Stijn!!

[flipper35]

I bet Fred would have turned that down.

[GH85Carrera]

I would not do it for less than two grand for someone else. I am the worlds slowest mechanic, I admit but it is just tedious slow work in an uncomfortable position.

The local Porsche club is participating with a local car group and we are having a car show in Guthrie, OK that will have a few hundred people. I will ask around there if anyone with old GM cars knows of a mechanic that works on old cars from the 1980s. Most mechanics today are stumped if they can't plug in a computer.

I would like to find a mechanic that is mostly retired, but does repair projects like this for extra cash. I honestly don't know who I could take my El Camino to for work like I just did, if I did not do it myself.

[Porsche-poor]

morning all. I still have not caught up with enough sleep to feel rested. Work may have something to do with it.

[GH85Carrera]

I was really happy not to go back out into the garage and work on the steering column.

I still need to do a final workbench clean off the tools and parts. I can do that tomorrow. On Saturday we have the big car show in Guthrie and I need to clean up the 911 some. There are a few bug hits and the interior needs to be vacuumed.

I have lots of sore muscles from contorting to see the stuff I was working on. Kneeling on one knee, left leg out for balance, lean into the car and hold my head at a funny angle to get me face in front of the problem area tends to take a toll.

I really should have put it on the lift and done all of that standing up.

[Porsche-poor]

The boss should set up a program for stretching before attempting labor heavy work tasks.

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by Porsche-poor

morning all. I still have not caught up with enough sleep to feel rested. Work may have something to do with it.

Work screws up my sleep schedule pretty much every work day.

[GH85Carrera]

That is all I did, stretch into unusual and uncomfortable positions. No real hard physical effort, just get into a strange position and try to hold it.

I searched for help vids on YouTube, and almost all of them had the entire column in a holding fixture on a workbench. That makes for really easy access to the parts. I sure was not going to remove the entire column just to have easier access.

[Porsche-poor]

Originally Posted by flipper35

Work screws up my sleep schedule pretty much every work day.

Always does. Every Monday.

[GH85Carrera]

Today is back to the garage. Not big projects, just straighten up the remaining disorder of the workbench, and get the 911 in the work bay for a minor detail and load it up with the supplies for tomorrow's car show. There are a few dead bugs, the and a few spots of dirt. GASP.

Then I want to put together a bag of cleaning supplies and the ice chest and sun screen and the other stuff needed to survive several hours in the summer sun. Hopefully we will have shade for our group.

They will have 200 cars or so from my 911 to every type of car made that someone loves. It is cool to just walk around and talk to owners about their cars. I don't care so much for brand new cars that just show a large wallet, I prefer the older cars that the owner restored or owned for many years, and has a real background story with the car. One large contingent is the Guthrie Road Kings. Lots of cool cars from the 1940 to 1980s.

[Porsche-poor]

Morning all. Sounds like fun. Enjoy the day.

[GH85Carrera]

The weather has been fantastic for the last three mornings. Low to mid 70s and low humidity. It gets hot in the afternoon as usual. The 911 only "needed" a few bug spots cleaned off, and the windows cleaned, and interior vacuumed. That is done. Tomorrow just put ice and the water bottles in the ice chest and I am on my way.

I am sure I will hit some bugs on the trip, so I have cleaning supplies with me. And two chairs, and my hats and the other stuff needed. They will likely have water on sale for 2 bucks or more, so I bring my free water, just tap water in a refilled bottle.

[HHI944]

يا شباب مرحبا...

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by HHI944

...

Back at ya. Hopefully you are not still in Afghanistan.



At the car show having fun

[GH85Carrera]

It was a great car show. The morning started out at 72 and low humidity and a nice breeze and we were sitting in the shade behind my car. As people came over to look at my car I showed them the interior, talked about the many road trips, track evens and the fun I have had in the car. Then I steered them to the ballot. As every car came through registration, the taped a 8.5x11 ballot with info on the car, and a QR code that all anyone had to do was point the cell phone camera at, and it would pull up a web page, with that ca and a button to vote for it. I got a lot of votes that way.

I ended up winning the Porsche class against lots of much newer Porsches, even a 2020 911 Turbo S, and a 2020 GT4, and others. Old guys (and cars) rule!

There was one 914 so I did not have the oldest Porsche or the only air cooled one.

By 2:30 the temps were up to low 90s and still low humidity. In the shade it was OK. It was like the old frog in hot water bit, the temps went up slowly and we were actually comfortable. The trophys were handed out at 3:30 and it was hot, and I got mine, and jumped in the car and cranked up the AC to max. It was nice to get home and get a shower.

[Porsche-poor]

Morning all. Looks like fun.

[GH85Carrera]

The new trophy. My wife is really thrilled. She loves dusting "crap" like that.



Even the butterflies liked my car.

I got home on Saturday and was HOT and tired, so I did the minimum cleanup in the garage, and took a shower.

Yesterday I had a few honey-doos as usual, and watched the F1 race so it was hot by the time I had a chance to empty the 911 and swap places in the garage and get the Elky back into it's normal parking spot. I got all that done this morning while it was still low 70s outside.

It was a fun day at the park. At 9:00 AM we all stopped as the played the national anthem and the vast majority of the people there stood up and placed their hands over their hearts. Only a few totally clueless, self absorbed and unobservant people were just chatting or wondering around as everyone else was standing and facing the flag.

[flipper35]

So, I had the forks for the XT600 up at a bike shop to have the seals replaced since I don't have the proper tools. Well, after 2 months ha hadn't touched them. Gave excuses how he had all this other stuff, some of which came in after my project. He at least ordered the parts and I bought them from him and doing the forks myself was my weekend. Had to buy an M18 bolt and grind a hex head on the threaded side to get the damper tube out. At least it is done.

Now I get to clean the carb on a Rebel that has sat for years in the hot CA environment. Has a bad tube and tire on the front as well. Those should be here today. I also have a set of rear brakes on the wife's XT250 to do, bot those are easy.

I need more projects. We have had deck material at the house since June and haven't had time to do that. Will probably hire that out at this point.

[GH85Carrera]

All those projects keep you sharp!

At the car car show I was chatting with a guy that had a 1962 Chevy pickup his dad bought new. It was just a farm truck for most of it's life. The guy at the show said he thought about just preserving it that way but decided he would not want to drive as such a primitive truck. So he took it apart, rebuilt everything, did the basic body work, but had a paint pro do a great paint job back to factory color. Then he took a pecan tree on his farm that had died to lumber mill and had boards cut for the bed, and he built the majority of the truck himself. It was a really cool truck with AC, power steering, power disc brakes, and much improved suspension. Still just stock looking wheels and ride height.

We both agreed the hardest part of owning an old vehicle is finding anyone competent to service it. I told him about my "alignment guy" that knows about old vehicles. He said he had a hard time getting some of the parts fabricated to make AC brackets look right, and just the overall machine work to get the engine rebuilt and running right. He did put on a throttle body fuel injection system to make it run better.

[Porsche-poor]

morning all. off to go take some guys drawings apart.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Porsche-poor

morning all. off to go take some guys drawings apart.

Do you get to use both scissors and crayons?

We provide planimetric CAD files of the ground to our clients that need them. Every single tree, bush, pond, parking spot, curb, utility and so on. I can't imagine trying to edit those. Fortunately we just make em, and sell em. The surveyor has to bring them into AutoCAD and add his stamp and make them real maps.