Humble 3 Car

I guess a sawzall at 9:30 at night wasn't quite the bed time lullaby he was hoping for.

I try to quit makin noise by 9:00 but it doesnt always happen that way!:rockin:

Hey guys, I built my house after 5PM and on weekends. When the slab went in I went to those houses close by and explained I was an owner builder and my time schedule. My neighbors were all hard working folks and understood my situation. I did try to leave the loud stuff to the weekends when at all possible. This house was built before all these air nailers the old fashioned way. Although I did use my chop saw and skill saw much to my dad's chagrin. He had built houses way back in the 30s with just a hand saw and hammer.

I do feel being proactive right up front and telling them if it ever bothered them to please just come see me and I would have a good excuse to knock off early. Even down in the south it can be cold, damp, and dark in January and February trying to dry in the house. Some nights I wished they would complain but never heard from any of them. I have also always tried to help these good folks when I could on their projects when asked. They were kind enough to keep an eye on my lumber and supplies. In fact, two of my closest three neighbors are original to my building in 1986-87.

It is a shame the forums were not around back then as this build would have made a good thread for sure.

I usually quit making noise at dark. My problem is I am a morning person so sometimes I get the urge to work on something at 6am on a Saturday. My neighbors probably hate me.

Same here chris. I like to get started early and I do all my welding and cabinet work at home in the garage so I try not to use grinders and miter saws till 8 a.m. but again it doesnt always work out that way.

I think we all agree to be good neighbors. Sometimes our enthusiasm for a project over powers our sense of time.

No harm no foul as they say!

Yeah, he's normally a pretty cool dude. This is the first time I've really done any work late though. I've ignored his motion light that comes on with any wind during the night for the last 2 years so I may have to ask him to fix that now however. Shines right in the bedroom window.

I'm definitely not the most organized worker



Finished up the wiring for the exterior light tonight. Hopefully tomorrow I can button up the inside and get ready for paint.

Pretty much done on the inside. Need to finish up the painting detail and re-do the stripe but other than that, I can get back to work on things that matter, like my cars.

Made a great Exit in case of emergency there ME87.

ME87 said:

I'm definitely not the most organized worker

Finished up the wiring for the exterior light tonight. Hopefully tomorrow I can button up the inside and get ready for paint.

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it looks perfectly organized to me. where is that tool I need? on the floor of course. easy right?

All done!

Thats about how I work, then clean up and organize later......

I do that but forget to clean up and organize.

Chris said:

I do that but forget to clean up and organize.

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Yep, people with super organized garages never have the fun of sifting through stuff they didn't know they had to find things they didn't really need.

Had a busy weekend.

Painted the RZR cage



Assembled the T Steering Wheel after doing some restoration work on the soybean paste composite wheel



Bolted a few more parts on the frame in order to see how to start modifying the firewall and the steering column in order to drop the wheel height and shorten the column.



and everything tucked back in its place

What have you been up to?

Been busy at the shop all day and then in the garage all night. The T is coming together. Motor is in, gear box is stabbed, distributor is in. I'm hoping to fire it in about 2 weeks or less. I'll post some pictures tonight.

Picked up a bunch of parts from the farm.



Dropped in the motor



Made a jig to straighten a few exhaust manifolds.



Mocking up a firewall



Installed the distributor and fan bracket while mocking up the exhaust manifold and figuring out the intake



Stabbed the gear box last night

Looking good!