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Hey Ziggy, got the same sort of issue with the SS Phoenix, no frame in the port holes!<br>I have filled the holes with 1" foam board for insulation (gets an R5 rating) but building wall might be unique. <br><img style="width: 462px; height: 616px;" rel="lightbox"...

Thanks Nicole,&nbsp; I'm counting the first outing as just a sTrEsS tEsT <img src="/images/boards/smilies/idea.gif" class="emoticon bbc_img"><br>For the van not me, Layla and I just camped wherever the van made it to until the money starting getting close.<br>I was sad we didn't make RTR but...

<div style="text-align: left;">Replacing these two mirrors was going to be $25-$75, local junk (sorry, scrap) yard to retail prices.<br>OR, 1 can white primer and 1 can white appliance epoxy.... $12. sandpaper I had already.<br>And this is only first coat of appliance epoxy.<br><img...

New Captain's chair....<br><img style="width: 462px; height: 616px;" rel="lightbox" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hPPwgnMhTS0/UeQBotVT5TI/AAAAAAAAAf4/iRyudFZITwg/w462-h616-no/New+Captain%2527s+Chair.jpg" class="uw xO bbc_img"><img style="width: 462px; height: 616px;" rel="lightbox"...

It was late, I realized I left out rear window pics. I actually liked the way they turned out the 1" panels fill them up nicely.&nbsp; And, yes the captain's in the background with her watchful eye.<br><img style="width: 640px; height: 480px;" rel="lightbox"...

Recovered from trip and starting back to work on van.<br>Put 1" styrofoam in one of the long side windows, and both of the back windows.<br>Also put down one section of subfloor, foil-backed celtex. I think I'm liking it so it may stay.&nbsp; That will be covered with layer of 1/4" insulating...

Added to the conversion/rebuild list is now a new radiator!&nbsp; <br>I should have this thing rebuilt by the time I get back to Kentucky.&nbsp; <br>It is running great now, still a little shift problem, staying in overdrive at highway speeds.&nbsp; <br>Gonna go spend the night in the Mark Twain...

yeah, had to make some out of cardboard for tonight. Parked in front of repair shop in what might be a rough neighborhood :-) Seems the radiator just won't make it. So stealth mode for sure tonight. Gotta go walk Layla before dark.

Had to wait till dark to show the LED light strips.<br>I just think they worked out well.<br>For permanent install I'll put two strips on one switch and two on the other,<br>dual level lighting for you know when the mood's right. <br><img rel="lightbox"...

Thanks Bruce, the easy fix is the engine hasn't messed up since I turned around and went back to the Firestone store.&nbsp; I have noticed the tranny shifting odd and unable to hold in overdrive over about 60~65mph.&nbsp; So we talked about heat related vacuum problems, (cracked hose, fitting...

OK, to catch up, but first... I am aborting mission to RTR.&nbsp;&nbsp; Makes me really&nbsp; sad, I was looking forward to seeing folks.&nbsp; Really upset Layla cause I think she wanted to see Homer.<br>I spent the night last night at the Firestone service center in Amarillo, the day (plus a...

What time frame is being considered.<br>And, Ziggy did you know any of the Andrews family in Madison Fla?

Ziggy I thought build would be on hold til I got back from RTR..<br><br>However, an important thing to include in conversion build plans, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">new radiator cap</span>.<br>Oh no worries, I replaced mine back up the road in Joplin, MO<br>Geez, what a long...

<span style="font-size: medium;">Yikes ! ! !<br><span style="font-size: small;">Stopped in eastern Indiana to sleep through a storm, beats driving through a storm.<br>Discovered one leak fixed, another created.&nbsp; :-o<br>Oh well, hope to get to RTR in time for soup.<br>Have cans, BIG pot...

<span style="font-size: medium;">Finished temporary power for the road now all I gotta do is leave.&nbsp; ;-)<br>At the top DC fuse block for fan, lights and dc recpt., voltage monitor, 1000watt inverter, 122amp/hr deep cycle battery and cable going out window is for folding solar...

Wow Ziggy!!! Here I was looking to you for inspiration!!!&nbsp; Snap outta it man !!!<br>Hey I know, I bottomed out last week and just sat in the van wonderin' what the heck???<br>But now I got some Buffet blaring and going in search of that sunset on that one particular harbor, `cause it's five...

So started putting in temporary power for maiden voyage to the RTR.<br><img rel="lightbox" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JHrDpnnHeC0/UcerAcxoU_I/AAAAAAAAANQ/b6EI0EXFRNc/w821-h616-no/Temp+power+01.JPG" class="uw xO bbc_img"><br>122amp/hr marine battery in box to the right, fold up solar...

<span style="font-size: large; color: #ff0000;">WOW what a week !<br><span style="font-size: small; color: #000000;">Trying to work on the SS Phoenix, pack a few things and actually keep a job.<br>Oh well, here's the important stuff</span></span>...<br><img style="width: 516px; height: 334px;"...

Really cool, oops I mean, awesome pic there Wagoneer.<br>Hey is that the back of Hammond B3 and Fender stacks I see in the background?

Bama I know what ya mean hippie at heart...<br>I'm still bummed out I was only about 13yrs old during Woodstock and the "Summer of Love"<br><br>I'm struggling to exist in the captivity of industrial America.... <br>I always tell them, "I'm not useless, I make a perfectly good bad example.&nbsp...