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Repairs to the tub begin.... The floor is shot as are the rear tail-light panels, all the x-members and the front toe-board pieces. I've gotten new x-member galvanized, new tail light pieces on the way and a fresh sheet of .080 6061-T6. Guess I know what I'm doing for the next week or so.....

Something tells me I'll figure it out.... At most I'll need to remove the two bolts I have in place at the back of the seat box and lift it up an inch or so.

I'm sure you're right. Payback's a *****.

OT but what do you do for work, Kevin? I work in a fairly large collision repair shop handling claims, problem solving for the guys on the floor, etc.(when I'm not posting here). It's a pretty modern shop with lots of cool toys. A perfect place to rebuild old Rovers.

I steal if from my wife. She's a very understanding girl and I'm lucky to have her. Building this 109 was all her idea to begin with anyway. Something tells me she has plans for the back seat and what you remember from high school ain't it! Seriously though, it's parked right outside my...

Why, yes it is a SS pipe you see sticking out! But hey, I can get away with it as the entire exhaust system is SS. If I really wanted this thing to be a sleeper I should have welded a rusty old chunk of used exhaust pipe on the end! :)

Some work from yesterday...Got the T pillars painted and installed. I also countersunk the door hinges and sent them out to be plated. I'm hoping to keep them from rusting as usual. With the pillars in place I can build the rock sliders this week and get back out to the galvanizer. After...

Not sure what I'm going to do about the interior. I've got the center bulkhead and tranny tunnel pieces coming from RN. They're not really correct for a 6-cyl bulkhead but I'm hoping I can make them work. The kick-panels and floor will get something generic. Probably something from McMaster...

Everything stayed the same except the last tranny tunnel on top. The hole needed to be moved back and to the right a little bit. Big truck shift boot on the way. Not sure what I'm going to do about carpet/mat for the floor yet.

Pardon me, but they're stainless! :) I'm going to paint one red and the other yellow so if I forget what the do I can look in the manual.

Back to work. Got the front bumper done and ready for galvanize. There won't be a winch on this truck. Also got the dash buttoned up and all the tranny tunnel, floor panels and seat box panels painted up and installed. Waiting on the T-pillars now.

PM me and I'll give you the coordinates and the directions so you can walk down to them. It's a bit of bush-wacking but it's not too bad. jim

I'm putting a windshield in one of these today. OEM, heated glass. $1113.90, thank you very much. There's a NAGS listing but none in the country.

Here's a link to some good information about the trains. http://www.maine.gov/doc/parks/programs/history/allagash/rr.htm If you do a bit of a search you can turn up a bit of info from other sources. Most places say you can't reach them by foot but you can. As interesting as the trains is...

Here's a link to some more. http://seriestrek.com/nmw.html I'm flat out right now (working on the 109) but will post more about them later. jim

I know, I know....I'm too hard on those things. Hey, I loved my RRC...until I didn't. And I agree, a D1 is a good platform to start with. Cheap to buy and relatively reliable. Did you hear that? I said a coiler was reliable!! (kinda) :D

I've got an '02 P38 in the shop right now. Right front air shock: $395.00 Right front radius arm: $1007.00 Don't hit a curb. As far as I know, 4.0, 4.2 and 4.6 all slip sleeves. Not sure which one is more prone but all have been known to do it. Then again, I had a lady in town blow a water...

I didn't want to be the first to bash this truck. I'm often accused of being overly harsh on coil-sprung Land Rovers. 1) $5000 is waaayyyyy too much for a 156k P38 2) Your V10 probably gets better gas mileage 3) If you're not very handy with electronics you'll be at the dealer very often 4)...

Not much work in the past week...Me and a fellow Series owner hit the North Maine Woods. For all of you who complain about not having anywhere to go on the east coast, you're sorely mistaken. There is everything from smoothly graded gravel roads to logging trails that fade into the bush. Wash...

Look on the vertical part of the bulkhead just above the foot wells. Mine had a crack about 15" long on the passenger side.