El Camino project car

[hotrodalex]

Second gas tank fix failed. Moving on to different stuff - either fuel resistant gasket or JB Weld. If that doesn't work, new gas tank time.

[CJ]

Just buy a new tank.

[hotrodalex]

Putting a new tank in is a pain, though.

[Madman]

Putting a new tank in is a pain, though.

Beer keg gas tank.  Problem solved!

[hotrodalex]

Third brake light is in!

[hotrodalex]

Slight issue - can't just wire it into the existing wiring, since the brake lights have two wires. One for the low setting when you turn on the headlights, and one for the brakes and turn signals. If I connect it to the brake wire like it should be, it'll flash when I use the left turn signal. I'll have to get another brake pedal switch and wire it all the way to there.

edit: jk, wired it up to the current switch before it connects with the turn signal. Only weird thing now is that it'll flash when the 4-way flashers are on, but that's not a big deal. They'll just be 5-way flashers.

[hotrodalex]

Dropped the gas tank over the weekend and put JB weld on it. Couldn't get it to leak while it was out of the car, so it should be fixed. Hopefully I didn't break anything while putting it back in the car...

[hotrodalex]

New kick panels!



Didn't want the ones with speakers included, but I guess they don't sell those anymore. I'll just replace those with my better speakers and figure out another use for those...

[Secret Chimp]

Your inner driver's side headlight is kind of crooked.

[hotrodalex]

Probably just the headlight bucket.

[hotrodalex]

Tank is still leaking, so a new one will be necessary.

[Secret Chimp]

Beer keg fuel cell in the bed

[hotrodalex]

Too big, wouldn't fit under the tonneau cover.

[Secret Chimp]

Matrix of colostomy bags

[hotrodalex]

[hotrodalex]

Most of the leaks are fixed, except for around the kick panels. And the new kick panels should probably make that worse, since the design doesn't seem to include any sealing method. Ugh.

[hotrodalex]

New gas tank is in, door panels are mostly in. Need to fix like 3 more leaky holes and then I can go ahead with the carpet and stereo.

[hotrodalex]

Leaks are being difficult, so screw it. I'll pull the back window after the car show and fix it the right way.

And, as is normal for this car, something simple like screwing in the door arm rest is taking way longer than it should. Yay late 60's GM manufacturing. But the seats are out and I'm in the process of cleaning the floor to put in the insulation and carpet.

[hotrodalex]

[hotrodalex]

[CALL_911]

Whose rental car is that?

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Looks good bro! 

[Secret Chimp]

I like everything except what those speakers look like... I'd put black grilles on if it came with them or spraypaint them black.

[hotrodalex]

If I find an easy way to make them look more "stock" I'll probably do it. Doesn't bother me too much though.

[hotrodalex]

Subwoofer isn't working. I don't think I ran a wire from the woofer to the connections in the back of the box when I put it in last year. Oops.

[hotrodalex]

Subwoofer is now working. Stereo sounds great.

Now comes 2 hours of organizing my music onto a flashdrive. Apparently the headunit can only read 128 folders, so having a separate folder for each artist isn't possible (240+ artists). I think I'm going to combine similar artists that only have a couple of songs, then artists that have multiple albums can get their own folder. Good thing I have two monitors now, it's perfect for this type of stuff.

[Secret Chimp]

Subwoofer is now working. Stereo sounds great.

Now comes 2 hours of organizing my music onto a flashdrive. Apparently the headunit can only read 128 folders, so having a separate folder for each artist isn't possible (240+ artists). I think I'm going to combine similar artists that only have a couple of songs, then artists that have multiple albums can get their own folder. Good thing I have two monitors now, it's perfect for this type of stuff.

Why didn't you just get something with an auxiliary input?

[hotrodalex]

I have one of those too. But if I can stick a flash drive in it I don't have to worry about plugging in my phone every time I get in the car, plus I can control it through the headunit.

[hotrodalex]

[hotrodalex]

Just ordered a radiator overflow bottle so I can run on the autocross course next weekend.