Battery Box

Mounted the dual battery box. (6) 5/16" grade 8 bolts with crazy thick washers on the bottom to prevent it from pulling through.

I'm wired!

Yes, it's finally true I'm wired for 220. So I guess the welder is next. I'm learning to wire weld so that's what I'm buying. I need a bottle and a mask too.

Thanks Josh and Craig!!

More cowl progress

I couldn't get the mesh I wanted to use here so I stamped it with a dimple. So now it matches the hood. Regardless, all parts are now ready for paint. So that's next.

More interior paint

I'm painting from the back forward. This is not the final coat. There will be bed liner sprayed down. This is just to get things cleaned up and prevent raw steel part from rusting.



In addition all wires that go back to the brake lights have been concealed in the frame rail and under the backseat plate. That alone took 5 hours. Well worth it but something very easily overlooked.

More backseat plate (aka Future tool box)

Here I installed a 1" square tube to level out the 3/16" plate for the base of the toolbox. Nutserts to boot, until my new gun took the day off. I have one left to do.

Welded on some tabs for further insurance.


Paint it. The other part is the finished air intake support.

JJ and Angie Unite

This Saturday at 7pm JJ and Angie are getting married. They have been together longer than I can remember. There something to be said about that. JJ has always been a really good friend of mine. We climb together and offroad together. I've always said if we only lived closer I get the feeling I'd see him 4 nights a week.
Angie has always been the most cheerful, warm, receptive person I've met in the south. I can remember the cold winter days JJ and I would be out at HP and there was Angie, huddled up in a warm jacket, experiencing it all with him. Plus she gives a great hug! Which I don't seem to get alot of these days.


I wish them the best!

More sheet metal work

These two pieces are for the rear openings.

Backseat Plate

3/16" steel, pretty strong stuff. I intend on using this as the bottom of a toolbox. Build from this upward. Anyway, I haven't even began to mount this yet.

La Sportiva Mantra Adam Henry Edition

See the new Mantras? I scored a pair the other day down at First Ave. Limited edition. 1 of 1. So I guess your out of luck...

I expect to "crank" so much harder now!

Thanks Adam.

Air Intake

Wayne welded me up a new air intake tube instead or using the bent one. It looks so much better. Thanks Wayne!

More sheet metal

I'm making templates for the rear cavities so that I may cover them in sheet metal. I'm going to use the nutserts again to keep it looking clean. 1/4 bolts and washers better than screws. So here are the 2 rear cavities.

Oil Pan Skid Plate

ORC is fabbing me up an oil pan skid plate. It's in the beginning stages.

Cowl

I have nearly finished mounting the cowl. I had to use nutserts and on some I needed to cut and bend the existing sheet metal up to create a flat mounting place.

Orange Beach

Friday night Josh and I cooked chicken and veggies on the grill. It took us 3 hours to get the grill ready. We cleaned it, put fresh charcoal in it, hickory strips to get the right taste. All of this was done as we sat on the dock of the bayou. Amazing night! One of the best I've had in a long time.






Saturday Mary Margaret, me and Josh headed out on their boat to sample some of the local seafood, mixed drinks and entertainment. We ended with an amazing sunset on Robinson Island.

Further Progress

More Sun Visor..

I'm going to run 1/4" round bar on the bottom edge of the sun visor and top edge of the deflector to keep them stiff during extreme speeds. haha It will definitely clean the edge up.

Kenny & Norm Filter

I decided to turn to K&N for my air filter. So I'm running the 9' cone. The red thing is a pre-filter to keep smaller particles out. I will also need to step the flange down to 3" to fit my custom application.