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ROAD TRIP ANYONE



I have seen this for sale in Colorado


And been thinking, buying it and getting it to Missouri to Dennis’s place.


Insuring and ownership on his name, and I then pay him for the insurance and become the named driver.


Should extend my road trip potential.


A Big Block chevy C30 dually under there, 41k miles done. And $1000.00 Colorado Dollars plus shipping to Missouri.


Opinions?


Agent Orange anyone.



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Specifications.

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Can you smell the dust and brown interior.

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Is there any mileage in this hare brained idea?

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That is so you!!!
I don't see any down side to this new not a project for you.
It would also fit in as part of your Redneck Express Fleet.
Go for it Rian.

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Thanks Vince,

It is a bit of me for sure.

And it’s a Chevy.

Never to be imported, but used across America.

For road trips.

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In other news…….

Bootfair was a touch sparse.

But.

Chicken for Craigs wife £2.00
Tiling hammer for Craig £1.50

4 pound weight £1.00
JD glass 50p
Bowls £1.00
Ceramic knobs £1.00
Body hammer £1.00
Pair of headlights £2.00 (for sale)

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Not much, home by 7.45 for breakfast.

Garage in a bit once yesterday on the Rezin Rockit is written up.

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Lots of yard work this time of year.

But tried out the side panels.

Looks like they will be good once bolted down.

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Plan with the heater pipes was to just do a straight and return system.

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Until the last screw on the matrix, along with its hollow clamp started to fight me.

After more than an hour of fighting it, destroying the Philips head screw, finding and cutting down a new one and still failing, I walked away.

One little screw.

Hopefully today when Nick is here, and I have a spare set of hands, to align the pipe, hold it in place and screw the screw in once the mini clamp is in place, I will be able to tick the heater off the master list.

Seriously.

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Between us, Nick and I were never 100% happy with the original position of the radiator and the cooling fan was a problem to fit.

So yesterday he dismantled the fan, its frame etc, and with some spacers, grinding and magic, got to move it all 25mm closer to the radiator, yet retaining the frame.

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Creating new brackets, welded onto the ARB mounting plates gave us enough space, and a new, horizontally mounted radiator that also benefits from maximum exposure.

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The original top mount brackets I made, have been modified and hold it in place, without any tension or torsion.

I will do some final weld up and tidying where the edit has happened.

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Looking a whole lot better from the front now.

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The radiator hoses all need replacing as the reroute and new position is different to the low, flat MX5 design.

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Coffee, then headed out.

Later.

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I like that with the Camper, it's great when there are opportunities for road trips, who doesn't dream of it. Good progress on Rezin Rockit

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So, did you get the camper van?
That thing is so cool... paint that brown stripe orange and grizzanize the interior. I will be in line for rental on road trips. Too cool.

Kim just said that, " National Lampoon's family vacationers were the Grizzwalds" how funny is that

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Harald, I have done a few road trips to the USA and have stayed at Clemdaddy and Kim’s home a few times, as well as other members on here.

My 2019 road trip is here.

https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread...g-dennis-kelly

Thanks, the RR is moving on.



Hey Clem, and Miss Kim, I have not yet bought the camper.

But, JB Matthews and Dennis are part of the game plan, and we need to approve and approach with caution.

But I am in love.

Can I park up in your Tuba Trucks carpark please :mm:





Well……..



Thoughts are brewing.



And someone was helping me, NOT.



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Sunday was a “slow” day.

Morning spent in the garden with some jobs that needed doing.

A lot of stuff still to do as plants do not stop growing just because I am having fun or not, in the garage.

Filling in the pie cuts in the top brackets, painting them, Hammerite painting a few grinds and welds on the chassis all takes time.

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Once bolted in (again) the wiring to the headlights, side lights laid out.

Radiator hoses in the new position are all being replaced with new, easy bents and straight runs.

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Another overdue job was to make up the final solid legs for the passenger seat, which is mounted slightly higher than my drivers side (long torso, short 29” legs)

Recessed, captive nuts and a foot to spread the load both ends.

The rear one in fact more of a reverse “C” to use the body mount, thus leaving space for the new roll bar mounting footplate to sit with sufficient space to work with once I get back to that and weld new mounting plates to the chassis.

