Thread: Self isolation gun projects

Originally Posted by gundoc

I am never short of gun projects but I will be spending the next few months completely repowering and modifying my '46 Chevy Fleetmaster (250HP modified 250 cubic inch inline 6, TH350 auto trans, Camaro 10 bolt rear end, lowered, 15" wheels, front discs, power brakes, electric assisted steering). I am just starting the dismantling process now after having finished rebuilding the engine. It will still look like a standard Fleetmaster but perform up to modern standards.

i have to build a wiring loom for a mates truck. 53 chev pickup. motor is on order from the usa.
527 cubic inch with twin turbos. if it aint enough hp he wants nitrous installed.
hate to think of the fuel bill !

Originally Posted by Scout

You have some very cool stuff Gundoc, I see you have/had a Corvette just a while ago to, nice also !

Thanks Scout. I sold the Corvette to Auckland a week ago to give me garage space for the '46 rebuild. I still have a '91 GMC pickup as a useful toy!

Way cool Gundoc, I wish I was a better mechanic/Panel-beater, there are so many cool old cars & trucks, I found some great trucks in SA, a nice 48 Bonus in drive around condition but no papers for one.

But I think i'm going to find a Willys Overlander truck, not worth a lot of money right now & cool to me.

gonetropo, again cool truck, one of my favourites is the '55 but heck sell the farm for one of those !!

Funny on your buddies horse power, I had a mate with a Ford lightning, I think 400Hp & 150 mph, super charged & he told me he wanted more power & was going to twin turbo & Nitrous it
I said heck that would be too much HP !! he kind of blinks & said he should slap me as there is no such thing !!!

Just finished two Stevens 44 1/2 firing pins

Still have to hear treat them.
But need to go out this afternoon and shut down my work until when ever

Heat treat !

Originally Posted by csmiffy

@Russian 22 interesting
Doesn't seem to be online? probably such a small amount it doesn't make it. Might give them a ring and see how much they want to rip me off. Don't want to spend a shit ton on a potentially naff barrel

Was just sitting in the miscellaneous specials box next to the entrance.

Originally Posted by gundoc

Thanks Scout. I sold the Corvette to Auckland a week ago to give me garage space for the '46 rebuild. I still have a '91 GMC pickup as a useful toy!

A bit of a link with you Gundoc - ‘er indoors recently imported a ‘86 GMC Grand Sierra, some of my ‘isolation time’ will be spent getting it towards being vinned . (Not a five minute job and involves sourcing suitable parts)

Originally Posted by akaroa1

@grandpamac so what are you going to do after this week ?

You will need more jobs than that

For you akaroa1 that may be true but for me, counting down the weeks to my 71st birthday, it is more like a lifetimes work. Making the list was helpful and focused my thinking on what to do next. What do you think John Browning would have thought of your Hornet? I think he would have been impressed.
Regards Grandpamac.

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

A bit of a link with you Gundoc - ‘er indoors recently imported a ‘86 GMC Grand Sierra, some of my ‘isolation time’ will be spent getting it towards being vinned . (Not a five minute job and involves sourcing suitable parts)

The only thing involved in vinning mine was getting the headlights sorted for the left side of the road (new bulbs and a fair bit of adjustment of the lens position).

Originally Posted by gundoc

I am never short of gun projects but I will be spending the next few months completely repowering and modifying my '46 Chevy Fleetmaster (250HP modified 250 cubic inch inline 6, TH350 auto trans, Camaro 10 bolt rear end, lowered, 15" wheels, front discs, power brakes, electric assisted steering). I am just starting the dismantling process now after having finished rebuilding the engine. It will still look like a standard Fleetmaster but perform up to modern standards.

A nice inline 6 will be smooth as

Originally Posted by gundoc

The only thing involved in vinning mine was getting the headlights sorted for the left side of the road (new bulbs and a fair bit of adjustment of the lens position).

similar issue on imported french cars. they dip vertically straight down not to the left or right

Originally Posted by gundoc

The only thing involved in vinning mine was getting the headlights sorted for the left side of the road (new bulbs and a fair bit of adjustment of the lens position).

If only it was so easy!
New idler arm, brake hoses, rear brake shoes etc etc
Still, like guns it’s a passion!

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

If only it was so easy!
New idler arm, brake hoses, rear brake shoes etc etc
Still, like guns it’s a passion!

I find LMC Truck good to deal with, good range of stock, reasonable prices and quick delivery.

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

If only it was so easy!
New idler arm, brake hoses, rear brake shoes etc etc
Still, like guns it’s a passion!

Piece of weeze
If you were local and we weren't all in isolation I'd give you a hand

Hmmm - here goes . . .

- replace sear spring in Miroku 1885 "Low wall" single shot (everything on the web says its a fairly daunting task to reassemble)

- make "AR ergonomic" stocks up for the Lee Enfields I'm converting to "Modern Sporting Rifles" - I have 3 or 4 on hand in varying degrees of completeness and barrel condition, I'll probably shoot them all before I spend a lot of time on the conversion, so quite a bit of shooting required on that basis alone

- maybe build a "proper" backstop for my range here at home (its a 22RF one only)

And that's just the beginning, I'm ready to be egged on and lead astray by various ideas that come to light . . . .