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So let's get going on the little front parcel shelf, stealing the idea from Grit City Paul here on Overland Bound. He used a semi-off-the-shelf piece and linked me to one similar on Amazon, but didn't really love it, and didn't want to drop $120 or whatever, because making something myself is...

yeah, with a SWB with a V6 and heavy front skids, trying to keep additional weight up front to a minimum. Probably need more protection up there eventually, but it hasn't been a priority to date.

That's a good thought. I'll probably do that when I replace these (and make the ends more like yours, with removable pins, as I should have in the first place)

Pretty chilly this morning, but figured I'd do these brakes. Here's a comparison of the Gen1 and Gen2 pads - a lot more surface area for sure As has been noted in other forums, the caliper assembly and mount bracket are direct bolt-on with the correct rotor offset, so no issues at all there...

thanks. I may make it out of wood/fiberglass DIY with some metal brackets, since I can drill into the plate at the front of the headliner anywhere (it's a double-wall with a gap). But yeah, like the idea :) I have a 5-speed sticker on the back glass, but it's blocked by my swing-out now , gotta...

it's a pretty beefy spring. Like, you can barely stretch it by hand (I have to loosen the turnbuckle to get it off the tab on the rack). So it has a bit of "stretch" to it but not all that much. Basically I just wanted it to stretch enough that it wouldn't pull the rack forward (which is...

awesome, thanks. Yeah, like you I have a small rig from the olden days before they actually put any storage areas, so it's always a quest to find more ways to stash gear. now you need to find a sticker like mine (my rig was also built during the lockdowns, for the most part)

sticking this photo here just to remind myself. Almost nothing I do is truly original, most of it is just "my version" of whatever someone else already did. So I was reading someone else's build and saw this little parcel shelf he put up over the sunvisors, and it looks like I have about 4-5"...

I like that shelf over the visors. Now I'll have to look to see if my rig has space for that. Is it something you bought, or just fabbed up? Hard to see how it attaches, etc. And yeah, I've had to get used to the video rearview as well. I've found that because it's a screen and not a real...

On mine I fabbed up some little metal tabs that bolt into the engine bay frame and stick up between the hood and the fender. (there's a second bolt and a spacer there, this photo was just a test-fit) Then just got some coated cable, turnbuckles, and some high-tension springs (since I want...

I feel like I did something else interesting on the truck recently, but it's slipping my mind and clearly I didn't document it, so moving on to the next project. I haven't started yet but it's time for brake upgrades. Now, there are two notable/easy-ish brake upgrades for these things. The first...

So my birthday is in a few weeks. And as 40-something couples tend to do, my wife and I basically just get presents for each other of "whatever we ask for"." In any case, my gift arrived the other day and my wife was like "I'm not using a whole roll of wrapping paper on this, and I don't have...

Finally got the trailer back from the racetrack (we were using it to stash our rallycross gear) and did a little run through the countryside. Thing pulls great, even at 70+ mph. :)

Forgot, another small project. I put some light tint on the truck during the original build, but for the sake of security and of sleeping inside the rig, figured I'd do some real dark stuff. I really, really suck at tint. So I did a pretty half-assed job, but it looks fine I guess. I also put...

Yeah, the reactor is out now, and it's pretty much totally de-radiated at this point. MARAD is expected to strike it from the register next summer, meaning they won't be paying for the pier or upkeep any longer and it will go to auction or something, and then it's up to whether some organization...

Installed a slider for my little fridge in my little truck

{OT} So today I got the opportunity to get aboard the NS Savannah, which was the first (and only) nuclear-powered commercial ship ever built in the US. It's been sitting at the old coal piers in the Baltimore port alongside an old Liberty Ship from WW2 for many years, and it's almost never open...

will do. Yeah, I like how it looks a bit old-school, goes a bit better with this old truck than something modern :) That, and it's basically the only one that would fit where I had to put it haha.

Continuing on with my "master plan" for making this little truck more convenient for camping and fitting stuff correctly. For the last year I've been using two footlockers for various gear, and a mix-match of different storage bins, toolboxes, etc. that never quite fit. FItting stuff in a truck...