HOT RODS FOR SALE  June 2025 These cars are currently in storage and maintained for the last 5 years. All run & drive   if interested E mail me at austinpeakrd@gmail.com

 I have sold the 41 Cadillac and the Hudson project cars & needed a new project & decided on a stained glass window for the Caboose.    I start with a picture or an idea in this case it was a picture on a puzzle I have that is just half of the running woman. The sketch or drawing on the left is close to the size and look that I wanted with the rest of her body drawn in, the center is the actual size of the window and the right is the pattern paper that will be glued to the glass. Carbon paper is used to transfer the sketch to the drawing and pattern paper.   I made up a table out of plywood and attached it to a roll-a-round cart then laid out the glass size on it, and attached the 1X11/2 frame to it that is the size of the glass & zinc (less the oak frame) then put the drawing in it.   The pattern paper was cut to size and the 1/2" U Zinc Cane cut to size and laid in at the perimeter of the glass.  The pattern's for the glass were cut out using ...

I found a 1964 1\2 Mustang for sale on Craigslist at a reasonable price and decided to go to Lake Havasu to take a look. It turned out to be complete and in good condition, with no rust, for a good restoration car. The VN showed that it was made on April 14 1964 and is #13,223 made out of 92,705 made. This one came with a 3 speed manual transmission but somewhere along its life it got changed out for a automatic, the clutch peddle is still in the car.  The hood received some damage during it's move from L. A. area to Lake Havasu  Do not know why some parts ars in prime but it has no rust that I have found.  56260 show on the odometer  Interior is in good usable condition  Trunk is clean with no rust & has some spare parts.  The rear fender was hit and a poor repair job done on it.  The car had been stored for several years and was not running. The interior is in good condition and the body is fairly strai...

With the front end of the 41 Cadillac bolted together it was time for the hood.   All of the hood trim brackets and screws were put into the bead blaster to remover the rust.  The side vent grills and top center hood chrome (with the "Flying Goddess") were cleaned up and the rusted screws were drilled out and holes rethreaded. The hood ornament is also the hood latch/opener.  The hood brace was assembled & installed with the hood opening springs. I used the overhead hoist & straps, to get the right angle that matched the support brace, to move the very heavy hood into place and installed.  The support bolt holes are slotted the allow adjustments to be made, however the hood still has to go back another 1/2"  With the hood on I could not see over it when I sat in the drivers seat & determined that the seat should be raised 4". The front of the seat goes into slots and the rear is bolted down. 4" heavy boxed tubing was cut 4 ...