How many people here actually pull wrenches on cars?

[SkylineUSA]

Originally Posted by Silver Fox

Yea.

I do all my own work. I got $35,000 worth of tools in the garage.

I figure why let somebody else screw it up when I'm perfectly capable of doing it myself. I've got a few OLD FART tricks up my sleeve too.
I'll try and get some pics of the last motor I built in the gallery soon.

35k in tools, damn that is awesome!

I would love to see your latest engine.

[SkylineUSA]

Originally Posted by Rod&Custom

I'm posting a ground up build of a '49 Ford being done by me and a friend of mine in the fabrication forum. It is being revived with a mustang 2 subframe and a flathead to efi 5.0 conversion. I also have a basement shop full of vintage carburators, exhaust and intake manifolds, a set of power-pak heads, and many many other parts lying around. I also just came back in from my shed where I tore down an all original '67 Mustang 289. The motor was supposed to be good, but 2 thrown rods(1 through the head, and the other in the water jacket) and a whole piston in the oil pan can't be a good thing, can it? Looks like a third trip to the junkyard to drop off another junk motor(the first two weren't blown, they were Chevys!) I forgot to mention the '64 Thunderbolt Fairlane that we just finished too. I have had the bug for about 3 years now and I am only 16. I think I'm obsessed. I guess you could say I turn my own wrenches.

Unlike most 16 year olds on here, you have a clue. Infact, I would have thought you much older with your knowledge.

[SkylineUSA]

Originally Posted by Rod&Custom

I forgot to mention the '64 Thunderbolt Fairlane that we just finished too. I have had the bug for about 3 years now and I am only 16. I think I'm obsessed. I guess you could say I turn my own wrenches.

Wait a min, you worked on a Thunderbolt

Do you have pictures? Those cars are freakin super cool.

[BigDanTheMan]

yea i thought rod and custom was some geezer

[fordtrucksonly]

unless its one of my buddies, i put in more than 75% of all the wrench time my vehicles see.

[glowstang93]

I do all my work, with the exception of major internal engine, transmission, rear end stuff. I do all the interior repairs, and anything that can be unbolted and replaced, just not the internals. I have a good friend that has a shop that I trust for diagnostics and stuff I don't have the know how or special tools.

[65Ponchoboy]

i guess around 75% of the wrenching on my car is done by me and my old man,the rest like internals and stuff we send to my friend in norwalk.

[Rod&Custom]

Unlike most 16 year olds on here, you have a clue. Infact, I would have thought you much older with your knowledge.

Thanks alot, I really pride myself on knowing and understanding things before I talk.

Wait a min, you worked on a Thunderbolt Do you have pictures? Those cars are freakin super cool.

Sorry, all of the pictures went back to the owner of the car. I should have kept them though since it was my first pay job. My first jobs, a '28 Model A street rod with a built 350/350 combo, and a 1949 Ford mild custom(still working on this one) were to learn the work. A 65 year old man taught me in exchange for my working, but now that I am more able, I get paid. The Thunderbolt was very cool, but we were only responsible for the body and paint. The guy wanted it painted Ford Whimbledon White and wanted the hail damage fixed. He also wanted the 'glass teardrop hood prepped and installed along with painting the interior sheet metal along with the underside. The car is out of our hands now, and in someone elses' for shock tower plates in order to accomodate the big block. I was supposed to cut the old towers out(along with recessing the firewall, and other sheet metal), and weld in new, but he didn't think I knew what I was doing. GRRRRR! I've welded on a complete Mustang II front subframe, I think I can handle some shock tower plates! Anyway, it was a great project but now I am looking for my own, which would be any Mustang from '64-'68, or a '69-'70 sportsroof for very cheap.

yea i thought rod and custom was some geezer

You thought that for good reason, I was trained by one!

[joe4speed]

I do my own work too!

[SkylineUSA]

Ok, who is the 1 guy (better be a girl) that takes their car to the dealer?

[goldz28]

Originally Posted by SkylineUSA

Ok, who is the 1 guy (better be a girl) that takes their car to the dealer?

lol I am, I will change oil and belt and shit but when it comes to the engine hell no. I will just mess it up...lol Oh well

[SkylineUSA]

I have worked on a Z28 before, they are a big pain. I totally understand

[HiFlow5 0]

I do my own oil changes.

[99civichic]

To the surprise of most of the guys I hang with, I do my own work and work on other's cars too. I've helped set up rearends, done tuning, and built motors. I worked in a machine shop as an engine builder one summer. Oh yeah, and I change my own oil too!

[moparrr07]

i do everything but some bodywork and paint and im only 15

how many of those vote do you think are truthful?