Yup, still not done welding.

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So getting it in position and tacking the top and bottom plates in place meant an interesting technique to say the least.

But all good and done.

Nick was not happy with my welds and whisked it away when I went to make some coffee and added more weld to it 😁

I guess we both do this, checking and editing each others work at times to maximise things like strength and aesthetics on the build.

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Happy family.

Pic taken for a nosey lady friend in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Nick carried on with more small jobs, and there are a ton of them, fitting the correct tensile bolts to the steering shaft, checking brake lines, spacing the front grille, which will be getting another edit next weekend to allow easy fitting of the hood/bonnet.
Amazing how much stuff you end up doing 2,3,4,5 times.
Only a car builder will understand.

How many times has it been up and down, how many times have the wheels been on and off…….

Too many questions.

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Late day job as we ran out of jobs to do.

The CAD filler panel for the grille and radiator, both to deflect air over the radiator and to fill that ugly hole looking into the engine

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Light spray of black paint to blend it in a bit.

That works.

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And front view.

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Despite what seems an age, and it has taken some time, these jobs are all part of the bigger picture.

I need to get over to Car Builder Solutions this week to buy all the needed hoses, bends and connectors for the cooling system

Just need to find some time to get to it all.

Thanks for checking in and keeping a vigilant eye on us.

Thanks for all the comments and advice as well.

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Only too happy to help, and have my hand in your wallet….

P. :D

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MESSAGE SENT TO SELLER.

Hi Steve,

That orange G30 ‘76 Chevy camper you have.
Do you know much about it?
I need to drive it to St Louis, Missouri, or have it trailered if not at all safe to hit the road.
There are various ways of doing it.
BUT as you have warned me away before when I was interested, I would also be very happy to take your advice.
I usually come to the USA for three weeks every year and have access to all sorts of cars and trucks at Dennis Jones’ place in St Louis, but the idea of buying and driving something stupid like this, leaving it in the USA and then using it again the next year, does appeal.

We know these things are nearly 50 years old, so stuff can be very worn, old and unreliable, but some 50 year old cars are well kept and would be happy to just keep going.

So I guess asking your opinion or knowledge on this is what I need.

Thanks

Rian in London, England (well, Rochester, Kent really)

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Sat at a hospital (Princess Royal University Hospital) in a carpark for 70 minutes yesterday, waiting for a parking space to open.

None opened, so I drove around to a shopping centre and paid my £2.00 for two hours limited parking, (do not return for 4 hours or get a £100.00 fine)

Went in, did some work and left. Not ideal at all. In fact quite stressful, but hey…. We all have different problems.

Got home late as I made a couple of detours and all I did was walk down to the carport, found the original transmission tunnel carpet, saved to be used as a template as it is wedge shaped.

I need to order some automotive carpet and make up the carpets at some point.

Interestingly, we know there are no symmetrical lines to the body.

Case in point…… How the hell do you build a mould and actually manage to make the two tunnel sides so differently.

Making the new one will be interesting, but at least there is a template of sorts.

Ebay has a 3 meter by 1 meter roll of black carpeting for £25.00 delivered.

I think the buy it now option sounds good.


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@nickwheeler and I need to make our 3rd visit to Car Builder Solutions too, to go get the hoses, connectors nd bends for the cooling system.

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Progress…?

How do you define it when you are so close that things blur in your line of vision.

I guess the latest order off eBay is a bit of a refocus.

Still a ton of cosmetic and setting up things to do, and for anyone who has not done this sort of thing themselves, or judge progress by the money they pay others to do the work only to then show off “their build” it is never going to be easy to understand why the car was not started over Easter or last weekend, or last night.

Still, it will happen.

@nickwheeler are probably as tired of fitting and removing the wheels, axle stands, wiring loom etc as the onlookers.

Sally is a saint, putting up with it all, allowing me to go play most times I want.
Remember the Moonwalk some of you sponsored her so generously for?
That is on this weekend, and all I am contributing is to pick her up at the station on Sunday. Poor show from me.
A very good friend (whom I have never met in person) gave me a real wake up call yesterday, pointing out where my priorities should lie.
And he is right.

