Leftovers

Look at the "spares" now. I had some center's laying around in a box and I have been meaning to put them on Ebay, but for a recycling job, they look pretty good. I had to trim some of the lip and "bond" them to the wheel, but it looks pretty good. They look offcenter in the picture, but they actually aren't. Hey, nobody will be looking at the cap when I am flying by anyway.
Here is something that you might find interesting. My ShopVac was full of debris. Why is that interesting you ask? Well it weighed almost 2 pounds. I know I am stretching here, but can you believe that you could have almost 3 pounds of sand, mud, hairpins, change, loose metal, sound deadener, screws and other interesting items hiding throughout your vehicle? That's it for now. Two days in a row on posting. I can't make this a habit.

I Did It One Piece At A Time!

As Johnny Cash would say, " I did it one piece at a time and it didn't cost me a dime." Well, it is costing me, but as cheaply as possible. What you see above is the "budget" front runner for 4 lug fox-body cars. These aluminum wheels where used on several ford vehicles as spare tire wheels to reduce overall weight in the cars, and when you can locate them, they make a cheap alternative to buying the "high dollar" branded wheels. You can easily spend $400.00 for a set for the front. My cost? Rims and tires? $120. This by far has been my biggest expense, but it helped in several categories. I saved 10 pounds per tire and 11 pounds per wheel. That's 42 more pounds off the car. Ok, for those that are not keeping track of the weight reduction. We are now at a total of 452 pounds of stuff being removed from the car. As for me, I have now lost 29 pounds. So, in theory, that's 481 pounds the car doesn't have to carry around anymore. For those that need to know. I was 217 pounds in January 2006, as of May 2006 I was 188 pounds. At 6'3" I am looking like I used to a LONGGGGGGG time ago.
The "skinny" tires will also help with the rolling resistance the car has , so in theory, I should be able to pick-up some time and some MPH down the track. Also, they look pretty good. Maybe I'll get the time to throw them on the car in the next several days. SEE YA>>>>>

SUPER SIZE ME!!!!

Hey, just a quick post. If you click on the pictures, you can super size the pictures to get more detail. Or see more stuff I missed. HA!! HA!!

It's Running Again

Ok, I have put the gas tank back in and the car started right-up. Before I installed the tank I did put new fuel line and clamps on. I had lots of problems finding hardware to put the tank back in, but thanks to Lowes and some creative thinking I managed to create some new body clips to hold the straps to the body. The originals broke and they are a part that is no longer available. I am also replacing any bolts with grade 8 bolts when I can. The local hardware store is going out of business, so I have been able to get some good deals on the bolts. By the way, it sucks putting a gas tank back in by yourself.
I Include some pictures of what the area looked like before and after. I scuffed the area with a 3M pad and removed any of the "flaky" rust. I then wiped it done with some 3M metal prep and proceeded to paint the area with some Silver Bullet. (Visit rustbullet.com) for more info on the product. The stuff required 2 coats as the manufacturer recommended and I then waited 24 hours for the stuff to cure and sprayed it with some flat black. It doesn't look to bad for the area that I did. I am doing sections at a time, so nobody give me a hard time about the areas that are not done. I have been gathering several pieces for the suspension, so hopefully by the next post I'll be able to show you what I have done with that.