#14 - Merry Christmas

I just wanted to wish everyone a great holiday and be safe.

#13 - Just trucking makes Kyle a dull boy...

Shame on me for not having made any posts in a while. My camera bit the dust, and I know everyone just looks at the pictures anyway. But this isn't Playboy and and your excuse that you only get it for the articles doesn't work here.
It seems that the Nikon finally got wet one too many times and I upgraded to a Sony DSC-70. These pics aren't the 7 mega pixels or I would have been here for a week just uploading. I haven't played with it yet , just got it last night.
Today started out so nice that I put the ole kayak in and paddled the mile and a half to my honey hole. Limited out by 11:00 and back by lunch. Caught a limit of trout up to 25"and one red. Sure felt nice. I cant wait to get the truck finished and spend some more time in the bay. I have planned on putting a cool kayak rack on the truck, it is going to be my designated vehicle. I have put about 300 hours in it so far, mainly from July. My friends think Im possesed, but I am like most men and have a habit of not finishing projects. This is a big one. I am scared to death of 'taking a break' and never getting started again. I am determined to see this through.
I am hoping to have all the mechanical end of things complete by the end of the year. That includes getting the beast running. I have finished everything on the engine. I ordered and installed the stainless steel fuel and brakes lines and some of them were not correct. So I am waiting on the replacement ones. They asked me to send then my old ones so they could make the correction to their templates.

You can see here that they fit quite nicely. In the background you can make the gas tank out. I had taken it to a radiator shop and had it boiled and then I used a 3 part process by POR and epoxy coated the inside and out. I think it will last another 50 years now.







I had the exhaust manifold ceramic coated by a friend and it should never turn rusty and stay looking like new. Today after fishing, I finished painting with epoxy primer and urethane final painted the air cleaner, clutch and brake assembly, horn and steering wheel.















I have been thinking about the body and the next 4 months worth of work. I almost said 'hey lets put the old body on and drive it for a while', yeah right, 10 years later I would finish. Worse comes to worse I will put a 5 gallon bucket on her and use it for a seat and make a few laps around the block, any one up for a ride......