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A word of caution for anyone working on one of these trucks or an M886: When replacing rusted out metal on the cabover piece, pay particular attention to the radius around the front above the windshield. The replacement piece needs to be kinda sorta axe head shaped, for lack of a better...

Yeah, but I been too busy (lazy?) to put up more pictures. I have Tuesday off and it’s supposed to be a nice day, so look for more to come soon.

It was dark by the time we got the skin on, so no shots of that yet. The edges ended up being pretty messy looking, nothing a few coats of Lusterless Forest Green wont hide.

Managed to finally get the roof skin on. Not so sure I'm happy with the way it turned out, but I guess it's better than it was. More pics coming soon.

As of right now, none to write home about, regrettably. Hoping to make some more headway this week, while most everyone else is enjoying themselves at Durhamtown. At a MINIMUM, I need to get the roof back on this thing before snow flies.

I feel your pain, gents. I really do. :(

Nothing personal fellas (far from it!), but I just feels as though my time (and finances!) would be better utilized getting this truck whipped into shape at this time. October is usually a month in which a LOT of deferred maintenance gets caught up on at the michigandon compound anyway. Next...

Well boys and girls, I can see that the W400 is not going to be anywhere even close to ready when the time comes, so I am going to bow out gracefully right now. I WILL be at the Denton Farmpark this Spring, and so will the W400...even if I have to push it there myself.

I had been planning on biting the bullet and just having my current ones regeared. I had a D70 4.10 ring and pinion gifted to me from one of my old TDR friends, and a got on good deal on a Powerlock carrier on Craigslist to go with it. Also have a 4.10-down D60 open carrier on hand for the front.

It has a gray tarp over it right now.

Really hoping to get the W400 put together enough to bring it down. I'm going to bow out if I cannot successfully pull that off. :(

Found a guy parting out a motorhome on Craigslist and scored myself a rooftop AC unit WITH heat strip today! Never know whether or not you'll be freezing or frying at Durhamtown or Denton, so this is exactly what the doctor ordered, IMHO.

Took advantage of a break in the godawful heat and humidity to make a little more progress. We cut out all of the roached out Z-channel and replaced it with square tubing.

I am hoping to persuade mrsmichigandon to come. I already have a trailer reserved.

Guess who plans on being back, after a three year hiatus? At least I am *hoping* to get the W400 roadworthy enough to where I can bring it and the M882 down behind it on the Big Tex.

Sure was. I blame the spot welds that were used to tack it together. I have come to the conclusion that Mark Body and Equipment never intended for this thing to last as log as it dd.

Well, the old roof has been demo'd.

SOLD: American!

Thinking about installing some additional ones. Most of the hat channel looks to be salvageable. There are also a few Z-bars that appear to be too far gone. Contemplating using some galvanized unistrut? I cannot find hat channel quite like this to save my life. Also thinking about using a...

How about making some out of a piece of culvert, or a 55-gallon drum (don't laugh!)?