Slant 6 Turbo 68Dart Project
No super big updates, so I'm going to share a little about myself here-
Well, I know I jump around in projects a lot, but I am starting a new construction piece for the '68 Turbo Dart, and it will be both a form, and function piece, and I'll make a pattern and sell it if someone else decides they want one down the line, but more on that when I start it.
As for the rest of the car, it gets driven every day, seems to be operating fine, can't wait to get this "new" block from the shop landlord. Taking forever and it's only 200 feet away from my shop...
Otherwise I am making headway on the Fiance's '74 Dart Custom. What a truly reliable car that has turned out to be - got close to 5,000 miles on it so far from our use, and don't hesitate to take it for a 3 hour drive if need be. It's also dead silent inside. It has the Quiet car package or something like that and pretty much every option ever. But the outside got neglected. I am almost done with body work on it, then going to get the rest of the paint off and paint. Lots to do, and two cars to occupy my time...
On top of the two cars, one of our projects at my work is nearing completion. In case no one knew what I do for a living I'm a carpenter- me and my father restore antique and classic wood boats. This one we fully rebuilt - not much of the original boat left besides about 50% of the frames - the rest was unsalvagable. It's a 26' 1957 Chris Craft -U-26. It got its first coat of varnish the other day, after being stained and bleached.
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The other in the shop is a custom 1 of a kind 30' Hackercraft, 1947 "Streamliner" - maybe 25% of the original boat there. It has a 1947 Cadillac dashboard which was installed factory - we assume it was a Cadillac executive or a guy who really liked his car and wanted the boat just like it. We recreated the dash with the help of Hills Rod and Custom. The boat also sports a Rolls Royce Meteor V-12 fully marinized. I spent the better half of today finishing the custom 5" exhaust cutouts for this beast. It will be loud.
I've been doing boats since I was 12 basically, but for two years i did a stint working on a wood roller coaster - wood and steel repairs, 80 feet in the air... that was a different experience. I quit that job last July - I didn't get to make anything nice and it bothered me. Just repairing the same things over and over.
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When I don't work on the cars, or boats, I like to resto-mod antiques and then decorate my house with them. I mostly like bakelite radios. But I have also done fans. I did a Zero and a Westinghouse that both function.
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And a couple of my radios:
1948 GE
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1952 Arvin:
Aside from that, I am a 26 year old father of 2 and going to get married next year, and this will be the 2nd and last time I do that. So now you know a little bit about Dave, and from now on - only car updates, unless someone likes wood boats - I love talking about those too.
No super big updates, so I'm going to share a little about myself here-
Well, I know I jump around in projects a lot, but I am starting a new construction piece for the '68 Turbo Dart, and it will be both a form, and function piece, and I'll make a pattern and sell it if someone else decides they want one down the line, but more on that when I start it.
As for the rest of the car, it gets driven every day, seems to be operating fine, can't wait to get this "new" block from the shop landlord. Taking forever and it's only 200 feet away from my shop...
Otherwise I am making headway on the Fiance's '74 Dart Custom. What a truly reliable car that has turned out to be - got close to 5,000 miles on it so far from our use, and don't hesitate to take it for a 3 hour drive if need be. It's also dead silent inside. It has the Quiet car package or something like that and pretty much every option ever. But the outside got neglected. I am almost done with body work on it, then going to get the rest of the paint off and paint. Lots to do, and two cars to occupy my time...
On top of the two cars, one of our projects at my work is nearing completion. In case no one knew what I do for a living I'm a carpenter- me and my father restore antique and classic wood boats. This one we fully rebuilt - not much of the original boat left besides about 50% of the frames - the rest was unsalvagable. It's a 26' 1957 Chris Craft -U-26. It got its first coat of varnish the other day, after being stained and bleached.
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The other in the shop is a custom 1 of a kind 30' Hackercraft, 1947 "Streamliner" - maybe 25% of the original boat there. It has a 1947 Cadillac dashboard which was installed factory - we assume it was a Cadillac executive or a guy who really liked his car and wanted the boat just like it. We recreated the dash with the help of Hills Rod and Custom. The boat also sports a Rolls Royce Meteor V-12 fully marinized. I spent the better half of today finishing the custom 5" exhaust cutouts for this beast. It will be loud.
I've been doing boats since I was 12 basically, but for two years i did a stint working on a wood roller coaster - wood and steel repairs, 80 feet in the air... that was a different experience. I quit that job last July - I didn't get to make anything nice and it bothered me. Just repairing the same things over and over.
[/URL][/IMG]When I don't work on the cars, or boats, I like to resto-mod antiques and then decorate my house with them. I mostly like bakelite radios. But I have also done fans. I did a Zero and a Westinghouse that both function.
[/URL][/IMG] [/URL][/IMG]And a couple of my radios:
1948 GE
[/URL][/IMG]1952 Arvin:
Aside from that, I am a 26 year old father of 2 and going to get married next year, and this will be the 2nd and last time I do that. So now you know a little bit about Dave, and from now on - only car updates, unless someone likes wood boats - I love talking about those too.