But in the mean time, progress I guess can be defined by ordering 3 meters of carpeting for the car.

Ohhhh, and buying £51.18 worth of Unleaded, that is 31 litres or thereabouts.

Optimism is good.

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Hope to get to Car Builders Solutions to get the radiator hoses and bends after work today.

Almost the weekend.

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FRIDAY 13th


BOOOOO…. !!


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Not that that is a problem in itself, but time is counting…..

Or something like that.

Hoses bought for the radiator and cooling system, £60.00

Fitting, priming, antifreeze etc, Weekend job.


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Mate @Craigrk is flying to India for work in two weeks time.

I asked him to look into alternative LED headlights for the Rezin Rockit for me while out there.

I can get these for around £80.00 each here in the UK.

BUT - Aliexpress who do not shop to the UK it seems (I am often wrong) will supply them for around £30.00 each in India.

Watch this space.

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Summer seems to finally be here.

Hedges need to be cut, lawn mowed etc, so a load of non car build jobs to be done.

Have a good day, it is Friday after all.

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Right.

So where were we in this build?

A never ending list of smaller jobs, all taking up time.

The floors on the body have a weird diagonal join in the front footwells and revised resin and matting which brought a 15mm height irregularity into play.

I had got a load of fiberglass matting and resin from a member on UKGSER last year with all intent to use it to create a level and stronger floor, but fiberglass is ambarsteward to work with and ultimately I decided to go for a plan B solution to the floor and position of the pedals.
So the fiberglass matting and resin is again up for grabs if someone can use it and wants to collect it. PM me please.

So yesterday morning I spoke to Mickey over the fence about some thick ply offcuts he may have, Failed, he had none, but knew where two 4x6 foot “used” sheets of 15mm ply was dumped at his sons home.

So we jumper in the S10 and headed off to go scavenge and collect them.

One was unused, rectangular and missing a 400mm strip the other must have done duty as a floor in a van, one side grubby, and a load of dried out paint on it, plus random cuts to it.

Some more loose bits came home too.

Love my Chevy, don’t use it enough but it is always ready to work.

Treasures, and free money again as they were headed to a skip. The better sheet was already stashed in the garage for future reference.

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So the usual CAD work commenced, keeping in mind the two sides are completely different.

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Then transferred to the ply that I had cleaned up of the paint with a grinder and flap disc.

Thanks @nickwheeler for photography duties.

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What the initial wood repaired and levelled, along with some brutal grinding down.

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Pedal view.

There is another complete sheet of cut to size ply covering all of this mess, with the carpeting attached, going in and that will be like a bung, holding the transmission tunnel carpet etc in place.

Bought a yoga mat this morning to use as padding/insulation as there was nothing waterproof that I have direct access to to fit to the ply and to absorb the wear of heels under the pedals.

All of this has added a good 20mm or so to the floor, making the pedals easy to reach and use.


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Foot rest to the left was cast in Oklahoma in 2019 on the road trip and has been waiting to be used on something interesting.

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More in a bit about the rest of yesterday’s expectations and actions for those awake enough to have read this far.

Later.

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@nickwheeler popped over yesterday afternoon and propped up with coffee proceeded to measure, mark and cut some pipes.

Ask him about the difference between 100mm and 165mm (😁 And no, he did not screw up)

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Most important bend…….

Negated the need for more 90’ bends and connectors.

Top of radiator to thermostat entrance, somewhat offset from each other on all planes, horizontal, vertical and diagonal.

Cut.

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Looking goooood.

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Air intake refitted.

Awesome !!!

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Bottom hose was a cinch.

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Ohhhhh and just to mention, Nick clocked all the clamps and left it looking way too tidy.

He demanded I paint the ally pipe black.

I think not.

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One of those random posts today.

As always, thanks for checking in and commenting.

I have not done anything like this for some time. Well, since my charity bicycle ride a few years ago that so many people supported. And that went beautifully because people literally donated what they could. From the coins in their cars to some amazingly generous and large donations that had me choking back real tears.

Sally is doing this Moon Walk from a point of real conviction and the least I can do for her is to spread the word.

