9 Had to put new wood on my trailer the other day. The original wood lasted ~7 years. So I figured I would do a quick write up for those of you who don’t know how to do it.
FABRICATION PROJECTS
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2 Part 5, I finally figured out how to make a self-lifting smoker door. Check it out!
BUILDING THE OOBER BBQ SMOKER PART 5
1 Since I am only one man at this point and unfortunately still have a day job, I gotta post what I’m working on even if it isn’t hardcore fabrication.
Small Smoker Rehab
WOW, 9 months later I finally get around to working on this thing again. This time, smoker doors!
BUILDING THE OOBER BBQ SMOKER PART 4
The name of the game in the offroad world is traction aid devices. Mud tires, beadlocks, and unlimited suspension articulation are cool, but without a traction device, you still only have 2 wheel drive even if your truck is 4×4. Even worse with a 2wd truck that doesn’t have a […]
Ol’ Blue ’71 Chevy – 14 bolt Welded “locked” Differential ...
I’m always looking for cheap solutions. Those of you who know me aren’t surprised to hear me say that. I wanted some cheap lights that didn’t draw a lot of power, which means I need to find some LED lights. I had been keeping my eye out on all of […]
Ol’ Blue ’71 Chevy – Cheapo LED Rock Lights from ...
Had my dad follow me out to his land, it had been a while since I was last out there so we made a family event out of it. It is ~55 miles out of town. That means in total I probably drove Ol’ Blue ~130 miles today with very […]
Ol’ Blue 71 Chevy – First Shakedown Run
I had been kicking this idea around for a long time about building “Leaf Spring Sliders”. Not many people do it, and there isn’t a whole lot of information online about it. I was finally at a point where I was good enough at fabrication and had enough time to […]
Ol’ Blue ’71 Chevy – New front suspension with leaf ...
I have a serious dislike for drum brakes. They are an old design, overly complicated, and don’t work all that well. When off-road or in extreme conditions, they often get loaded up with mud/sand/ice/salt and become even less effective. So when I started building up ‘Ol Blue, they were one […]
Ol’ Blue ’71 Chevy – Converting Chevy 14 bolt to ...
Finally scrounged up some time to build a proper high clearance rear bumper for Ol’ Blue.
Ol’ Blue ’71 Chevy – Rear Tube Bumper Build
It is going to take me a bit to get caught up on the last couple years worth of modifications that I have done to this truck. The more I look back at these pictures, it makes me realize how far this truck has come. This post shows the beginning […]
Ol’ Blue ’71 Chevy – Bringing home and assessing the ...
2 To bring in the new year, I finally knocked out a project that I had been planning out for a while now. The Chevy with its big motor and offroad oriented suspension can get a little hard to handle around corners. This post is about how I re-purposed a swaybar […]
Ol’ Blue ’71 Chevy – Rear Swaybar From Junkyard Parts
1 Had a request to build a simple roll cage on a mid ’80’s Toyota offroad truck. The design came out simple and affordable, yet strong enough to protect the occupants in a rollover.
TOYOTA TRUCK REAR ROLL CAGE
Ol’ Blue is my long term project I traded CrAzYbLaZe project for in the beginning of 2011. This page is an index of the projects and changes to it where you will be able to click links to mini project posts.
Ol’ Blue ’71 Chevy Main Build Post
1 For this project, I wanted to build something MANLY. After thinking about it for a while, I decided that it had to have something to do with Meat, Beer, and Tailgating. Therefore, I present you “The OOBER Receiver Hitch and Hauler Grill”.
THE OOBER RECEIVER HITCH GRILL
2 I introduce to you “The CrAzYbLaZe”. Some projects from the past just need some props and proper documentation. I actually got rid of this billy-goat of a vehicle a couple of years ago, but it’s legend lives on to this day. Since it would take way too much work to […]