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Oh yeah!! I've got a couple of knives one of my uncles made from saw blades years ago. He's been gone for 40 years or so now...
What's your other project (non Jeep) . . . show them off here!
- Thread starter IRQVET
- Start date
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- Oct 18, 2011
Hey all,
After joining the quitter's club last year I have expanded my other hobby of sim flying and racing. Smaller footprint and much easier and cheaper to push a reset button rather than fix the real thing when you crash.
As you can see I have the option of either flying or racing, less than a 5 minute change over. I also can switch to a joy stick/throttles to fly helicopters and try to land on an aircraft carrier with a F-18.
Currently learning the Boeing 737 from cold dark start to landing with the auto pilot. Keeps me busy.
After joining the quitter's club last year I have expanded my other hobby of sim flying and racing. Smaller footprint and much easier and cheaper to push a reset button rather than fix the real thing when you crash.
As you can see I have the option of either flying or racing, less than a 5 minute change over. I also can switch to a joy stick/throttles to fly helicopters and try to land on an aircraft carrier with a F-18.
Currently learning the Boeing 737 from cold dark start to landing with the auto pilot. Keeps me busy.
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- Jan 11, 2015
WOW
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- Oct 12, 2003
That looks like a whole of fun. Nice skill to have. My neighbor is a pilot flying cargo. He got his Captain's license. I was talking to him, and he was telling me about training for it. He had to fly a simulator, and they made one thing after another fail to see what he would do and how he would react to save the plane. I thought it was fascinating. I would love to learn how to fly. My dad was a flight surgeon in the Navy, so he had to keep up enough flight hours to bring the plane in if everyone got killed back in the 50's. We were going to take flight lessons on base in the 70's, but they quit offering them before I was old enough.
Dave
Dave
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- Apr 8, 2008
You really need to learn to land before anything else.
I can land one if i need to. (College picture)
15 years later, Don't expect it to be graceful. First order will be a special transponder ident and radio channel.
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colojeepguy
Colorado Springs
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- Apr 4, 2010
Not a big deal, just basic maintenance on my DD 30 year old F250, in preparation for an upcoming 1k mile trip.
New pads for the front, rear shoes just get scuffed and adjusted.
New pads for the front, rear shoes just get scuffed and adjusted.
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- Feb 9, 2018
Short bed 4x4! That's a rare one.
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- May 28, 2014
It is, with the 392 and 4 speed. Looking forward to getting to it. Almost done with the CJ6, then onto the D100!
T.M.
Rubicon or bust!
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- Jan 11, 2024
My newest bad decision/project truck is a 1948 Chevrolet 3600 (3/4 ton pickup) with a 235 straight 6 swapped in it.
It isn't too molested but has plenty of little problems and projects to fix.
It did run and drive (ish) and made the ~150 mile drive back home under its own power.. Since then it's developed a carb problem that I'm working though.
I don't have a huge plan for it; just maintain and drive it and make a few drivability upgrades. I'd like to have it daily-drive-able eventually.
It's interesting shifting a SM420 transmission that has 78 years of wear on it after putting a few hundred miles on the brand new (NOS) SM420 in my Jeep.
If you're interested in learning more or following the project I'm going to be posting it over on the (Chevy) Stovebolt forum. Here's a link to my build thread: https://www.stovebolt.com/ubbthread...53/1948-chevy-3600-fumbling-about#Post1607253
Pictures:
It isn't too molested but has plenty of little problems and projects to fix.
It did run and drive (ish) and made the ~150 mile drive back home under its own power.. Since then it's developed a carb problem that I'm working though.
I don't have a huge plan for it; just maintain and drive it and make a few drivability upgrades. I'd like to have it daily-drive-able eventually.
It's interesting shifting a SM420 transmission that has 78 years of wear on it after putting a few hundred miles on the brand new (NOS) SM420 in my Jeep.
If you're interested in learning more or following the project I'm going to be posting it over on the (Chevy) Stovebolt forum. Here's a link to my build thread: https://www.stovebolt.com/ubbthread...53/1948-chevy-3600-fumbling-about#Post1607253
Pictures:
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