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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...

damn, I only have one ashtray. But I do smoke here and there, so I do use it on occasion :P

ok, I'll go 1-for-2 with you :)

Yeah. There was a point where I intended to put the extinguisher down in front of the driver's seat for quick access and I kind of forgot about it, but I think it's time to get that done for sure! Hatchet won't fit inside that space well, unfortunately. It's too long (I tried). And I totally...

Little project today as I was also ordering some stuff for a slightly bigger project. You may recall that at the far rear driver's side corner I originally just had a strange "basket" thing. I originally made it to hold muddy boots, or other stuff, but in truth it wasn't very useful, didn't fit...

heck yeah, and you can probably get mechanical parts at almost any boondock auto parts store too :)

Just a couple small updates. First, the new upper light bar was causing some resonance in the roof. I dealt with this when I first built the rack and had to modify it, and in this case I'm sure it was from the horizontal mount bar having a gap between it and the rack fairing and/or the roof. So...