Erodz 63 belair- project flat liner

[E.rodz]

got completely side tracked this summer just spent most of the summer driving the Belair instead of working on it or the Chevelle. i picked up a dream machine that i never thought i would be able to own in my life! it has consumed most of my free time this summer but it will pay me back with the possibilities of what this thing can do! i plan on making the inner wheel wells,tubbs,floor pans and so much more with it i feel so blessed to even be able to own one so i thought it would be the right thing to do is paint this thing up to look like the awesome machine that it is and refresh my airbrush skills and learn new ones. the big catch is it is fricking huge and sparked off another project of finding a place to put it !
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[waynieZ]

Sweet Job Eric! Now it looks like it belongs there for sure...... I can't wait to see what comes out from this.

[Sonar Chief]

Wow ...nice job w the airbrush! That would complement anyone's garage ... except mine cuz it won't fit inside. lol

[Che70velle]

Holy cow Eric! You got mad airbrush skills! So what exactly will that 200 ton beast of a machine do?

[GregWeld]

As always Eric --- you cease to amaze me!!!


How's your son?? He still in to doing stuff with you???

[E.rodz]

Sweet Job Eric! Now it looks like it belongs there for sure...... I can't wait to see what comes out from this. thanks Wayne i can't wait to use this thing myself! should be soon too!

Wow ...nice job w the airbrush! That would complement anyone's garage ... except mine cuz it won't fit inside. lol lol. i barely fits in mine too! it took me weeks to clean out a spot to fit this beast hoping to use it soon!

Holy cow Eric! You got mad airbrush skills! So what exactly will that 200 ton beast of a machine do?
this is called a Pullmax machine it is a hammer forming machine it just hammers,planishes,forms and shapes sheet metal more on this coming up soon!
As always Eric --- you cease to amaze me!!! Thanks for the compliment Greg you amaze me


How's your son?? He still in to doing stuff with you??? he is going up fast! we just bout hime a cheapo first car and got it running and he takes his drivers test in a month and likes to come out and make stuff in the shop,that by far is the greatest thing in the world!

[waynieZ]

How's your son?? He still in to doing stuff with you???

I noticed how tall he was standing near the truck when you wer e getting ready to unload it. Not so little anymore.

[E.rodz]

How's your son?? He still in to doing stuff with you???

I noticed how tall he was standing near the truck when you wer e getting ready to unload it. Not so little anymore.

your right Wayne he is not so little anymore he is taller than me now! we just got his first car running a couple of weeks ago. still learning the value of a dollar "dad when i need something done on my car i am just going to bring it in to get it fixed" after i made him call and get some prices on doing a fuel pump and brakes he quickly realized that was not a option anymore!lol. he quickly learned how to do that himself with some guidance.

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[waynieZ]

when its going to empty your pockets you realize time is easier to part with than cash at his age.

[GregWeld]

when its going to empty your pockets you realize time is easier to part with than cash at his age.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA --- we've all learned that valuable lesson in life!!


This stuff is measured in cubic time or cubic money.... or both!

[waynieZ]

Amen Greg.

[MaxHarvard]

Can you leave anything stock Erik?!?!?

LOL, jk. Have fun with the new toy and looks like your boy is going to have a cool project :D

[E.rodz]

when its going to empty your pockets you realize time is easier to part with than cash at his age.
lol. i had to put it in a way he could understand he is starting his first job at $10 an hr and had him get a price on getting his brakes done and a fuel pump then the light came on at a rapid pace!lol.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA --- we've all learned that valuable lesson in life!! at that age they think that everything is free which is partly my fault too. just a couple simple examples of how long you would have to work to pay for that was all it took!


This stuff is measured in cubic time or cubic money.... or both!

Can you leave anything stock Erik?!?!?

