What are you working on?
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Stretch
Hey! There’s no easy button for a body like this!
Restoration Supply Company. 1-800-306-7008 or 1-741-4014 www.restorationstuff.com
These are H-4 6volt.
These are H-4 6volt.
dodgedifferent2
hung like a stud field mouse and
here is what i have been tinkering on lately.
Stretch
Hey! There’s no easy button for a body like this!
They have been super to deal with. They ship fast too. I have had everything I've ordered at my door within 4 days. They are in Escondido, Ca. so I guessing it would be much quicker for you. There catalogs are cool but they are in black and white print so its kind of hard to tell exactly what your getting when you order it but when your working on something like this Oakland you take what you can get and for the most part no one will know it isn't exactly what came with the car.
All of the parts have been super in quality and fit too.
Dr.Jass
Pastor of Muppets
I've been working in the garage for about a month now, trying to squeeze 10lbs of stuff into a 5lb bag. I finally installed a new 36" walk-through door to replace the original 20-year-old 32" interior door they installed when the garage was built. It was so rotten you could sneeze a hole in it. I came up with a couple of interesting storage solutions for the small garage, though. Bike and ladder hooks are your friends.
First I did a general organization, then tried to figure out what to do with the really pesky stuff, like the Challenger exhaust, which ended up over my bench:
Staying with that theme, I decided it was time to get the unoccupied engine stands out of the way, since they take up so much floor space:
The Challenger doors presented a problem, since they can't be laid flat nor is it a good idea to set them on any of the outside edges of the panel since it bends easy. Looking around at what I had on hand, I came up with this simple solution to get them out of the way safely...
One 8-foot 2x6 with three small braces cut from a 2x4:
Mounted to the wall with decking screws:
Screw heavy-duty lag-thread eyebolt into the studs above and below your 2x6 and dangle the ratchet part of two ratchet straps from the top:
Hook the long end of the straps to the bottom eyelets, set the flat part of the bottom of the door on your "shelf", and ratchet the doors snugly against the wall, being mindful of the window-crank shafts and inner handles:
If you happen to have the shipping box for a '74 Challenger roof lying around, it makes a good buffer zone. I'd feel better if it didn't still have a roof in it...
Snug and safe where no evil can become them for the time being... and when I'm done with the shelf, I still have a 2x6 that's perfectly suited for any other use I might have. :dance:
First I did a general organization, then tried to figure out what to do with the really pesky stuff, like the Challenger exhaust, which ended up over my bench:
Staying with that theme, I decided it was time to get the unoccupied engine stands out of the way, since they take up so much floor space:
The Challenger doors presented a problem, since they can't be laid flat nor is it a good idea to set them on any of the outside edges of the panel since it bends easy. Looking around at what I had on hand, I came up with this simple solution to get them out of the way safely...
One 8-foot 2x6 with three small braces cut from a 2x4:
Mounted to the wall with decking screws:
Screw heavy-duty lag-thread eyebolt into the studs above and below your 2x6 and dangle the ratchet part of two ratchet straps from the top:
Hook the long end of the straps to the bottom eyelets, set the flat part of the bottom of the door on your "shelf", and ratchet the doors snugly against the wall, being mindful of the window-crank shafts and inner handles:
If you happen to have the shipping box for a '74 Challenger roof lying around, it makes a good buffer zone. I'd feel better if it didn't still have a roof in it...
Snug and safe where no evil can become them for the time being... and when I'm done with the shelf, I still have a 2x6 that's perfectly suited for any other use I might have. :dance:
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thrashingcows
Drowning deep in my sea of loathing...so I'm
Very well thought out and executed...Well done Doc!! :clap::2thumbs:
Too bad my home-built stand would require a pair of gorillas to lift that high. 
Stretch
Hey! There’s no easy button for a body like this!
And here's the first time on the road. I had such a good time driving it. It was a lot of work to reach this moment but I enjoyed every minute of it!
[video=youtube;q-Xb4NlI9SM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Xb4NlI9SM&feature=youtu.be[/video]
[video=youtube;q-Xb4NlI9SM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Xb4NlI9SM&feature=youtu.be[/video]
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Dr.Jass
Pastor of Muppets
Thanks. Space is at a premium, so I've got to make the most use of it that I can. Up seemed the best idea, and everything is easily accessed if I need it. I didn't want to store something only to have it a complete hassle to retrieve.Pretty nifty ideas Doc. I hang my jack stands and folding tables on the wall when they're not in use - they take up a ton of space sitting on the floor.
I've got the same Makita cordless drill - still going strong at 10+ years.
I got that Makita as a Christmas gift from my parents in 1990. The charger's bad and the batteries are a little weak, but it just keeps going. I have a different charger I got from a friend, and I just bought a 2100mAH battery for it a month or so ago from Amazon for ~$25. So far so good. When I'm buying power tools I always shop Makita first, based on the amount of use and abuse that thing's taken in almost 24 years.
Cool videos, Stretch! The transmission in that thing howls like my ex-wife finding out I missed a child support payment.
Gotta love straight-cut gears... "Grind me a pound!"