That's great. My 63 of course didn't come with a control panel of any kind, but I've thought about adding one, either up in the front overhead, or somewhere in the galley. My wife really liked one we saw in a 68 that we almost bought, so she'd love to see me build something similar in ours.
I don't think it's possible. Like I did, you'll have to remove the old rubber and string some rubber through. Should be easy for you as you are handy. If you use high quantities of small diameter rubber you will get a smoother ride. Large diameters and small quantity, firmer. The real fun starts when you mix smaller and larger. And don't get me started on multiple diameters. The matrix gets huge. And that is neglecting weight!! As soon as you factor in the weights the matrix ends up being an Excel spreadsheet 57,936 pages long.
Just in case - This is a joke.
Are you getting them from Andy or Dexter or Axis? I still have not decided where I will get mine when I finally do them.
Brian, I'm going with your guy! Brian and I have a mutual forums friend that is an expert in this field. He used to own a utility trailer company and was able to explain to me in about 5 minutes how to properly measure everything to get the correctly sized axles for the Overlander. Obviously, I'm not publishing his name for a reason. If he would allow it, I will answer questions concerning his identity via PM. Otherwise, mums the word.
I intend to get estimates from all three of the manufacturers that are well known here on the forums; Inland, Dexter and Axis. I will openly publish the full costs for all three. I will also publish how to correctly measure for the new axles. I suspect I've read about half of the axle threads here and have never been able to determine precisely how to get a good measurement for new axles. It's almost like the suppliers want to confuse and insert obfuscation on the subject. In reality, it's not that complicated. Unbelieveable.
Now, having said all of that, once the new axles arrive and they actually fit as advertisedaccording to my own abilities to measure them properly, I'll fill y'all in on how to do this. Is everybody reading between the line at this point?
I'll get back to 'ya in a few days.
Jim
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Looking forward to it. We need more frank discussions, and fewer emotional ones, on this topic.
Also, is "your guy" willing to come down to Texas and help a brother out, let's see, maybe around next February? I'll offer him all the BBQ he can eat!
Oh, I can fix pork if necessary. That thread linked above involves some pork ribs as I recall, and I'm also pretty darn good at smoked pork tenderloin. I make a fair pork butt/pulled pork, but the one thing I can not do is Whole Hog. I leave that to the Southeastern Masters.
But, after he's had some of my brisket, he won't need any of that piggy stuff anyway.
I LOVE brisket, unfortunately, Susan doesn't, dangit. So I only get it once in a while.
Why don't you start a "brisket thread" over in the cooking forum? The few times I've tried to cook it, it didn't come out too well. It can be really tricky to smoke properly. I'd love a good tutorial. Maybe I (You!) can change Susan's tastes.
Jim
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Hey Jim, my Texas BBQ Full Monty thread linked above and right here (and now on the first page of the portal since I just posted to it) started out all about brisket and ribs, and I made it pretty detailed.
At the time I wrote it, over a year ago, I felt I was getting a lot out of the Forums, but since I didn't yet have a trailer and therefore no renovation to document, I decided to do a Full Monte thread on Texas BBQ, to try to give back to the Airstream community. And give yourself a pat on the back, since the thread title I chose was quite obviously based on this very thread of yours!
Like this thread and so many others, my BBQ Monty thread meanders around with lots of interjections from enthusiastic food lovers, but I do provide pretty much all of the details on how to do it.
Check it out, and if you have any questions, please feel free either to PM me or just post them onto that thread, so others can see the answers as well.\
Richard, Brian and Adrian were over here earlier today and I asked them about that material. They said it is a "marine vinyl". Don't know the brand name and didn't think to ask. You might send him a PM. They have quit a bit of left over and might be wiling to sell you a piece. I've seen their trailer (a '73 Overlander very similar to ours). They have done a beautiful job restoring that rascal.
Jim
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