs and watch? Should be about a month to begin phase two. -- : Stupendous Man, : Hathaway Pines, California Hmmmm.... Hathaway Pines is relatively near my Dad's place at El Mirage...if I start now I might make it by next month! Seahag > Ummm... > *bright eyed innocent look* [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > : > on > : > : the web. It's just north of where my husband spent his whole life. On your way, stop by here and we can run out together *WEG* Kate : Hmmmm.... : [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] : > : > on : > : > : the web. >It's just north of where my husband spent his whole life. >On your way, stop by here and we can run out together *WEG* > >Kate Heh, stop by and pick me up on the way out...my ol' man lives in Sonora, and it's about time for another visit. Besides, nothing I like better than sitting around, drinking beer, and watching some other poor fool work his a.s off<g>. -- Old Crow '82 FLTC-P "Miss Pearl" '74 XLH chopper(somebody else's baby now) BS#133, SENS, TOMKAT, MAMBM, DOF#51, DH#2 "There's only 1 RE" HAH! That's where Hubs spent his whole life BK (Before Kate) He went to school up there in Twain Hart. I think it would be a great road trip. Then we could watch and drink and eat and laugh and have a ball! Kate : >It's just north of where my husband spent his whole life. : >On your way, stop by here and we can run out together *WEG* [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] : *** Free account sponsored by SecureIX.com *** : *** Encrypt your Internet usage with a free VPN account from http://www.SecureIX.com *** Im on hold for a while.The 74 is presentable complete and looks better in my yard as a driveable vehicle. One rig is stripped for storage, now i have to make some money to aquire new springs, drivelines, shocks, wire rolls, limited slip diffs, etc. before beginning phase 2, stripping the 74 and the Jeepster and making one rig out of them. That's going to take a few weeknds SignatureStupendous Man, Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty What do you do to make money to support your habit? KJK : Im on hold for a while.The 74 is presentable complete and looks better in my : yard as a driveable vehicle. One rig is stripped for storage, now i have to : make some money to aquire new springs, drivelines, shocks, wire rolls, : limited slip diffs, etc. before beginning phase 2, stripping the 74 and the : Jeepster and making one rig out of them. That's going to take a few : weeknds Stupendous belongs with me and many others in Jeepers Anonymous. "I am a Jeep-o-holic..." Carl > What do you do to make money to support your habit? > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > : Jeepster and making one rig out of them. That's going to take a few > : weeknds Uh huh... I know... yup I do uh huh uh huh : Stupendous belongs with me and many others in Jeepers Anonymous. "I am a : Jeep-o-holic..." [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] : > : Jeepster and making one rig out of them. That's going to take a few : > : weeknds > What do you do to make money to support your habit? At the moment, not much. I'm the only Benz tech in my county, but that doesn't keep me busy. Next month I go back to my old job of making parts for and working on vintage Lotus race cars SignatureStupendous Man, Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty Well... go on down towards Sonora, all the retirees that have taken over th place (and ruined it) should have a few MBZs that need love. Back to making parts, is that what you want to do? Do you like it? Kate :> What do you do to make money to support your habit? : : At the moment, not much. I'm the only Benz tech in my county, but that : doesn't keep me busy. Next month I go back to my old job of making parts for : and working on vintage Lotus race cars > Well... go on down towards Sonora, all the retirees that have taken over > th > place (and ruined it) should have a few MBZs that need love. I try to not go into town, and towning to here is expensive. > Back to making parts, is that what you want to do? Do you like it? I love it. It pays well, it's challenging and non-repetitive, I work alone on a ranch in a building with two large lathes, a Bridgeport mill, plenty of carbide tooling, a TIG welder, lots of other equipment, set my own hours and days, can take my black lab when i don't ride my bikes, and my "commute" over bad minor roads shows me more deer and turkeys than people. You have a better offer? SignatureStupendous Man, Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty Sounds great if you ask me! Nope, the only thing better is what we have now. Good, reliable income and no time clock to punch ever again. Kate :> Well... go on down towards Sonora, all the retirees that have taken over : > th [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] : over bad minor roads shows me more deer and turkeys than people. : You have a better offer? >> Well... go on down towards Sonora, all the retirees that have taken over >> th [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >over bad minor roads shows me more deer and turkeys than people. >You have a better offer? No, but just as good. I've been working for different Chevy dealers as a tech for the last 18 years. A month ago I trashed it to go to work here: http://www.vincesvintage.net/ (don't bitch at me about the cursor...I know already<g>) Turned a 13 hour day with a 135 mile round trip commute into an 8 1/2 hour day, 22 mile round trip. I'm saving about $250 a month in gas alone. More than enough to make up for the lower wage. Also, he pays by the hour as opposed to flat rate. Heh, building cool old cars with other people's money...as my brother said "And they pay you for this?" Damn straight! -- Old Crow '82 FLTC-P "Miss Pearl" '74 XLH chopper(somebody else's baby now) BS#133, SENS, TOMKAT, MAMBM, DOF#51, DH#2 "There's only 1 RE" > http://www.vincesvintage.net/ Very cool! I went from the German car business to restorations in 89, spent my first 5 years as a machinist/mechanic in a barn doing restorations along with a bodyman on Stearns-Knight cars, fun engines those sleeve valves. Came to another resto shop when he closed, but the local guy is a real weasel. Mostly pre-war stuff, rich owners heading for Pebble and the like. A couple are collecting dust in the Nethercut Museum. Some of the cars are