Thanks guys.

Yeah the look isn't for everyone, that's for sure.

I love it.





Oh yeah. Correct speedometer!



Hooray eBay!




So......I discovered a problem. When I had the interior mocked together last, I fell in love with the look. I had almost zero complaints about the interior, in it's entirety, until I looked down......



Door sills.....Damn you.

So looks like I'm making these too. Haha.

They will not have all the little ridges (dirt collectors). The "Datsun" middle portion will remain. The rest will be smooth.

My plugs are fairly warped, so I decided to straighten them back up with the help of a perfectly shaped U channel as a mold. Some glass laid up on the underside of what will become the plug, and the vacuum will hold the surface true to the mold shape.





Once those cure, that should straighten them out a little bit.


......I can't stop....Help me.

fuck that... use the metal and polish the shit out of them!



also i saw those in a pic the other day and knew it was coming

throwing down my .02 cents = keep the door sills stock and just polish the fuck out of those. Kinda like the classic old school steering wheel. You want some old school lookin' stuff too.






^ word. If you have those metal ones and those are not some picture from internet = use em. Those are sexy. Seriously.....the ones you make will not be as cool as the OG sills.

This post was edited by said_aouita on Jan 13 2016 09:47am

That was initially my plan. But what the pictures fail to show is that the aluminum is degrading in places so much that it is literally turning to powder/dust.

Otherwise I'd be hitting those up with some 00 steel wool, and some polish.



This also gives the buisness one more, fairly easy, part to make. We can utilize scraps to make these, so profit margins will be nice. That's the thought.








Never updated yesterday, due to the server being down, so here's that post......Followed by today's update.



Started working the plug(s) today.

Definitely much straighter.

Made a base out of some cored carbon scrap.



Roughed out....Bonded to the flange.







Should only take about another day, or so, to get it ready to mold.

What an easy shape. This shouldn't take long.

Didn't work yesterday, due to weather.

I picked up where I left off today.


After a little more work this weekend, this plug will definitely be ready to mold on Monday.











This weekend I plan to get some dash wiring organization/prep done. More parts are on order.

Don't stop me now ('cause I'm having a good time).

Happy Friday

How many times have ya had to put yer Jeep in 4WD so far this winter?

More times in the last week and a half than I needed in the month and a half prior. Winter was late coming.... But we're getting hammered, as per usual, now.

I also have a 06 Frontier that I try to break up the miles with as well. Heater actually works too, which is a huge plus over the Wrangler. So I've been in the Nissan the last couple cold days.




I'm fairly certain they are going to look nice. I agree. Those OEM sills just collected all sorts of shit, and also caused corrosion with the body, as they are dissimilar metals.



Instead of working this weekend, like a good boy, I neglected my car duties and resurrected SnowmAndy. He grew! He's now over 10' tall. They grow up so fast...

The snow was perfect. We are expecting feet of snow this week, so that should make it look like he's been there for ages.

I still need to fashion him some arms, but here he is keeping watch over the road.