Birth of the Blue Missile
OK I have spent the last year moving and re organizing the home shop. I have built nine guitars and rebuilt a large stand up bass. My son's collage education has been the place where most funds have gone. In the mean time I bought an 06 Dodge Magnum which then dropped a valve seat into the top of the #1 piston, forcing me to pay for an engine rebuild, ( I could have bought the tranny for the Missile for this kind of money).
I just started back on the Missile in that I had a couple of small projects set aside because of the move.
The first was rewiring the electric window switches with new, proper specialized connectors. As it turns out there is a short some where in the run between the switch and the motor of the passenger window requiring the removal of the major portion of the center console. Much more involved than it sounds. This will wait till cooler weather.
The second project was completing the stainless lens enclosures for the main set of Infra-red headlights. They are made out of 16 Ga sheet and the IR transparent plexi. I also took the occasion to paint the bumper and lower air dam as well as the mid filler piece the headlights are attached to.
The third project was the door cups. I tried everything I could to avoid having to make a mold and make carbon cups but to no avail. So I made a one sided mold and vacuumed some carbon down to create the cups. They will work well but they still need some touch up and clear coat then I will dril them for the screws.
OK I have spent the last year moving and re organizing the home shop. I have built nine guitars and rebuilt a large stand up bass. My son's collage education has been the place where most funds have gone. In the mean time I bought an 06 Dodge Magnum which then dropped a valve seat into the top of the #1 piston, forcing me to pay for an engine rebuild, ( I could have bought the tranny for the Missile for this kind of money).
I just started back on the Missile in that I had a couple of small projects set aside because of the move.
The first was rewiring the electric window switches with new, proper specialized connectors. As it turns out there is a short some where in the run between the switch and the motor of the passenger window requiring the removal of the major portion of the center console. Much more involved than it sounds. This will wait till cooler weather.
The second project was completing the stainless lens enclosures for the main set of Infra-red headlights. They are made out of 16 Ga sheet and the IR transparent plexi. I also took the occasion to paint the bumper and lower air dam as well as the mid filler piece the headlights are attached to.
The third project was the door cups. I tried everything I could to avoid having to make a mold and make carbon cups but to no avail. So I made a one sided mold and vacuumed some carbon down to create the cups. They will work well but they still need some touch up and clear coat then I will dril them for the screws.