LOL, jk. Have fun with the new toy and looks like your boy is going to have a cool project :D
what is this stock that you speak of :lostmarbles: ok so I have some issues with that kind of thing.lol

[E.rodz]

I really hate cutting things up that I thought were done.I decided to try to get more front grip and having a 4,700# car with a 118" wheelbase the car tends to push hard into tight corners.I picked up a great deal on some used 285/35/20 tires and they are the same size as i am running in the rear now and looks like a couple modifications are in order. like the sway bar brackets,front shock brackets tie rod ends moved to help correct the Ackramen. after measuring the rear tires and wheels it appears that i might be able to run the same tire and wheel in the front too! well looks like it is time to cut more stuff apart!

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255/35/20 compared to the 285/35/20

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[E.rodz]

well everything went well for last weekend running on a couple of hrs of sleep for a week to get this boat back on the road for the street machine challenge . the whole idea was to get a 285 35 20 tire in the front and then all 4 tires will be the same size. two days before the event the guy from tire pros called me and told me something slipped through the cracks and the wheels never got ordered! they did agree on 2 day shipping the wheels and got them mounted on fri night and ran them Saturday. upgrades also included new QA1 4 way adjustable shocks. still improving a ton and still room for more improvements!
concept to reality
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[E.rodz]

well the street machine nationals already flew by and it was a very successful thrashing session! finished up everything at 3;30 am slept for a couple of hrs. then headed to the Qa1 open house to check out there whole facility wow.! what an impressive place! love seeing how things are made,inspected and tested and my philosophy is if you love to see manufacturing in this country you must buy things that are made in this country! Turns out everyone at Qa1 loved the Belair and everyone signed the car and we ended up taking the ride of the year award from Qa1 how cool is that already all the effort seemed worth while and still have not even had a chance to test the car out yet! still really frustrated with Tire pros for messing up my wheel order and Not getting my new front wheels here when promised because of forgetting to order the wheels!:warning: had to argue to get them to ship them 2 day and they showed up on Friday afternoon day of the show. got them mounted and balanced for running autocross on Saturday the coarse was super tight for a huge car and the turbo's did Not help a bit. still pulled a 634whp. on the dyno which put me in second place for the real street eliminator competition. and I have no idea how the whole thing played out but still had a blast in any case and the car felt awesome! more not so good news coming up soon just trying to get thing caught up again.http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu160/erodz/Street%20machine%20nationals%202016/DSC_4187_zpsdudkeqmi.jpg (http://s643.photobucket.com/user/erodz/media/Street%20machine%20nationals%202016/DSC_4187_zpsdudkeqmi.jpg.html)

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[E.rodz]

i pulled the belair out the other day and made up a new list of **** to do to the car this year and it is a big list. looked at my thread and realized that i never even posted up the rest of last yeas adventures put on over 7,000 miles on the car camping,drag racing,road racing,autocrossing and cruising. this years schedule and it is going to be a busy year of driving too!

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[E.rodz]

lol. wow looks like i have some updating to get this thread back up to date!

whats everyone using for photo hosting nowadays? i really got boned by photobucket and don't want to ever use them again!

[SSLance]

I switched to SmugMug back then and have used it ever since. Not free but certainly worth the small investment.

[NOT A TA]

Not a popular opinion I know but you can just pay photobucket and since they still have your photos (unless you removed them) they'll just reactivate third party hosting again and raise your storage limits. Gone is the $400.00 yearly fee that got everyone upset. Plans start at like .20 cents a day. So the easy button might be to just buy one of their entry level plans.

There's no such thing as a free lunch. I read all the "terms of service" for all of the photo hosting sites I could find when considering jumping off the Pbucket ship and every one has a clause that would allow them to make the same stupid financial move Pbucket did.

I'd been a paid Pbucket user since back in the early 2000's when they started but like everyone else got upset when they instituted the $400.00 nonsense even though my third party hosting did not get shut off like all the free accounts because I was already paying for a mid level account. I now have well over 10,000 pics so I have to pay somewhere, I can't really expect a company to store, host third party, etc. for free. How would the company survive profitably? I currently have their most expensive unlimited everything plan and it's less than $150.00 a year. No ads, easy to use.

