Gussied up the tire billboards with a paint pen, giving her a boy racer factor of 10 and several horsepower. Tinted the fog lamps too. Sorry about the misaligned photo...

A few years ago we bought an old Gramaphone case at the antique store. It was completely missing the gramaphone guts. We didn't know what to do with it, but we liked the appearance.

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Fast forward to the lockdown. I finally decided what it needed.

I took the old Kenwood turntable I had since high school and disassembled it. I then transfered the pattern from the original case to a new wood board, stained it, and mounted all the pieces in it.

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Here is the components from my high school stereo system inside the case.

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I am now building a shelf for inside that will support everything but the cassette deck and still leave room for albums in the bottom of the case.

The first song has to be this:


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Striking color on your car



Looks like you might have some drywall repair to do to the ceiling in your spare time too?

Look like a couple of "LED" twins to me.....

@ClayPerrine What did you do for ventilation in the cabinet for the components and the albums?

Nothing yet. I haven't even tested the components in there. But I intend to run it with the doors open. If I have to, I will add a fan on the rear that turns on and off with the components. But I don't think that will happen, this is analog 1980s tech, and they don't generate a lot of heat. There aren't even any vents in the equalizer, and the receiver doesn't have a fan.

Clay

Took the Bamberg radio out of our 77 911S and sent it to Germany for refurbishment. Oldtimer-Radio. Radio is back and installing this week. Was not cheap to fix but VintageBlau could not fix it.

Sending two more radios this week, blaupunkt heidelberg and 73 Frankfurt. The Heidelberg tuner is shot but found another and the Frankfurt becomes all static after five minutes of playing.

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You are right in time with the revival of LP's, and wipe on a coat of MinWax Wiping Poly to renew the finish on that cabinet.

Beautiful car.......and a R1200 too !
.....and Minilites !

Our other project during this time:

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Rebuilding a fence in Texas in July is really hot, sweaty work. So we start at 7am, and finish at 11. We do 4 panels at a time. We have done 8 fence panels so far, we have 3 more to do on this section. We have to do the one panel on the back section before we can finish the last panel on the side due to the way it attaches. The back portion will be easy, the bolts face us. One bright spot is that the back panels will be in the shade due to the big tree in the neighbor's yard.

The worst part of the whole process is cutting up and disposing of the old fence sections. They are rotted and falling apart.

Betty sure is having fun with her sawsall though!!



We figure a couple of months of Saturday morning work and we will have a new fence.

All I can say is wow! That is impressive.

This was the railroad station in Evans City, PA where I was born. The passenger station was on the north side of PA68 on the east side of the tracks. The station sat on a platform over Breakneck Creek (at GPS: 40.768980, -80.064136). According to B&O valuation records, the station was built in 1905. It was supposedly noted by Ripley's 'Believe It Or Not' to be the only railroad station in the world to be built over water.

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The station was demolished by the railroad around 1980 as it was rotting away, and only part of the platform remains as of 2014.

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Interestingly, someone built a scale RXR model of the station. In any event, I thought it was cool, and if I ever have enough free time available, I'd like to build a scale model of it too ... probably 'N' gauge or maybe H.O. guage. I think it would be tough to build it 'Z' gauge, although I might give it a try

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Repairing broken wires for a resistor pack and an old Notchback push button panel.

Hope after this 986 I can go back to my 914 project.

Last week Installed new front lower control arms, replaced bushing for control link, new tires and alignment.

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This was at my wife’s request. Designed and built out of walnut and steel.

Nice, I like the detail at the bottom of the legs. Can't go wrong with Walnut.

Been making slow, but steady progress on the remodel. Replaced the [not wide enough] siding pieces and the trim above the screen door a few weeks ago ...

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Temporarily installed the west (back bathroom) window, so we didn't have to look at a big sheet of plywood while taking a - uh, well you know ... ...

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... also built my second ever window casing. This window is on the north side of the laundry room. I demolished the 70-year-old windows and framed for the new one,

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... installed insulation and more Tyvek before putting up some more siding. This window casing was somewhat easier to construct because it's a fixed window. Measuring and cutting the redwood sill's angles was the most difficult part ... had to dig out my trusty old table saw for this job.

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... then revisited the west (back bathroom) window today. Removed some temporarily-installed components, then cut the correct angles in the sides of the casing with a Sawzall, then measured (3x) and made the necessary cuts to the new sill ...

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... and, 'viola'.

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There's some minor adjustments needed ... I didn't allow for the sill angle when I built the casing, so I'll have to trim 1/2" off the bottom of the lower sash for the two sashes to line up in the middle and lock, so it's a little too early to pat myself on the back just yet - lol.

Still taking as much advantage of WFH as possible. I don't waste a minute, work through lunch and breaks, as soon as 4:29PM hits, computer off and work on the living space. It's come a long way in the past month.

Was only three weeks ago a buddy of mine came out and we mud/taped, textured everything. I had every room painted within 3 days after that.

