Now I've gone and done it.

Just couldn't resist these wheels/tires. 35" and cheap on eBay. Picking them up tomorrow. Now I wonder how much it will cost me to lift Hanky enough to be able to run them. I don't think the 6" I have now is enough. We'll see tomorrow!

Scoutco Products. Mustang Style rocker stripes

OK, thinkin' about this stripe for Hanky. The paint that I have for it is about this color too (hopefully it is still good after sitting on the shelf for um, like 10 years.).

Scoutco Products. Mustang Style rocker stripes

Workin' Down Under

Whoo hoo! Got the Aussie in this weekend. Started on Friday and with Brian's help, it wasn't too bad. In about 4 hours, we got it out, the Aussie pieces installed and the carrier back in. On Sunday I put the axles back in, tested it and took it for a short spin. Seems to work perfectly. Can't wait to test it off road!

Cool, man.

The preponderance of evidence pointed to a thermostat malfuntion as the cause of my ruptured hose, boil over problem at Pinelands. So, yesterday I set about testing it. Pulled it out and did the kitchen pot method, along side a new one and sure enough, the old one didn't budge. There you have it. New one is now installed and we should be good to go.

Also gave Hanky a bath, since the rain washed most of the mud off anyway. Anyone have a good way to turn my now-gray tire sidewalls back to black?

A New JL IH Truck is coming

Pay attention kiddees, a new IH pickup is on the way from Johnny Lightning.

More details on the JL blog.

Forever and a Day

Man, it's been a long time since I've posted. You probably were wondering where I went. Or not. It's been one of those summers. One that hasn't involved a lot of time with the trucks. Made it to Carlisle this year, Didn't make Nats or Hershey, but did make Pinelands. Oh, I did manage to swap the doors, finish welding the driver's side firewall and front floor. Took a rattle can to the top and windshield frame just prior to Pinelands, so it's all basic black now. Well basic black and mud. Here are some pics to catch you up:

Cross one off, add another

Had some time to kill today while the masses perused my wares at our neighborhood yard sale today, so I took the opportunity to rebuild the thermoquad. Made a run down to Harbor freight last night to pick up some soda. Used that to clean up the carb and it worked great. Clean as a whistle, buttoned back up and on the Scout. works great. Need to do a little fine tuning on it and general tune up stuff. timed it to 8* and took it for a run. Not bad, but isn't giving quite the power I would expect. Worlds better than it was though.

Of course, with the good comes the bad. Not only is the steering box leaking like a seive, the alternator seems to be going and I spotted what looks like oils seeping from the crank in front.

One of these days I'll just be able to drive and enjoy.