at least I painted the rollcage.............I also have a 800lb surface grinder sitting in the back of my truck getting rained on

no room in the garage for either one............

What happened to sunny California?



I want that hat! It's got my name on it !!!!

Ummmm, buy a tarp?

or a car cover...

I looked at the clouds this morning and said.. Yup.. its gona rain. Put the cover on the car (it got kicked out of its garage..)..

Happy I did so! no rain tray in..

Andrew

You should definitely get your car off the trailer and into the garage, because I might need to borrow your trailer soon

sure, you can pick it up at my house when you come on over to help me build my workshop

of course with this damn rain, not much is getting built...luckly all the concrete is poured and dried...............

Sure I'll help, I'm great at projects. When do you want it done by? 2010?

well, in my admittedly meager experience, it seems to make little difference if the top is on or off when it rains hard. i end up having to put paper towels all over the inside to catch the water. like one of the members says under his avatar: "sometimes i wish i had a waterproof car." but, things could be way worse. i could be driving a dodge spirit...

although the cute young girls at the bank stood and praised and admired it for a few minutes today. i have to tell the wife what a chick magnet it is!

Hell wait long enough and it'll provide it's own drains

Dave

Here's a sneak peak at my newly designed replacement 914 floor pans

hmmm. not much of a welder, so i will wait for the "self installed" floor drains. nice to know i don't have to fret about it for too long.

Shhhh....I think I can hear it rusting from here!

Mike, why do you get all the cool toys!!!!! My last project nearly drove me mad not having access to a surface grinder! Here's a picture. It was a gift for my dad. "Flipper" locking-liner folder. 3.25" O1 tool steel blade (differentially heat treated). Walnut scales. 6AL4V titanium frame. Tolerances are +/-0.0005". A surface grinder would have been really helpful (!) This was my first knife.

-Ben M.

thats fantastic, Ben

wow....that knife is a work of art !!!!!

surface grinder was free, needs some work (needs a new motor and the magnetic chuck is shot, I have to buy a new one or see if I can get this one re-magnatized )

Ben - Dude, you MADE that? Nice job!

Sheesh...I'm usually ecstatic when I just put something back together without the infamous "extra parts"...

Nice knife Ben...

VERY NICE DUDE!!! I collect Knives and it looks like you did a great job!!

red914, telling the wife your car is a chick magnet might not be the way to go.

kevin

Bet if you REALLY tried you could do a knife with a 914 silouette....might be speeled wrong....let's try "outline"....

Ooooooh! Salt in the wound. That feels nice.

Thanks for all the compliments on the knife. I wanted to learn to make something with my hands that I could take some pride in, so this is what I've been working on. My grandfather always gave hand-made gifts and that inspired me to learn a craft. This one is for my dad. Next one will be for my father-in-law.

-Ben M.

ps - I'm also wondering what Mike has in mind with his radiator questions. I'm guessing either wrx motor or typ-iv with water-cooled DOHC heads.

rhodyguy; it's ok. whenever i tell my wife about the young girls who like my car, etc., she just laughs. which is fine, though a bit emasculating, to be honest...