I drove the Austin around for a hour or so after finishing today's chores and it felt pretty comfy to me. Must be cooler down your way?

 

Thanks Vall. I'm not sure how I'm gonna mount mine. I did get some aluminum angle the other day. I'll have to play with it a bit.

 

If I had a spool gun for my Miller I would have used aluminum angle instead of steel. Just not sure I'd weld enough aluminum to justify a spool's cost, plus the tank of gas to run it.

 

ice everywhere. getting insurance on the camaro finally. gonna be my DD for the few days i gota drive some. looking forward to it. but in all the ice and and cold weather she is turn key with that manual choke.

 

We're supposed to get snow tomorrow afternoon, then freezing rain Wed. morning! I'm moving the Austin to my neighbor's 4 car garage today (next to his 48 Austin) so we can both work on our interiors in the heated garage! Good heat will really be nice!

 

LOL Its been in the teens here during the day and 0ish at night. i went and borrowed my dads plow truck the Friday night. Wanna talk about cold. The truck has the worst heater ever. I was shivering so bad when I got done I had to jump in the shower to get warm.

 

dont you hate that cold that requires a shower to get warm... uhg. where trying to cut on electric bill right now so no heater in the house..... 54 degrees inside the house... 35 degrees outside the house. im curled up infront of a dish heater.

 

Its -20 celsius here, which is -4 fahrenheit

 

Really nice weather today! Cold, but the sun was out and I worked in the driveway until later when it was in the shade and it got colder quickly!
I got my backseat areas done today. The lower flat surfaces I did black carpet, and the trunk diver and package shelf I covered with black naugahyde. Also got all the side panels and door panels cut out.
Tomorrow I'll do a little sanding to clean up the panels, check fit, and then get the glue out and start gluing the naugahyde on all the panels.
Took the Austin out on the freeway for the first time today. I was a little hesitant to say the least, but it ran right up to 65 as smooth as could be. The high gears and nearly 30" tall tires put the engine at around 2200 rpm's at 65. Handled really well, and I had a big smile all the way home from the parts house.
Funny thing happened at the parts house. Some guy and his wife pulled in with a early 60's Chevy truck. He came over as I was leaving and asked me how much I had shortened the car from factory? I'm not sure he really believed me when I told him the body was stock length and width! He said it looked like I'd taken a couple feet out of the body and frame.

 

Vall,
awesome that the austin is driveable now bet you get alot of looks driving it. a real blast from the past. i think the weather isn't going to be as bad as they thought.. what a surprise lol
what are you going to build after you finish the austin?