That's awesome Rich...congrats!!!

[QUOTE=Rich Lambert;10087218]Brian, almost ready for something more than driving around the lake.

Today's project was to add a tach. A friend gave me a vintage Sun Super Tach II and it works! No idea what redline is supposed to be. Also cleaned up the gauge light switch contacts and all the gauges are brighter. I can see the tach light too!

Although it would look more at home in a '67 Chevelle...it's got a nice vintage vibe.


Yah, prolly safe leaving it where it is - 3K. :D

I searched and 4200 is max rpm. Haven't driven it with the tach yet, so I have no idea if I've been coming close to that. I hope not as this thing is gutless and slow. I think some of the 70 horses are sand bagging.

Spent yesterday going through the parking and signal light sockets and the blinker mechanism. They've gone from dim, flicker, and off to functioning lights!

And, I washed it and there was a lot of water intrusion into the cabin. Not looking forward to driving this thing in the rain.

And, I pulled the speedo cable and lubed it. Hopefully that will cure the manic needle.

And, I finally figured out how the strap and buckle that secure the spare tire to the hood work. For 10 years this thing has baffled me. It made no sense. I used the pat# on the buckle to pull up the Canadian patent drawing. So now, I need to muscle the gigantic 7.50 x 16 tire and wheel up onto the hood.

Don't forget to throw one of these in the glovebox:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1530206184.jpg

Let's kick it up a notch and drive topless. It's very freeing...

https://photos.smugmug.com/Trucks/19...%20Front-L.jpg

Rich, I can almost hear Marlin Perkins saying "While Jim wrestles the 14 foot crocodile, I am back at the camp and I want to talk to you about Mutual of Omaha insurance"

Cool toy!

For the young whipper snappers, google "Wild Kingdom"

Barefoot...

I want to drive it through discount lion safari park.

Antichrist looks like a lot of fun. Something about driving a primitive truck like that puts a smile on my face. I also smiled at the Antichrist name. I have a truck I call Lucy. Short for Lucifer. Its beaten me down too many times. Has to be the devil.

Driving the Antichrist is a blast, but it takes a whole different mindset than the one for operating normal cars. I don’t know if I mentioned this, but it’s really slow to get going, takes some space to stop, and I get tailgated a lot, which kinda surprised me as I thought people might give a 60 year old Land Rover a break. That was wrong thinking. Correct thinking is I don’t care. I mean, I’d pull over for 911, but not some dipstick in a boring sh@tbox. Like my boss used to tell me, “If you wanted to get here on time, you should have left earlier”.

A couple weeks ago I rode in a 1936 Ford coupe. Original equipment, flathead v8 and 3 speed stick, except it had hydraulic brakes, but only on the front. Yes, you plan ahead to stop. It was still fun.

Update: New rag top...

https://photos.smugmug.com/Trucks/19.../L/Snow2-L.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/Trucks/19...58/L/SOS-L.jpg

Looks great! While I want mine to have the hard top, the front is dinged up and I'm not sure it properly seals as it should.

Notice I said "as it should", which essentially means "keeping a lot, but not all water out".

Love it! Should be a real joy to drive as the weather warms up.

i have a buddy with a hardtop in his garage. At one point he was restoring one of them and just gave it and got it towed away.

I have been blessed with a Ride in the Beast for at least 20 minutes.


With all new suspension, it rides like a dream. Love the Rat Patrol style soft top .

Like everything that Rich touches, it's a special gem in the hands of a gentleman.