1967 Family Patrol Project

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Postby faux40 » Sun Aug 11, 2013 5:53 pm

We kicked off our family patrol project this weekend. Obviously we need a place to do the work... so we started adding in a driveway from the alley. I've learned two things: 1) Shoveling gravel is hard work; and 2) it's easy to get a 2wd Frontier stuck in fresh, deep gravel!

Someday we'll top that gravel with concrete!

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Postby RiverPatrol » Sun Aug 11, 2013 7:08 pm

LOL! :lol: Once it's been compacted the Frontier should be able to manage it okay. :D
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Postby faux40 » Mon Aug 26, 2013 11:07 pm

The driveway is as done as it's going to get. A couple hours exploiting Family Patrol's source of child labor and the new gravel driveway has been compacted. The two new-to-us Patrols will arrive sometime late this week. Perhaps we need to name them: FP1 (our first -- while soft-top), FP2 (orange hard top) and FP3 (green hard top parts patrol)?

Joe working hard to keep the compactor from running away.
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It may be four or five times his body mass, but Jay's sure to prevail!
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Postby bosque » Tue Aug 27, 2013 7:01 am

Joe has his steeltoe flip-flops on....safety first!
Man, your son Jay has quite a stache growing!!! Can you say Salvatore Dali?
Way to go team FP. :clap:
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Postby RiverPatrol » Tue Aug 27, 2013 9:27 am

Kids working after dark - gotta be some child labor law violations there. :lol: Great way to exploit the energy those kids have! :clap:
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Postby faux40 » Thu Aug 29, 2013 2:29 pm

They're here! They're here! The two new (to us) patrols were delivered this morning. Took a bit of a shoehorn to get the tow truck into and out of the driveway, but the driver was a good sport (and earned a tip too!) and we worked them in while the kids are at school. They will be pretty excited when they get home.

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Making the turn from the narrow alley
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#2 -- Delivered!
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#3 -- Delivered!
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I needed to replace that fence support anyway...
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One was not enough and four is too many -- Here sit three patrols waiting for some love and attention!
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Postby bosque » Thu Aug 29, 2013 3:14 pm

I bet your kids will race home! :auto-layrubber:
The front bumper on Orangie is perfect!!! Also, I notice a PO swapped out the side windows with a fixed piece of glass.....CBlake did this option too which seemed a good slamdunk. Side rubber for the sliding originals is available with a group buy of 10 sets or more.
Good job on it all....bummer they dont have drive shafts between all of them. :evil:
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Postby faux40 » Thu Aug 29, 2013 3:17 pm

Yea... Between all three, I have one front drive line. Maybe I'll get lucky and someone will want to ditch a few!
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Postby RiverPatrol » Thu Aug 29, 2013 3:42 pm

:clap: :clap: Let the project begin!
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Postby faux40 » Fri Aug 30, 2013 11:40 pm

Some work actually started! Okay, so it was just replacing a flat tire, but something changed! Joe starting to learn how to work on cars!

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