Friday, March 22, 2019

Just keep building. Just keep building, building bulding


I know, it's a play on the old "Just keep swimming," from Disney's Finding Nemo, but it applies.

When I started this project over 2 years ago (not the dream, but the physical project), I had no idea what I was in for.  I had no idea what all went into a full build like The Spike.  I am so blessed to have a guy like Randy at Extreme Overkill Fabrication and others I can bounce ideas off of and rely on to keep the build moving forward.

Recently, I followed up with Randy to see how it was going.  He commented to me there were no major milestones, but a list of things had been done including finish welding on all the steering box mount and things associated with that.  He also has been buttoning up the engine and going over all that is involved in the heart of this beast.  I chuckled when Randy mentioned that he was getting ready to pull out the front axle and finish weld that.  All the assembly and work, now he needs to tear it down again!

You know what has been the thorn in our side the past few weeks?  Where the dipstick would be routed to check the transmission fluid.  Yup, all these bog pieces of steel, the engine, and all things you see and think about, and the custom routing for the stupid dipstick.  I guess I am the dipstick that would have never even considered this in a buggy build.

Anyway, I will share a couple pictures Randy sent me.  What you are looking at is the finish welding around the steering box mount and the custom winch plate that will hold the winch behind the grill of the rig.





It's a long road, and hopefully the rig will get debuted at the 2019 Crawl 4 Christ.  I don't want to push it, after all this time, I want it built right, not have to be built again.

God Bless you all for sticking with me.


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