Tour de Canada part deux

[chilliwak]

Hello all you adventurers and other coolpeople here at expo. Its time to start the new adventure with lots of offraod:truck:adventure, but also some beer:beer:,barbeque:steak:, and as a new feature hopefully some local babes:suning:! I am alone this year as Steinez cant make it so I will be camping:1888fbbd::tent::camping: in urban and remote areas with updates every 3 to 5 days. Please feel free to post your comments and what you would like to see in my adventure to western Canada. Cheers, Chilli.

 

[chilliwak]

Photobucket stole our pictures!

So here is one...



from the good old days....

from a trusted website... called

imgur.com

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Man, i wish i could be travelling with you. Have fun and make sure to greet all the people i know...

 

[chilliwak]

I certainly will Steinez.
There are many hellos to you from the guys in Chilliwack!:ylsmoke:

 

[chilliwak]

This is the reason I have not updated.......

Camping!

With Rick from Chiliwack Spring....

A whole new idea in campfire cooking!

Real 4by4ing!

and again

and again

Just too much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:drool::Wow1::ylsmoke:

 

[BurbanAZ]

looks like a ton of fun. I would love to take a buggy out one of these days and hit some really really hard stuff.

 

[chilliwak]

Hey Burban, check out this video.....

I am sure this will get you wanting to drive a buggy!:Wow1::drool::ylsmoke:

 

[chilliwak]

So the last few days have been spent doing some upgrades to the old chevy.....

New Aluminum radiator for better cooling.....

New custom dual Bilstein front shocks (4 all together on the front) and new front springs with 2 inch lift that are strong enough to support a big block.

Here I am with the new rear spring pack........

Another view of the front spring and shock set-up...

Another view of a disgusted (Chilliwak) owner when he is looking into the rear differential, and the problems that need to be fixed...

The Chilliwack Spring owners family.....

Before fender cut-off...

And after.....

The running gear of an old Blazer with 2.5 ton Rockwell axels getting a refit at Chilliwack Spring Service...

 

[chilliwak]

Well I think its time to update but the internet cafe cant upload my pics. So here is a couple from a iphone.

You know that I love Cattle Boyz barbecue sauce......

Me and Rick about to enjoy a good meal....... You have to love it....

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Looks like the Chevy get`s some more love this year...

What`s the problem with the rear differential? I hope nothing substantial?:Wow1:

 

[chilliwak]

Looks like the Chevy get`s some more love this year...

Yes, it seems everyone is in awe:Wow1f what they see. I have had numerous calls of, " Nice Paint " "Nice rig" and so on.

What`s the problem with the rear differential? I hope nothing substantial?:Wow1:

No Steinez, the diff still works, but as you know as an open differential that only spins one wheel. Rick calls it a CooKoo clock because the tiny little spinning gears are ready to blow apart!:Wow1:

 

[chilliwak]

Ok people sorry for my lack of updates once again. I lost the cable to my camera after trying to upload at the local place. So here are more pics.

Here you can see Rick supervising the installation of the new springs in the Vortec powered Blazer with 2.5 ton military diffs.

Now talk about a radical:Wow1:lift! What you guys think?

 

[chilliwak]

After leaving Ricks shop I drove up the Hope?Princeton highway experiencing some radical changes in the vegetation.......

As you can see the country is very dry here with the chance to meet Rattle:Wow1: snakes in the terrain....

But you can see that it does not take long before there are lakes with a more hospitable countryside.....

 

[chilliwak]

This Steinez will find interesting as he has seen this before with a bridge. Where there used to be a single lane bridge there is only a makeshift culvert to cross the stream/river....

The area covered by gravel.....

And here the culverts sure to be washed:Wow1: out next year....

 

[chilliwak]

It seems the rain has taken a toll on many things. I am sure Steinez will remember the cooking area where we used to sit and eat our Cattle Boys steaks....

It is now clogged with driftwood due to the unusually high level of the lake this year.....

But the view higher up still looks great!:drool:

But the log jam that me and Steinez could walk through last year is now totally clogged:Wow1:!

Here I am doing a closer inspection, and no I am not taking a dump:Wow1:.

Now there are even trees that have fallen across the road....