Aspirations.
I want to learn to weld like this.
Progress on a Scout (not mine, part 2)
This morning I dropped by Mr. Soundman’s house to lend a hand in de-tubbing his Scout. He has a 1972 with relatively clean sheetmetal but a frame that’s seen better days. His plan is to add his good parts to a donor frame to make one clean Scout.
He’d gotten everything off the tub prior to [...]
Stick vs. MIG vs. TIG.
One of the things I’d like to (re)learn with this new truck is welding. Twenty years ago, I was given basic instruction by a guy in the sculpture department at college in exchange for a six-pack of beer, and I’ve forgotten almost everything about the lesson other than “wear a helmet”. After practicing on cast-aside [...]
Measurable Progress.
This afternoon, after some particularly uncomfortable time spent in the eaves of my porch installing another layer of insulation, I decided to reward myself by dropping the donor battery (Thanks, Mr. Soundman!) into the Scout and running up the engine. After attaching two 10′ lengths of dryer hose to each exhaust and venting them out [...]
Hydro-Boost.
Mr. Scout told me about his plans for installing a GM Hydro-Boost setup in place of the stock vacuum brake system on Chewbacca, and showed me a used system from an Astro van last weekend during the retub party. I decided to do some research on the subject and see what the pros and cons [...]
Appreciation.
On the heels of my earlier post about Bisio Motors up in Portland, Mr. Scout sent me this weblog post with some more information and a video interview.
Progress on a Scout (not mine).
Sunday afternoon I joined a group of guys over at Mr. Scout’s house to help him get the new fiberglas tub he’s had tucked behind his garage onto the shiny chassis.
It went very smoothly, which was surprising. For something as big and bulky as it is, four guys can move one tub very easily. [...]
From The Archives…
From my old picture archives, a shot from the late ’90’s at the wheel of my first Scout.
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