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I filled the slots in front and back of the top mounting tabs and filled the gouges that the top made by sitting too far forward, masked off the interior and body panels and finally bit the bullet...

If it fits, stop by on the way home for smoked pulled pork! I haven't used the smoker for awhile!

No Ken, I won't be coming down for the NSRA show next weekend. The big shows don't really interest me anymore.

Had some visitors from the north, headed further south, driving an awesome lime green Chevy truck that they called Rita. I failed to capture Rita, but I did get them coming back from a ride in the...

When I took the top off the last time I saw that the bottom back of the top was cutting a groove in the raised surround lip behind the seats. :mad:
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I had been advised to use some...

Yeah, I really like walnut too. My road is Oak Valley Drive, but I have more walnut trees than oaks, some pushing 24" diameter. Also some shaggy bark hickories, ash, honey locust and some linden/bass...

Thanks!! The walnut came from my property. I dropped the tree, had it milled to lumber and then shaped it to fit the need in the shop. Makes it a bit more special for me....

Thanks, jb! From you that means a lot!

I did transform my Rec Room to a panel shop again ;), rather than be a couch potato in the cold snap. Had another snow storm blow in Thursday, but I was inside cutting & gluing vinyl!
Thanks Uncle...

I like the idea of the black walnut too, just need to figure out the shape & placement.

Today was carpet day, and it went pretty good. I've got one little boo-boo at the corner of the battery...

Continuing warm days with a cold front blowing in tomorrow. I had some things occupy my time away from the shop, but did attack the patterns a bit more and today got into transferring them to wood,...

Thanks Navy! I recall a set of "Hillbilly" bubble gum cards back in the day, and one had an old timer leaned back on his chair saying, "Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits." Today...

So today was one of those "Sit & Think" times. I measured & cut the back panel, notching out slots at the top for the trunk hinge supports and a big rectangle for the battery box and quickly...

79F right now, about 30 degrees above "normal" for this time! Gonna have warmer days through the end of the week, then cooling to more normal temps on the weekend.

Got a few hours of barn/shop time today and decided that leveling the floor was not worth the effort! I'll leave it alone, glue down some carpeting and work the side panels. With that decided I...

Lots of truths there, Navy! Patterns are a necessary evil, and thanks to Amazon there's plenty of cardboard!

I got my Kubota L3560 about 3 years ago and should've bought it 20 years ago! The best...

We've been having interesting weather patterns lately, warming to 70F today after getting 6" of snow last week with gusting winds all day. I took advantage of the warmth and after some stutter steps...

...says a guy from Georgia, who has no idea what cold really means!

No, the camera's not heavy but it's Fu#*in" cold here today!!

Tunnel cover bolted down....
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Passenger door panels in place....
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Just to clarify, I copied JimBeam's questions and gave answers on his Build Thread instead of tangling up mine.

I had completed the second door panel & pocket, ready to be popped onto the door...

I'm not sure on the "bumps", and I'm hoping that some sunshine smooths them. If not I may be redoing that panel. Don suggested that a steamer would bring them out, but that's something I don't...

Thanks for the kind words.

One door panel mounted, and the other one is done other than mounting the wood trim and popping the two pieces in place.
Like everything you do yourself any flaws are glaring mistakes, but it'll do...

Yep, sewing the thick material is tough on a regular machine, and the "foot" can chew up the surface if you're not really careful. One thing about slowing the machine down with reduction pulleys is...

Thanks Jim. I picked up a Yamata FYv5318 Industrial machine with table a few years ago. The guy had bought it at a GoodGuys show where Ron Mangus was demonstrating. He had never got it working, and...