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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    this kind of wraps up this installment

    best of all, it is solid

    and a posterity picture

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    Without stirring the pot too much - I need to point something out. Any of my builds, I get bored pretty easily, so I need to muscle through the doldrums of the build... usually that's the 2nd day of disassembly until I paint the frame. Anything between those two points can be the death of a project. Once I get the frame painted, somehow it trips a mental switch that keeps me working on it for another 3 years..... the only other 'thing' is it must be drivable in 2 years... outside of those two things - I sometimes short cut so I keep the time frame. The box I just completed and the tire carrier are two such things - I tempenanteded them knowing to circle back wouldn't be too terrible. I bring this up because it works for me - and perhaps it can work for you too.....
    Anyway, carrying on
    Narrowing in on marking this 'done' the latch



    spare fuel


    still have no idea where the plate is going


    paint



    there is still question about the traction mats - I'm thinking of buying a snowboard/ski rack then adapting.... also, if moving happens, I'll be using this as my ski vehicle

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    Metric tires for a 4x4.. well I never heard of such a thing... I really need to cut back on the Vice Grip Garage - Derek talks like my grandpa did (he was from Minnersota as well)... and I'd mimic him... this is not good. ah well....

    But they were $100 less than bias ply tires and they're both Toyo AND radial.... I'll try to completely recoup my cost by selling the current tires - likely I'll get 1k out of them.... all for better mileage and better drivability. 385/75 16 ....

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    onward

    latch plate in place

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    Originally posted by 65RHDEER View Post
    Yep it's good to have a spare but the thing with 4X4 wheels is they are so BIG. Hanging off the back they are always in your way when you quickly want to grab something out of the rear. I only put mine there for the bigger trips but always carry plugs. Spending money on good tyers stops a lot of flats.
    yes but I carry the tire as a requirement for participation.... I fully agree with you, but fighting the system really isn't worth the time.

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  • 65RHDEER
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    Yep it's good to have a spare but the thing with 4X4 wheels is they are so BIG. Hanging off the back they are always in your way when you quickly want to grab something out of the rear. I only put mine there for the bigger trips but always carry plugs. Spending money on good tyers stops a lot of flats.

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    time for the spare.... in some of the things I do, we're required to haul a full sized spare.... I don't agree but I like doing that - so time to make one that doesn't rattle



    These are cool, but I don't think I'll use them... or maybe...


    finally something the warn winch can lift




    the only issue is my tow points are higher than the spare... I could use the hitch, but that isn't there for recovery.



    it's really not as low as it seems from the back.... still, If I carry a spare, it will be smaller. I have patch kits, tube, welding wire and dowels to fix a flattened tire - if I need to use a spare, I can put it on the front and unlock the hub (or pull a shaft on the rear)

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    I cheated to fix the door


    door is on

    and now opens sideways

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  • StillBobHolmes
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    Originally posted by SuperBuickGuy

    Yet I can say two words that you cannot about your Alfa.... It runs.
    Ouch, right in the nads. Can't argue that one.

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  • DanStokes
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    Getting pretty sophisticated!

    Dan

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  • StillBobHolmes
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    Good Lord! You're still working on this thing?!

    I don't feel so bad now.

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  • 1946Austin
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    Leave it as is and cutdown on freeloaders wanting a ride!

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  • DanStokes
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    Originally posted by cstmwgn View Post

    WOW - soo I would have guessed that was a reference to the Beatles but I am not all that well versed on the music of the GeeBees!
    This! BTW - Beatles, Bob Seger (growing up in SE MI), Jefferson Airplane, etc, etc. I like the Dead OK but was never a fanboy.

    I know little of the BGs since Mining Disaster. So they stole Lennon-McCartney lyrics?

    Dan
    Last edited by DanStokes; November 5, 2020, 04:30 PM.

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  • cstmwgn
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    Originally posted by SuperBuickGuy

    I pictured you more as a Dead Head, not a Bee Gees type (nothing wrong with that, but it wasn't the image I had)
    WOW - soo I would have guessed that was a reference to the Beatles but I am not all that well versed on the music of the GeeBees!

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  • DanStokes
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    Get back! Get back to where you one belonged! (music for old people.......)

    Dan

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