HOT Project Grilled Cheese - '70 Riviera

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4est wrote:Sick dude! Im rooting for this project, done right you will have a valuable bus on your hands. Good work. You going to mod the engine lid?
I think the lid will be stepped out a few inches.

Got it running today...... :laughing:

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Awesome.
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congrats. thats a good running diesel!
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Sorry for the lack of updates and documentation on this project.......... Im a bad forum user :(

In a nut shell:
Sub frame finished and painted
Radiator mounted on swing-out bracket
Fuel tank inspected and filled with diesel
Basic wiring added to motor for alternator and fuel cutoff
Built bomb proof battery tray with 1/4" steel
Installed brand-spanking-new Optima Blue Top deep cycle marine starting battery
Started fabbing exhaust

But if a picture is worth a thousand words, a video must be worth at least a couple hundred :)



This was a cold start. Its amazing what a fresh set of glow plugs will do. Still needs muffler, but downpipe is built so I figured I was okay to run for a few minutes.



She's geared like a tractor, brakes hardly work and I need tires and fans. Still got a long ways to go, but thats a big deal to me right there. :unibrow: :beer:

Thanks Mike for teeching me how to youtube embed :laughing:
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thats awesome
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Way to go Trev, that's awesome!!!

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Great job, Trev!
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Great work my man! So much awesome! :)
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Nice job, that's awesome.
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I that bus is just mind blowing!!!!!!!!awesome!!!!!!
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