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NO!!!!!!!!!!! the lockdown is extended till 28th June and then another 2-3 weeks after that to be allowed to open the workshop up, They cannot get a permit to open the workshop sigh.

The truck looks amazing. Near to the point where you can drive it.... After all this time, you are going to wonder if you have finished everything and when you can actually call it finished!

John


Up until we took the wheels off it was driveable just didn't wanna stop once you got to 3rd gear ...

Joeri wrote: Sat Jun 06, 2020 4:29 pm You cant even do a chassis extension here in Belgium.....they will take your rig of the streets and it will never pas MOT.

YUp same here in Malaysia legally cannot even weld stuff to the chassis it's confinscATED on registration or ownership change inspection.

26 May 2021

Then it's time for the panels all to be bolted back to the truck the change in the trucks appearance is now amazing. So it will now pass the inspection rules of ONE colour.
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I manage to do my first wet camp site test with the ...

22 23 May 2021

Work now commences on preparing the flexible solar panel it will magnetic stick to the service hatch panel. I have 2 more for the new boat project which has the cut list prepared and waiting to be routed out in Singapore in coming 2 weeks.
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16 May 2021

I share lunch each sunday with Zinc he's getting good at it. He's not as cute as he looks he took a piece of 4 people in one day drawing blood on 2 including the owner. I have scars on my arm from an incident. If he is not wagging his tail and watching your hand do not touch him ...

25 April 2021

cannot wait the floor is reinstalled so I can strip the service hatch down ready to be one coat black.
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12 May 2021
Lights and fan testing continues to see current draw on the 150amp deep cycle battery.
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11 April 2021

Part 1 of 3 of the shrew fence is installed.

4 April 2021

I lift the floor over the fuel tank and oh no the damn shrew has had covid parties on the fuel tank again along with his friends. Now I'm pissed, I'm waiting for the rest of the fence to be tigged up. I now feel like Bill Murray in Caddyshack. Further lockdown can only travel inside ...

28 29 30 March 2021

I needed a new workbench so the frame being made for the indoor restaurant for 350k away which got cancelled is recycled into a new all purpose work table by hotpants.

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Meantime I paint the inside of the doors.
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19 20 21 March 2021

The frame looks good.
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So do the door bottoms.
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I finally finish the front half of the frame.
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and start ...

12 13 14 March 2021

Front painted. Then i see the run and and the fix ruins the valance under the window sigh this will be fixed later. I cannot paint the front bumper as it's holding the the truck up with a giant stand.
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Right frame ...

5 6 7 March 2021

After working long hours in the office due to stupid issues - Banking SOftware sigh I elect to take the next 5 Fridays oss work as Im forced to use the days I carried over from 2020. We still cannot travel out of the state and I celebrate 1 year of working at home and the 5th is my ...

27 28 February 2021


The rear gets undercoated and painted in about an hour. It looks really cool.

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The frame gets undercoated.

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20 21 February 2021

Progress ii's the rear doors prep and painting - the taping takes the longest.

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