MackTheFinger

I didn't take any while I was hacking it together but I'll try to take some this weekend.

I put one of those pedals in my 47 D24. I just held it up where I wanted it under the dash, drilled one hole from there, then went out on the firewall and drilled the rest. On mine the firewall has a little angle so I had to cut the bracket apart so I could weld it back at that angle. I also had to cut apart the vertical pedal hanger to get the pedal where I wanted it. It's easy.

Looking good! I'd love to have a coupe!

Beautiful car!

The Johnny Cash version is really good and it's the first one most people heard. I sorta didn't like Kristofferson much early on and thought of him as flavor of the month. It's hard not to be a impressed by his biography, though; and he did write a few good songs.

These belong together. They both lost something, somewhere along the way. So read some Yeats, and maybe Bradbury, too ? https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/55687/the-song-of-wandering-aengus

Most likely Camaro. Most of the parts like ball joints, calipers, and the like are interchangeable between Camaro, Firebird, and Malibu. If in doubt a decent parts place will be able to figure it out. Overall not a bad thing if it was installed right. Nothing wrong with a good small block.. ?

Make sure to use Grade 8 bolts. In my FIL's old shop. He had bolted a section of 4" channel on both sides of the bottom chord of a truss and had another piece of 4" channel from there to the floor on each side that he could remove when not in use. He always used a coffing hoist. Not fancy but it got the job done good as a stout tree limb.. ?

I get next-day UPS deliveries from St. Louis several times a week and when I ship to St. Louis the packages get delivered the next day even though they're shipped 3-5 day both ways. UPS hasn't lost or even misdirected any of my business-related freight in the last 11 years. They did lose or mis-deliver one of my personal items during Christmas season a few years back. It was a $25.00 item so I just let it go. I've had problems with FedEx in the past, though; and thankfully don't have to deal with them now. USPS is fairly dependable overall. No delivery direct from Amazon out here in the sticks. No good to complain about shipping costs, they are what they are..

That was a cool scene. Art Huck's garage, too damp for a good spray job.. Veteran good-guy cowboy actor Bob Steele was perfect playing the bad guy Canino. The makeup and lighting in those scenes gave him a really pale, vicious look. The Hollywood studio system had it's faults but it produced beautiful films. If it's a bonafide studio car, particularly one used in such a classic film noir; it's a shame it couldn't have been left as it was. It looks like a really nice car, though; and anyone would be proud to own it. I admit to being more than a bit envious..

I haven't seen "High Sierra" in quite a while and I admit to not noticing the cars so much. It is a great movie! I need to take another look at it. I thought I remembered Bogart mentioning a "gray Plymouth coupe' " in "The Big Sleep" when I saw the mention of the movie on the Dodge builder's site. If it was the same car I wanted to ask about the hidden panel with the two Colts under the dash. One of the things I enjoy about movies from that era is seeing the cars and the location shots. Then of course there's dialogue, lighting, cinematography, wardrobe. Heck, I like just about everything about movies from that era, even the obligatory musical numbers they stuck in all of them!

Took a look at it on the shop's website. If the car was in "The Big Sleep" it's not the one Bogart was driving. That one was a Plymouth as mentioned by Bogart in the movie and according to IMDB they used the same car in "High Sierra." Both great movies and IMO "The Big Sleep" was Bogart's best. Enjoy the car, it's a beauty!!

I've changed my view on vehicles in the last few years. With the inclusion of the expensive antique toys most of us on here own daily driven vehicles are an on-going expense like your utility bills. If you can't pay cash for a new car then double or triple up on the payments so the car's not worn out before it's paid for and then trade for a new one. New cars come with great warranties and some dealers even throw in free oil changes. As counter-intuitive as it seems a lease may be the best way to go. Toss a couple of grand in up front and turn the vehicle back in before the wiper blades wear out. Sure, you'll never own the vehicle but most people end up with a monthly payment to someone whether it's a loan, a lease, or a mechanic's bill. Might as well have dependable transportation along the way.

