Above 1200 Sq/FT Harley Jim's place

[harley jim]

I kept my Harley in my office when I lived on campus at Bachman.

Ill have to dig out my old laptop and find a Pic of it in there.

 

[xtremek]

I love the new avatar

 

[kaymccampbell]

I love the new avatar

Looks like the Rat Fink.

 

[xtremek]

Looks like the Rat Fink.

It does, but it can't have been done by Big Daddy. The truck is way too new for him to have done it. AI can be a wonderful thing.

 

[harley jim]

If you take a pic of your vehicle and tell AI to make your vehicle a cartoon like rat fink, this is what you get.






This is the version that I told AI to make it look like rat fink.


Its pretty cool what it can do.
Im working on a WWII voice track so we can pull a prank on the good folks in Polk county, detail to follow!

 

[harley jim]

Not good!

 

[xtremek]

You left Chicago for that? At least up north they have the equipment to handle the fluffy white stuff. And just to rub it in, I think you have almost as much on the ground as we do. Although we have been very brisk here lately (low in the -*F and highs around 10-15*F)

 

[harley jim]

I went to the grocery store earlier, the roads were ****, the state hasn't dropped a plow out on 64 hwy yet. When I came home I couldn't get up my driveway! I had to park in the carport.

I didnt go for milk and bread either!

 

[harley jim]

Well! I got bored sitting around the house since Friday, so I went out and bought another truck.

Its a 2001 Dodgeram Magnum. It has 66,000 original miles on the 5.2.





It has a small dinger on the top right corner of the tailgate.
The pic of the tailgate had a finger in the prime location so Ill get another. Not sure yet but I think Dude may want this one.

 

[Grizz1963]

So you say AI

Is there a specific app or website you have to use??

I love the Ratfink look, in fact, all of them but Ratfink was part of my youth.

 

[xtremek]

"Hey, Jim, look that way", as Kirk sneaks off with his doors, fenders, and tailgate. It's even the right color.

 

[Prospecter]

Well! I got bored sitting around the house since Friday, so I went out and bought another truck.

Its a 2001 Dodgeram Magnum. It has 66,000 original miles on the 5.2.





It has a small dinger on the top right corner of the tailgate.
The pic of the tailgate had a finger in the prime location so Ill get another. Not sure yet but I think Dude may want this one.

Nice looking truck! Looks like your snow is about gone.
In Maine, that truck would be a rust bucket, and we hang on to our snow a bit longer!

 

[harley jim]

Grizz, Its just chat gpt from the app store.

This is the icon, there were several to choose from, so I started here, I am playing with a couple others.

I grew up with Rat Fink and Big Daddy Roth also, I had all of the model cars on a shelf in my bedroom.

Kirk, I can probably buy you a truck body here pretty cheap. I gave 5000 for this one but I probably paid too much, being who it came from.

Prospector, Thank you, Im the third owner, both of the previous owners were old ladies, the last owner was Pats sister she is in her 80s, so its never been beat on, it has 66,000 miles on it, so its got a lot left in it. Typically our snow is gone by noon on the next day, since the temperature has been so cold its been hanging around too long! Its supposed to rain today so that should take care of the rest of it, I hope!
Going to work on trikes today.

 

[Grizz1963]

Thank you @harley jim

I had not yet downloaded it before.

I have very few apps on my phone.

Will give it a try.

 

[Mr.zippy]

Too many red short box trucks, I can help you out of the GMC Jim

 

[Old Man Roger]

Nice looking truck! Looks like your snow is about gone.
In Maine, that truck would be a rust bucket, and we hang on to our snow a bit longer!

In Florida it would be rotted out too, those don’t need salt to start losing weight.lol That one was definitely a garage queen, nice find.

 

[harley jim]

Mr zippy, you can have that conversation with Pat when Im gone, sometimes I think she only keeps me around for that truck! Lol.
Ma Brown is scheduled for an upgrade this year.

Roger, it definitely sat under cover for most of its life, her and her husband owned three trucks and a mini van, 90% of the time they drove the mini van.

 

[harley jim]

Didn't hit a lick today! I drove to Dawsonville Georgia, thats where Bill Elliot lives, had to pick up a fence for my table saw.

We stopped at the Cream Hut in Chatsworth Ga. For lunch.

This place was a full service gas station a few years ago, I think the same family still owns it. Anyway they had a great burgers and fried mushrooms.

 

[Lou's Garage]

Did you stop at the Dawsonville Pool Room? We used to live near there. Still stop by whenever we're in the area.