If you feel this is not your circus, not your monkeys, it is quite OK.
But if you feel inclined to donate any amount to this worthy cause, please follow the link and donate.
Sharing the link, if you feel it may help spread the word is good too.
I can only thank you deeply on behalf of Sally and those who benefit from Breast Cancer research, male and female.


Click the link to see more and decide if this is a worthy cause to contribute to.

https://eur03.safelinks.protection.o...amp;reserved=0

Thanks again for any responses.



Remember the 24th January this year.


THANK YOU TO ALL WHO DONATED TO THIS WORTHY CAUSE.

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I believe it is still open for donations, any size would do.


Sally and Sal (Sally) have completed the full Moon Walk.

She reports that they are both knackered.

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AND THESE MEDALS ARE FOR EVERY ONE WHO PARTICIPATED.


THANK YOU AGAIN.


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Header tank has been a PITA for @nickwheeler and I.

Various options, from a Cripple Cock cider bottle to a home made, 3” exhaust pipe tank and a walk around the bootfair today all failed.

I was going to try UncleBob the hoarder to see if he had something interesting or random.

Most of my day was spent around Sally, and the crazy woman, despite no sleep and doing that 26 mile night walk, fetched Bonnie and came to play with her in my garden, you call that loyal beyond any shadow of a doubt, and that is to a dog she made a covenant with.

Eventually at 5.00 she went home to go crash and rest, so I went to the garage, only to get a call from @brachunky way up north on a farm, we spoke for an hour about our home town and what an 1150GS with 80k miles was worth.

After that I dug out this little tank in the hope it would work as a header tank.

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Then realised it was just not going to be right.

Planned position was drivers side inner wing.

Then I fetched the original MX5 unit, oddly shaped to fit into the tight space in the engine bay.

Everything back to front……

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Tried to figure out how to make it work.

Pulled out some compressor hose that @disasterbus dropped off here months ago.

Went round to Mickey to try find some small jubilee clamps, failed, then came home and robbed two from my 7 horn La Cucheracha air horn trumpets that Nick does not like.

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An hour later, some brackets made, painted, the front grille moved back, to allow the hood to close.

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And finished.

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I am pleased with that.

Looks good and another small job done.

Planned on some painting of the boards I did for the floor yesterday, but decided a mug of tea and a cheese sandwich sounded better.

Shop closed by 7.00pm.

Happy.

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A great action by your wife, you must be proud of her. Some small things can be big work

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A hectic day, including 2.5 hr national meeting in which I was mentioned twice for different things, both good.

Left early and saw this threatening signage, wonder why a road being resurfaced, needs CCTV

What a screwed up world this has become.

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Afterwards I needed a bit of random distraction.

So took the seats out, cleaned the inside of the car and masked off parts of the tub, then painted.

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Masked

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One side.

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Both sides.

Just looks tidier.

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I also painted all sides on the floor boards.

Just to help weather proof them a bit.

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And all done.

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Binned the sponge roller I had used and cleaned up my hands, pushed the Rockit back under the roof and shut shop.

Before I left, I noticed this nursery of new baby spiders.

I wonder how long average house or garden spiders do live.

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I prefer not to mess with them.

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Thank you Harald.

Sally is not my “wife” rather girlfriend, but after over 3 years we have been seeing each other it feels like that. Her home is 4km from mine and it works for us.





Sally to made it to £980.00 with a few late donations, so not a bad effort at all.

She took this week as annual leave, and her grandson has chicken pox, conveniently, so she had him for the day yeaterday.

He loved the medal, and commented on how heavy it is.

Kids, awesome little creatures.

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So it has turned out that there are a few people who really wanted to see Napalm Nellie as baptised by @pauly rolling down Route 66 and others looking for interesting cars, trucks and life in general in the 🇺🇸

A few screenshots from chats with Dennis and JB Math again confirmed that like @alistairk experienced, there are helpful people out there.

Needs to be read in sequence.

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Speaking with Dennis yesterday it turns out there is no title for the camper.

So I think this plan will be shelved.

And confirmed by JB Math as well.

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So for now, it seems Napalm Nellie has to be put to the side.

