New Light Fixtures and Air Hose Reel
Today, I stopped at Wal-Mart and Home Depot to buy a light fixture for my work bench, a fluorescent light assembly for the ceiling, nuts and bolts to mount the air hose reel, and other small things. While at Home Depot, I spent some time on the phone with my uncle discussing my progress and asking a few questions. He made a few suggestions about books, tools, and products I should buy, to make my restoration project a lot easier.
I mounted the reel on the wall above the air compressor while my brother-in-law installed the light over my bench. I have a feeling that tomorrow, the reel and hose will be laying on the floor. Although the reel is securely connected to the two by four with the nuts and bolts that I bought, I don't think the two by four is secured to the garage wall. I think I may need to screw it into the wall instead of nailing it.
I also installed the fluorescent light above the engine compartment. I first moved the existing light back one ceiling joist, and installed the new one, two joists in front of it. Hopefully, I can get some work done on the car tomorrow. I think I might take the front bumper off to get at the front passenger-side frame—or at least try to take it of.
June 17th, 2009 - 14:39
ooohhhh now i see what you mean by a wheel….
nice work too! hope it really doesnt fall off the wall tho..
June 17th, 2009 - 20:22
i bought a pos old 70s motorcycle last month and the amount of money that goes into buying accessories seem to trump the cost of parts that go into fixing the project. At least they will last a long time.
Keep up the good work man.