Went to Larry's and did some more wiring on the Red Long Body. The rear tail lights are installed and working. All of the engine wiring is done, and the wiring loom is run to the front. Started adding wires to the fuse block and to the taillight converter. Will finish up the underdash stuff tomorrow and install the headlights and test the front turn signals. It's all looking good.



The fuse box, grounding block, and the taillight converter are getting wired up.










This is left turn signal. Installed and wired up. Will test tomorrow.

OK, finally we are getting around to building the Red Fiberjet Rough Terrain Long Body Buggy (thanks Dennis!) that my brother Larry and his wife Chris bought last year. A little refresher here. Larry and Chris have a standard buggy, but now they have two kids and they need more room, hence the long body. Their current buggy has a Corvair engine in it, so they want to stay with that. But, they wanted a Reverse-Rotation engine so they could build this buggy on an IRS chassis. They now have a 70 Chassis (Thanks PPE (fellow in Kennewick, Wa)) that has had the new pans welded in, new brakes and lines, and has been sprayed with bed-liner. It looks really good. here's a bad picture...













The body is getting close to being bolted on, but I wanted to get started on the wiring. So, today I started wiring it up and Larry began the install of the taillights and the turn signals. He still needs a set of headlights and gauges, but I'll have everything stubbed off so when they arrive I can just hook them up. Here's a couple of pictures. He is going to use the Harbor Freight LED lights.





































Hope to have it done by Cool Desert Nights here in Wa. (end of June), but we shall see.

Gary the B in Prosser

Took the "Heart" rims off of the Turista today so I could measure the center hole diameter. I need to find some center caps for these rims to make them look better. I also need to find some chrome lug nuts. I talked with a fellow (Mike) at the local Sonic Burger last night, and he says he can get me both if I get him the diameter of the holes abd the size of the studs. Since the front rims have a Ford lug pattern and the rears have a Chevy lug pattern (got them from eBay so didn't have a choice) the holes are a different size (by 1/16th of an inch). Anyway, got the numbers and will call Mike tomorrow and get the caps and lug nuts ordered. Since the new tires that I installed on the front rims are a little bit larger than the ones on the mags that I took off (about an inch) they are rubbing on the front fenders. I need to raise the front suspension. Will see if I can get to that before I leave.


I also need to get Larry's Red Buggy wired. I went over today to start work on it, but Larry is sick and couldn't come out to play. I'll start tomorrow instead, and will have pictures.

Today is the Day

Hey All;

Today is the first days of this "blog" thing. Going to try and keep a running account of the preparations that we are going through for an upcoming trip that we have planned. Then, I will try and keep it going once we're on the actual trip (although we may be too busy). So the trip should last almost 6 weeks. It is a trip that will involve a bunch of site seeing and dune buggying. Here's the itinerary;

05Jun08 Leave Prosser, WA
07Jun0 Meet at Twin Falls, ID Walmart
08Jun-10Jun St Anthony's Dunes, ID
11Jun-16Jun Yellowstone, MT
17Jun Travel to Prosser, WA
18Jun-21Jun Cool Desert Nights, WA
22Jun Troutdale, OR Walmart
23Jun-24Jun Howarth Ranch, Vanetta, OR
25Jun-30Jun Coos Bay, OR
01Jul-02Jul Travel down Hwy-101
03Jul-06Jul Sinkyone Pre-Run in Redway, CA
07Jul Travel to Pismo Beach, CA
08Jul-14Jul Pismo Beach, CA
15Jul-16Jul Travel Home to WA

We will be traveling with buggy friends Tony and Laverne Dean (Escalon, CA), Dennis and Cathy Long (Acampo, CA), and Larry and Chris Berry and kids (Prosser, WA) for part of the trip. Lots of pictures will follow, and hopefully the MotoSat (internet access) on the GMC will keep us connected with everyone.

OK, that's it for now.

Gary the B.