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Wonder how many times these fully mechanical yet very different kind of vehicles have been side by side before?

Got a free second to update this thread! We made it back home on October 22nd. What an amazing trip!! I've been so busy since the moment we got home that I haven't even had time to check out my pictures until now. Somewhere along the coast of Oregon On a mountain top near SLO, California...

What did your DIY fix entail? replace the rivets? or just slap a bunch of weld everywhere, orrrrr?

Sweet glad to hear I was over reacting about the crank wobble. I’ll be wheeling this thing regardless of the flatbed or not. It’s just not drivable in its current state, rain pours into the roof and covers everything in mold, exhaust works its way in thru the floors and chokes you out. It’ll be...

I got a real crust-bucket of a 60 for free a while back. I'm about to cut it and turn it into a flatbed pickup truck but before that, there's a mechanical issue that worries me. The crank wobbles, it has done it for the past 6,000 miles or so. Obviously this can't be a good thing but I've...

It’s continued to be an absolutely outstanding trip. Caught some bad diesel at a pump in Washington and it took out both my primary and secondary fuel filters. Luckily I’m stacked with spares. How are you gonna charge $8/gal and clog both of my fuel filters cmon now?!? Funny enough it’s been of...

The Red Rocket has been that sipping that cherry flavored diesel all over the United Surveillance States of America. Taxation is theft.

Thank you for offering! Just now seeing this. A welder ended up being our fix due to the threads being damaged and not holding pressure 😂 no getting that to thread in anymore even if you wanted it to. Still need to order one or 2 for any emergencies, just like @svsisu said, now I know where to...

done lots of driving and meeting people. Has been so much fun, details will be rough but I’ll upload some pics and some short captions Stopped in Twin Lakes, CO to grab my buddy a hoodie from the store, it’s his favorite place on earth. Met up with @ranchero7 for some pizzas and then he led...

Met up with @FJBen was a great reunion after 4 years and he finally got to see the Red Rocket in person. Just like last time, he was beyond hospitable. We spent the night and went driving on a beach in Nebraska?!?! Would have never guessed in a millions years. Really nice cause you don’t have to...

Been doing lots of little checkovers, reminds me of a pre-flight checklist. Tightening stuff, rerouting intake piping, checking where stuff may rub against each other. Buttoned up some wiring everywhere, figured out a diesel heater setup. ETC. Propane mount for a little firepit I snagged since...

Had some more splitting issues of my caulk on this side... kinda concerning, don't know why it's splitting. Anyways I cut most all of it out, cleaned it, and shoved some more sika 221 into it. At nighttime may I add, probably won't be doing that again 😂 I swear it looked so much smoother when...

Awesome man, wish you the best with all the mechanical repairs in your future. Point Reyes, then bombing over to Yosemite, then heading right back over to Monterey.

The trip back home to Wilmington was a success! Had a lot of fun with family and of course, had to get back to accelerating the rust just like in high school. Sweet little rainbow Used the onboard air to air up from 20psi to 45psi. Right next to the air compressor the hose was hot but...

Not needed! Window broken on Wednesday, got it installed on Sunday. Pretty crazy. MASSIVE shout out to @nuclearbeef for donating a window to the Red Rocket to keep it going. He has been more than kind to me over the years. I was lucky enough to have 2 of my freinds driving from CA -> NC on I-40...