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I almost bought a an 813 early on, but I had to take into account that where I live we don't have a lot of wide open space and traffic can get treacherous to say the least. Also storage space is at a premium ($$$). The 818 performs well in these areas. I liked the look and short wheelbase of...

To put it all in perspective... Before and After...

The following day, Monday, day four, I tightened everything down using the ½” drill and ½” socket. The bolts for the support legs require a 9/16” wrench. I tightened those with a hand wrench until snug and back off the nut a little for free swing of the support. I tested out the seats moving...

On day three, last Sunday, I got the bulk of the construction done. Spencer helped me out. I brought the truck home and installed the headrack and front headache rack corner posts as shown in my last posting. That gave me a solid starting point. I installed all the steel upright posts in...

Thanks, Will! I got to meter this stuff out. Sleep and lack of free time have this notorious way of hindering the fun things. I'm sure you can relate.

My Truck has a bobbed Deuce bed, so I would have cut and re-drill twelve slats on the rear of the headache racks and troop seats. This would involve actually fitting everything on the truck to ensure a nice fit. So I decided to tackle the easiest first; the head rack. I laid out all the...

I received my freight shipment of a Duece bed front rack, headache racks and troop seats from Stephan Wood Products truck and trailer parts aftermarket accessories via Roadway (YRC) back on 09-14. I opted to have them shipped disassembled to save a little on freight charges. Glad I did because...

L.A. County Sheriff had one squirreled away in East Los Angeles. I saw it once from behind a chain link fence, but it has disappeared. We do have some other green iron repainted in black and white with all the LASD markings to include a nice 814 :drool:, a couple of deuces with 105's and some...

Agreed. I think its sheet metal desperately needs to be repatriated.

Are you speaking of one of these abominations?:x A face only a mother could love.

Jay...Now, you just had to go and post a pic of the B-Mack, didn't you:drool::drool::drool:. Be back in a minute...got wipe this slobber off my shirt.:wink:

Stan...I like your style[thumbzup]

Now that's a "perty" gal[thumbzup]

WHHHHHAAAAAT:?::?::?: I think at that point I would tell them to go to H-E-Double Hockey Sticks and offer to pay for a one-way plane ticket for them to someplace beyond our borders:roll:. My 2cents You're good man scootertrs. Keep the faith[thumbzup].

Colors were posted proudly and solemnly at precisely 5:46AM PDT (8:46AM EDT [read American Airlines Flight 11]) this morning. I promptly snapped a salute which I held in silence until 5:47AM and slowly went to order-arms. Funny, didn't see any of my neighbors out there:roll:. Hmmm:?::?::?:

Let see...My choices are Steel wheel on steel rail or OD steel. My I have a helping of both??:drool:

The 610 is definitely one beautiful piece of green (black) iron. My son and I love trains and railroading. We all rode on the TVRR back in Nov '03. We traveled to Alabama and took a side trip up to the TVRR. I believe it was my son's first ride behind live (mainline) steam. He was about 1 1/2...

:ditto::?::?: Is that a K-5 or P-5? I want a P-3 (a la Southern Pacific) for mine.

After a few passes with the pneumatic grinding wheel and wire wheel, We laid a fresh coat of primer to inhibit any rust from forming under the box. We shimmed out the fuel tank brackets to about 9" to give the mounting a little more rigidity. We drilled four 1/2" holes in the brackets and the...

Reading this thread is like being a kid in a candy store:drool:.