{"id":4251,"date":"2023-12-09T06:38:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T14:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/?p=4251"},"modified":"2023-12-09T06:38:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T14:38:28","slug":"all-quiet-on-the-international-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2023\/12\/09\/all-quiet-on-the-international-front\/","title":{"rendered":"All Quiet on the International Front"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been very cold in Maryland the last couple of weeks, and with the short amount of daylight we&#8217;re getting there isn&#8217;t a whole lot of time to get anything done on the trucks while it&#8217;s warm. The Travelall has been under a snug car cover for the last couple of weeks and the Scout is snoring in the shed, both hooked up to battery tenders. I don&#8217;t see much happening on the trucks themselves until after New Years, because we&#8217;ve got to source a second daily driver with the l<a href=\"https:\/\/idiotking.org\/archives\/2023\/11\/goodbye-gray-ghost\/\">oss of the Honda at Thanksgiving<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I have been in touch with Jeff J. about seat covers, however, and we&#8217;re formulating a plan for him to sew me new ones based on the pictures I sent up. I&#8217;ve got a source for foam identified, and when we get past Christmas I can place an order for supplies to work on them inside. I also checked in with Brendan B. about the power steering gear he offered me, and we&#8217;ve got that set aside for after the holidays when I can get up there to pick it up.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3617\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_5418.jpg?resize=1170%2C878\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_5418.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_5418.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_5418.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_5418.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The other thing I think I&#8217;ll work on is the spare drinker&#8217;s side fender, which I got with a large hole cut out where the fuel filler used to be. Other than that, it&#8217;s in great shape, so I&#8217;m going to pull the trigger on some new metal from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2023\/03\/16\/fold-assemble\/\">Sendcutsend<\/a>, clean up the area, and spend some time welding a new fuel filler assembly in place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been very cold in Maryland the last couple of weeks, and with the short amount of daylight we&#8217;re getting there isn&#8217;t a whole lot of time to get anything done on the trucks while it&#8217;s warm. 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