Thursday, March 31, 2011

at the interior shop!!



Finally got it done...............hauled it to the interior shop this week. The seat is done, looks great, can't wait to sit in it in the car. Today Al was making the door panels. I will pick it up next week and then it's off to the GSTA show in St Paul for its officiall debut.

Monday, March 14, 2011

forgot one picture


I missed the trans tunnel, one of the coolest designs, should really set off the interior look.

the Pinstriper came by today






Cliff Anderson from Bloomington, MN came over today to pinstripe both of the new Deuces. He did a real nice job. Apple green on the RPU and red on the 3w. The green matches the pinstripe design that will be sewed into the seat back next week. I had him do the trans tunnel, tailgate,headlights,valve covers and the grey scallop.
On the 3w, just a twin stripe on the body lines and a neat little "v8" below the deck lid, done in grey and black. Check the photos.

Monday, March 7, 2011

more RPU progress




Every day I make more progress. Its seems for the time I put in at the shop I would get more done, some days I work all day and it looks as if nothing was done.
I installed the heater hoses today, went to town for the shop to crimp the ends, found out their crimper would not fit on my ends, I decided to cut the ferrules off and use the Gates heat shrink clamps. You know they look better than the crimped ones would have. The problem was the trip and the time at the shop was a wasted almost 2 hours.
The bed is on, bolted down, tail lights in and wired, I installed the bed "filler" pieces. I decided to glue stainless mesh behind the holes, I think it looks good.The speakers are in and wired, as is the third brake light.
I woke up last night remembering that there was not a thermostat in the manifold, I had already sealed and bolted the water neck on, so off it came. I'm not sure why I woke up thinking that.
I powder coated the brackets for the bed fillers and also the valve cover hold downs, so they are now bolted in place.
It has to be done by March 20 for the interior shop appointment, I figure it should be done by this weekend.