HanksDeuce: 8" Lift, Bobbed, External Cage, A/C and more Project!

[Another Ahab]

A few SS members have messaged me asking for more information on the custom brake lines used for my Disc Brake conversion. Your mileage may vary on the brake line lengths, so don't order specifically from my invoice and send a nasty PM later saying it didn't work. Break out a tape measure!

And then remember the All-Important Rule:

 

[HanksDeuce]

What a busy weekend. First the Louisiana National Guard Armory tour, then the 4Wheel Parts Truck show, and topping it off I attended the Christmas Parade in Gonzales, LA today!

I took 30 pictures of the parade. Feel free to click on over to my website for all of them on the gallery page. I'll put a few here so you all get the gist.

Direct link to gallery page entry for Christmas Parade in Gonzales, LA.

Comments:
- Deuce use #486: Blocking the road at the end of a parade to keep people from going around while waiting for the parade to start. I was asked to do so.
- Hint: Leave some distance to the float in front of you. Tons of women will bend over to grab candy/beads in the street. CLEAVAGE ALERT!
- Tons of candy smashing by the bobbed deuce. Like before they put me towards the back of the parade. I was in front of the Santa Claus float for a while.
- Parade was 1 hour 15 minutes long. No issues with the deuce other than the smashed candy. Oops!
- Didn't decorate the front because when that 23 inch mechanical fan engages it moves some air! Like Hurricane Katrina coming through.

 

[AZK9]

What a busy weekend. First the Louisiana National Guard Armory tour, then the 4Wheel Parts Truck show, and topping it off I attended the Christmas Parade in Gonzales, LA today!...

In one of the pics, it looks like the LEO (in your rearview mirror) was writing you a ticket!

But... that would not be in the Holiday Spirit!!

 

[Jeepsinker]

If I had been able to paint the whole thing, the details would have been a lot better. I'm sorry about the overspray on your brake lines and I'm sure some other things that you didn't want painted. You should be able to remove it from the brake lines with WD-40 on a rag.

That was a really hard time for me as you know, and isn't the best example of my workmanship.

 

[robson1015]

Always love looking at that deuce Hank.

 

[Another Ahab]

If I had been able to paint the whole thing, the details would have been a lot better. I'm sorry about the overspray on your brake lines and I'm sure some other things that you didn't want painted. You should be able to remove it from the brake lines with WD-40 on a rag.

That was a really hard time for me as you know, and isn't the best example of my workmanship.

I never heard of WD-40 as a paint remover. That's good to know.

 

[Jeepsinker]

It only takes off light overspray.

 

[HanksDeuce]

Unfortunately, when Garrett had to rest a bit after his accident his helpers didn't hit anything with just light overspray. It's taken me quite some time, but I now have the overspray off the Autometer dash gauges (driver window must have been rolled down a bit?), side windows, and most of the rubber and silicone hoses in the engine bay. I flat out refuse to waste my time using steel wool for several days to get the overspray off the sidewalls on all four 16R20 Michelins. However, I might be able to take steel wool to the brake lines, after all they are braided stainless steel with a smoked plastic cover.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Just get one of those siphon feed sand blasters to clean up the tires, just remember to protect your lungs! Maybe some silly-cone spray on the rubber might help the paint fall off.

 

[daytonatrbo]

Regular DOT3 brake fluid is safe for rubber and softens most paints pretty quickly. Anyone that's spilled some under the hood knows this all too well.

 

[Jeepsinker]

That, or a steam cleaner.

 

[HanksDeuce]

Well, there goes the neighborhood! My buddy found a deal that I couldn't pass up on a Nathan AirChime K5LA train horn. I rigged up 25 ft of 1/2" DOT air line from my air manifold between the air ride seats to the passenger side door opening with a ball valve and quick connect 90 degree elbow. Seller shows up and I connected it to the horn in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant. After a few loud horn blasts I paid the seller and I drove home with a big grin on my face. Now I need to come up with where to mount it. I also need to buy the Graham 353 Series 1/2" manual valve to go along with the train horn. This allows better control over the train horn.

Stay tuned for an install update on the train horn. It's supposed to rain all week here.

 

[youngDUMP]

Awesome. Got a three trumpet from my roommate with a 1/2" switch/valve about a month ago. Been working hard so haven't had time to install. We were thinking right above the pioneer tool rack on the frame pointed down would be a good location.

 

[gimpyrobb]

They aren't cheap(dunno what you paid for them) so make sure they are protected/secure.

 

[HanksDeuce]

I put together a page on my personal Deuce website to better show the layout of the modifications completed so far on my bobbed deuce. It's sort of a map if you will. You can find it on my modifications page at the first link below.
http://hanksdeuce.com/modifications.htm

Clicking the black/white bobbed deuce photo on the first link above takes you to the page below.
http://hanksdeuce.com/layout_of_modifications.htm

The picture on the 2nd link above is an image map, so it works by moving your mouse over one of the red crosshairs. Then the information magically pops up!

The attached picture below is just for reference only. No magic in it. You have to visit the 2nd link above to see the magic!

Let me know what you think.

 

[HanksDeuce]

I added another rollover image map on my personal deuce website for modifications completed as seen from the passenger rear of my bobbed deuce.

Again, visit the page below and highlight any of the areas with a red crosshair for more information on a particular modification.
http://hanksdeuce.com/layout_of_modifications.htm#layout2

 

[Another Ahab]

That is very cool how you break the components down that way on your website.

Where did you learn to do that kind of thing!?

 

[HanksDeuce]

That is very cool how you break the components down that way on your website.

Where did you learn to do that kind of thing!?

I never read any books on how to build websites, but I do browse how-to articles of different things you can add to a website to make it stand out from others. It's easy to just go to any website around the world and reverse engineer how they did it. Sure you can google "how to write HTML code" or something similar, but I find it easier to just visit a website, right click, and choose View Page Source. Then the magic happens of figuring out how they did it. The difficult part comes with linking cascading style sheets, javascript code, and plugins. It's not that complicated. The photoshop magic of doctoring the pictures is probably harder to learn. I work with layers, so it's easy to turn one layer off, duplicate it, and modify the new layer.

1. First you make an image in photoshop with the crosshair labels on the bobbed deuce.
2. Then you map out the coordinates of each "hot spot" with an on-line resource.
3. Then you work some magic with HTML code (including Image Map stuff from the on-line resource, Mouse rollover stuff, etc).
4. Test it locally on your own computer.
5. Upload the HTML code and photos to your own personal website.
6. Post the link for SS members (and the general public) to enjoy.

 

[Another Ahab]

Web Design Made Easy

by HanksDeuce

Chapter One: "You can do this."

Thanks, Brother!

 

[robson1015]

Any update on the horn install or painted dash????? Big fan of this thread...