Something else will surely pop up.

Who knows.

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What a mishap with Sally, sorry.
For my Model A Registration Card was in New York requested so that it can be carried out legally, you do not want to run, yes, but a new title, the owner can still apply

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Absolutely love this green.


May be a good colour choice for the Rezin Rockit.


Seriously.

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Facebook never forgets.

9 years ago I went on a long distance ride through and around South Africa with my brother for my 50th birthday.

REPORT HERE: https://wilddog.net.za/threads/grizz...videos.106063/

An awesome trip, loads of places revisited from my youth and past.

This morning was 9 years since I went to look at the first house I designed and built in Simonstown, near Cape Town.

The builder did the columns it stood on and the shell, then I moved in and completed it.

Seems I have a bit of a masochistic streak in me for longer than I recall.

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At 07.30 this morning I was out, painting the two sections I made last night with more battle ship grey, textured floor paint.

Leaving it to dry all day.

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Result.

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Back home tonight After work I bordered all the edges of the tub in black, keep in mind, there are black carpets going in.

Should blend nicely.

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I also gave the rear floor sections a coat of black over the textured grey paint.

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Took Bonnie the crazy dog for a walk on her new 10 meter, 30 foot lead and saw the first Poppies of the season.

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So a bit boring tonight, but more jobs that have to happen by magic, taking up time along the way.

Thanks for checking in.

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I saw this and instantly heard young @nickwheeler grinding his teeth in disdain.

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They are horrible things.

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Bought some supplies on the way home.

Fresh Light Bulbs for the rear lights.

Impact glue for the carpeting.

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Marked out on the yoga mat.

Glue on both surfaces.

20 minute drying time, while I removed the masking tape from the body tub.

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Fits.

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And with the inserts in place.

Plus the padded kick panels in place.

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Waiting for Sally to come over to make some cheese and onion wraps in the grillerI sanded back the fiberglass filler that went on into the press stud holes months ago.

Rubbish stuff to flat back, but will need to be done before paint anyway.

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Last night I taxed UncleBob’s Bedford truck on an old J reg, Free Road tax of course.

He insisted on me sending a receipt and proof of completion.

So I put it in a frame for him.

Tonight Sally brought me the frame back, and in it a pic UncleBob had sent me.

I love the fact he was ready to bat it straight back at me.

Not clear, but a load of information in the pic.

Love it.


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Happy?

Yes.

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Sally sent a pic.

Bonnie the mad dog, loves water, and having had a couple of baths after being in mud or stinking after farm walks, now jumps in the bath herself and waits for a bath.

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She is a ray of supercharged sunshine.

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I keep looking at that white gelcoat and wondering why you haven't power buffed it to a shine?

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Very good question.

Time may be a factor.

And ability.

But it is a good call.

There is a fair amount of damage, cracks etc to it as it stands.

Plan was paint at some point, but maybe I should give it a go some time.

Would you suggest a compound like G3 on a mop?

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The nice thing about gel coat is that it's at least 5x thicker than paint so you can polish off the faded surface without fear of going too far. I'm no expert but there's some good youtube videos. A power buffer and some polishing compound is all you need. Finish with a good wax.

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Pics later.

But just to let you know, raining here all day.

But not under the carport during my “lunch break”

Giving a small bit with rust stains some quick hand action after some P180 wetordry in dry to get the rust away a bit.

If it works a mop may be employed.

More later

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Random update.

Mate Andy in Oklahoma is building a house fir a friend.

Well beyond 70, he has always got a ton of stuff going on.

Sent me an update yesterday.

This overlooks a river too.

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Have a good weekend.

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I keep saying the same stuff over and over again, but dayjob is a pita so I need to grab bits of time to do even the most arbitrary of jobs just to get away from it.

Yesterday was Teams meetings, strategy (I hate it) and admin tasks.

So my very late lunch/earlier weekend resulted in a whitewash. Hence the Billy Idol reference to bleaching.


Another flashback to what was delivered on 11th September 2020

Time flies.


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I had tried hand buffing some of the rust stains away with G3 compound.

Resulting in this.

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Not that impressed.

