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PostPosted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 8:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I slept on crofty's tent once. I passed out drunk from two bottles of Everett's brother's wine.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 1:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What metal did you use?

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 3:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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What metal did you use?

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KF
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I slept on crofty's tent once. I passed out drunk from two bottles of Everett's brother's wine.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 8:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It looks great.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 11:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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clear coated friends sea blue 65, under $100 bucks for all the materials
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 10:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Installed rear view mirror, side mirrors, clear bullet turn signal lenses, cleaned up some bu**sh*t PO wiring and got my turn signals and brake light working.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 7:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Breaker breaker Buddy Bro!" Laughing

I have been experiencing serious issues with the Dormy's CB radio. Could hear others some of the time but could not talk over it unless I was "hitching a ride" on someone else's bumper! Sad

After spending the big $$$ on a much better unit at Flying J in Ehrenburg, AZ on our way to Lake Havafew, it was determined that my antenna was the actual item giving me trouble. Mad

So on this past long assed trip to the Twin Lakes we stopped at the first big Truck Stop and I got juan of thems kickass truck antennas! Though that did the trick and I now could pester the guys over the airwaves, The only place to install it was over the towel bar on the front bumper. Worked well but I did not like the look plus the nasty bracket chewed the paint right off it. Not to mention that it still needed the wire to go through the window, which is how the last 2 antenna wires got messed up. Also, the new main unit is much bigger than the tiny old one and just did not fit on the parcel tray. So it needed to find a better place to be. Think

Finnally got some time to work on this project and the "heat" wasn't as hot as it has been this week so I went at it yesterday. First, pix of the bumper chewing antenna bracket as it was:

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Drilled and tapped the top passenger side door hinge.

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It came up to 81" which will be "okay" to stay on pretty much permanently since the door for the "drive-through" goes to 80". So while it does ding it, once it passes that it clears everything else! Dancing


Next I decided to install the unit under the driver's seat. As you can see in the pix, it "clears" most everything so it is safe.

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Finally, relocated the microphone to be next to the seat for easyer access. Cool
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 8:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Cleaned up the subhatch opening last weekend. What a mess some PO had coated it with silicon which was almost as bad as all the glue Westfalia used!


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 8:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Started installing the ductwork, Bowden cable and wiring for the Eberspacher.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've never been proud enough of my slow ass accomplishments to write in this thread, but tonight I am feeling great. I fired up my '65 SO-42 for the first time after its many year's slumber in its third owner's driveway. I was a little nervous because of previous wiring repairs and the unknown stuff. Very exciting, although the Empi carb has got to go. Held a nice healthy idle, but exhaust leaks and rust holes give it a Yamaha XS650 chopper kinda sound.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 6:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I've never been proud enough of my slow ass accomplishments to write in this thread, but tonight I am feeling great. I fired up my '65 SO-42 for the first time after its many year's slumber in its third owner's driveway. I was a little nervous because of previous wiring repairs and the unknown stuff. Very exciting, although the Empi carb has got to go. Held a nice healthy idle, but exhaust leaks and rust holes give it a Yamaha XS650 chopper kinda sound.


Nice!
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 7:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The clamp-on bracket that came with the antenna was gawdy looking plus it sat so high that the tip of the antenna hit the door and the frame of the "drive through". So I made a bracket that was slender and sat lower just enough to clear the "issues". Cool

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 7:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i used a similiar mount to my mirror arm
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 12:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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i used a similiar mount to my mirror arm
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I like it, and the mirror arm too! Cool
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Here's mine.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 11:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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made some special mirror arms to go over the hinge mount front bumper, and some cheap $9 mirrors
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 4:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Washed it for only the second time this year! Anxious

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 10:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Packed front bearings, installed new speedo cable (now I can tell how slow I am going!), painted and installed a new delete plate and made a front floor mat from a $10 outdoor runner (plush!). Not stock but beats $150 one from WW.

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 10:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What a great idea! That might work for rear shelf as well.
Where did you get it?
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 1:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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What a great idea! That might work for rear shelf as well.
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I used one for the rear of my 66

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