here, along with some of my own lesser vehicles and silly crap, http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/arborigine/album?.dir=/e822&urlhint=actn,del%3as,7 %3af,0 I found the resto business paid about 2/3 to 1/2 of what I could make keeping yuppies on the road, but I love it. This British racer gig is damned good money for my area, it seems that smart racers know they could lose it all on turn one and consider their racing budget expendable, unlike those who look at antique cars as an investment, ruining the hobby for the rest of us. SignatureStupendous Man, Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty >> http://www.vincesvintage.net/ > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >silly crap, >http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/arborigine/album?.dir=/e822&urlhint=actn,del%3as,7 %3af,0 The Austin with the side car is awesome! The BSA isn't bad either. My personal fav at Vince's happens to be a '29 International truck I'm working on. Pretty interesting to see how they built things back when the top speed of the vehicle was expected to be less than 35 mph. >I found the resto business paid about 2/3 to 1/2 of what I could make >keeping yuppies on the road, but I love it. This British racer gig is damned >good money for my area, it seems that smart racers know they could lose it >all on turn one and consider their racing budget expendable, unlike those >who look at antique cars as an investment, ruining the hobby for the rest of >us. Yeah, this job is just too much like tinkering in my own garage. I'm having a ball, and the money's enough to pay the bills. Heck, with a job like this I won't have to retire, I can just work less hours as the years go by. -- Old Crow '82 FLTC-P "Miss Pearl" '74 XLH chopper(somebody else's baby now) BS#133, SENS, TOMKAT, MAMBM, DOF#51, DH#2 "There's only 1 RE" > The Austin with the side car is awesome! The BSA isn't bad either. The 63 A-65 BSA is under restoration, waiting for me to make some more disposable money. The sidecar is a fake, I was visiting San Diego and took my Wing with sidecar and dog, and since I was to be there a month and hate the hack, so I removed it, and set it on the running board of the 1930 "Chummy" for the photo, and photoshopped the color. It was printed in the New Zealand Austin club newsletter. SignatureStupendous Man, Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty : Turned a 13 hour day with a 135 mile round trip commute into an 8 1/2 : hour day, 22 mile round trip. I'm saving about $250 a month in gas [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] : Damn straight! : -- Sounds like a guy's dream job! Hey, tell the guy that little floating thingy that follows the cursor is annoying as hell, will ya? KJK "Old Crow" <walliscrow@yahoo.com> wrote in message : No, but just as good. I've been working for different Chevy dealers : as a tech for the last 18 years. A month ago I trashed it to go to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] : : (don't bitch at me about the cursor...I know already<g>) HUH, now WHY didn't I see that BEFORE I bitched at you about the cursor....??? Oh, I know. Because it didn't finish reading your post until it had already annoyed me. sorry. KJK b > "Old Crow" <walliscrow@yahoo.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > sorry. I think it'd look better with little butterflies or birdies anyway;^0 Seahag Yes please link or mail the pictures to me. As last year Kalifornia stop retro waving the SMOG requirement for thirty year old vehicles, makes this high performance Ford 429" waiting for my Bronco a waste: http://www.billhughes.com/429ford.jpg God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com > These Waggy/Cherokees are cheap and plentiful. The one cut up is donating > parts to 2 other vehicles, and since i am about 90 miles from a scrapyard, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Stupendous Man, > Hathaway Pines, California Oh man! But but but.... someone might have USED that body. You're a fast worker, I'll give you that. Somehow, this just isn't as much fun as sitting out on that deck sipping a cold one, smelling the tri tip on the BBQ and watching though. Kate : Here ya go Kate. : Here's a shots from 9Am, 2PM and 5:30 today : Made a little progress today, more tomorrow. : http://home.goldrush.com/obsoelyt/IMG_2790.jpg : http://home.goldrush.com/obsoelyt/IMG_2792.jpg : http://home.goldrush.com/obsoelyt/IMG_2794.jpg "KJ.Kate" <KJ.Kate@WhoseHotMail.com> wrote in news:uZJKf.30499$X7.13863 @bignews7.bellsouth.net: > http://home.goldrush.com/obsoelyt/IMG_2790.jpg Are those bodies in as good a conditon as they look ? You don't find that kind around the NE. Got a pic of the commando ? and is the frame good ? > Are those bodies in as good a conditon as they look ? You don't find that > kind around the NE. > Got a pic of the commando ? and is the frame good ? The one I stripped had some small rust holes in the floor, but saving it wasn't in the plan, and towing it East is costly. I offered the body free for 2 weeks before i dismantled it. The 74 has a floor badly rusted out, by California standards. It's not all palm trees and beaches out here. The Jeepster bodies I have, both are pretty bad, as is one frame (metal fatigue) but since I don't want to build a rig i cant rub a tree with, that's OK with me. Frames are easy to find here, but again, shipping is impossible and if you want to come out and get some, i can get guys to save them. Plenty of pics on this page, my Jeepster is in the 15th and 16th pics here, and a few other places on the page http://home.goldrush.com/obsoelyt/Rubicon%20Trip.htm better shots of it here, about in the middle, http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/arborigine/album?.dir=e822&.src=ph&store=&prodid=& .done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos SignatureStupendous Man, Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty >> Are those bodies in as good a conditon as they look ? You don't find >> that kind around the NE. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/arborigine/album?.dir=e822&.src=ph&store= > &prodid=&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos I also seem to remember there is some guy in texas that is restoring FSJ's and reselling them for some healthy money... |
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