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« Last post by sixball on Today at 02:45:03 PM »
Good to have you back. Sounds like a busy summer. You did your dad proud and keeping his Jeep is a cool tribute.
Been busy here too mostly working on house with a friend I hired. The only car things are my wife's new Grand Cherokee. Now we have the 2014 trail Rated one to sell. Don't even know how to do that.
Then cool thing is I drug my 1970 Blazer off the hill to put back on the road. It has a broken Dana 20 transfer case and a rusted out gas tank for starters. Pack rats made a mess but did little damage.
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« Last post by Rattiac on Today at 12:54:40 PM »
Thanks guys . This summer blew by and now it's winter. Took a few months to clear out his house and get things sold. He had boxes of paperwork bills, ect since 1982 saved. Still burning those on campouts. Was able to sell the RV, truck and get his jeep paid off. It sat awhile before I registered it. Little 2.0 turbo with auto 8 speed. Quick for a jeep. The repairs started. Had a few rooms repaired, repainted and the basement painted. It was just drywall. Closet doors missing from his previous remodel , replaced all of those. Touched up the gutters and trim on the outside. New carpet installed. Plumber's came and went through all the leaks. Then the yard work began. Once we had a offer on the house, the new buyer had it inspected and then brought in other contractors, they did some damage and we threatened to sue him for the damage. Finally sold the house and now I still have the vette and my Cherokee to sell. I'm parked outside cause I ran out of room here, XJ is being stored at work till that sells but right now things are not selling. Been slow at work since the GV shutdown.
Once a month I'd take a break from the house for Bonneville. Speedweek we ran 138mph and it wouldn't accelerate. Tuner came by and added more fuel but the salt is thin and too rough to run. He had me jump in the driver's seat while they fired it up. I was hesitant at first but got in anyway. Scary and exciting. Speed Demon went airborne at only 250 and killed the new owner. Went to every event except the motorcycle BMST. Our team didn't make it to any other event since SW.
At home I had my dad's compressor, so I ordered up a airline kit and now have air at 3 locations in the garage. Sure beats my lil 12gal unit. Last weekend we went up to Sid's and sewed up a cover for the front of the streamliner to protect the windshield. We had some damage from a microburst that came through and even broke my new awning on the cargo trailer. Since has been repaired.
So now I'm trying to get a few small projects done to make room. Dad's JL jeep got a new bumper I still need to mount and winch installed. We named his jeep (Captain Ron) after him and one of his favorite movies.
Poor 32 has sat since the funeral and started it up in July, probably should start it today. Life....
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« Last post by TFoch on October 23, 2025, 10:33:21 AM »
It's been dry here in New England so the colors on some of the trees aren't as bright as some years but still nice.
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« Last post by sammons on October 23, 2025, 09:22:04 AM »
Nice Tom! The only trees we have here starting to change are the maples. We have had really warm weather this fall, i'm sure not complaining.
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« Last post by sammons on October 23, 2025, 09:18:06 AM »
Essex, getting there👍 Ahh, the motivation to yourself. As soon as i get this done i can move on to the next. 😁
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« Last post by Essex_29 on October 23, 2025, 12:16:44 AM »
Thank you TFoch.
Last night I got another new piece of fender lip welded to the right hand fender that I, once again, had cut up and sliced as per my last post. This time it looks okay, and It's good enough. I've put a couple evening's worth of work on the driver's side fender too. Very slow progress but any day now, I can go on to something else. About time.
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« Last post by sixball on October 19, 2025, 10:43:45 PM »
Beautiful! The weather here has been wonderful! Trying to get ready for when it is not.
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« Last post by TFoch on October 19, 2025, 08:53:48 PM »
Took a ride in the 33. Nice foliage here in New Hampshire.
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« Last post by TFoch on October 17, 2025, 03:50:35 PM »
Matching fenders! Looks great!
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« Last post by Essex_29 on October 17, 2025, 02:51:10 PM »
Thank you sammons, everything can be considered progress. Sometimes when you have to redo something it's not that fun, but it's still progress, because if you hadn't done it today, you'd have to do it tomorrow. Trying my darnest to stay positive.
I mounted the driver's side running board yesterday. Makes me wonder how many times i have mounted and taken the fenders off the body. Today I started tweaking the driver's side fender, and noticed that when you push the inner fender edge forward to make the fender line up with the other one, the outer fender edge shifts outward, making the fender look like it's sqewed. This made me cut through most of the fender to adjust it in the opposite direction of the reaction. It's kinda endless, every adjustment makes other parts of the fender go out of adjustment, making it a lot of back and forth.
I finally got the fender to look like it fits decently, and turned to the right hand side fender. I cut it up at multiple spots to get it to look a bit more like the other fender, measured and measured. I finally cut the back part of the fender off, and stretched it 15/32". Now it looks better, I might leave it like this. It's just tacked in place for now, I'll decide tomorrow. I took a ton of pics, flipping some of them to see if they fenders look alike when seen by eachother in the pics. It's not driving me nuts yet, not yet...
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