CaseySays

***SOLD!***

Well, I’ve been sitting on this Model A project for four years now and haven’t had the ambition to start on it, so I think it is time to move on to something else.

I have listed it on the HAMB, FordBarn, and Craigslist.   I’m asking $700 $650 or trade for a ’49-54 Chevy Coupe.  Feel free to Contact Me if interested.

Here is a copy of the listing:

Selling off my Model A more door project; I believe it is a 1930 Murray. I’d like to sell it all in one lot, but if no one is interested I will part it out. It is titled as a 2010 Homemade Ford Model A 4 door (ID number is stamped into the frame rail). ID number was assigned by the state of ND.

$700  $650 OR BEST OFFER, cash. I would consider a trade for a ‘49-54 Chevy Coupe. Local pickup only. The parts are located 40 miles Northwest of Fargo, ND, near Erie, ND.

I’ll post the couple pics I have on my computer and will try to get some more up shortly.

Here is what I got:

- Cowl w/ visor– a little rust-through on the sides

- Header panel – a few spots of rust-through

- Rear Section – some rust-through on the wheel wells

- Drivers-side roof panel (above the doors)

- Front doors – drivers and passengers, some rust-through on the bottoms, drivers-side is a little dented up (see pics)

- Rear doors – 3 drivers and 1 passengers

- A couple sets of hinges (in addition to what is currently on the doors/cowl/rear section)

- 2 sets of B pillars

- Frame rails and rear cross member – frame rails are pretty beat up, but still useable. The rear cross member is probably junk. Lots of cracks and farmer welds

Need a contractor in the Fargo-Moorhead area?  Contact Cody over at Concept Construction & Design!  www.fargoconcept.com

I just completed this web site for him, I did the site design, site setup, custom widgets, and custom plug-ins.

Need a website or blog?  Shoot me a message.  I am looking for a couple freelance clients.  My resume and portfolio can be found at www.initzerodesign.com.

It’s been a while since I worked on the Model A.  I’ve been spending a lot of time getting my house up on the market.  I also relocated to the great North of Minnesota. I’m actually 10 miles from Canada.  Last September (2010), was the last time I did some work on the old girl.  I stripped all the parts I wasn’t going to use off the chassis.  I traded the parts for some rear doors and some other sheet metal parts.  Unfortunately, I ended up with two left doors (rear), but I found a couple from a guy in Duluth.  So now I have three left doors and one right.

As you can see from the gallery images, I 86′ed the rims, rear end (hubs, breaks, suspension, torque tube, etc), break levers, center cross member, spindles, steering arms, front hubs, front breaks, fender supports, and other misc brackets.  I will be reusing the I beam, wish bone (will become split bones), and front spring.

I’m excited to get back into the project.  Now I just need a house with a usable garage…

Check out the site I did for a couple of my buddies’ band Go Murphy,  www.gomurphymusic.com.  I did the site design, site setup, custom widgets, and custom plug-ins.  There are still a couple loose ends, but the site is live and rockin’.

Need a website or blog?  Shoot me a message.  I am looking for a couple freelance clients.  My resume and portfolio can be found at www.initzerodesign.com.

Ever had the male end of a RCA cable break off into a female jack? Here is how I got one out:

Tools needed:

• Pliers (I used a needle nose)
• Sewing needle (the Manuel ones with the eye loop at the end)
• A lighter, matches, flame thrower…something that makes a flame

What to do:

1. Unplug your electronic device.
2. Grab the needle with the pliers. Make sure the eye loop is facing down.
3. Heat the eye of the needle till she is glowing red.  MAKE SURE YOU HOLD THE NEEDLE WITH THE PLIERS!  If not you will burn your fingers.
4. CAREFULLY push the eye of needle into the back of the broken RCA plug.  The core of most RCA plugs are plastic, so the needle will melt its way into the plug.   Be careful not to press too hard and not to stick the needle to the wall of the female RCA jack.
5. Wait a min for the needle to cool  and the plastic to harden up.
6. Gently pull the plug out.  If the plug is all the way in there, you may need to wiggle it a little bit to get to come out.

Please note:  I am not responsible for any self-inflicted injuries or damage you may cause to your electronics.

Well boys and girls, it is that time of year again!  Norski Days!!  Check it out!

Here is the updated events map: http://bit.ly/hfekIR

Hope to see you out there!

Norski Days 2011 Poster

After 3 years of trying, I finally got my first Woot Bag of Crap.  This BoC was purchased on the 9/22/2010 Wootoff and it just arrived today.  Here is what was inside my 13.2 lb BoC:

• 6 Jumble Calendar Game 2010 Calendars
• 1 Woot Leopard Print Screaming Monkey
• 1 Woman’s “Unstill Life” T-Shirt
• 3 Slim CD Cases. One had a copy of the Catch Me If You Can DVD Cover, One had a copy of the Frida DVD Cover, the third had nothing. None of them had DVD/CDs in them
• 1 Acer Netbook Accessory Kit – Netbook Case, External DVD-RW, Wireless Mouse
• 2 ACDelco Plug-2-Go Jumper Cables
• 3 Gold’s Gym Fitness Totes

Hey everyone,

I just posted my old Canon FD setup on Craigslist. If I don’t get any hits, I will put it on eBay. Send me a note if you would like more info.

http://fargo.craigslist.org/pho/1944185502.html

I’ve been using 1and1 hosting for a couple years and love them! I’m on a shared hosting plan and when I first uploaded my PHP Files I noticed that it was running PHP 4 by default.  So after a little digging I discovered that I had to enable PHP 5 via a .htaccess file.   The following steps is what you need to do to enable PHP 5.

1. Create a .htaccess file in your favorite text editor, or if you already have .htaccess file in your site’s root directory open it in your text editor.

2. Copy and Paste this line of code below into your .htaccess file:

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php

3. Save the file and upload it into your site’s root directory.

4. Test out the changes by uploading a phpinfo file. The info page should have a PHP 5 flavor listed as it’s version.

WTF is a phpinfo page?  Glad you asked.  It is a php file with the phpinfo() function in it. Here is an example of a phpinfo file:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

After uploading, you can hit the page and see all the PHP packages installed on your server and their settings.  Make sure to delete this file when you’re done!  If you leave it up there and someone stumbles across it, they will have all your servers information and that could make hacking your server relatively easy.

Not much is new on the Model A project. I picked up a nine inch Ford rear-end form a friend, and my dad hooked me up with a ’33/34 steering box. I also threw a picture of my engine in the gallery, it is a 283 Chevy that I got for free from my neighbor.

New plans!  I have decided to build a fenderless four door.  I am working on trading some of the parts off my chassis for the rear doors and maybe some other parts.  My goal is to have the chassis done this year. That will include boxing, kicking up the rear, adding a four-link rear-end setup, mounting the engine/tranny, and finally refreshing the front-end.

Check out the pics.