Cleaned and applied Cabot 3000 Natural to the deck. A few boards on the 22 y.o. steps were rotted. 'While you're in there...'. Wrapped it up before the rain. Planted 9 new coneflowers.

only leaks when it rains

... That's what precipitated my remodel project

So today I finally got our 95 BMW 540i back up and running. She was off the road for 7 years due to the fact that there was a recall on the engine block that was never done. So piston rings for her were completely unobtainium. I have 7 sets of rings for a V-8. I looked for years... and in March Betty and I finally broke down and bought a used motor from a 96 740i. Lots of work getting it installed and running. Today I finished up the brake installation and bleeding (Many thanks to PMB for the caliper rebuilds), and she finally moved under her own power. We then washed off 7 years of dirt and grime, and I took her and got her inspected. As the inspector pulled her out of the bay, the left headlight lens fell off. He had already done the paperwork, so she still passed inspection.

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The paint looks like crap. This is her bad side. Before she blew the head gasket, the clear coat was going away due to a bad batch from the factory. As soon as Betty's 914 is out of the body shop, she will be going in to get a full repaint and a fix of the minor ding in the right front fender.

I will say this... when tires sit for 7 years, they end up square. I just ordered a new set from Tire Rack, and when they come in, I will take her and get the tires mounted and an alignment.

I am beyond pleased that she is back up and running.

Liberated my traditional '32 Ford Hot Rod from long term (15 yrs !) storage to assess
and prepare to sell. Very sad
This project is dear to me. But if I can muster the energy for another
car it has to be the '69 911 S that I've had just as long.

Been chipping away at My wife's new targa. It is up and running and added in a carrera cooler and fan setup.

The car had replica d90's with early offsets (16x7 & 16x9). Anway's Jen was saying she wanted some fuchs. As a joke I put one on from the 914. I kinda like the look, so I put all 4 on for the time being. I am running square 16x7 and 205x55 all around. I am going to add some spacers I found in my parts stash in the rear and run it like this until I get my spare 16x8 refinished. Trying to track down the same green as the powder coated 7's.

Took it out on a shakedown run in 112 degree heat on some twisty roads up to tortilla flats. The cooler works great. The car is very fun to drive with the coilovers

R1200rider, Your car looks great. I like the green. What type eight spoke wheel are you using? Who sells them? Thanks.

Finished refurbishing 3 of these VDO oil pressure/temp gauges at the weekend; the idea being to pair up with some upcoming modified 10K tachs, and sell as a package deal, to those who want to get as close to a GT build as possible. German fascia and metric scales; tested and cal'ed movements. Coming to a GT (or 911, if you must) dashboard near you soon....

- Tony

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Man that wheel /tire combo is outatanding !
And the color too !

@R1200rider I like the car, I want to know how you like the Trailer

Futura, you have excellent choice, single axle or dual? Like to know the ins and outs as they are on my short list.

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Nice!! The 911 version of Brutus??

Thanks Oscar
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Rory,

You’re killing me! I built up a 29 Ford Roadster traditional rod which I sold to buy the race car which I sold a couple of years ago to fund the 68 911 project. Small world.

Charlie

Looking good

Oscar

Here's another.
The car has only vintage speed parts.
This is my favorite, a Halibrand 201 quick change rear.
Allows final drive ratio change in just a few minutes.

Finally got the bumpers installed on the Lincoln. Shout out to @ValcoOscar for including the rear one during his big bumper group buy!

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Finally welded on flange for muffler, and put a stainless tip on it.
This allowed me to put in the O2 wide band. I also hooked up a fuel pressure gauge. With those two items in place I was able to get it to idle within minutes.
Now on to fine tune.
Out of the blue it sounds like a belt is screeching bad.
At least I took more steps forward today.
I must say this muffler sounds really good.

Can't wait to see all these projects finished

Clay is the 540 manual trans? I had a friend with a 540 that was and a really fun car.

Nope. She is an automatic. It is still a fun car. Wonderful freeway cruiser. It was really nice having a car with an auto trans when I had a broken collarbone. I could drive the BMW, but I had to park the 914.

I put a new expansion valve in the AC today. It wouldn't have taken so long if the Bently manual was correct. Following the directions in the manual, I disassembled most of the interior, only to find I just needed to remove the glove box, and some trim covers. Tomorrow I will get the AC charged and the right hand headlight assembly back in. That will take care of all of the lingering issues with the car.

I'm doing a full strip and rebuild on this at the moment.

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This is how it arrived !

Finished my basement apartment

WIP

- Tony

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Got our LS7 running for the first time ... not a P car but a 67 Nova Wagon

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VERY cool. Seems quiet. Perfect. You told me about that car when you came down for the lid. You bringing it north? Pro Mod suspension? I would get tickets in that vehicle.

That is the one my friend, just upgraded the motor over time (no room for the ProCharger). Vehicle is in Puyallup getting squared away almost done. Art Morrison Senior created a one-off frame for the Wagon, but did not see the car before he passed.

Swing by on the way home.

You’ll have to come over because she will be on a trailer... The garage will be done in a few months

Made a handle for my old Snap On tool box. I've had this for over 20 years and it never had a handle.

Made the side supports from scrap aluminum and the tube is from an old mop. Press fit so it won't spin or come off.

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Wow that is an old Snap On box, I though mine was old. Well it was new when I bought it. Now we are both old. I think my roll around is holding up better then me.