PERSONAL PROJECT UPDATE: Susi's project is headed for the finish line.

 Fabricating some custom " lake style " headers for the Y block.

 All finished with the fabrication on the headers. The extra work on the angles was so worth it.

 Here are the finished headers after paint and install. wasn'rt sure about the black until they were installed. I like them.

 We also installed dump pipes so we can connect to a full exhaust system with turbos for those days we don't want to wake up the town.

Here is a shot of the engine all assembled. We will need to clean up those spark plug wires. I will find a set that I can cut and attach the ends so we can tailor them to the engine. 

 These are real deal Moon valve covers from back in the day. They are in pretty good shape over-all, they just needed some polishing.

 polishing up those cool valve covers.

 The finished product. They look great .

 Susi is putting oil in that bitchen Y block

 The Dynamat queen is hard at work.

 She almost finished it before running out of Dynamat. A little more on the ceiling and it is finished

 Steering column in in and all steering is connected. The shifter and e brake installed and hooked up.

 Adding fuel and testing the fuel gauge before finishing the bed floor.

Susi's bed floor and the battery box we made the other night, Still need to make the lid for the box. This is some barnwood we scored here locally. Had to age a few bolts and stuff to make it look just right.

SHOP UPDATE: Susi's rod is getting closer.

Susi and I put some time in on the brake this weekend and built a battery box for her project.

 We are pretty happy with the results. This box is pretty stout. definitely keep the battery out of trouble.

 We spent the day today fabricating some custom headers for the Y block.

After we finally decided what look we wanted.  This is the first side getting mocked up. This side took the most time.

 The other side goes together really fast once you get the other side figured out.

We have one more tube on each side to do tomorrow and then we can can fab the down tubes and take the pipes underneath.

SHOP UPDATE: Jim's 36 Ford

 I finished the metal work on the rear fenders for the 36 pickup.

 They are primed and ready for body work.

 Susi has the cab about 50% wet sanded for paint.

 I installed the custom tailgate latches yesterday. These latches will have inside cables so it will eliminate the chains on the outside.

 Now I have to get rid of the chain hardware and clean up the tailgate.

 I started by cutting off the hook for the chain.

 Then I removed the head of the rivet. I drilled into the top of the rivet so I could weld it and still retain the strength but grind it flush for a cleaner look.

 I removed some of the skin to make room for the newly fabricated piece

 Here is the piece i made to finish off the end of the tailgate.

 Getting ready to weld in the new piece.

 Here it is, the new cleaner finished tailgate.

 I rolled the ends in to give it a nice clean finished look. I have been pondering what I was going to do to this for a while. It is so nice when an idea comes together and really works out like expected.