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Looking for some EXPO feedback on aesthetics: Better A or B? - Sheik

Apologies for the delayed response: rmsteel.com was the manufacturer.

Lowly & Shop Update: Over the past few months the shop has been plumbed, electrical wire run and sheet rocked. The last remaining item to tick off before I could move the truck in was installing all of the lights, switches and outlets. Finished those up a couple days ago, cleared out all of...

Lowly (shop) Update: Progress continued quite steadily thru the summer and now that Autumn is upon us we have been racing the weather to get the shop sealed up. All roof and wall sheeting is now installed with just a bit more trim work to complete. The side doors will open into shipping...

Thank you DiploStrat and VerMonster for the info and links to Fabian. Will be contacting him to get pricing shipped to Oregon along with some dimensions of the rims (actual width and flange offset). The masochist in me is still intrigued at building my own set of wheels using blank rims...

Sitec, Yeah, a massive project to complete before another massive project can begin. Not in a big rush because I'm still playing the waiting game for Lowly's 25th birthday before we can really get him out and start exploring. Hoping to get the shop completed this autumn so we can really start...

Lowly (Shop) Update: The 50'x50' cement pad for poured in early summer. We used my other Mercedes and a borrowed triple-axel flatbed to haul in all of the material for the steel building. Some of the loads were so long and heavy the resulting reward load distribution on the trailer would...

Lowly Update: Its been awhile, but then not much has been happening truck-wise. The big news: ground has been broken on a 50' x 50' steel building on my parent's property that will serve as Lowly's chrysalis. Lowly was able to participate by acting as a log skidder, dragging downed trees...

I was in a pretty tight window of time between purchasing the truck and getting it out of the UK to avoid the rather large Value Added Tax. The research I was able to conduct on exporting the truck to North America forced my hand: the truck was too young to import directly into the USA (wasn’t...

ASSISTANCE REQUEST: Looking for any EXPO members who reside in British Columbia willing to help me out in exchange for a deposit into their PayPal account. I'm needing to renew my vehicle storage insurance for Lowly truck in absentia. BC allows this but requires a representative be present at...

Lowly Update: Back in post #120 of this thread I came to the realization Lowly's VIN plate was missing from the truck (likely taken off for a respray of the cab's paint before auction and never replaced). Thanks to a heads-up by EXPO member grizzlyj about the VIN number being stamped on the...

Lowly Update: Spent the past few days gutting the inside of the cab. Its been an exercise in patience trying to remove fasteners that are thru-bolted, working solo with the cab sometimes tilted to gain access. Its amazing how steep it gets inside the cab with it tilted - feels like one of...

Thanks for the link - definitely something worth looking into. Like Jonturgeon said, the bolt pattern on our trucks is an 8-count, but plug welding and machining new bolt patterns is apparently a not too uncommon practice. - Sheik

Weighing the options on 20" vs. 22.5" wheels. I understand trying to source 20" tires outside the USA will be difficult (and I'd like to think Lowly will become even more of a world traveler) but the pricing on lightly used US military 20" tires draws me back that direction like a bad...

After pulling off the lug covers I used a 27mm socket, my 1/2" socket wrench and my trusty titanium cheater bar to crack the front lug nuts before jacking the front of Lowly into the air. From there it was a matter of removing the nuts and slipping the heavy tire/wheel combo off using grunts...

Lowly Truck Update! Its been awhile and while not much has been happening on the truck, I have been taking some baby steps toward paving the way for a full blown conversion. The biggest piece of news is that Harbor Freight (a cheap tool retailer) has opened up in my town since the arrival of...

I haven't died (yet)! No recent updates as I have nothing to update. I'm waiting for for the busy summertime to pass and a "controlled environment" to complete the transformation. Stay tuned! - sheik

Its been a few weeks since the compressed air debacle and I've since removed the compressed air system filter/pressure relief valve assembly to ascertain exactly what was going on. After removing an additional 2 compressed air lines (two large lines had already been removed to bypass, see...

Pleasure Cruise Breakdown. . . Decided to take the Mrs, kiddos and pooch for a Saturday drive in Lowly truck between the snow flurries. This was Mrs' first real drive in the truck and it was a splendid outing until we broke down a couple miles from home on the return leg. Slowed down coming...

Managed to get nailed by a good sized piece of rock on my drive south - it impacted the windshield down in the lower right corner behind a sticker - first order of business was to get that repaired before the whole windshield cracked (I can only imagine what a new piece of glass for this truck...