1967 International COE, Small Adventure

NOHOME said:

 

Does the Oldopelguy have a history with Brit cars? This is used to remove the centerlock wingnut.

There may have been a wire wheel MG Midget in my past, but it was an Arkley so it's OK.

After lurking for many months here(brought of course by the infamous R63 thread) I just need to say thanks for all the hours of keeping me entertained and for bringing me to this site which has offered even more entertainments.  Ferdinand is a great project, it feels as the years go by we just throw this old stuff so it's nice to have a place that tries to save so much of the past.  Looking forward to seeing where this and the airstream turn out.  Also I'll take a 3xl shirt if it's not too much trouble(and donate to hurricane relief).

Well Deuce I'd like to take you up on a shirt. XL size for me please. Having read the destruction thread over a couple days before the motor was torn apart I've been following along on this since the beginning. I like what I see even if I don't agree, Not that I disagree with anything done so far,  I still respect the build and story telling you provide.  Now if you could just figure out a way to clone the Mrs. Duece you my friend would make Bill Gates fortune look like a pittance. Not going to lie but I'm just a bit jealous of what you have in a wife and family. Thank you for the shirt and everything else you do. You make not just this site but the internet a better place. Donation in Ferdinands honor to Harvey relief will be sent.

Mazdeuce, I have a screenprinting setup for t-shirts that my late mother bought and never used, it's been sitting under my bed forever. If you want it it's yours, she'd love the crazy stuff you do.

SlimShady218 said:

This project excites me and your writing has inspired me to try a build of my own, looking to build an expedition type of vehicle, light off roading and camping truck for my wife and I, so thank you for the inspiration and the "It's only nuts and bolts assembled by man" mentality.  First step is to find the right truck.  Know where I can find a good 1st. generation Tundra or Titan Pro-4x close to middle TN?

Quoted this because I dig light expedition builds. Mrs. Deuce and I have grand plans to screw a rooftop tent to her FJ Cruiser and drive the four corners of North America as a victory tour once the kids are grown. Vehichicular exploration, just getting in and driving, is underrated in the real world. 

In reply to wbr911 :

I had a bunch of friends from the Wausau area when I went to college in the U.P. I think one of the guys I do One Lap with still lives there, or at least his dad does. I like that part of Wisconsin.

In reply to ronniejay :

I was hoping you'd pop up so I didn't have to guess at your shirt size. 

In reply to Gaunt596 :

I'm very interested in screen printing as a future project. I remember reading something like "if you make more than 25 shirts in a run then the extra setup time pays for itself" and in this case, I'm way over 25. Let me get though this run and see what my project flow for the rest of the year looks like before you mail things. Mrs. Deuce keeps grumbling about "drywall" and "cabinets". ​​​​​​​

Here's to sanded and stained plywood wrenches with routed edges!

MazD , it's probably futile to explain time space nature weather continuum to Ms. Duece  while wrenching in the yard versus sheetrock/cabinets (indoor activities).....with these tolerable temps.

I like/love the simple custom built tool to solve a specific problem.  The plywood wrench is brilliant.  We've occasional y built simple tools or processes at our plant when need to solve a problem or fix a piece of equipment - I'm in the ice cream business.  Harbor Freight doesn't always have the answer.

I'll proudly wear a L t-shirt.  I'm donating some more to the Red Cross for Harvey & Irma relief.  $10 a day is easy and painless to donate.

Long time GRM lurker…..First time poster……

I’ve been reading from the start of the Grosh.   I followed along with the R63 rebuild, the rally RSX, the Airstream, ….. I love the projects.     And now, Ferdinand….

Sign me up for a 2XL…..  I also like the pay it forward approach….  Thank you.…
 

GRM really should be kicking you back something for the amount of traffic and new registrations that you bring to their site.  I started lurking on your Unicorn build thread shortly after the destruction, read it through, started again from the beginning.  I have been enjoying the journey and have picked up some additional knowledge along the way.  I must thank you and the others in this community for that.

I love cab over trucks.  When I was little, my grandfather had an old International dump truck out in the woods behind his house.  My siblings, cousins and I would spend hours out there climbing through it, pretending to drive it or pretending to repair it.  Also, as a child, my father had an International Eagle that he drove as a long haul trucker.  I always looked forward to riding along with him during the summer and on school vacations.

Fast forward to one of my first jobs; I was working at a Chevrolet dealership / Nascar Collectible distributor at around 17 or 18.  We were moving a warehouse and I was asked to pick up some racking from another warehouse across town.  My boss tossed me the keys to a brand new ('97 or '98) Mitsubishi Fuso cabover box truck.  It was my first time driving anything that large and I fell in love.  I have a dream of picking up an old Fuso truck and building an RV out of it.

