Any shelter in place projects ? non-914 is OK !, what are you working on ? Options

[rgalla9146]

Spent the last month cleaning and painting the basement.
Did some automotive decor with extra panels from my GT project.
Best place I could find to store them.

[ssuperflyoldguy]

"new" C-125 to go with the C-81 - factory attachments: Rototiller, mower deck & front blade.

I think the 8hp C-81 will go to a home with a smaller yard.

C-81 turned out to be way condition so I’ll keep it instead

[rbzymek]

My nephew was in the hunt for some American Iron, so I helped him PPI this '64 T-Bird ...and it's in his ownership now. Built at the Wixom, Ohio plant, shipped to L.A. and lived its life in SoCal. 390 c.i. and just about everything has been kept up/ and works. It sat in a Condo parking structure covered in 1/4" of dust...but detailed out real nice.
He can now go cruising down the hood in his 64... in a big red Bird (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

FYI the Wixom plant is in Michigan just NW of Detroit. It has since been razed. My father in law worked at the plant for many years. I was on the launch team for the 2005 Model Year T-Bird.

[flyer86d]

Just finished glueing the wing ribs for the Pietenpol Air Camper.

[rgalla9146]

Just finished glueing the wing ribs for the Pietenpol Air Camper.

Hey Charlie.....that's a project !
Years ago I spent an afternoon at The Old Rheinbeck Aerodrome....a great day!

[flyer86d]

Just finished glueing the wing ribs for the Pietenpol Air Camper.

Hey Charlie.....that's a project !
Years ago I spent an afternoon at The Old Rheinbeck Aerodrome....a great day!

It’s detail fussy work that I normally don’t have patience for but I’ve enjoyed this. Remember, this airframe had its wings ruined in a hand start incident so I am only building wings. When I dragged it home, my wife said, “your not going to fly that thing as long as I’m around!” Well, the last comment from her was” are you really going to fly that thing?” So I’m making progress on the domestic front.

I’ve never made it to Old Rheinbeck as many times that I have either flown over it or passed the area on the Thruway. It’s on my bucket list though.

Charlie

[rbzymek]

@rbzymek ... Your kitchen looks much brighter and in essence, larger. Nice job - looking for the finished pix (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)


Just tidying up a few items in the 'new' Cayman. Some of the items that I ordered started showing up today ... the car cover, Bosch windshield wipers, a short UHF/VHF radio antenna for when I get a chance to install the HAM radio in it, and a new factory owner's manual (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Doing a little more investigation, I ran the VIN and found out it isn't a base model, it's an 'S' with the 3.4L (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mueba.gif)

@euro11
Here are some later pictures. Currently re-doing the bathrooms.

[rbzymek]

Clean up

[Boothy]

This sounds like a "What am I thankful for" thing.

Yes, despite all the horrors of COVID, working from home allowed me to make some serious progress on an old project.

I always wanted the speedster that she had in Top Gun. Not many in the Northeast so it was always a figure out a trip to CA or FLA. So I setup a watch on EBay and on showed up in NJ one Friday night. I had been started by a body man who worked at a classic Mustang place. Same old story, divorce, evacuation, shit left behind.

Over a few beers that night, I went back and forth with the shop owner. He didn't it on his lot. The bid started at $800 with lots of watchers. Close to midnight he said "$3000 if you can get it out of here next week." Deal! No engine but everything was still in boxes. Windshield, interior, etc. Can back from NJ the following week with it on a trailer and the inside of my truck loaded to the gills with boxes.

The lawyers tried to grab it during my divorce but it ended up in my new garage. COVID allowed me to finishing the last of the bumpers, interior, and all those little things that nag you. It has a Formula 1st case with a fully balanced crank, rods, CB cam, 1:25 rockers, hi flow heads, Dellortos (which are a bitch to adjust). Not a big bore but it'll go.

It was kinda funny. Get off a conference call, run out to the garage, do a few things, run back in before my laptop timed out. I was like Dash from The Incredibles - zipping out to the garage, zipping back in...

[rbzymek]

Clean up.

[rbzymek]

Clean up.

[rbzymek]

Clean up.

[mepstein]

One more time.

Looks great. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[rbzymek]

I can't see my post. I get an error message.

[rbzymek]

I switched my browser and now it works.

