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Well, after a month or so and many parts runs later we're 95% finished.
He'll be heading from the Great Pacific Northwet to N.C. on Tuesday to connect up with another Steel soldiers member. Thanks Dale!!
Still a few minor things to do once he's there but I figure it will keep him occupied.
Actually, the interior was originally red, he repainted the door panels and dashboard black. We replaced the seat belts with new 3 points and he has painted all the exposed metal that was black with 383 carc substitute green.
Been busy working on this as well as my normal job. My sons been doing the majority of the paint and body work since it's his truck.
Replaced the worn out seats with new reclining buckets, fabbed up base adapter plates so they'd bolt in.
Got the engine and transmission in. Engine is a 5.9L 360...
One thing I've never understood is why Dodge didn't use it's Ramcharger base to build a CUCV.
My son is getting ready to head to North Carolina for a job and his old 84 Ramcharger was pretty tired.
So, rather than do a normal rebuild he decided he wanted do turn it into something more like an...
And now a few words from an Electrical Inspector,
1) if you have current between earth and the metal of the shelter then you have a problem, installing a ground rod will just shunt that current to the earth. Find out what is causing the issue.
2) a vehicle mounted shelter is NOT considered a...
I took an old non working MX-6707/VRC Antenna mast base, removed the internals, ran the shield for the coax to the "outside" of the base adapter where the mast screws on, attached the center conductor to the center pin on the base adapter. Screwed on a mast and it works great, I used RG-59 for...