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Yeah, out of state for the holidays and doing a little extended visit to see some family. Happy New Year, bud !

Yeah, seriously. Pee Wee's bike in black. LOL It's not a bad bike, though. Beach Cruisers are a big thing down here (especially on the beach) Retro-springer front end a bonus.

Finally talked my doc into doing an epidural on my back this week. Hoping this works opposed to surgery. It's cooled off enough to get back to work on the truck and I'd like to get fixed up enough to at least get it back to where I can take it on some overnights (it's still gutted...

We touched on this in another thread but damned if I know where. For my ssb CB I have 3' fiberglass duals: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001JT5QNW/ For the GMRS I went with a dual band Tram: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IDTJ2KE For my HAM I have an old UHF/VHF Radio Larsen antenna...

I made some progress prepping the hab for paint two weeks ago. Got all the glue from the light fixtures off finally, filled and sanded any existing screrw holes, etc. Right up to the point tha the disc in my back failed again. Three months healing. Two days work. Rinse/repeat. Scheduled...

It's an older design with no key. Just a long tapered shaft on the gen that slips into the cone of the power head. It's all bolted together and friction holds the connection. It's called a "single bearing" gen head (opposed to the belt drivens that are dual bearing). To make matters...

Not a belt, it's a tapered shaft direct drive.

I have a 10hp Yanmar that was a 24v battery charger. I pulled the alternator head off it and put a 6KW Northstar generator head on it. Worked great for a couple years (only had 50 hours on it and was only run for short duration). The generator head died a nasty death during the big Texas...

I just got a cheap set of 4' fiberglass trucker whips for now, I bolted them to the A1R grab rail that goes up and over the side windows. I'm not a huge fan of dual phase antennas but they were a cheap solution for now. I added HD ss springs to each antenna (because they will hit...

So many of the things I intended to purchase for the build are not available since the pandemic. I went to order a bunch of Dynamat stuff, but most of what I needed isn't in stock anywhere. I need a tapered-shaft 6KW generator head. Haven't found any new in stock after three years...

I got in the stuff for the cab sound/thermal install. Got in a couple radios (CB, HAM, GRMS) and a couple fiberglass whips. Laying out the plans for the front overhead console. Need to get the stereo, amps, and speakers ordered so I can do the interior mockup. I have the habitat...

We call it "the bunker". They are down there staying safe until the radiation levels outside die down enough to return to the surface so we an repopulate the Earth.

Oh....well this is ...uncomfortable. Ignore all those images in you in box.

No kidding. It's hot and sweaty down here in northern Mexico. First real cold front of the year pushed thru Monday (that ends our hurricane season here, sorry Florida). I had planned to jam on the truck while it was cooler but my brother popped down on short notice.

Yeah, once I get the walls up I can move all the crap I have piled up all over my house and get it back into the truck. I figure a couple of weeks and it should really be taking shape.

Had family come down for a week so taking a break. Did get most of the wall framing modules painted/sealed last week.

Got the wall standoffs cut and mocked up. Still need to do the rivnuts behind it, then drop my electrical outlets, and finally pull it all apart for paint. Had to use 15" centers 9opposed to the standard 16"). All three sections I had to make were 90" so it was just easier to bring the studs...

I'm going too start with what's pre-run. There were 120v and 208v outlets as well as 24v. It's all singles made up into runs, and I have a number of rolls of 12 and 14 single. I figure between what I have on hand and what I gut from existing, I'm covered. And a buddy game me a couple 50'...

OK, the front wall is pretty much prepped for now. I'm going to seal it all up for the time being, insulate the crap out of the outside faces, hang my frames, and panel the front wall shut (until such time that I figure out what to do with the overhead boxed spaces). So the next couple days...