Not much to show...but something is better then nothing at all. Side door glass is in, and some other minor things, near finished after nearly 4 years, I'm ready to drive this thing and we have snow!!!
Can only post one picture at a time.
Trunk.
Looking good HRD!
Dash.
What ever!
Some body stop me!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bored yet?
A couple more and I'm done.
Nope!! Not bored. That's great looking! (You can only post 1 pic because they're big pics, make em smaller and you can put 4 on a post)
Lots more but I'm done.
Thanks Laudy57, but I'm not sure how to make them smaller.... sure miss my daughters!
Speaking of daughters.... this one wants to be first to drive it!
Great pic of your daughter, I have a pic like that as well, and I think my daughter would love to get behind the wheel again - she's 32 now and that means she'll push the pedal thru the firewall. You can download a free program called Irfanview that lets you do all kinds of things with pics. You can also set your camera to take smaller pics (bytewise). I'm no expert, only found these things out as I went along.
Really enjoying your pics.
HRD
Your car came out real nice. I especially like the plain dash and the paint has a nice shine to it. The trunk job is nice and clean also.
Jay
Glad you guys liked the pictures. Thanks.
enjoyed all the pics..thanks. That's some great sheetmetal work.
The easy way to size your pics....a program that comes with windows, so it's already on your computer. Go to the folder that contains the pics you want to resize. RIGHT click on a pic, and click on "open with" from the pop up menu. Chose "paint". When the photo comes up, you'll probably only see a portion of it...that means it's a big file. chose "image" (it's at the top), click "resize". a pop up menu will probably have the percentage box already highlighted. Try typing "25" (tab) "25", then hit enter. That means the file size is now 25% of what it was. when you close the window, the pop up menu will ask if you want to save.
(Paint is the name of the program you should have with windows)The 25% is what works for me, because my pixel count is so high. If it makes your pics too small, try 50% or whatever. Just be aware when you save it, it is a permanent change, so if you want to resize a pic for posting, but don't want to permanently lower the pixel count, save it under another name.
It's a lot simpler than the typing explanation
Donnie, I love the workmanship on this car.. My favorite part I think is the trunk area, that is awesome. Is the battery in that little access door in the right rear? If so, that is awesome. Also, did you use a Mustang tank in there? It looks good. I used a `69 Mustang tank in my 61 Unibody, it looks kinda like mine. Great work on that very cool `57.
Yes the battery is in the trunk under the lid, and it is a Mustang tank.
Thanks Rich for all that computer education, it allowed me to be able to download my avatar, but its to small so when I get home today I'll mess around with it...I'll be computer geek instead of a garage monkey.
Just remember, you can't restore the larger size once it's saved in the smaller size. To keep the original as is, and keep a smaller size as well, hit the "save as" function in "file", or maybe also right click will get you to the "save as" function. I keep avatars in a seperate folder, that way they are easy to find.
Looking super Donnie!!
What year mustang fuel tank did you use? Was there much fabbing to make it fit. That tank looks like it belongs. Nice car!
Kevin
Donnie
I need to know what Mustang tank you used also. It's not for me, but for a friend of mine who,does not know how to work a computer.
FWIW I have a computer and don't know how to work it also.. Jay
Quote from: hotroddonnie on 2013-11-23 22:42
Yes the battery is in the trunk under the lid, and it is a Mustang tank.
HRD, any concern on your part that the cut edge of the lightening holes will/could end up cutting thru the battery case? Curious if you're holding it down inside the box away from he walls.
Zap- :unitedstates:
Jay, it is a mustang tank 67 but they are the same from 65 and up till 69 as far as I know. Falcon is the same tank, the filler neck is off to the side a bit more.
Kevin., I had no trunk floor in the car at all so Rob the fabricater built the trunk with that tank in mind. It has a lip around the top of the tank, so it just drops in.
Zapato, I do have the battery bolted in at the top, no movement, not as scary as it looks!
thanks donnie, I have an old 66 mustang tank here at the house, I'll take some measurements and see how it looks..new mustang tank is alot cheaper than a 57 tank is..
Kevin
I think it was 160 with the sending unit, here's the trunk before it was coated.
It'll be cheaper to fill the tank to. The Mustang tank is about 4-5 gallons smaller.
Randy