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The weather is starting to cool down some and while the typical Florida afternoon storms are still dumping huge amounts of water on everything, and the lightening is still lighting up the sky, I can at least get out to the shop and work without dying of heat stroke. So I figured that just for grins and giggles, I'd give it another shot at posting a build. :laughing:
If you happened to read my inquiry in another post located here:
http://www.woodworkingtalk.com/f2/build-not-build-54582/
Then you must be wondering what the heck this old man has brewing in that semi-brain dead mind of his. (for those who don't know, when a person suffers a stroke, a portion of their brain actually dies from lack of blood. I've had two strokes, so I am officially semi-brain dead)
As I mentioned in my hints, I spent my teen and young adult years during the muscle car era when it seemed like every other TV show, rock band, and teenager had some kind of car that just set your juices flowing. You could walk into any dealership and drive out with a 400 HP, ground shaking, 12 second, monster that was totally street legal and had a full new car factory warranty! Brand new, mine only cost me $8,000.00 with every option in the book which was expensive for those days, but it was an Oldsmobile after all. :laughing:
As I read through Kenbo and Buggyman's first joint build of a Conestoga wagon ( http://www.woodworkingtalk.com/f13/kenbo-buggymans-1st-build-thread-42392/ ), I said to myself that it would be fun to make something like that. However, I did not want to simply copy them. I went looking for plans to build a stage coach and could not find any that the seller actually had in stock.
On one of the searches I made, Google offered up this bit from my own past. As you can see, it is part stage coach, part extreme hot rod, and for those who remember the band in the video, it was Paul Revere and the Raider's official show car!
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While I won't guarantee there will be any fancy Heptagons, or an extremely detailed chassis, I can tell you that in trying to recreate this I'll be putting myself to the test in ways I have never attempted before. So please accept my invitation to read along as I either succeed or fail right here on the pages of Woodworking Talk.
Perhaps we'll all learn something along the way.
Meanwhile enjoy this blast from my past....
If you happened to read my inquiry in another post located here:
http://www.woodworkingtalk.com/f2/build-not-build-54582/
Then you must be wondering what the heck this old man has brewing in that semi-brain dead mind of his. (for those who don't know, when a person suffers a stroke, a portion of their brain actually dies from lack of blood. I've had two strokes, so I am officially semi-brain dead)
As I mentioned in my hints, I spent my teen and young adult years during the muscle car era when it seemed like every other TV show, rock band, and teenager had some kind of car that just set your juices flowing. You could walk into any dealership and drive out with a 400 HP, ground shaking, 12 second, monster that was totally street legal and had a full new car factory warranty! Brand new, mine only cost me $8,000.00 with every option in the book which was expensive for those days, but it was an Oldsmobile after all. :laughing:
As I read through Kenbo and Buggyman's first joint build of a Conestoga wagon ( http://www.woodworkingtalk.com/f13/kenbo-buggymans-1st-build-thread-42392/ ), I said to myself that it would be fun to make something like that. However, I did not want to simply copy them. I went looking for plans to build a stage coach and could not find any that the seller actually had in stock.
On one of the searches I made, Google offered up this bit from my own past. As you can see, it is part stage coach, part extreme hot rod, and for those who remember the band in the video, it was Paul Revere and the Raider's official show car!
While I won't guarantee there will be any fancy Heptagons, or an extremely detailed chassis, I can tell you that in trying to recreate this I'll be putting myself to the test in ways I have never attempted before. So please accept my invitation to read along as I either succeed or fail right here on the pages of Woodworking Talk.
Perhaps we'll all learn something along the way.
Meanwhile enjoy this blast from my past....
