Recent content by remwines

You are right, I have a mill so it wouldn't be hard. Just something else to do. I did check out the price of Yost pipe jaws...... I will be making them myself and quench harden them.

I sure you are right about the red. Black makes it easy for my vise.

I measured the one remaining pipe jaw, the slot for the front is much bigger. Will give Yost a look. Your 34 still has some red paint. Wonder if it they came that way. Mine has no evidence of paint, just use and abuse.

I set up a facebook account when it was a new thing, but resisted ever using it. Get emails telling me about people leaving me messages and so on. Guess I'm going to have to get into it. I'll try to find the page regarding vises. Thanks for the info.

Thank you. Looking forward to tapping in on the knowledge and experience as we go through this project. The first picture is the '67 before we disassemble it. The others are of the '69 tub we just disassembled and going to teach the kid something about welding and bodywork. Lots of drilled...

I tried to find info on the little Piramiit. Not much out there, but from I have seen they come up for sale every few years. There is one for sale on eBay for $699. A few years ago one sold for nearly $900 on a collector's auction site, but it was like new and in it's original box. I put mine up...

I have a few old vises, But they are still in use. This old Reed No. 34, built sometime in the '30's is on my welding bench. It came with my dad's Richfield service station he bought in 1953 after service in the Korean War. I grew up in that station and have been beating on that vise since I was...

Hello everyone. I bought a 1967 FJ 40 two years ago as a father/son project for my now 19 year old son, Liam. It had already been a father/son project in the early 1990's when they replaced the original warn out engine with a carbureted 350 Chevy. They also installed a 1976 LC 4spd trans and...