[Jett]

@rbzymek ... Your kitchen looks much brighter and in essence, larger. Nice job - looking for the finished pix (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)


Just tidying up a few items in the 'new' Cayman. Some of the items that I ordered started showing up today ... the car cover, Bosch windshield wipers, a short UHF/VHF radio antenna for when I get a chance to install the HAM radio in it, and a new factory owner's manual (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Doing a little more investigation, I ran the VIN and found out it isn't a base model, it's an 'S' with the 3.4L (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mueba.gif)

@euro11
Here are some later pictures. Currently re-doing the bathrooms.

The new is great!

[DRPHIL914]

Just finished glueing the wing ribs for the Pietenpol Air Camper.

Hey Charlie.....that's a project !
Years ago I spent an afternoon at The Old Rheinbeck Aerodrome....a great day!

It’s detail fussy work that I normally don’t have patience for but I’ve enjoyed this. Remember, this airframe had its wings ruined in a hand start incident so I am only building wings. When I dragged it home, my wife said, “your not going to fly that thing as long as I’m around!” Well, the last comment from her was” are you really going to fly that thing?” So I’m making progress on the domestic front.

I’ve never made it to Old Rheinbeck as many times that I have either flown over it or passed the area on the Thruway. It’s on my bucket list though.

Charlie

that is really cool!, i was trying to remember why this sounded familar, so i had to do some research, and it hit me, - https://www.pietenpolaircraftcompany.com/photo-gallery

its origination was in my home state of MN, i was into model aircraft at an early age and build several models of these and intended to build a plane some day but got into cars and forgot about it. Pietenpol's grandson Andrew and i were in college at the same time. Its a cool family legacy he has carried on. So build that plane - maybe put a VWPorsche ,motor in it rather than a Model A, but do it!!! post afew more pictures too.
@flyer86d

[Spoke]

I wanted to circle back on the trestle project I detailed on the first page of this thread. The trestle is now completed and in place. Because the placement of the trestle limits the access to the track behind it, the trestle and its platform can be removed in a few minutes.



This little trestle was built by my Uncle Lou in the late 1960's. As a young boy I remember my uncle showing my Dad and I some of his trains including this trestle before he built his layout which I now have in my basement. He never found a place to put this trestle and remained unused until now. So it took me 25 years to complete the large trestle and 50 years to get this trestle onto the layout.

[flyer86d]

Just finished glueing the wing ribs for the Pietenpol Air Camper.

Hey Charlie.....that's a project !
Years ago I spent an afternoon at The Old Rheinbeck Aerodrome....a great day!

It’s detail fussy work that I normally don’t have patience for but I’ve enjoyed this. Remember, this airframe had its wings ruined in a hand start incident so I am only building wings. When I dragged it home, my wife said, “your not going to fly that thing as long as I’m around!” Well, the last comment from her was” are you really going to fly that thing?” So I’m making progress on the domestic front.

I’ve never made it to Old Rheinbeck as many times that I have either flown over it or passed the area on the Thruway. It’s on my bucket list though.

Charlie

that is really cool!, i was trying to remember why this sounded familar, so i had to do some research, and it hit me, - https://www.pietenpolaircraftcompany.com/photo-gallery

its origination was in my home state of MN, i was into model aircraft at an early age and build several models of these and intended to build a plane some day but got into cars and forgot about it. Pietenpol's grandson Andrew and i were in college at the same time. Its a cool family legacy he has carried on. So build that plane - maybe put a VWPorsche ,motor in it rather than a Model A, but do it!!! post afew more pictures too.
@flyer86d

My daughter graduated from Gustavus Adolphus in St Peter, MN in 2017. My son and I drove my daughter’s Jeep back to Vermont after the graduation and stopped in Cherry Grove on the spur of the moment. We found Bernard Pietenpol’s hanger and airfield and the met Bernie Finke who is the daughter of the fellow who drafted the plans. She is a treasure trove of all things a Pietenpol Air Camper and loves to talk about it. A great stop! My plane has a Continental 65. I originally discovered the type thru a Model A site back when I was building my A. Also the last two AirCampers that Bernie Pietenpol built, he powered with Corvair engines. My first car was a Corvair.

Charlie

[euro911]

Wow, you guys are getting some cool stuff done.

All I've done was to re-outfit my old Tacoma with HAM radio gear and readied for camping (since my Tundra got totaled) ...






... and started building a portable solar power box (from a discarded Coleman ice chest) for running my refer and other electrical items when out camping ...






Almost finished. Need to find my errant 1kW sine wage inverter to complete the project
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