New project! The "Red Herring"

[7dee2]

Hate to see Merle go but wow the new truck looks pretty clean sir!

[JJorgensen52]

Originally Posted by 7dee2

Hate to see Merle go but wow the new truck looks pretty clean sir!

Thanks! Lot of miles but a spotless southern truck underneath. It will be sad to send Merle on to a new home, but I can't save them all



I've been thinking and pondering a bit on my fuel fill, after looking at the piece of pipe installed in the frame, I think I may not box the inside of the rail there, but use a doubler plate on the outside instead. A little more fab work for me, but I think it will be cleaner, just as strong, and it won't restrict my access to various bolts and wiring running through that area.

[JJorgensen52]

Well, life happened. I'm transferring at work and that also means moving:


Only about 50 miles away from where I am now, but unfortunately the new place doesn't have a shop (yet ). So sadly, that means Red is going into storage for a bit.


But, this is the first time Red has been on all fours more or less fully assembled, and I took the opportunity to snap a few "stance shots" - I am quite happy with the way things are working out!





I'm already antsy to be working on it, so hopefully it won't be too long before I can get some shop space set up and go right back to wrenching!