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Spent the last 5 days exploring the North Rim of the Grand Canyon isolated from humanity. The place is EPIC, except come prepared with water. In some places you can hike down to the Colorado. Last night on a rim over Lake Powell.

I gave all 4 of mine away.

Anything would be in better shape then ours...

Stop in Redding and met Jason at Trail Tailor to pick up some combo speed sensor. They provide both mechanical and electrical outputs. The reason is that the speedo in the troopy is mechanical but I plan to use the 80 series cruise control system that will require the electrical output. I also...

Ended up getting a 1/4" thick steel plate ($13.45). I guess price of steel tripled since last year... This will extend the cross member and allow me to use the gussets in the new location. Sand blaster is not working this week so I used the wire brush to clean the weld spots.

A bit of progress this weekend. Finished the engine except the flywheel. Installed the IP and injectors as well as the exhaust manifold. For now mounted the tranny so the cross member on the frame can be placed. Removed the gussets on th outside of the frame (very carefully so they can be...

Beautiful truck. They have incredible potential, and each person tailors it’s own ‘suit’. I’m sure you’ll enjoy this one. Are you doing any rust protection to keep it clean? cheers —o

Spent another weekend working with Overland Bound and NPS to finish building a fence around the Racetrack so people will not drive over it. It was organized by @Kent R with a small group of volunteers. We also rescued a 30 years old tortoise from the highway before being run over. They are...

Juggling parts of one vehicle. FLYBOX, the diesel 60 has been working hard this week. Managed to tow the frame with a dolley back to our shop. Uhaul asked what vehicle I am towing. I said Prius, and it was too big. Then I tried Yaris and it worked. They even asked the color - WHITE! I can start...

Did an upgrade on the water tanks. Round 17 gallons PVC to 25 gallons square stainless. Everything else stayed in place. Had to reroute the end of the exhaust a bit.

Made it to Flagstaff leaving at 4AM and getting there at 7PM. Kelly Saad from Landcruisergrills will do the body work. He will also create a metal grill for the troopy. The IP and injectors came in from the shop in Portland. They look new. Keil and Mark did a magnificent job. I've been...

This is a busy weekend. All bare metal parts are headed to Flagstaff for body work. Some on the roof of the 60, some inside and the body in the trailer. This is formally a frame off project.

Got a package last week from PartSouq.com with front coil suspension parts. We have a doner 79 series for the axles.

Kent, Tali and I will miss this one (and will miss you all). We have a few family events including a wedding that we (some of us) need to prepare . —o

Today I worked on the rear bumper. Started to assemble and in no time we burned away all the day light. Amazing how quickly time goes by when you are having fun. Ah, yes also helping a friend baselining a 1HDFT so we can install it in a 80 series Lexus. It’s coming up really nice.

We use a 1/4” pressure fitting valve.

So there is a silicon hose that I plug a copper pipe with a hose fitting. You can see the tip of the silicon over the exhaust.

Seats are back from the shop. Gray leather with seat warmers. For the next few months they will be seats in the living room...

Got today from Indonesia(!!) a more modern instrument cluster with a tach. Was worried about the connection in the back but it uses the same plugs as the original. I'll just have to populate the extra pins. The new cluster has also the diff lock and a few LEDs for 'turbo', engine paint, etc...

Spent the weekend in Death Valley with Overland Bound working with NPS to fence the Racetrack so people will not drive over it. Ignorance is one of the flaws of humans.