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Holy cow it seems like I haven't been here in a while. Sorry for the radio silence guys and gals, but I've got some rather big news: we bought a house! Long story short, we decided to head for the hills and spent the majority of June/July moving aaaaaaalllllllll our junk out to Gold Country...

Not terribly hard... just bash 'em out... A solid punch and a BFH. The one thing we did find was that the replacement pins seemed to be longer than the originals.. this caused issues in some places where the pin would push the lower plate and spread the whole thing instead of slide through... in...

I have been running an '87 Chevy Suburban on Toyo R/T's for about a year and have absolutely loved them. Lots of highway and a good amount of trails. So, though I haven't specifically run either, I'd say 1. Toyo A/T's and 2. Toyo M/T... but better yet, split the difference and go Toyo R/Ts!

Thanks! Its been fun for sure, super excited about the end result... let me know if you need details on anything. I'm just up in San Jose. I usually go wheeling anywhere in the Sierras from down by Fresno all the way up to Downieville and beyond. Very first trip in my old '87 was to Monache...

We'll have to do a California Square Body 'Burb trail run!

What are you expecting your timeline is for the project? I started mine a year and a half ago :ROFLMAO: Are you going to be going full frame-off or just modifying in place?

Cool to see another early ‘70s Burb build! Looks like you’re going all out with the suspension. Will be interesting watching your progression. Where about sin CA are?

Probably would be a bit better, but they’re a PAIN to deal with getting a nut into... the headliner sits flush against the supports, so nuts have to be recessed into them, meaning you have to cut a pocket for the nut, not just drill the bolt hole. It sucks. I did it on the 87 and swore I...

Well, the Week of Wrenching is over. I had a terrific time getting things ticked off the list with my dad. We spent a solid 8-10hrs a day for 4 days hammering away at this thing. And boy does it show! The Bus is looking like a proper truck again! While we didn't get the truck fired up like we'd...

LOL... okay, yeah, I just took out a tape measure and figured out what 10' actually is... no, the truck isn't that tall. With the Tent on I'm gonna say 9'-ish. With just the rack just over 8'-ish.

WAY over 7'. I haven't measured, but I'm pretty sure it's around 10' or 11'

RPi carputer idea is rad. I've been looking around at options for doing that. For now I'm not going to be doing it with this truck, but we're going to use an RPi in my dad's 24 Hours of LeMons Miata as a race dash connected to my Race Capture Pro MKII. I'm getting pretty close to getting the...

These are the things you don't think about the first time you do something... thanks for sharing you're hard-earned wisdom!

Yeah, with the 1/2 ton chassis there's a fair amount of flex, so I expect there'll be a bit of seam rub. But, I don't plan on doing much of anything about it initially... I'm gonna run some tests at Hollister Hills to see just how much impact it'll actually have. They're skookum as frig...

Sliders! That was my weekend. I've had this "universal kit" from Chassis Unlimited for about a year. My buddy, Patrick, swung up from SLO for Saturday to help me get these on. Mock up was pretty easy, figuring out the angles, NOT SO MUCH. I wanted to angle the sliders down a bit so the...

Why yes... :) No major projects have gotten checked off lately, but I have been making slow, steady progress on completing the doors. In a recent update I'd got the first of the rear glass in. Since then I've got all 4 pieces in! There's definitely a few tricks to these, and having two or three...

Thanks guys! It does feel good. It has been a much longer project than I initially set out to do, but I'm very glad to be doing all the things I am. I'm looking forward to having a "finished" truck in the end, instead of an on-going project. Taking the time now will, I hope, yield dividends...

Little feedback from someone who used to produce web content for a bike company: 1) The pace of the music doesn't match your content. Generally speaking your music selection should compliment the action/story in tempo. This music is much better suited to really fast paced action. Not that your...

Another successful day working on the truck! 3 little things and 1 big thing ticked off the list. The little things really help keep the motivation up. Little by little this thing is becoming EXACTLY what I want it to be, and I know all the little things are going to make me immensely happy in...