Please tell me someone else was strapping the C pillar on that POS.
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Man, I would not mind living in Greenville, being so close to the mountains.
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Funny. We ran into this coming into the trail. Looks like it was from the night before as you could see where they were rally racing around all the corners going in. It's obvious they had a flat a some point in their adventure and switched to the donuts. Looks like it blew out 100 yards down the trail and they had been still hauling ass on the rim. They wrecked in basically a straight part of the trail so they had to be hauling ass when they lost control and hit the trees. Had the trees not been there they would be dead. good 70-90 ft drop into a ravine. Most likely they were to drunk to realize the car was wedged and tried to ratchet strap it out. They failed miserably. There were beer cans and a bottle of vodka nearby.
Karma. Tearing up roads is how cool places like this get shut down. Didn't realize snow was a possibility.
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Got to be a record. No chat in 24 hours. Come on guys and gals we couldn't have talked about everything.
Have you ever seen a safety orange fedora?
Actually I have, but it was a pimp and not a road worker.
Here's something cool worth chatting about!
A friend of mine is participating in the Hell on Wheels: Retreat from Moscow Rally right now in a 1959 International Harvester Metro Van.
The rally is put on by the 24 Hours of LeMons team and runs from Moscow, PA to Paris, TN.
Why break on track when you can break on the side of the road?
Roadkill.com has a good writeup of the first day: LeMons Retreat From Moscow Rally, Day 1
Instagram seems to be the best place to follow along using the LeMonsRally hashtag.
Other than the IH Metro, I think the '63 Mercedes 200D is my favorite!
A friend of mine is participating in the Hell on Wheels: Retreat from Moscow Rally right now in a 1959 International Harvester Metro Van.
The rally is put on by the 24 Hours of LeMons team and runs from Moscow, PA to Paris, TN.
Why break on track when you can break on the side of the road?
Roadkill.com has a good writeup of the first day: LeMons Retreat From Moscow Rally, Day 1
Instagram seems to be the best place to follow along using the LeMonsRally hashtag.
Other than the IH Metro, I think the '63 Mercedes 200D is my favorite!
JToobe
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Very busy few months! How about posting some updates from the shop with some cruiser porn pics!
JToobe
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That is uber cool!
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I've buttload of 200 series parts.
Lol how did that happen and will any of those seats fit my fj60? Bucket seats seen better days!
^^^yeah, what Gabe said. How'd you accumulate all those seat belts?
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Those are 3rd row seats out of 200 series. Not really worth much. They are cloth and no 200 in the US is cloth. Thinking of making my couches in the office with them. Just weld a frame and clip them in.
Seat belts are all out of 200 series. Don't know how they will incorporate into earlier models but I'm going to try since they have the locking feature built into them that explodes and locks them during an impact.
Seat belts are all out of 200 series. Don't know how they will incorporate into earlier models but I'm going to try since they have the locking feature built into them that explodes and locks them during an impact.
I'm going to need seat belts in the 40 at some point, think they could be fabbed to work?
I need them for the back of my 60 bad!
So Marshall and crew found the cause of the stall out in the 60. Turns out the gas tank had a whole ton of crud in it that clogged up the filter in a serious way. They dropped the tank last Friday and figured while it was up on the lift we might as well swap out the c-channels.
Let me tell you, that's a serious undertaking. After spending 4 hours with an angle grinder and air chisel on the frame, I had a much greater appreciation for what they do and how messy of a job that is.
Here are pics that Marshall sent yesterday of reinforced frame with the new c-channels bolted and welded in, as well as a fresh coat of paint on the assembly.
The tank is being sent off to be boiled out, cleaned out, and painted/sealed. Looking forward to getting back on the road! Thanks @Trollhole for the shop day and the solid work being done thus far!
Let me tell you, that's a serious undertaking. After spending 4 hours with an angle grinder and air chisel on the frame, I had a much greater appreciation for what they do and how messy of a job that is.
Here are pics that Marshall sent yesterday of reinforced frame with the new c-channels bolted and welded in, as well as a fresh coat of paint on the assembly.
The tank is being sent off to be boiled out, cleaned out, and painted/sealed. Looking forward to getting back on the road! Thanks @Trollhole for the shop day and the solid work being done thus far!
My tank on my 60 back in 2000 had a crap tank too. Seems to be a thing.
Wasn't there a recall still valid on replacement tanks for 60 series?
