More progress pics on BABY

[paul67]

Barry,

I will let you et al. know how this turns out. My car is driven, not hard, but on the road all summer. That clear coat will be a blessing re stone chips compared to the lacquer. Guess who won this drag?

 

[67HEAVEN]

Guess who won this drag?

Paul,

I don't think it's fair they made you start so far back. ad

 

[BarryK]

Paul

I agree with you on the clear coat. Mine is driven as much as I can enjoy her in the summers just short of her being the "daily driver" and bad weather conditions. on nice days though I try to have her out as much as possible.
I hope you won it!

 

[BarryK]

Bob

sure it's fair they made Paul start so far back. It's a Midyear against a C5. Now I'll give the C5 credit for being an excellent car (i'd have one if i could afford it) but as we all know, our beloved Midyears are legends so they just have to be fair to the youngsters!

 

[paul67]

He in the 1993 was doing the smoking-the-tires thing. And he knew what he was doing; I did not. OK let him burn them off if he wishes at $600 each! Heck I just bought new Pirellis as per SWCDuke on a limited budget! And I can't do the smoke thing anyway. All kidding aside it was a Club event and we had fun. We rent the track in the summer for a Saturday afternoon and just have a good time. Some of the fellows and gals take things very seriously but I just give it a good try without breaking something. The only other C2 was a 1963 SWC with an LS1 set-up. The rest were mostly C4s and C5s. So I had the honour of having the slowest car of the day. Someone said they smoked a cigarette before I got to the end of the 1/4 mile. Here are the times for that run. A little slow for a 327/300 with Powerglide but it was a giggle. We have two Saturdays scheduled for next summer.

 

[IH2LOSE]

Paul if your not running slicks,its all for show the wet burn outs.I think thats very respectable times for a 1/4 mile run.

I wish I could give you advice on your paint,But I am clueless on this I only go on the recomendation of the shop I used.

Barry
Excellent reponce from you and very detailed,this car of your is going to make you a mecanic some day. Its so great to here some more progress is being done,I could not be more thrilled you took the time to hammer your deal out and get it in wrighting.


The mistake we make with our cars are that we think they are a hobby,the folks we are dealing with are doing it for commerce/profit and to make a living. We must look at all of our dealling with them on the same level they are looking at them BUSINESS DEAL,Yup hard to realize but when we hire some one to work on our cars we are entering into a buisness deal.Make sure you treat it that way

Again Great job getting it in wrighting Barry

You may get tired of hearing me say this But I treat every car as I would a project I am doing at work

I create a detailed overveiw of the project,I create a time line of when and what should be done,I wright a budjet,I create material list,I could go on but more or less I treat it as a buisness deal from start to finish.

And PS alot of my freinds used to say I take all of the fun out of building a car because of all of the paper work I create,and treating it as a buisness deal.I can tell you nothing is funner then having a project run smoothly

 

[67HEAVEN]

And PS alot of my freinds used to say I take all of the fun out of building a car because of all of the paper work I create,and treating it as a buisness deal.I can tell you nothing is funner then having a project run smoothly

Larry,

I'd like to publicly thank you for the information you've shared with us in the past. Your project spreadsheets (including parts photos), your tracking and labelling of parts, and your overall organization are an inspiration.

My next project will be all the better for your advice.

 

[BarryK]

Barry
Excellent reponce from you and very detailed,this car of your is going to make you a mecanic some day. Its so great to here some more progress is being done,I could not be more thrilled you took the time to hammer your deal out and get it in wrighting.


The mistake we make with our cars are that we think they are a hobby,the folks we are dealing with are doing it for commerce/profit and to make a living. We must look at all of our dealling with them on the same level they are looking at them BUSINESS DEAL,Yup hard to realize but when we hire some one to work on our cars we are entering into a buisness deal.Make sure you treat it that way

And PS alot of my freinds used to say I take all of the fun out of building a car because of all of the paper work I create,and treating it as a buisness deal.I can tell you nothing is funner then having a project run smoothly

Larry
Believe it or not I was referring to this thread just earlier today to my wife and telling her that I was so happy to finally be able to contribute to this forum for a change instead of just taking in everyone elses info or advice. I've already Taken, taken, and taken from here so it feels really good to be able to give back even just this little bit if it helps someone!

As for getting everything down in writing for both the shop and myself, i'm used to doing things in a business method but this guy i'm having doing the work I wasn't sure about in this aspect. Especially after your comments on this a while back I decided it was best to do it the way my initial impulse would be and the way you suggested.

As for your friends comments on taking the fun out of a job because you organize it so well, it makes me think to the old show "The A Team". The appropiate line from that show is "I love it when a plan comes together".
When things come together and run smoothly THAT's when it's fun!

 

[BarryK]

Barry
this car of your is going to make you a mecanic some day.

yeah. right!!!!
by the time that day comes i'll be 10 years in my grave.

 

[IH2LOSE]

Thank you for the very kind words,

All I have to say is try it youll love it

 

[MoeJr]

Paul your 60' time is why your ET is 16.29. With some stickier tires you woulda been in the high 15's which is right where that car should be.

 

[paul67]

We all have excuses but actually my new Edelbrock carb was acting up. The day was very hot and humid and underhood heat built up very quickly waiting in line. I launched at 2,000rpm (left foot on brake) and the car just sputtered for a half-second then picked up. That happened on a second run as well. I have a 3/8" phenolic spacer under the carb but I suspect fuel percolation. Generally the Edelbrock is flawless.

The comment on business vrs hobby is an excellent one. It certainly is a hobby for me and keeps me busy for many hours all year long. I enjoy that very much. But every once in awhile I take a peek at the stack of invoices for parts, etc. and it brings home the fact that it is a very expensive hobby. Any major work by an outsider must be carefully documented and tracked. I am quite capable of making mistakes and have done so. That's part of a learning process. But I expect the professionals who are paid to do work have the learning curve behind them and errors will be minimal. If they do occur it is prudent to have some project plan to fall back on. That avoids the "you didn't tell me you wanted it done that way" conflict.