Captainkirk's Duster project
...that you're in too deep?
Yeah, me too.
I've got this Duster scattered 12 ways to Sunday. Now that I'm actually working on the motor, I want, in the worst way, to drop it in and fire it up. Hear the thunder and see the lightning. Hell...I'd like to RIDE the lightning! Just to back it out of the garage on it's own power!
Kinda hard to do when it still looks like this:
....jackstands and all.
No suspension, no K-frame, no nuttin'.
Now that the weather is breaking, I intend to go full-bore on getting The Duke back down on all four. Now, going "full-bore" leaves a lot to be desired in one or two hour increments, to be sure. But the key here is to have a goal in sight and keep hammering away at it. It's doable, my goal. And by next spring I hope to have a fully-assembled motor hanging from a chain hoist ready to drop in. And no, I ain't using that Drop-A-Motor thingamabob...(I've still got it but I can't tell you why)....I'll be using a real cherry-picker this time.
I'm not about to kid myself into believing I can have the whole thing done by next (2016) summer, but it oughta be running and move-able by then anyway. If I can keep on track, that is.
Anyway, thanks for sticking with me on this build. I gotta say, staying focused and intense has been a lot of fun. And I appreciate those of you who poke me with a sharp stick now and again when I backslide.
Let's do this thing.
...that you're in too deep?
Yeah, me too.
I've got this Duster scattered 12 ways to Sunday. Now that I'm actually working on the motor, I want, in the worst way, to drop it in and fire it up. Hear the thunder and see the lightning. Hell...I'd like to RIDE the lightning! Just to back it out of the garage on it's own power!
Kinda hard to do when it still looks like this:
....jackstands and all.
No suspension, no K-frame, no nuttin'.
Now that the weather is breaking, I intend to go full-bore on getting The Duke back down on all four. Now, going "full-bore" leaves a lot to be desired in one or two hour increments, to be sure. But the key here is to have a goal in sight and keep hammering away at it. It's doable, my goal. And by next spring I hope to have a fully-assembled motor hanging from a chain hoist ready to drop in. And no, I ain't using that Drop-A-Motor thingamabob...(I've still got it but I can't tell you why)....I'll be using a real cherry-picker this time.
I'm not about to kid myself into believing I can have the whole thing done by next (2016) summer, but it oughta be running and move-able by then anyway. If I can keep on track, that is.
Anyway, thanks for sticking with me on this build. I gotta say, staying focused and intense has been a lot of fun. And I appreciate those of you who poke me with a sharp stick now and again when I backslide.
Let's do this thing.
