Just bought a "barn-find" CMC kit

This car is coming along great. The paint looks amazing and I like the swap to wide five wheels; looks very correct. Very impressed with the carpet work too. Sweet.

Thanks! It looks like I’m going to learn how to sew next!

Fantastic build 

Great skills and execution!

No, I’m not into leather pants! I’m working on my car!

This is something that I have always wanted to try.  Can you give us some details?  What kind of machine?  Anything special...needle, thread, etc.?  What material are you using?  

Hmmm

this was an embarrassingly cheap and simple project. I borrowed my daughter’s beginner Singer sewing machine, bought needles and thread recommended for vinyl or thin leather, and used fake leather vinyl recommended on this forum. It took some practice runs, but it was certainly doable. I will attach pics when I get the pieces in the car.

The best machines for home leather work are singer machines from the 60”. Or 70’s

they have full metal gears not plastic and can sew leather with ease not big leathers jackets with a lot of layers 

I have bought one and sew canvas and leather all the time there are sewing machine mechanics out there too

built like tanks

forums exist in these machines 

Dash pads and sewing almost done...

Car is looking fantastic. Wonderful job!

Looks great ! Always interesting to see how other owners address installing things. Seat beats on the tub wall sides anchored to  ?

This is coming along so nicely!  Good work all around.

https://www.speedsterowners.co...6#640131236795713236

I welded in a set of brackets; a lower one for the tension roller and the upper one is for the shoulder harness

DIY Steering wheel assembled and installed.

That's pretty damn good!

Bad drama the day before my inspection....

I (remotely) went through the Florida DMV and they would only register my CMC as a 2020 "assembled from parts" vehicle. Fine. I got insurance from Hagerty along with a temporary license plate that allowed me to drive the fifty miles to the required DMV inspection for parts-cars. The afternoon before my appointment was the first time I was legal to test drive on real roads and open up my car. After about 10 minutes, the exhaust was smoking like Thunderbird Lead! My heart sank with thoughts of bad piston rings, cylinder damage and valve guide replacement. The inspection appointment was cancelled in despair.

The car restoration guys near my warehouse looked at the smoke and said it was a carb problem, and they were right. Apparently the fuel in my Weber 34 ICT carburetors boiled and I ended up running rich with a bunch of gas in my oil. I opened the carbs up and there was a crusty residue that looked like a bad bathtub ring. I cleaned them out and checked the float levels very carefully, but he car still smoked. I checked the valves and timing, but it was the oil change that stopped the smoke. 

I will now install insulation gaskets under the carbs if there is room, and check for overheating on my next test run. The oil temp gauge shows I'm fine, but it may not be accurate. Time will tell....

So tell me more about the 3D printed turn signal housing. It looks like a modified 68 bus unit. Is that the case? I am working on a column for a build I am on now and bought a standard 68 bus unit but it does need to be machines to work with the bug column. 

I’m going for the 356 b/c look so I changed out the little black knob with one from an early 911 which is similar. 

RE: smoking.

My money is on fuel pressure way too high, overwhelming the float valves in the carbs.

Check the fuel pressure, with a vacuum/pressure gauge, engine running at high and low rpm.

If that isn't it, you could also have a bad fuel pump dumping gas into your oil........