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Clean Up and Hull Patching Feel free to visit the original post on the Imperial Car Destroyer blog! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Imperial Car Destroyer's Great Great Grandmother Now that I had finished my first major...

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Putting It All Back Together (For the full Blog post, please visit The Imperial Car Destroyer. Sorry, no inline images yet. It's really late, and I'm tired, so just doing what I can to get it posted.) AKA - Axle Boot Repair Part Three So, you have torn your giant, old army truck to pieces...

Clay, great advice there. Hadn't thought about just simply not removing the tie rods. What a concept! Perhaps I'll try that next time, as I am sure there is inevitably going to be a 'next time'. As for the boots, I ordered mine from Erik's Military Surplus and I am pretty certain they are...

Awesomeness and some appreciation! M1031CMT - thanks a ton! A pity they can't be acquired without fabricating them yourself, but this way they will simply be cooler, and more custom! *grin* Oh yeah, and a bit more work, hehe... Once again, thanks man. The community on this forum is pretty...

Elbow Deep In Grease! - more pix 2 ...and yes, more pix!

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Elbow Deep In Grease! (original post can be found here: The Imperial Car Destroyer: Elbow Deep In Grease!) AKA - Axle Boot Repair Part Two Where we tear this sucker apart! "Gee, sure hope this thing doesn't land on me... Success! So, picking up on our story from last post, I had FINALLY...

The ICD's New Boots Stopped At Stage One Time, where does it go? Anyways, been a while since I've posted anything, but I am happy to say I am back in the writing saddle once more. Some big progress on the Imperial Car Destroyer, and I can't wait to share it with you. I, your humble Captain...

Islandguydon, That's one seriously Bad Ass 109, I think Im in love! Would love to get a beefy bumper like that, although Im wondering if I would need to rent a forklift to remove the old one and lift the new one into place, lol! Also like where he mounted the spare jerry can. I really like...

From Thunder to Rumble... Greetings all! Sorry it has taken me a bit to get this last post updated, life is like that sometimes. Okay, without further ado - let's begin! As you may have noticed, I have been on a mission to do something about the sound levels inside the cabin when driving...

You Painted What? Well, heady from our first successful mission in the Imperial Car Destroyer, it was time to make some real progress on the vehicle once more. I had spent my last several sessions getting the cabin ready for some real transformative magic to take place, and the time was ripe...

The Imperial Car Destroyer's First Mission Just a heads up, this post is not about fixing up the old beast, but instead, about using it. If you are only here for the restoration aspects of things, get out now. You have been warned. Because now, the Imperial Car Destroyer is taking on it's...

The Right Tool For the Job Greetings once again! I am happy to report that I am having troubles keeping up with the progress on the truck. This is good because #1 - It means I am actually continuing to make forward progress, and #2 - I continue to write! I plan on writing more often, and...

A Weekend Lost There comes a time in every Project of Magnitude where everything lines up, everything goes your way, and all you try is easy and successful. Where you have all of the right parts, the right tools, and no bolts are seized, and all is well and right in the Universe. A time of...

The Foam from ****... A quick update on some more of the work that has been accomplished/attempted. I had hinted last post that I was going to encounter some serious resistance to Progress when I attempted to tackle doing the sound insulation in the cab interior, and that's no joke. I am...

House Power, A Kitchen Table, and Cabin Work! Work proceeds at a ramshackle pace, but I am definitely making progress. When we left our stalwart heroes, they had just gotten the House Power to work in the coffer, but it was a jury-rigged, temporary affair, mainly just to prove it could be...

@Danger Ranger: I am an amateur author, who loves to write. I have written about two books, both unpublished military sci-fi. One of the things I promised myself to do in life is to write more, and strangely, this giant hunk of green painted metal has inspired me to do so. Kinda cool! And...

Imperial Entanglements (This one will be slightly less interesting for you Steel Soldiers, as most of you will already know all of this stuff, but I thought I would re-post it anyways, as a completionist... Thanks for bearing with me!)...

Let there be light! Now that the interior of the van body was starting to take shape, it was time to figure out how the **** the thing was wired. I knew the batteries were good, because I had already started the beast up on more than one occasion, and had that memorable inaugural drive down to...