Let's build a mini-truck. Set the time machine to "high school parking lot 1989"

BoostedBrandon said:

In reply to Cousin_Eddie :

You're my new signature.

Love the truck!

That makes two of us with Cousin_Eddie quotes for signatures. 

I'm very flattered about both of the signature quotes. You fellas ought to meet me in real life. I'm the most socially awkward person you'd ever meet. I say all kinds of quirky stuff. Little of it noteworthy....

Lookin great Eddie! 

CuzzinE, what hp #'s will this hypo RED bullet put out?

759NRNG said:

CuzzinE, what hp #'s will this hypo RED bullet put out?

Should be roughly 85 horsepower (stock rating). I do have a Weber carb and a so far undisclosed other addition which may help it a tiny fraction. No hot rod, this truck.

Not even a cold air intake....nice shiny chrome header .....and a cat back exhaust????

As a child of the 80's, those rims are AWESOME!

In reply to Cousin_Eddie :

That would make at least two of us. At least till you get to know me. Then I'm trouble.

Wow that happened fast.

It looks marvelous! 

The rusty brake master is out of place. I would also pull the hard vacuum line to the booster and clean it up. And all of this is better than anything I own and I'm in awe. Just ignore me and carry on. 

mazdeuce - Seth said:

The rusty brake master is out of place. I would also pull the hard vacuum line to the booster and clean it up. And all of this is better than anything I own and I'm in awe. Just ignore me and carry on. 

I do not disagree with the things you pointed out. Getting the engine into the truck was a big win for me, as my shop is quite small so I've been playing Tetris with the truck and engine hoist and engine on the stand. Once I got it dropped in and bolted in place, I was able to disassemble the engine hoist and put it and the engine stand into storage. Now I have a bit of room to maneuver. So, now I can turn the page and focus on making stuff sanitary.

mazdeuce - Seth said:

The rusty brake master is out of place. I would also pull the hard vacuum line to the booster and clean it up. And all of this is better than anything I own and I'm in awe. Just ignore me and carry on. 

Wow!  Rubbing rust in the wound Seth!  You trying to kill Cousin Eddie?

In reply to Cousin_Eddie :

If it makes it any better, the front end clunk on the crappy Miata is resulting in me painting the front A-arms and I blame that 100% on you. Can't put dirty parts back on. 

And the shiny chrome header will be in your next post.......

759NRNG said:

And the shiny stainless steel header will be in your next post.......

BOOYAAA!!!!!!........I knew it ......now, how is the cold air intake gonna shake out???? 

Does it not need nitrous of some flavor?  Because race truck?

The paint is super gorgeous, but from your old trucks I was expecting a lot more powder coating - do you still do powder coating?

SkinnyG said:

The paint is super gorgeous, but from your old trucks I was expecting a lot more powder coating - do you still do powder coating?

Not too much. It's in deference to my shop. My old shop was ghetto and I did mad powdercoating in it. My current shop is pretty nice for a fellow like me, so I don't want to get powder all over it. I still do a little powder work by hanging the parts outside and shooting them before bringing them into the oven inside. The valve cover is powder. Everything else is VHT paint.

Progress continues on the engine project. This morning I decided to hit the junkyards for some needed goodies. I've been on a constant-tension hoseclamp kick lately. I'm banishing worm gear hose clamps from my projects. So I am the weirdo that buys factory hoseclamps from the junkyards.

As soon as I got in to the yard, I wept openly at what I saw. I really want to replace my daily driver 2000 Civic with a first gen CRV. And here sits a perfectly good one that some shiny happy person threw away.

I did find a little truck that gave up some booty though. Mainly, I got a tach cluster (with clock). My truck lacks both of those. Plus a bunch of little doodads that I needed.

Speaker block off plates for the rear cab corners. I have never seen these before. Since I won't be running speakers there in my truck, I had to grab them.

Miscellaneous nic-nacs.

I had two bellhousing bolts missing on my truck when I got it so I grabbed a couple. They are bigger than bolts that I routinely keep laying around.

I'm with you on the constant tension clamps. 

So I'm torn between an early CR-V and a first gen Rav4. Both of them are just little and weird enough and both can be had with a manual and I keep looking at them on CL. Any reason to prefer the CR-V? 

mazdeuce - Seth said:

I'm with you on the constant tension clamps. 

So I'm torn between an early CR-V and a first gen Rav4. Both of them are just little and weird enough and both can be had with a manual and I keep looking at them on CL. Any reason to prefer the CR-V? 

No reason that I can justify. I do have a bunch of special Honda tools though, so things like changing suspension bushings and such is easy for me. 

I can't seem to score a Forrester of my own like you did. If I could, that would fill the niche instead of a CRV or Rav. I want something station wagon like that isn't nice enough to worry about things like junkyard parts runs.

mazdeuce - Seth said:

I'm with you on the constant tension clamps. 

So I'm torn between an early CR-V and a first gen Rav4. Both of them are just little and weird enough and both can be had with a manual and I keep looking at them on CL. Any reason to prefer the CR-V? 

Personally i like the Rav4 over the CR-V only because the toyota has a real awd system in it (same as the all-trac) and the honda have a hydraulic/clutch type awd that is only awd when the front wheels start to slip. Not to say that's a terrible thing but when i comes to awd i prefer mechanical systems

I want a station wagon too.  However, the one I want is far too nice for junkyard runs, an E63 AMG wagon...