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Steve Lindsay · #1 02-04-2012, 04:04 PM

12" of snow last night. I should be shoveling but picture taking is more fun.

DakotaDocMartin · #2 02-04-2012, 04:19 PM

That's strange this year. We are having the warmest winter ever recorded in North Dakota. Very little snow here.

But, everyone else is getting dumped on instead.

mrthe · #3 02-04-2012, 04:30 PM

Cool pics heare we have no snow but the temperature is terrible

Dave London · #4 02-04-2012, 04:47 PM

Hi Steve
Looks like you got the stuff that missed us. We need water send some this way

JJ Roberts · #5 02-04-2012, 04:54 PM

Steve,That reminds me of the snow we had here in Manassas last year,not fun thats when me and my black lab just miss getting hit by two big branchs that snaped and fell right across the road.Some one is looking out for me.I don't think your going any where for a while.

J.J.

G.rohrbaugh · #6 02-04-2012, 05:43 PM

Glad Steve is having all that snow instead of us! What you think J.J.?

Steve Lindsay · #7 02-04-2012, 06:08 PM

More while shoveling.

G.rohrbaugh · #8 02-04-2012, 06:14 PM

Steve I would love to be there to take photographs. Sorry about you shoveling out! Better you then me

Steve Lindsay · #9 02-04-2012, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by G.rohrbaugh

Steve I would love to be there to take photographs. Sorry about you shoveling out! Better you then me

I'll save some snow for you to shovel!

Steve Lindsay · #10 02-04-2012, 06:32 PM

Two more while the sun goes down..

JJ Roberts · #11 02-04-2012, 06:33 PM

I don't mind a little dusting of snow it look nice around Christmas but I really don't want to see snow like last year.Dave how did you miss getting snow in Colorado?

J.J.

G.rohrbaugh · #12 02-04-2012, 07:24 PM

Wow just thought of something. Hope the UPS truck got up there to make my shipment with that snow!

Otto · #13 02-04-2012, 07:58 PM

Forget the shovel. You need to invest in a prickly pear burner.

Steve Lindsay · #14 02-04-2012, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Otto

Forget the shovel. You need to invest in a prickly pear burner.

Otto, Is this better than a prickly pear burner?

Days like this are when I wish the jeep was finished. Here are are pics of it so far. Restored it once already in 1987 but not as good as this time. It is a '77 CJ5

First a pic of it before it all started...

The rusted panels on the body get replaced. The body is just setting on to check for tire clearance before the body work starts.

Otto · #15 02-04-2012, 10:08 PM

Steve, I think you just hijacked your own thread!

Steve Lindsay · #16 02-04-2012, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Otto

Steve, I think you just hijacked your own thread!

That is for the moderator, Tim Wells, to decide.

Although.. you know, I'd better talk about engraving in the thread too...or else!

I'll move the thread over to the watercoolor if/when the moderator harasses me.

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Originally Posted by Otto

Forget the shovel. You need to invest in a prickly pear burner.

Otto, Do you have a prickly pear burner that you've engraved? Now we are talking about engraving.

Let's see, I don't know what to do about the thread hijacking though.

Haraga · #17 02-04-2012, 11:09 PM

Must be global warming? You know, the stuff Gore got millions to talk about.

SEngraver · #18 02-05-2012, 12:03 AM

Hi Steve,

Thank you for the beautiful pictures.The good thing I like about snow for some reason is that everything looks nice ,white and clean and very pretty.
The pictures at sundown are super.
We also had snow last night but only 3-5 cm,and its a good thing its sunday today,otherwise there would be total chaos around, already a third of flights are cancelled !!

The Jeep is is going to be a very nice car once ready.
Is turquoise a favourite colour ? (engine and tappet covers) .Your corvette is a similar colour.

But there is someone hanging around in a chair there with a handbag ?

All the best with Jeep.Would like to see a few pictures when its ready.

MO

Tim Wells · #19 02-05-2012, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Otto

Steve, I think you just hijacked your own thread!

Now that's funny right there!

Steve, you should mention the fact that the cat was a kitten when you started that project...

Tim Wells · #20 02-05-2012, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by SEngraver

Hi Steve,

Thank you for the beautiful pictures.The good thing I like about snow for some reason is that everything looks nice ,white and clean and very pretty.
The pictures at sundown are super.
We also had snow last night but only 3-5 cm,and its a good thing its sunday today,otherwise there would be total chaos around, already a third of flights are cancelled !!

The Jeep is is going to be a very nice car once ready.
Is turquoise a favourite colour ? (engine and tappet covers) .Your corvette is a similar colour.

But there is someone hanging around in a chair there with a handbag ?

All the best with Jeep.Would like to see a few pictures when its ready.

MO

I drove that Vette once and still have the scar on my left calf to prove it. That side pipe burnt the HE** outta me when I crawled outta that thing!

The snow looks wonderful; by the way I was riding around in my convertible today in a T-shirt in Georgia. Just sayin'...

