Hello everyone,
I managed to get all the hubs sand blasted and painted up. This time i used Duplicilor, more of an automotive type paint. I’m hoping it’ll be a little more scratch resistance. I put on two coats of primer, three coats of color and two coats of clear. It doesn’t look like powder coating but ot turned out pretty good. I have to wait 7 days for a proper cure, so hopefully next week i can start trying to lace up the hubs.
Well, i think thats all for now.
Talk to you soon,
TVI
I’m sorry, I kind of dropped out of sight for a little bit after my health crisis last August. Just to let you know, I just had my last stress test and everything is good. I’m doing a little exercise regiment and a new diet and I’m hoping to go for a few more years! Woohoo!!
I am finally going to do what I actually started this blog to do, and that is finish the Harley! Yes, believe it or not.
So, I’m progressing slowly( as always!), but I’ve got some things accomplished and some more things in the works. Firstly, I managed to get all four of the rims powder coated. 
I’ve got four sets of stainless steel spokes and I’m going to lace up the wheels myself because I can’t find anyone in a one hundred mile radius that still does them!
Next, I’ve pulled out all the engine pieces and I found a guy that builds Harley engines and does all the machining, here pretty close. Just got off the phone with him and he says bring him up the parts and he’ll start checking everything over and do the machining .
Hello everyone,
Had a telephone meeting with the surgeon today and all is full steam ahead! Whew, glad that’s behind us.
Picked up the new stereo last weekend and got it all hooked up and functioning again, tunes and surround sound for movies, woohoo, living high on the hog!!
The last few days we went over to Shipshewana and saw Steve Miller, he was very good. I had forgotten how many songs he had that we knew.
Even bought me a cool tshirt! We spent an extra day farting around by the big flea market over there and then came home today.
The old grind pretty much starts tomorrow, I have to mow the grass and start spraying the weeds and stuff. Next week I’ll go back to my little job and then start back on the gator project as well.
I did order a new high definition tv antennae. We switched over to Star Link for internet and got rid of Dish for our tv provider and I need something so we can watch football. The antenna should be here in the next few days, I’ll get my son to go up the ladder for me and that should be that, hopefully.
Well, I think that’s all for now, talk to you soon,
TVI
Hello everyone,
Well, I managed to get through stent surgery with flying colors! Had to spend one night in the hospital ( not so fun!). Came home yesterday with instructions to change my diet and start exercising. So, that pretty much starts today.
The surround sound stereo I had out in the shop gave up the ghost a couple of months ago. I had bought it a few years ago from one of my youngest sons buddies for I think $100. It worked pretty well for a shop. So this time I purchased or, am going to purchase, a much newer model by the same manufacturer. It’s a little more powerful, still a 7.1 surround , but has Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity. I’m supposed to meet the guy who has it this morning at 9, in a town a few minutes north of me.
After that maybe I’ll start walking a little bit and start to get my sea legs back under me. I’ve never been an excercise guy so this will be a new kind of experience. I’ve always worked hard just not excercised.
Hopefully that’ll speed up the recovery and get my life back to normal, or at least to some semblance of normal. The last few weeks have been pretty eye opening and a little scary. I had no idea I was that plugged up! Just a few weeks ago we were putting up that swimming pool!
Well, I think that’s all for now, talk to you soon,
TVI
Hello everyone,
I’m still not allowed to do much yet. I’m scheduled to have stents put in on Friday. Hopefully that will help my mental heath as well. I’m not really sure how far I can go doing a few things, so I’ve been very cautious, and I’m getting quite bored! Never thought I’d say that, but, there it is!!
Well, I think that’s all for now.
Talk to you soon,
TVI
Hello everyone,
The last couple of weeks I had some medical tests ran and they’ve shown I have some blockage around my heart. Apparently quite a bit. I’m going to the doctor tomorrow to discuss the options and see where I go from there.
I’ve been told I have no damage in the heart muscle so I have a good chance of recovery whether it’s stents or bypass surgery.
My wife and I are not real “medical “ field followers so we’re into uncharted territory. We’ve been natural practitioners for most of the 40 years we’ve been married. I guess we’ll see where this part of our journey leads us.
As far as my projects go, they’ve ground to a halt as I’m not supposed to do anything for the time being including going to concerts. That really sucks!
I’ll keep you as informed as I am as this thing progresses.
Talk to you soon,
TVI
Hello everyone,
Finally pretty done with the pool project, so I started on the old Gator project. Got the old engine out and the new one just setting in the frame.
I also have the pump and cylinder set in the approximate locations.
Progress will be slow, but hopefully steady.
Well, I think that’s all for now.
Talk to you soon,
TVI
