So the reason for needing the crew cab arrived on schedule in late August:
So I am officially way, way late
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I just heard from from Wildboy6x6 that the other donor truck is no longer available (and Steve your PM box is full so I couldn't reply). I have a few other rolling chassis lined up so I'm not in peril, but it would have been nice to get one from a SS member. I have a meeting with the body shop this coming week to make the face-to-face introductions and discuss the desired modifications to the chassis, so I'll post up what I learn from that as it happens.
I am also tying off a few purchases from SS Member CBR Metalworks - 24V MRAP alternator(s), MRAP A/C evaporators, and a cooling package from an MRAP to get the last parts for the engine's front end (new intercooler, cooling units that I can use for the LED forward lighting, etc.). Big thanks to CBR-MW for the help and dealing on the purchases - he was VERY flexible with packaging the separate purchases on a single pallet, even held on to stuff while I was getting the funds all lined up. Again BIG thanks!!
I also have a vendor lined up for the Red-Dot HMMWV condensers I need, one will be on the truck, one on the S-250 shelter, and one spare ('cause the price was right, and I'm not sure how often I'll be able to find these separate from a full A/C kit).
My wife's uncle is obtaining the Sherwin Williams CARC through his contacts - not sure what they are so I can't help anyone else out here by sharing
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. Since I'm doing a fully exploded body-off-frame paint job, and the truck is a stretched crew cab w/8' bed, I'm figuring on 10 gallons of Type-2 33446 (686A desert tan), and 3 gallons of type-2 primer, 3 more gallons of high zinc base primer, and gallon of type-2 37030 (camouflage black) for markings. The plan is to do high-zinc on metal, high-build to fill out any blemishes, then CARC primer, then two coats of CARC - all while exploded/un-assembled. The truck will then get its bed liner coating on the surfaces that need it (
Rhino-PPFR-2150 CARC compatible) and be re-assembled after 7 days - then a final coat of CARC to ensure everything has a nice coating as to seal the bed-liner so everything is water tight - finally the marking will be put on.
I've come up with a neat trick for the running boards steps, with the larger tires, lift, and sub-frame height increase I don't want my wife and kids (or my aging parents) to have trouble getting in - but I also don't want to get hung up on fixed steps on a rocker-nerf/slider bar. My inspiration was this (Google image search for up-armored F550 - these are the F550's the "private contractors" in Iraq have been using):
and this thread "
Steps Nerf Bars Added to LSSV" - but I liked the swing away steps that are now found on MRAPs like this:
So as again, not much visible going on, but I haven't forgotten about this and I haven't stopped working on it - this will get moving visibly again soon
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