Minor updates, nothing too serious.
I removed the front radio antenna and made a plug/cover.
I sanded *most* of the window frames and painted them.
Fancy paint station..
I haven't installed them all yet, but I think they will look good once I get new screen material installed and then reinstalled.
The dog doth approve
Next I popped the wheels
And replaced the wheel bearings, let the good times roll.
I was planning on cleaning/packing the original bearings, but once I popped the first wheel and saw rust infused grease, I decided that it would be worth it to replace all of them.
And it is a lot faster to pop them out and drive in new races then it would have been to clean out all the old grease.
Red greasy goodness...
another minor project..
Last winter a tree branch fell on my Astrodome (sky light) and busted it into a million pieces.
Eventually I want one in solar grey, but the vender that sells them is out of stock.
So I used the inner window frame as a template to cut out a plywood cover.
Last Saturday I took it on its first camping trip, roughly 260 miles round trip.
We setup in my sister in laws driveway.
We found a HUGE issue with the sleeping situation.. the adults of the family do NOT enjoy sleeping on cots.
We picked up an 8" memory foam mattress from Costco on the way home, I need to build a frame for it.
12800lbs of camping goodness.
On the way over, I ran 65mph into a 20mph headwind and still managed 12.9MPG.
On the way home I ran 75mph down the interstate with a slight tailwind and averaged 13MPG.
And since this is a Mustang forum, 1968 Mustang with 1971 Airstream.
tick tock, 2 week trip coming up soon.
I removed the front radio antenna and made a plug/cover.
I sanded *most* of the window frames and painted them.
Fancy paint station..
I haven't installed them all yet, but I think they will look good once I get new screen material installed and then reinstalled.
The dog doth approve
Next I popped the wheels
And replaced the wheel bearings, let the good times roll.
I was planning on cleaning/packing the original bearings, but once I popped the first wheel and saw rust infused grease, I decided that it would be worth it to replace all of them.
And it is a lot faster to pop them out and drive in new races then it would have been to clean out all the old grease.
Red greasy goodness...
another minor project..
Last winter a tree branch fell on my Astrodome (sky light) and busted it into a million pieces.
Eventually I want one in solar grey, but the vender that sells them is out of stock.
So I used the inner window frame as a template to cut out a plywood cover.
Last Saturday I took it on its first camping trip, roughly 260 miles round trip.
We setup in my sister in laws driveway.
We found a HUGE issue with the sleeping situation.. the adults of the family do NOT enjoy sleeping on cots.
We picked up an 8" memory foam mattress from Costco on the way home, I need to build a frame for it.
12800lbs of camping goodness.
On the way over, I ran 65mph into a 20mph headwind and still managed 12.9MPG.
On the way home I ran 75mph down the interstate with a slight tailwind and averaged 13MPG.
And since this is a Mustang forum, 1968 Mustang with 1971 Airstream.
tick tock, 2 week trip coming up soon.