I have found it's easier/quicker to use a Flickr free account for video storage but I suspect eventually as I make more videos the free account will reach its storage limit and because there's no free lunch I'll have to pay for that service somewhere. I think Youtube saw what happened with the Pbucket debacle so they're cautiously changing their "rules" over time. Again there's no such thing as a free lunch so advertising or fees has to pay the bills.

[WSSix]

I use Flikr and Imgur.

[waynieZ]

Hi Eric how's it going? Getting anything done on the Chevelle? Hope it's all well with you.

[E.rodz]

I switched to SmugMug back then and have used it ever since. Not free but certainly worth the small investment.
the free part is what got me and so many others backed against the wall and even after paying for there premium services photobucket fd me. i will have to check that out. thanks for the input.
Not a popular opinion I know but you can just pay photobucket and since they still have your photos (unless you removed them) they'll just reactivate third party hosting again and raise your storage limits. Gone is the $400.00 yearly fee that got everyone upset. Plans start at like .20 cents a day. So the easy button might be to just buy one of their entry level plans.
yea i really thought about that as well however after getting FFDD so bad by them i just don't want to give them a nickle again. still might just to save all the time to move everything :(
There's no such thing as a free lunch. I read all the "terms of service" for all of the photo hosting sites I could find when considering jumping off the Pbucket ship and every one has a clause that would allow them to make the same stupid financial move Pbucket did. . that is always a risk because of today's modern day business ethics and the attitude of the next generations for running things unfortunately
I'd been a paid Pbucket user since back in the early 2000's when they started but like everyone else got upset when they instituted the $400.00 nonsense even though my third party hosting did not get shut off like all the free accounts because I was already paying for a mid level account. I now have well over 10,000 pics so I have to pay somewhere, I can't really expect a company to store, host third party, etc. for free. How would the company survive profitably? I currently have their most expensive unlimited everything plan and it's less than $150.00 a year. No ads, easy to use. yea i was in the same boat was paying for more storage when they pulled the rug out from my feet then kicked me in the nuts when i tried to get up again. i would rather give another business my money. I just lost all my faith in them and there ethics.

I have found it's easier/quicker to use a Flickr free account for video storage but I suspect eventually as I make more videos the free account will reach its storage limit and because there's no free lunch I'll have to pay for that service somewhere. I think Youtube saw what happened with the Pbucket debacle so they're cautiously changing their "rules" over time. Again there's no such thing as a free lunch so advertising or fees has to pay the bills.

I use Flikr and Imgur. i will have to check out this option.thanks for the input.

Hi Eric how's it going? Getting anything done on the Chevelle? Hope it's all well with you.
it has been a rough year indeed. my Father passed away and have been dealing with all the fun stuff that goes along with that. the Chevelle project has doubled in size literally! your going to love the latest on this coming up soon. just trying to get a new photo hosting set up again and will stat posting up some updates again.

[waynieZ]

Sorry for your loss,It's not easy.
That sounds good I'll be watching for your updates.

[E.rodz]

google drive test

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hyXf2xUNGH4W4D2wrGzzNTYijuNe--s8/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hyXf2xUNGH4W4D2wrGzzNTYijuNe--s8/view?usp=sharing

[E.rodz]

anyone know if i can load pictures from google drive directly without needing a link?

http://https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hyXf2xUNGH4W4D2wrGzzNTYijuNe--s8/view?usp=sharing

[camcojb]

anyone know if i can load pictures from google drive directly without needing a link?

http://https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hyXf2xUNGH4W4D2wrGzzNTYijuNe--s8/view?usp=sharing

Doesn't appear so. I downloaded the pic from your link and added it as an attachment, works fine that way.

[E.rodz]

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[E.rodz]

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