SEngraver · #21 02-05-2012, 12:52 AM

Tim,

You mean there was no snow on your side ?

MO

Steve Lindsay · #22 02-05-2012, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by SEngraver

Is turquoise a favourite colour ? (engine and tappet covers).

Hi MO, I was thinking a dark blue/gray color but still not sure. The blue color of the engine was the stock color they painted them then. The engine will be pretty much stock but with a little hotter cam. They were available in v6 or V8 then. This was a V8 304.

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Originally Posted by SEngraver

But there is someone hanging around in a chair there with a handbag ?

I don't claim anyone's handbag! My legs don't look like that either!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Wells

The snow looks wonderful; by the way I was riding around in my convertible today in a T-shirt in Georgia. Just sayin'...

ok..ok don't rub your nice weather in! I bet the snow will melt into slop the next few days. Not as pretty of picture. The curved roads in Georgia are fun to drive. You know how the Nebraska are boring and in straight lines!

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Originally Posted by Tim Wells

I drove that Vette once and still have the scar on my left calf to prove it. That side pipe burnt the HE** outta me when I crawled outta that thing!

Here is a pic of Tim driving the vette before he burned his leg and before he broke the motor! He got to drive the jeep after this to get us back home.

Really wasn't his fault though. It was a rocker nut that broke and then came loose.

SEngraver · #23 02-05-2012, 01:46 AM

HI Steve,

The V8s are very sweet engines.The blue colour looks good but the colour of the body will also have to kind of go 'with the colour of the engine'.

Its going to be an awesome Jeep. I am sure.

Is all that work and re build being done in your workshop ?

MO

Steve Lindsay · #24 02-05-2012, 02:23 AM

The vette was all done here in the shop.

The jeep started out that way here in my shop but it didn't stay. Last Fall I fixed the jeep body rust best I could and painted it similar to what I had done to it in 1987. I was thinking then just to fix it up good-enough to have it hold together a few more years. After I had the body painted I took it to town to a Randy Lofquist that has a business rebuilding classic cars. I was going to have him pull the motor and give the motor to another friend that does engine rebuilding. While the engine was being worked Randy was to clean up and paint the jeep's underside. Well, one thing lead to another, as it was being taken apart and I kept saying to Randy... you know, since we are this far let's go a little further, and before I knew we were doing a a full body off restoration. He is is doing a great job and is easy to work with. He doesn't do transmissions rebuilding and such though. So I did just finish rebuilding the transfer case in my shop. It is a dana-300 that is modified with 4 to 1 ratio. ..replaced bearings, cleaned up, painted.. etc and dropped it off to Randy last week. Randy has a website but he doesn't keep it updated. http://www.dynamic-rides.com/Main.htm He has some other projects and motorcycles he is on at the same time as the jeep.

SEngraver · #25 02-05-2012, 03:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Lindsay

The vette was all done here in the shop.

The jeep started out that way here in my shop but it didn't stay. Last Fall I fixed the jeep body rust best I could and painted it similar to what I had done to it in 1987. I was thinking then just to fix it up good-enough to have it hold together a few more years. After I had the body painted I took it to town to a Randy Lofquist that has a business rebuilding classic cars. I was going to have him pull the motor and give the motor to another friend that does engine rebuilding. While the engine was being worked Randy was to clean up and paint the jeep's underside. Well, one thing lead to another, as it was being taken apart and I kept saying to Randy... you know, since we are this far let's go a little further, and before I knew we were doing a a full body off restoration. He is is doing a great job and is easy to work with. He doesn't do transmissions rebuilding and such though. So I did just finish rebuilding the transfer case in my shop. It is a dana-300 that is modified with 4 to 1 ratio. ..replaced bearings, cleaned up, painted.. etc and dropped it off to Randy last week. Randy has a website but he doesn't keep it updated. http://www.dynamic-rides.com/Main.htm He has some other projects and motorcycles he is on at the same time as the jeep.

Hi Steve,

The best way is what you have done now,everything up from the chassis to every nut and bolt.
Then there is no worry of any old unseen problems creep up on you later.
The complete works will hopefully give a great car and it will also be good in value.
Since Randy is a restoration man and you know him you will get a deal.And you get a little time to put up to us hassling you.

Any preferences on the colour of the body ?

MO

Steve Lindsay · #26 02-05-2012, 11:00 AM

Thanks MO. Maybe a dark blue/gray for color.

SEngraver · #27 02-05-2012, 02:09 PM

Steve,

I am sure the combination will look good,please post some pictures when it is ready.

MO

Steve Lindsay · #28 02-05-2012, 11:32 PM

One last pic. That is Karla cheering with her shovel that the driveway is finished.

JJ Roberts · #29 02-06-2012, 05:57 AM

Steve,Thats a lot of snow,I hope we never see snow like we had last year.My poor trees got the worst of it.Been lucky so far just a light dustings.Stay away from any large trees with heavy snow it could be very dangerous.J.J.