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Geezer Garage

Geezer Garage

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Location
Steamboat Springs CO
Finished this up a few days ago. Got the lumber for free, but it was stained red on a scalloped surface on one side, and relief cut every few inches on the other side, 11inches wide. Had to plane down form five quarter thick to around 1" to get a decent finish. Then rip, and crosscut to size, no two pieces the same, sand, and finish with several coats of water based polyurethane. I did the door jambs first, and had decided to stain it a darker color. after I got that in place, I decided it was a shame to hide the nice blues, and greys in the beetle kill lumber, so I left the facing pieces with just the satin poly finish. Thought about redoing the stained boards, but decided to leave it, and have a two tone effect, kind of like 50"s cars. Now working on the trim for the back side, which will hopefully go a little quicker, as it's just 3/4" particle board painted blue to match the other trim there.

https://imgur.com/pKsaEQZ
https://imgur.com/mkh6lTc
https://imgur.com/3nGTIOl
 

Geezer Garage said:
Finished this up a few days ago. Got the lumber for free, but it was stained red on a scalloped surface on one side, and relief cut every few inches on the other side, 11inches wide. Had to plane down form five quarter thick to around 1" to get a decent finish. Then rip, and crosscut to size, no two pieces the same, sand, and finish with several coats of water based polyurethane. I did the door jambs first, and had decided to stain it a darker color. after I got that in place, I decided it was a shame to hide the nice blues, and greys in the beetle kill lumber, so I left the facing pieces with just the satin poly finish. Thought about redoing the stained boards, but decided to leave it, and have a two tone effect, kind of like 50"s cars. Now working on the trim for the back side, which will hopefully go a little quicker, as it's just 3/4" particle board painted blue to match the other trim there.

https://imgur.com/pKsaEQZ
https://imgur.com/mkh6lTc
https://imgur.com/3nGTIOl
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Nice work there, you should be proud.....thanks for sharing the photos with us! đź‘Ť
 
FastTrax said:
I meant no offense it just astounded me just how intricate the detailing you described as a senior. I am 71 also and I am so damn lazy that I get exhausted just having to think. So again no harm intended jut congratulating you on a excellent effort put forth.
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I feel the opposite tbh, I would imagine that a senior who is a master of his craft is far able to describe his work in detail than someone younger who may not have been doing it many years
 
No offense taken. I was just curious about the question, and thank you all for the nice comments.

FastTrax said:
I meant no offense it just astounded me just how intricate the detailing you described as a senior. I am 71 also and I am so damn lazy that I get exhausted just having to think. So again no harm intended jut congratulating you on a excellent effort put forth.
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Silver Fox messaged me about the engine we are building for my sons car that I mentioned in the "what are you doing today" forum. Thought some of you might be interested, so posting here. Will try and get some more pics up soon of this and other activities.


Yesterday at 1:58 PM

About the car you & your son are working on?
Was engine froze up?
Or you are adding more horse power?

Know there are gear heads on here that a may be interested about what you are doing.






The car is the one in my avatar pic, a 67' Ford Galaxie. The engine was a .030 over 428FE big block. The engine had 70k miles on it since we originally built it. It had a intake gasket failure which allowed coolant to fill #4 cylinder, causing a hydraulic lock resulting in a severely bent connecting rod. To get him back on the road, we are finishing up an engine that was destined to go into my 60' Thunderbird. This one is a 390 bored and stroked to 434ci. The steel crank is held in place by billet steel caps in the factory block, that has been machined to except cross bolts on the three center mains like the 427 race oriented engines. Ported Edlebrock RPM heads, roller rockers, and a hyd roller cam. This one should make around 550hp, and an equal amount of torque. Hope that helps, and always happy to answer any questions.

Pics below are of the original engine before installation, and some of the car completed.
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