San Diego newbie :)

[Jacksdad]

Just arrived and managed to cause a stir already
Looks like RRR is every bit as good as it's reputation, and I very much appreciate all the welcomes I got since I joined. Born in the UK, and moved to the States 20 years ago, settling in SoCal. Been a gearhead since birth thanks to my Dad, and now I'm passing it on to my 10 year old so he can spend the rest of his life busting knuckles for a good cause. His mig welding is already pretty impressive.
Just got out of a place where we forbidden to work on anything, so all our projects have unfortunately been on hold for way too long. Good news is the new place has a nice big garage, thick (soundproof) walls, and a washer/dryer outlet that'll let me use my tig. Some shop lights, a fresh coat of white paint on the walls, shelves/cabinets for my tools, a workbench, and now we're good to go. First priority is to free up some space, so a transmission for my '67 Charger will let us start using her again. My kid and I have talked about building a rod/rat rod for a while, and now we have somewhere to work. Hey, we've started to build him a mini dwarf racing truck based on a '38 Austin American - does that count?

 

[GJunktionMike]

Welcome to RRR

If it has wheels, you got pics, it counts[P

 

[skull]

dwarf

yep, the dwarf is cool

l made mine street legal, but due to health problems, had to sell it.

Later

 

[Bonehead]

Hey, aren't you that trouble maker I heard about?
Welcome to the site.

 

[Sam_Fear]

RRR has a reputation?!

 

[Jacksdad]

Yep, that's me
Cool dwarf car. A street legal one must be fun - those things come out of the corners on a dirt track like a rocket, even with less than ideal traction. On tarmac, they must be a blast. Since my kid and I have been going to our local track, I've been considering picking one up and doing a bit of racing myself.
My kid's mini dwarf will have the single cylinder clone motor, and should give him a feel for the track and get him ready for a faster class - maybe junior sprints. I'll post a pic of the chassis if I can find it. Now he's started hinting that I should build him a junior dragster too...

 

[Jacksdad]

RRR has a reputation?!

Better than mine, apparently...

 

[T DRIVER]

welcome

Enjoy the site with the rest of us [cl

 

[Jacksdad]

Enjoy the site with the rest of us [cl

Thanks - much appreciated

Skull - found the pic of my kid's chassis. When we get the sheetmetal on it, it'll be based on a late 30s American Austin truck. My son wants to name it the "Lil Red Rooster" after his late Grandpa's '32 Austin Bantam Altered. It'll have the same red and white paint job too (I'm using my Dad's car as my avatar).
Thankfully it'll get sheetmetal. I'm old school and this was my first attempt at mig welding small diameter tubing, and it was a sobering experience to find that many hundreds of hours of gas welding doesn't really prepare you for it. On the plus side, the pretty weld/bird poop ratio improved fast enough that I didn't give up and drag out the oxyacetylene and distort the heck out of it.
Now you've done it - he wants to make his mini dwarf street legal.

 

[skull]

dwarf on the street

Jacksdad'' Now you've done it - he wants to make his street legal.''


just doin' my part to corrupt the youth of america [ddev

Later

 

[skull]

build

can you do a build thread on the dwarf truck?

Later

 

[Jacksdad]

can you do a build thread on the dwarf truck?

Absolutely. It'll go some way toward justifying filling up the memory card in the wife's camera with hundreds of pictures of the chassis at various stages.

 

[hotrod preacher]

welcome to the site[cl

 

[Jacksdad]

Thank you