It’s been very cold in Maryland the last couple of weeks, and with the short amount of daylight we’re getting there isn’t a whole lot of time to get anything done on the trucks while it’s warm. The Travelall has been under a snug car cover for the last couple of weeks and the Scout is snoring in the shed, both hooked up to battery tenders. I don’t see much happening on the trucks themselves until after New Years, because we’ve got to source a second daily driver with the loss of the Honda at Thanksgiving.
I have been in touch with Jeff J. about seat covers, however, and we’re formulating a plan for him to sew me new ones based on the pictures I sent up. I’ve got a source for foam identified, and when we get past Christmas I can place an order for supplies to work on them inside. I also checked in with Brendan B. about the power steering gear he offered me, and we’ve got that set aside for after the holidays when I can get up there to pick it up.
The other thing I think I’ll work on is the spare drinker’s side fender, which I got with a large hole cut out where the fuel filler used to be. Other than that, it’s in great shape, so I’m going to pull the trigger on some new metal from Sendcutsend, clean up the area, and spend some time welding a new fuel filler assembly in place.
Neal in Boston says:
Bummer to hear about your Accord. I clicked through and read your post on that. I didn’t realize that you have other blogs going on simultaneously. Cars are crazy expensive these days! We are holding on to our 07 Odyssey and 13 Sienna. (Both of which we bought with 33k miles and after they were surrendered to local dealers after three-year leases.). Deer encounters or catastrophic fails notwithstanding. But I also have two teenage drivers now. I do try to still commute by bicycle as much as possible, but we are waiting on getting a third car from a friend as soon as soon as she finalized a new car purchase. We are going back to the classics and getting her 2002 Honda Civic! Luckily it only has 70,000 miles and it has been garaged. But it has made me think hard about what we might be interested in if we were buying a nicer newer main vehicle. I am a bit sad that it is an automatic instead of a stick, but the price is definitely right! Good luck in your search.