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Have the rear Victory4x4 Strike bumper mostly installed. Victory's build quality seems great. However, I've found their installation instructions to be lacking. There's really only a single youtube video and it's missing some details. Thankfully getting through on the phone was fruitful and...

Haha. Well pointed out.

AAAANNND.... I bought this on BaT 2 weeks ago. Been quietly shopping for the right one for about a year. I really wanted a 99+ Kei truck because thats when fuel-injection started, and living at 6500ft needs fuel injection. I also really wanted an Acty Attack because of the locking diff (!) and...

Inigo has arrived! Drove to ABQ yesterday to pick him up. I named him "Inigo". Since I'm getting married this week and it's True Love, I had to go with Inigo. If you don't get the connection, you've not lived.

Last night I hosted a "prototype cocktails on tap" event at Gruntled HQ. For the wedding next week, I want to let peopel serve themselves G&Ts and Margaritas on-tap. On-tap G&Ts are big in South America and I've never made them before. So before going all-in at the wedding I needed to test them...

I'm ALWAYS eager to have folks drop by and say hi. So next time don't just slow roll by. Ring the doorbell in the alley to the East of the building and if I'm there and not on a call... Sadly, two people died. A child, apparently, survived. The road is no joke.

This picture was taken March 30, 2014 at 3:47pm. I'm now certain that was the precise time I fucked up (again). I most likely failed to properly torque that nut. Another E28 guy told me Sunday that he had an M30 fail like this, but it happened within the first 100 miles. So at least I'm not...

The M30B35 in Vlad was the first engine I built. I knew when I was building that I'd likely do something wrong and eventually truly learn a valuable lesson some day. I had hoped that there was only going to be ONE lesson. But even after the FIRST one where I had failed to torque the crank nut...

The Drive4Corners event kicked ***. About 60 folks/30 cars showed up to Gruntled HQ Friday. I got tons of comments that peeps really enjoyed having a landing spot for the event that wasn't a hotel parking lot. Lol. Will do again next year!

Had a get together and Gruntled HQ last night. Did a deep clean up and organization in prep which meant temporarily setting the body back on the frame. Check out the amazing '95 4Runner a buddy brought. 60k miles. Wowo. \

Dove into degreasing the undersides. As I progressed, I realized I was being stoopid for not pulling the fenders. So did that too. Absolutely no rot. Just surface rusr. Yay. Then I realized I was being stoopid for thinking I could paint the undersides of the body with it on the...

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Not sure I mentioned this before but I'm co-owner of www.holygraillabs.com. We make upgrades to various classic cars. We just launched a collection for Honda Kei trucks: https://www.holygraillabs.com/blogs/news/new-product-collection-for-honda-acty-kei-trucks-and-vans

This aluminum trim has been keeping me up at night. How to freshen it? A friend suggested Aluminum Brightener from NAPA. Why not? Effing-A-Buddy! It works wonders. I'll give it one more pass, but yay! Some engine pr0n. Nothing's bolted on yet because my fasteners are not back from...

Changed my mind. I'm cleaning the chassis myself. Got it as clean as it'll ever be today. Well, maybe I'll give it one more pass. It's very close to ready for paint. Probably not an OSHA approved method. Batch #2 of parts for the plater. First batch should be back later this week...

Not really. It has zero rust. It “needs” nothing. But it will get a nice cleaning and fresh paint.

Boom. Learned the bumpers need to come off... Spare door for structure. The other one is my paint sample sample. Easy peasy! At paint store. They are struggling to find a match. They are keeping the door as they research. Upholstery guy #1 came through. Excellent work. Not...

You are so right.

50 years of grease and grime removed...

I have the body pretty much stripped at this point. I wasn't planning on going this far (e.g. fully pulling the harness), but if I'm going to respray the engine bay and interior it needed to be done. I moved the car over to the wet spot lift to deep clean... Dilemma: I need to replace...