I have a Tanks, Inc. in my '47 Dodge. Fits good, seems like a good investment. It won't be the last time you spend $500 American working on your car.

Do I see a shovelhead for sale?

Whatever happened to creaky wood floors in un-air conditioned businesses, 5 cent Cokes in machines that only dispensed Coca Cola, or screen doors with advertising painted on the screens at grocery stores? Bunny Bread was a big one around home. The sound of a screen door spring is something you never forget.

I'm running Windows 10 on a couple of old Dell laptops for personal use and not really having any problems. They're good enough to get e-mail, surf the web and open PDF's and Word documents. Work laptop runs Win10 with just a few apps. I've been working for a large company in the financial "industry" the last several years so everything's locked down tight, can't do anything not approved by the company anyway.

Glad you liked it!!

At least one of the nearby ACE stores is fantastic. I still own a house and a shop building in the same town. The same family have owned the hardware store since the '60's. They still cut and thread pipe, cut glass, will put a screen in for you, all the stuff a good hardware store ever did. It was a movie theater before it was a hardware store. I built an addition on the store about 30 years ago which doubled it's size. They've expanded into an adjoining building on the other side and increased another 50% since then, For me it's kinda like "Cheers", and sometimes when I show up they'll say, "Hey, where you been? Someone was in the other day talking about you." Guess where I go for everything, even if it is a 35 mile trip.. ? The patriarch of that store recommended a book to me a while back and if you grew up in the country or wonder what it was really like living on a farm in the good old days you should read it. It's "A Painted House" by John Grisham. Grisham grew up in a small Arkansas town and while he missed some things due to being a town kid he got a lot right. I know he's best known for lawyer stories but there's none of that in this book.

My wife says we saw him once way back when but I sure don't remember it. If there was anyone left worth going to see that didn't cost an arm and a leg for tickets I'd be there. What do I care about other people? They haven't changed in the 70 years I've been around. ? I don't miss the past and wouldn't want to relive it. I do miss some of my family and friends who aren't around anymore but otherwise I'm satisfied with now.

That's something I can't say after 37+ years in the sun, wind, and rain. I've dropped from the heat a couple of times, broke a tibia, got knocked out by a ladder once, and managed to get in a couple of fistfights along the way. As a laborer I once knew said, it's "The rough and tumble, never say die life of a professional bricklayer!" Nobody in the business I work in today has any concept of what I'd call "work". For that and a few other reasons I don't really respect any of them. I'll hang in as long as it feels right and nobody asks me to get a shave or a haircut. In other words, I could stop working any day!! ?

You might need to check for a reflection in the mirror.. Your soul may have left your body and you don't realize it. ? I've worked full time since 1970. Most of those years were 100% on my own terms, though; and I did what I wanted whether I should have or not. The last 12 years or so I've become, as Bob Seger said; "a spoke in a great big wheel, a tiny blade of grass in a great big field." But the pay and benefits are good, the "work" is easy, I'm on my own schedule and nobody second guesses my decisions. Life is good..

I LOVE live music!! Over the years I've seen everyone from The Allman Brothers to ZZ Top live and fronted various cover bands until it started interfering with what most people call "real life". Don't get me wrong, I love studio stuff, too; but when a really good musician or band is cooking live the studio stuff is as flat and lifeless as a Coca Cola that's been sitting open in the sun for a week..

That had to be a good time. There's still a bandstand in the center of a circle on the main street of the town my shop's in. There's a band performance on Independence Day and sometimes a local band will play there.

If you aren't intent on keeping the flathead 6 a 318 automatic would be a great combination. It would also allow you to add a/c fairly easily if you're so inclined. With the 6 I'd think the Wilco adapter and a 700R4 would be a good combination. There'll be some fabrication for the rear mount, shifter, TV cable, and a new driveshaft will be needed but in the end you'd have a reliable automatic with overdrive. Some of the mods are the same no matter which way you go. Good luck with your project!!