Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Progress?

Busy Boy . . . Sten has spent the last two weekends working into the wee hours completely tearing down his trucks before he starts the rebuilding process. He plans to cut the frame on both trucks just behind the cab as the old frame is not long enough to handle the service bed. Then he will join the two frames. When he was younger, he used large quantities of duct tape to complete projects - but I'm thinking this is gonna need something a little stronger.

Sten has even recruited friends to help him - and he offers 5 star accomodations.
Side note: we purchased 2 fold up mats from Costco years ago (they are thick foam and fold in thirds, one side is fabric and one side is vinyl). They are very useful critters - great for sleeping outside or in other strange places such as shop floors. They don't fold compact but they are comfortable. Sure beats those blow up doozies that lose their air at 2:30 am. Costco still carries them occasionally - it looks like we may need a couple more.

This is what he was after. A 7.3 liter diesel engine. The stuff dreams are made of (apparently).

Junk pile - hmmm, need that radiator - Ryan and Will?

2 comments:

Didge said...

Ok, so when I got up this morning and checked your blog, you had the lovely senorita at the top. When I checked an hour later to see where you got your background, you had updated...you are burning the candle at both ends my girl but the valentines things look cute! Next time you are up that late, call me! It would be an easy time to have a chat as certain noise makers are at school:)

shirleyjean said...

Oh my what are our kids and grandkids doing at all hours of the night? Never a dull moment at both households, even ours thats why we are leaving for a couple of days here soon.