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PDR is a great example of "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." This cost me $800. I shudder to think what a body shop would have charged.

I use Arrow Plating in Ft. Worth Texas and have for decades. I have previously recommended them, highly. This time the experience has not been great. Specifically, it's been MONTHS since I sent them my stuff, and they are simply not getting the work done. Another plater in Ft. Worth went out...

Now that I'm in so deep on this car, I've decided to change the master plan. Originally, this car was to be "Peggy Predy with patina" and a learning exercise for when I got around to building "Penny Predy that' beyond perfect". New master plan: Just one car. This one, named Penny. Penny will...

I needed a way to move the body around while the frame is on the rotisserie, so I threw together a dolly for the body. I love welding.

Got the JEGS rotisserie built and am working on getting the frame on it. I was originally going to defer any suspension work and just spray everything, but now that I'm in this far, I've decided to do it right (a common theme with me...). I have not done much research in to roadster...

I need more space, so I decided to get rid of one of the Pennsylvania hulks. This is the rustier of the two. I did all I could do to get salvageable parts off of it. There's so much rot that I had to be ruthless in just saying "no" and moving on if anything was too difficult to remove. I was...

Recieved some of my fasteners back from plating. Unfortunately, these are not the ones I desperately need to move forward (these are mostlty body stuff). But still pr0n. The rest are supposed to ship today.

Wow. Fooled me. Love that!

The Wescott Design sliders came for the GX550. Well packed. Wow, the build quality of these is amazing. Clearly robotically welded. Beefy as heck. One hole (right rearmost, on the bottom) needed to be elongated about 1mm to get the bolt in; i reported this to Wescott. Instructions were...

Put a 1.5" lift kit on Nuzumi (2000 Honda Acty Attack). I went with the 1.5" Lift Kit By Over Tech Japan. Rear spacers needed some modification. The design called for ubolts that are spaced wider. I just expanded the included notches on the grinder. The front left was easy. The driver's side...

2025. Love it.

Banged the skid plate up misjudging a hole. Fixed right up with a few hammer whacks. Did its job and protected things. Got the Lexus out and the TEQ in.

Kennebec Notch. He's now well broken in. Bent my skid plate gud. Will report once I get it on lift.

Got all the wiring done for the lights in the bumpers. Bot some switch stickers on Amazon. They're ok.

The Civic HX wheels I bought for Nuzimi are not going to work. I'd have to add spacers for the tire to clear, and at 5.5" wide, they'd poke way too much. Too bad, because they're awesome looking. Instead, I have made the wheels that came on the truck look less like *** with some Plastidip.

Better pic from the wedding:

Oh, and I’m married. The Kei truck (Nuzumi) featured and was a hit. All cold drinks were served out of the bed. We nailed the party. So. Much. Fun.

First camping trip with new setup. All good. The built in air compressor is super convenient. I love how it’s set and forget. Set it at 10psi and just connected to each tire and it stopped when each was at right pressure.

Front is done. Much easier install than rear. Fitment is perfect. I had a scare with the winch. Before mounting the bumper I attempted to test it and pull on the rope using my bench power supply. The motor just clicked a bunch then the 3a fuse blew. I figured the winch was a dud. Bummer...

Meh. But, first edge trim arrived and something like this will work well. This one is not quite big enough.