Speaking of RV's, I have been patiently awaiting progress on the Airstream thread.  I am currently in the process of converting a haul-behind camper into a tiny house for my daughter, so I love camper build threads.

TLDR;

I love cabovers, I love camper build threads, I love wagons and I love T-shirts.

I would greatly appreciate a size Large Ferdinand shirt and will be sending a donation to hurricane relief later today.

 Also, as a child, my father had an International Eagle that he drove as a long haul trucker.  I always looked forward to riding along with him during the summer and on school vacations.

I have fond memories of my dad asking me if I wanted to go to work with him, then waking up at 4am (Being up that early while my brother and sisters were still fast asleep felt special at 7 years old) making some egg sandwiches with too much mayo and hopping into the truck while it was still pitch black outside. His truck was a Peterbilt.

Man.. I haven't thought of that in a decade at least. I still love egg sandwiches with too much mayo.

Some say "KARMA IS A B****, others say "KARMA IS AN ANGEL". Today she was angelic. 

I asked for a shirt and pledged to buy my neighbor BBQ for dinner after minor surgery. My trip to BRISKET HOUSE BBQ on Woodway here in Houston, took me close to a FUDDRUCKERS HAMBURGERS. They were having a HOUSTON TEXANS promotion with a free shake and a raffle for 2 lower level tics to Sunday's game.

Holy Ferdinand, I won the tics!

In reply to ronniejay:

That absolutely makes my day. I'll keep my eyes on the crowd and see if I can spot you on TV. 

Have fun. 

In reply to oldveedubs: 

You've more than earned a shirt that with story and picture. The memories wrapped up in cars and trucks and adventure and people are something special. I think I could spend the rest of my days traveling around and collecting stories from the Age of Automobiles. It feels normal because we're living it, but someday these will be like memories of the old west. 

In reply to StayOne_Benz:

I'm jealous that you got to ride in those trucks. I've made it to my 40's and I've driven a handful of medium duty trucks, but I've never been in a proper big truck on the road. 10 year old me is still in awe of them. 

I've been playing with cleaning up the frame. My tools of choice are phosphoric acid, paint stripper, and a knotted wire wheel on a four inch grinder. 

I'm trying to develop a technique that lets me get as close to protected bare metal as I can before painting. Different sequences of stripping, wire brushing, treating, and wire brushing more. 

I'm not sure how clean I can get everything, wherever there is black there is rust encapsulated by the phosphate. It certainly slows the rust down, but it's still there. This is an old truck and will see work, so I'm not sure how much I should worry about that. It's been rusty for a long time and is still hanging on. The big hitch is the....hitch. the back cross member and the frame and the welded on hitch were all attacked with a torch. This needs to be fixed with welding and grinding, but without knowing what I'm putting on for a bed there isn't much reason to move that job anywhere close to the front. 

Clean up the rough edges with a grinder, paint it black, and worry about it later. 

I'd opt for cutting the rest of the hitch off and plating the ends. 

You're going to want a drop hitch anyway. 

That was my thought, sawzall the big chunks, clean it up with the grinder, paint.  

Just ordered 80 shirts. Things got a bit out of hand. Story of my life. If everything ships correctly I should be pressing shirts the end of next week. 

If you are still accepting shirt requests please put me down for a medium and I would be happy to donate more money to the Red Cross.

In reply to TheHairyFalcon :

There will be a few extras in each size, medium people are especially lucky because I'm medium. There are a bunch of extras in that size. 

If I may digress from the Haut-Couture empire that seems to be developing around Ferdinand...

You don't have a welder yet do you?!  Methinks that with this project, the time has come to make the leap to joining meta- to-metal using the magic of fire.

Second on the welder.  In addition to the Ferdinand work, you can put the 2x4's and screws away and use it for everything in your shop.  I turned my back on wood and now almost everything is 1/16" wall square tube and angle.  I get 1x1 for less per foot than wood 2x4's.  And no more digging through 100 studs to find 5 good ones. I can build structures lighter, stronger and faster than I ever could with wood.  And the metal uses less volume than wood on the structure I'm building.  My welders are my favorite tool in the shop 

Could I get on this list for a medium shirt as well?

I stop paying attention for a couple of days and miss the shirts! It's a really fantastic design.

If there are any extra shirts in large I would like to get one.

Thank you for the great read in your multiple threads and also for the generosity with the Ferdinand shirts.

I was reading your build log last night and then happen across this today:

Its  '66 White, with the original 6 cylinder gas Reo engine. It runs!  It looked pretty good for a 50 year old truck! I think he said he was going to swap in a late model diesel. If I heard him right I think it will be the one they use in all the Dodge trucks.

I just figure you would get a kick out of this.

Oh, and I was amazed at the master cylinder crud, Holy Cow Batman!