Just finished what I call phase 2 of updating some things on my old Ford. I bought a kit to convert the fro drum brakes to disc brakes. Purchased the kit from Wilwood. This is a great kit. Easy bolt on process. The calipers have four pistons each. Tons of stopping power and that is what I am looking for. Besides this kit I installed a vacuum assisted brake booster along with a master cylinder that is designed for disc brakes. A must have if you want your brake system to work properly. Plus  this all dresses up  the old girl pretty nicely. Thanks for taking the time to look. Yall take care now...ya hear and God Bless

I have decided as a winter project  to update some  things on my old Ford. I am at present replaceing the entire rear end from stock to a 1964 Mustang rear end. The original rear end had 3:30 to 1 ration. My RPMS are running a little high to my liking. The Mustang rear end has 2.73 to 1 ratio. This will give me a better running gear going down the road. I plan to take some road trips in it next summer. It is a good road gear.
A good practice when replacing a complete  rear end for one that has been sitting around out of a car and lying where the elements can get to it is to  replace the gear lube, replace the brake shoes and also replace the wheel cylinders. Wheel cylinders are only about ten bucks each and well worth the  peace of mind. One of  the drums was cracked so I purchased two new ones. Braking is very important to  me. The only alteration I had to make to  the rear end was to cut of the spring pearchs and weld on new ones. The stang rear end was only one half inch wider than  the  original which only computes  to one quarter inch per side. And yes I made sure my beefy radials  would fit  before I went to all this trouble. The pic is of the old rear end and components used to make the change. My tranny is out of a 78 T Bird. Automatic C6 therefore I had to alter the drive shaft. Front of drive shaft is now for the T bird tranny and the rear is for a 68 Mustang....reminds me of the old Johnny Cash song. Does anyone know which on that is???

I sold My 1972 BMW R75/5. A guy from Denver bought it. I met him in St. Louis with it and he then rode it to Denver. 974 miles with no problems. Not bad for an old bike that sat for 35 years in a garage until I found it. See previous blog about it.
I then turned around and bought this 1990 K100LT. What a great bike. It has all the bells and whistles and if it ever stops raining I am going to ride ride ride.
Yall have a good day now. Ya hear. God Bless.

As I said in one of my previous post I bought this old 1972 BMW R75/5 late last summer. Took it apart and cleaned it up. Engine was locked up. Got it free and rebuilt carbs and did all the stuff it took to get it running good. Well, I just sold it to a kid in Denver last week. He was working in St Louis and saw the ad I had on Craig's List. He paid me to take it to him in St. Louis. As soon as I rolled it off the trailer he start packing the saddlebags and said he was going to ride it back to Denver and would send me a note as to how his trip went. I had only put 25 miles on it after I got it running. I got  a note two days later that he did 974 miles in 24 hours and the bike made the trip like a champ. I knew this was a solid old bike. German engineering back then was great.
Yall take care know and GOD Bless.

This is where all my projects take place...have my, as they say, MAN CAVE, on the second floor....it is 24X30..great place to just be a man  and ponder life while tinkering...
Yall have a good day now..yah hear...God Bless

Thought yall would like to see the old gas pump I restored. Pic is a little blurry...sorry but at the time this was the best I could do...Have new camera now..yahoooo....yall take care now ya hear...and God Bless

Just finished my bike...ready for summer now....soooooooooooo ready...
Yall take care now ya hear...God Bless

Got the front springs replaced on my ole 52 customline with no further issues....took the drivers door panel off and removed the door glass....it had developed a small crack in it...probably from me pulling on the  glass or i accidentally touched it with something metal...either way it is cracked...not an easy task for me either but will have a  new one in a few days and will put it back in....I also hooked up the electric choke so it would start better...i rebuilt a 351 Windsor engine and coupled it with a Ford C6 tranny...it is all the engine this ole car needs for sure ...runs like a dream though and plenty of power..especially when I am pulling my Tear Drop camper...what a great looking combination....here is a pic...the trophy on top is the first place trophy i won at a local car show last summer in the special interest category..yall take care now ya here...God Bless...  

Replaceing the front springs on my old 1952 Ford Customline....WHAT A JOB MAN...whew....got one on one side off today...rest is going to be easy now that I know how everything goes...take care and God Bless....the K.O.M.

Finished my motorcycle/utility trailer project 4.5 ft by 8 ft bed.

New Project - Trailer

I am making a flatbed trailer out of an old 60's era boat trailer a friend gave me. Below are two pics of it. First one is before I started with all the boat railing off of it. The second one is after I had shortened the tounge by three feet and painted. Updates will follow as I progress. This will not  take long.