Getting back to work on my Ghia!

Getting back to work on my Ghia!

A month and a half ago, I quit my job. It sucked, and I had to get out of there, and I was in a situation that I could afford to do it.

I could afford to quit, but not much else until I found a new job.

So last week, I finally started a new job. I’m a sales assistant for a local tool company (which means I get a really steep discount on them :-), and I’m getting payed a lot more than I was at my last job, and it’s closer to where I want to move to by the end of summer. But best of all, I can afford to by Ghia parts again.

A week and a half ago I got a message from Clint. He had a new job at my favorite Ghia house, and he and the boss were coming up for the OSGTG: did I need anything? Hell yea, but, no job = no money.

Two days later, I got the job, so I pm-ed him and put in my order. I got all the floor pans I needed, and the outer rockers. All the big pieces that I will need for a while. (Once I get to work on the body, I’ll need some more pieces, but that will be a bit yet.) So when I got to the GTG, Mike was sitting there with my pile of parts. No shipping, and good thick sheet metal. I’m going to be a happy welder here in a couple weeks. I hung out at the GTG for a while, but I don’t really know anyone there, and I needed a beer, so I went home and got to work on my rotisserie. I had started a couple weeks ago with a bracket that went across the rear arch, but I’ve decided on a much simpler approach like this post so I started cutting steel for a bracket.

My chop saw is okay for making straight cuts, but as soon as you start cutting angles, they start going off kilter. Sill, it went together pretty well, and my welding is getting a lot better. I’ve gone through a lot of welding rod though, so I’ll have to pick some more up soon. I hope to have the body up on it by next weekend.

There will be tubing welding on top of these stands, wheels on the bottoms, and a bar connecting the two. The mounts on the body with have tubes with a smaller inner diameter to fit into the tubes on the stands.

Not really nice, but not too shabby at all.

I good welder really helps (TIG baby!)

Here’s the other thing that sidetracked me over the last month. I got two CB400F Supersports for free. They will make one sweet cafe racer 😉