Hows everyone been doing lately? I haven't been on much. Drove across the country (Atlanta to Seattle) in August. Started working the new Porsche job a week after I got back. Every week has been 45-50 hours.

Too bad the money goes as fast as it comes. Thats life for you though. Im buying a condo with a garage within a few months.

Probably going to get a 2nd job to work nights and weekends to supplement more money and help pay bills.

Busy busy.

Had a fire in the Dart in June that destroyed my wiring harness, and engine compartment paint. Wiring is all fixed. Motor and trans are coming out next weekend so I can have the engine compartment fixed. Headers will be getting receramic coated.



Hows everyone elses projects coming along? Hows the house going Tim?


-Nick

 

Good to see you back Nick. Sorry to hear about the Dart.

House is coming along nicely along with Momma Beal (21 weeks pregnant today).

 

I'll chime in. My Coronet is still in the corner, been working on my son's 72 Demon and getting heat in our garage. This weekend we brought my other son's 88 Mustang into the garage for me to back-half. So my boys are getting along, we're all working on cars and I get to cut up my first Ford, so life is good.

 

I have been slacking bad on my dart. I am waiting on cooler weather instead of sweating like a pig.

 

today the cooler weather hit us 50 degrees you might say thats not cold but with the high humidity its like siting in a 50 degree tub of water and for the most part our temps range 90 + our blood never thickens berrr

 

Thats great to hear Tim! I bet youand Mama are excited for the new addition?



Heres some pics of the fire....

 

bummer, my first thought when I got the 340 was i need a fire extinguisher ASAP. I'm going to find one Saturday and mount.

 

congradulations on your soon too be born
was that fire set buy the AMPERE GAUGE I WONDER IM NERVOUS ABOUT MINE IM GOING TO REMOVE IT / BYPASS IT
jst read an article on the issue about these antiquated gauges i dont think mine is working correctly it never moves it just sits there when i was having charging issues the only thing it would do is set off the red light in the gauge

 

No it was not set by the Amp gauge. The fuel line loosened up on the carb and sprayed fuel all over the headers and alternator sparking the fire.

2nd time I've had a fuel fire in the car damaging wiring.

Don't bypass the gauge. Fix it correctly.

 

From the looks of it you got off easy .. Good luck with the repairs..

 

The entire engine compartment needs to be painted, the wiring under the hood and under the dash got destroyed (been replaced with brand new). Headers need to be ceramic coated again, my transmission blanket burned right up.

The back of my carpet even has some burn marks... got real close to burning down. The hood paint is destroyed. Luckily my blue GTS hood wasn't on...

And luckily we were able to get it running again within an hour.

Guess it always could've been worst..