Builds Blue Bird 67 - Tilda Bogue Service Station

[wngrog]

Took the last two days off. Saw my buddy pin on his first General star then take his Apache for one last spin. Scooped up my daughter and hit NOLA for a night and day. Had some awesome food.

 

[wngrog]

We have a working dash vent now. Snapped 3 of 4 bolts. Cleaned it out. New gasket and hoses via City Racer. Lubed it all up. Forced it free and now it’s working great.

 

[wngrog]

Got the Defrost pull on the heater box freed up and added the SOR defrost elbows and tubes. They are pretty s***ty quality but they look ok from afar. Also wrestled with the heat duct boot until it finally went into place

Added a @ToyotaMatt fusebox and cut out all the extra wires

Installed a new floor dimmer and now we have high beams

Cleaned up all the contacts and got the heater blower working too.

 

[Chungas Revenge]

Saw my buddy pin on his first General star.

Salute…!!!

 

[middlecalf]

Got the Defrost pull on the heater box freed up …

How’d you do that? Mine’s stuck…

 

[wngrog]

How’d you do that? Mine’s stuck…

Soaked all the joints in Kroil and then used my hand through the side to push and pull with the other hand pulling and pushing the knob

 

[wngrog]

Got more stuff done. 90 wt everywhere. Then got the PTO. Need to install the driveshaft on it.

Damn this thing looks good.

 

[KennyBob]

Inspiring.

 

[JackA]

Righteous

 

[cbmontgo]

Perfect stance. Love it.

 

[clrussell]

City racer 16s?

 

[wngrog]

City racer 16s?

Correct. 255/85-16 Yokos.

 

[MDH33]

I think this might be my favorite build of yours. Good mix of keeping it old school and adding a few updates and repairs. Hope new owner appreciates it.

 

[clrussell]

Correct. 255/85-16 Yokos.

Perfect setup.

 

[wngrog]

I think this might be my favorite build of yours. Good mix of keeping it old school and adding a few updates and repairs. Hope new owner appreciates it.

This one is cool to me because when I got here in January I basically considered it a parts car and tried to dissuade @Sweet Water from spending money on it.

When he came to visit I actually looked close and saw how unmolested and whole it was and changed my tune

Even a month ago when I started in on it I did not believe it would end up this great

 

[wngrog]

Just scored a set of vintage tags off Facebook that will be the icing on the cake …

 

[wngrog]

Had to make a pilgrimage to @FJ60Cam and crew’s HQ this morning and then I swung a bit north and grabbed a forlorn FJ60 in need of love

Got home and drug Blue Bird out of the shop. I’m kinda stalled out on it so I’m going to knock out some other projects I’ve been ignoring

 

[wngrog]

@Ozark cruiser

 

[wngrog]

This one is about to be back in the shop!

Talked to JimC on Thursday on the way to Arkansas and he said it’s getting mailed back this week.

I the mean time I’ve built axles, fixed the Delta Beast, went to Arkansas and then I found Blue Bird on Google maps…..

 

[wngrog]

Another month sitting. I got an invoice from JimC a week ago Friday. That usually is the signal he’s shipping the next day. Nothing yet.

I’ve had a few things I needed to do in prep of the carb arrival so I pulled it in this morning.

Got the goofball spark plugs in for the F135