So maybe a machine mopping will help, also to remove some of the grinder dust that has rusted to the flat surfaces on the body over the last 6 months of working on it.

Typically, back to work, and then when I wrapped up for the week, I headed out and unpacked the car completely, sealed up exposed wiring looms and plugs etc.

The pulled out the bleach, a bucket of water and a washing cloth.

Big brush, bucket of bleach gel.

Ideally spray the body and apply gel over water, this allows activation and oxidation to get going.

Kills moulds that grow in the exposed fiberglass.

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Rinse.

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Dry, drill out drain holes for potential future puddles in the footwells.

Put away and go walk the dog for 3 miles.

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Looks a bit cleaner.

I think.

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Huge difference, now buffing and waxing and they need strong sunglass

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Harald,

Thank you.

I was talking with Mickey next door this morning, and actually, the plan was to paint it straight white 2 pack for one season, then next year go the crazy green, orange or whatever colour.

But if I buff the mix of gel coat and exposed, cracked fiberglass, do I not create more problems for the next job of painting.

Should I not leave it alone till paint time, and then add a bit more sanding to create a textured surface for the paint to hold onto?

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Another job I did late last night was to clearance the hood/bonnet to fit flush around the wiring loom grommets.

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And went for a 3 mile walk with Sally and Bonnie the dog……

Saw this road, down which we walked…… report in the Chevy S10 thread elsewhere. Or to followon other forums.

Maybe it is a sign.

Hell, I do hope so.

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Time to get this thing wrapped up, but we know there are loads of jobs.

Yes, they keep coming.

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Went for a 3 mile or 5km walk with Sally and the Dog Bonnie.

Walking down this road, I hoped it was a sign.

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WW2 pill box.

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Zooming on, on the Thames river banks.

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Weird patterns of death in the wheat fields.

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Sheep, should taste really good feeding on the salt marsh grass.

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Amazing stuff the tides bring in.

Just not easy to access, and a long walk to carry home.

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And the tide washed up a truck.

Tempted to carry it home…..

Sally just laughed and laughed.

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Back on the Rezin Rockit build today.

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Yesterday was one of those extremely rewarding days.

Very little to show for it.

But a big step forward toward getting the car safe and on the road.

Remember the 5 point racing harnesses Dennis sent me recently?

Time to break them out.

After all……

Safety.

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For all the zoooomers you can see the basic profile for the roll bar drawn on the blue card.

So the shoulder straps get bolted to the shoulder high cross bar.

Lap straps are bolted to the chassis through the transmission tunnel and on the seat where the original seatbelt locking cable used to sit.

Floor mounted crotch strap is again bolted to a cross brace.

With all of these points established, it was time for what turned into a big job, small evidence, but great outcome, like a 1 carat diamond engagement ring.

10mm steel plate that has been on standby for 12 years, retrieved and cleaned up.

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Big ass grinder fetched from the darkest corner of the garage, safety boots pulled on, new steel cutting blade attached.

Cardboard template copied onto the steel, hearing protection, glasses.

Footplates Cut.

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One Cleaned up.

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Pair of them.

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Then more measure, plan, cardboard, copy, cutting.

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Try for size

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Much drilling, bolting, visualisation

Paint can caps representing a large diameter roll bar welded onto the mounting plate.

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Next up, cut the heads off some bolts to leave decent studs.

Chamfer rears to ensure good contact and penetration of weld.

Weld into place, test roll bar mounting plate fit, grind back welds.

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Disassemble and set up in modern spray booth for paint.

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Paint, walk away, allow to dry, return, flip over paint and leave to dry.

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Very happy with this result.

Close shop at 6.15, pour a heavy gin and tonic in a pint glass, drink, go shower, pour another pint of mothers milk.

Relaxxxxxxx.


Then John the lodger got in around 7.30 and offered to buy us a take out Indian curry meal.

I was certainly not going to cook, offered to pay my way, he declined.


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Dinner was good.

Sleep was not.

Awake by 3,45 and out to a disappointing bootfair by 05.45

But managed to get 11 pairs of safety glasses for £10.00 and also some foam squares to glue to the inner scuttle/firewall 4 for £1.00

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Should work a treat.

Breakfast next.