Back in the Buff

I’m back in Buffalo for two weeks of R&R. I got into town Monday around 7, unloaded the car, did a few minor things to set up then headed out the door for some socialization at a local watering hole where a friend tends bar. It was real nice to get out and chat with a few friends and meet some new people. It is really easy in the city to strike up conversation with the person next to you at a pub, not so much in NH. There aren’t even many bars where you can just go out to have a beer and chat. For the most part they are service bars for a restaurant and close an hour after the establishment serves it’s last dinner, which would mean they close very early. So it was a breath of fresh air to be out in the city to say the least. I got back to the house at 1:30, an early night by Buffalo standards!

Well before leaving NH I was able to get BlownTC back on the ground and outside for some spot sandblasting with a “mini blaster.” I also wanted to hit the body tub a bit more with the DS sander when I had room to move around. If you’ve seen the pictures you know what I mean! I wanted to clean up the edges and “wrap a rounds” before prepping for paint (the frame that is.) I want to get the frame touched up before I put the pedal box, shocks and master cylinder back in. Once that is done I guess it’s clean up the engine paint the body tub etc. For the most part the body tub is ready for body work and prep for painting.

Some pics of BlownTC

Yeaaaa! I got a comment!!! I was waiting for that customer to come by and take the last rides in the TF before it gets disassembled and put away for restoration, which should be fairly soon. The Jag140 is going home to NJ and getting finished there. That will open a spot for the TF frame to sit. It would be nice to have the frame sandblasted and painted before winter and ready for a rebuild to a rolling chassis. Which would mean a lot of other things would have to get done before the fall. (And me enjoying R&R!!!) HAH Well it shouldn’t be long before the 53TD heads out, I hope. Then I will be concentrating on just two cars, which I’m hoping will be a comfortable workload. We shall see…

Later