Newb post :hattip:

Hello all, glad to be back in a true forum. After 4 years of the dreaded social media attempts to recreate a "forum like" group or page, ive had enough of the nonsense. Anyways, i come from the flatlands full of crop and cattle known as Nebraska.. Interests include automobiles of all sorts, metal fabrication and mostly other other things i usually cannot afford. Which is why i am here, as it seems a lot of creative thought and ingenuity gathers here with those who dont mind sharing their wealth of knowledge.. So i thank you all for that!

The name ShopSurfer comes from whats known as a couch surfer. Someone who sleeps on a friends couch until the day has come to venture onto the next friends couch. Only in my case, the couch is a buddys shop/storage or my current place of employment.

Cant say ive accomplished much in the aspect of making my own tools, but have always been intrigued and think its more than a "oh thats cool man" and I see it as something that I can truly respect someone for.

To shorten this up, ive had this Mustang and in the beginning of that chapter i had the help of some friends willing to teach me and show me the ins and outs of wrenching a roller car into something more. 1st goal being running driving car, 2nd goal was to go 10s. After that i wanted to take on the next phase of the build as much as i could setting my 3rd goal, 9.99 or faster. Crushed the goal running a 9.165 @148mph. SInce then, a few years of this neglected money pit here i am thinking its time for a new project... Time to create and create with the help of some homemade tools :beer:

For those interested: 1992 Mustang LX. Currently stock short block 4.8 LS w/ Borg Warner S475 turbo running E85.. TH400 Trans

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Hi ShopSurfer - welcome to HomemadeTools.net :welcome:

Looks like you'll fit in well here. Here's a good link for homemade automotive tools: Homemade Automotive Tools - HomemadeTools.net

Thanks again Jon, ill do my best to contribute to the forum.. Should have one or two uploaded by the end of the day. Til then.... :beer: PEACE, LOVE & OREO COOKIES