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I have not actually listed it, I am hoping to get my knees replaced this year and then I hope this project will become more appealing to me, I am building this thing to drive being the only fully street legal "sand rail" in Texas, (apparently) but as it stands now getting in and out is an...

I am however considering selling the entire project.

No, the center pod is part of the dash and I have no interest in cannibalizing it. I restored the old dash, the "spare" new dash is blank

I need to pull some maint. on the DuraVee so I put the tires back on for the first time since the tear down so I could swap it around in the shop, was nice to see in rolling again. It is also nice to be working in the shop again after almost 2 months...

Nurse Ratched had to go to town this morning so I shed my "new" splint (to be worn for the next 8 weeks) and went into the shop. It is nice to get out in the shop even for some "light duty work" I was working with the seats today. As I stated before I contacted Corbeau and made two inquiries...

I got the engine in, covered in the other thread. The wife and I filled and bled the clutch and brakes Saturday, it went really well, I expected to have al lot of problems bleeding the rear brakes with the Neal cutting brake but it did not seem to be a problem and fingers crossed the Neal is...

Even though I was waddling like a duck Monday after stuffing myself Sunday I managed to get the half shafts on, even my mentor with 30 years experience with off road buggies said these are somewhat of a PITA. They are not sealed like a HMMWV half shaft, the flanges on the trans and stub shafts...

Well the last week or so I got the engine torn down, and Friday I picked up the fuel tank and new console from my metal guys. The fuel tank was split and repaired along one of the seams, they evidently did not grind it out deep enough and did not even stop the crack. So my metal guys said they...

Well the transmission is in and aligned, I had to remove the shift cover and re-install the speedo cable drive adapter, this is a custom mod as the 091 did not have a speedo drive, it is needed because the off road spindle set up does not allow for a speedo drive (the original German design...

Interestingly today at a local hot rod shop selloff I picked up this lot, the pedals and the slave cylinder are pretty much exact copies of the much earlier Neil components. The pedals are cast aluminum and there has been some refinement but basically same poop different cat box. The NOS in the...

Well I got the pedals finished today, with 3 brand new Wilwood master cylinders, all of the originals were 5/8 which is OK from a parts inventory point of view but the 5/8" is a little too small for the clutch, would make the pedal lighter but requires more throw, so I replaced the clutch master...

Well I have a rolling chassis, the suspension, steering and brakes themselves are complete with the exception of the tie rods and of course the shocks will not get installed until it is ready to drive, one of the tie rods has a seized rod end and it looks like they even bent the rod trying to...

The front end needed some major TLC, the only thing that retains the front trailing arms are the leaf springs and on one of the trailing arms all the leaves were broken or loose so the rest of the suspension was the only thing holding it together, on the king pins all the retaining snap rings...

It was delivered with most of it painted black the engine and trans were natural. The military first painted it green, the samples I found on the vehicle were 34079 forest green which would be correct for circa 1982-3. As far as I can tell all the Army FAVs were green 4 color camo, which was...

Well I never said I was a painter even though I have pumped allot of paint, this was my first time using a HVLP gravity feed gun but it did not take long to get it dialed in. This thing was a ROYAL PITA to paint but it is now GREEN! At least now I can get back to work on it, plan on having a...

The chassis and front beams came home today, had to stop at good ol Harbor freight on the way to pick up some painting supplies and Sherwin Williams tomorrow for the important stuff, going to use Rapco 34079 for the base coat.

I'm glade they could prime it right away, chrome moly flash rusts really fast.

A picture is worth a thousand words!

The chassis went to the blaster today, he said he only had time right now to do the chassis and front beams which is all I need to get going again, fingers crossed!!

I was working on the hood today and uncovered some numbers, clearly RV0008 Not sure what to make of it "Recon Vehicle 0008"? The FAV has a different chassis than the first 8 remote controlled vehicles that were "borrowed" from the Navy (before they ordered the 120 FAVs) so I doubt it stands for...