Jackrabbit1957
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Been giving that refinishing stuff some thought, waiting on a small tank to be finished for doing hot water pistol blueing. On that car, is it a positive ground on the battery?
Been giving that refinishing stuff some thought, waiting on a small tank to be finished for doing hot water pistol blueing. On that car, is it a positive ground on the battery?
In my early 60's ford I rewired the headlights and lead crystal lenses and bulbs from air craft landing lights. Street signs reflected so bright at two miles we thought they were oncoming cars.
That truck had low , high and very high beams.
I always intended to build a bluing setup but it's just another thing I never got around to. Back around 74 or 75 I had a 58 Ford with a positive ground. I hooked up my Lear Jet 8 track deck in it and pushed a tape in. Something popped and the tape spooled out and got all wadded up in the deck when it ran backwards.
I hooked up my Lear Jet 8 track deck in it and pushed a tape in. Something popped and the tape spooled out and got all wadded up in the deck when it ran backwards.
Ha, I've been meaning to put a 12V in the trunk (room in that trunk for a buffalo) on the '48 and hook it up to a CD player, for some 1940's music.I had a Lear Jet 8 track!!! I had a '64 VW bug which was a 6 volt but I carried a 12v batt up front. When Grand Funk Railroad started sounding like the Beatles, it was time to charge the 12v !!!
Mike
Ha, I've been meaning to put a 12V in the trunk (room in that trunk for a buffalo) or the '48 and hook it up to a CD player, for some 1940's music.
I still have a Bug, but she's hibernating for the winter.
Nah. Pietta still makes a butt ugly 1860 and their SAA’s aren’t much better… in my humble opinion…Oh, I didn't know about the laser-engraving instead of stampings. Yes, that's a big plus right there as they are easy to remove. Well, look out Uberti.
Why not change it over to 12 volt and be done with it?
The aged metal finish with new stocks looked weird to me so I stripped them with citriStrip, stained with water based rosewood and ebony and dinged them up with some tools, and finished with gun wax and BLO. Much better now.