Lou

 

[harley jim]

Lou, not this trip, I have ate there many times, I had a customer just south of there that I had to visit from time to time, I always ate at the pool hall. Never got to hear the siren though!

 

[harley jim]

It was supposed to be near 50° today, so I did some errands, went to Walmart, got some things for the Blazer.

Came home with the idea of working on it for a while. I put the new wiper blades on it and plugged two holes in the front bumper, then called it quits, it was only 36° and trying to rain.
I went to the basement and installed fusion 360 and cura slicer on my old laptop, I just cant get my newer laptop to function like its supposed to.

 

[xtremek]

I did do some AI

 

[harley jim]

Thats pretty cool, I've been working on some script for things, like trikes and my trucks, I want to do an insert for my gauge cluster and see if I can print it. My Brother used to do that with his motercycle gauges, he would do things like print different style logos behind the numbers.

It went from this.

To this so far.
It's a little warmer today so I have been outside working on trucks, waiting on Donnie to get back so we can work on trikes.

 

[xtremek]

Thats pretty cool, I've been working on some script for things, like trikes and my trucks, I want to do an insert for my gauge cluster and see if I can print it. My Brother used to do that with his motercycle gauges, he would do things like print different style logos behind the numbers.

It went from this.

To this so far.
It's a little warmer today so I have been outside working on trucks, waiting on Donnie to get back so we can work on trikes.

Maybe in different colors?

Yeah, we're really warm, almost back to freezing. But tomorrow is back into the deep freeze with a high of 2*F. Yippie.

 

[harley jim]

Yes, the colors will be the thing.

Were supposed to be cold tomorrow but up to 67 by Wednesday.

 

[T444e]

I went to the grocery store earlier, the roads were ****, the state hasn't dropped a plow out on 64 hwy yet.

Mind you I'm from SE WI but do they even have a plow to drop.
I was in Cleveland TN a couple years ago to look at a truck and thought about asking you about establishments to eat at. I found an alright bar and a good diner for breakfast. Unfortunately I'm less sociable online than I am in person, unless I have a few drinks in me.

 

[harley jim]

Next time your headed this way, just ask, I know every rat hole in three county's around here. I know people with air bnb that are cheaper than a hotel also.
When I first moved to Cleveland I ran the city garage, we bought a bunch of snow equipment from Monroe in Wisconsin, they have the plows and salt spreader now, I think they had two 1 ton plows before.
Anyone headed this way can ask me for info, its not a problem.

 

[Arne73]

No 40 mph?

 

[BuffettFan]

No 40 mph?

No, but you get twice the 30's!

 

[harley jim]

It made it to 60° today so I was able to get out and do a little work.

I bought this from Willie last summer, Jeff and I went over and got it.

I bought it for a parts truck, mainly for the interior.

The interior in my 93 Z71 is a bit tired.

Everyone said that I wouldn't be able to take the dash out without it braking. ( Said with chest puffed out a bit). We'll its out and nothing broke except one of the tabs on a piece of door trim above the passenger door!

This truck had the cup holder, its red so Im going to paint it blue, they want 40 dollars for a blue one.

The Blazer doesn't have a cup holder and I really like the way this one works, so Im hoping for a good paint match. I also got a dash skin in today for it, Im going to try that and see how it looks before I swap out the whole dash, they get 400 dollars for a blue dash so Im hoping this works. I have a heat staple gun and am going to weld the cracks before I put the skin on it.
Going to be back in the trike shop all next week.

We have 29 days before we leave, only problem is that we are doing chevies in the smokies the weekend after Florida so we get home Sunday, reload the trailer monday, and head to the smokies on Tuesday, so we have to build enough stock to be ready to go!
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today is Pats birthday, the neighbors just showed up for cake and coffee so Im out of here for now.

 

[larry4406]

Happy B’day Pat!

 

[zanyad]

Happy birthday, Pat!

 

[xtremek]

Happy b'day Pat.

 

[BuffettFan]

Happy Birthday Miss Pat!

 

[harley jim]

Pat says Thank You for the birthday wishes!

 

[harley jim]

Been putting in a bunch of hours at the trike shop, one more week and I can relax a bit.

 

[harley jim]

Still **** deep in trikes.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Cool.lol

 

[J808]

Cool truck, here's mine

 

[harley jim]

Thats a beautiful truck, I have had a love affair with Chevy trucks since I was a little guy, my first vehicle was a truck.

I just got the 93 Blazer a couple weeks ago, Im still tinkering with it.

What year is yours, what dose the interior look like?