Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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Now that you mention it, the pictures are probably confusing. The body is standing on its firewall, and yes, that rear part up in the air will settle around the kickup of the frame. You only see a very small portion of it when installed, because the fuel pump and battery hide most of it. We were thinking about bending up a piece of 18 gauge steel and sending it off for louvers, and putting it inside that pocket. But after I realized how little you see of it, I decided to not go to that trouble. Plus, louvers would be hard to keep clean back in there.

Don

Here, this picture gives a better perspective of the layout.

(Oh boy, my post count is really climbing. )

Don

Geez, who cares about post counts??? I thought this was a nice friendly forum, not a contest!! Denny, some people must have a small mind. Open discussion is always great.

Don,
If you put that bed liner coating on the bottom to help keep it clean, I'm wondering if that will really do that. I put a wrinkle finish on the bottom of a trailer a few years back and after a few months it looked awful. It seemed to be a dirt magnet and hard to clean. Maybe the bed liner stuff is different I don't know, I have no experience with it. Just a thought
On another note, I can't tell you how happy I am with that little battery, that thing cranks like a 24 volt system and recharges faster than anything I have ever had.
Ken

That's really good to hear Ken, about the battery. It puts my mind to rest about if it was going to be enough. Would have been a real problem if it wasn't, as my car really has no room for a bigger one. Thanks for letting me know.

This bedliner is pretty smooth when applied, and just yesterday I dusted off the portion inside the body that I have done already, and it cleaned up pretty well. It had been sitting, gathering dirt, and it seemed to shed that stuff ok. I have seen the rougher stuff, and it does have lots of pores to catch dirt.

You made my day with the battery info.


Don

Don,
Looks like it is going pretty well, Don't Stop Now...You need to print all the tech stuff and all the pics to a book and get it published. I'm tellin ya, it would sell...