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Old 05-19-2011, 07:33 PM   #21
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Sometimes JC only uses the elephant ears unless you complain according to what I have heard. Interior braces should be installed plus an exterior fix.

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Old 07-09-2011, 04:01 PM   #22
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rear end damage due dolly wheels

I finally got around to cutting off the dolly wheels mounts.Talk about overkill on the mounts.Whoever welded these stupid things on really overdid it with the 1/2 and 3/8 inch plate they welded to the frame which is only 1/8 to 3/16 thick.It only took me a good 3 hours of work to finally get them cut off the frame with a hand held grinder with a 6 in cutting wheel installed.103 here in Texas today what a great day to lay in the sun and grind.[ATTACH][ATTACH]
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Old 07-17-2011, 11:18 PM   #23
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Afterwards.
Not perfect but much better.All it needs now is the blue plastic insert.
Time for a silver bullet.
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Old 07-17-2011, 11:42 PM   #24
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Wow. Good work!
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Old 07-18-2011, 08:51 AM   #25
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Nice work. Looks great.
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Old 07-18-2011, 12:59 PM   #26
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Wow what a biaaach! Looks good now, hope you had more than just one beer!
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Old 07-18-2011, 06:30 PM   #27
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Wow what a biaaach! Looks good now, hope you had more than just one beer!
Thanks guys, it was a bitch but all worth it when I was done.it was a good 3 beer day of work on the AS!
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Old 07-18-2011, 06:31 PM   #28
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Nice work. Looks great.
Thanks Top! What's your next project on Abby?
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Old 07-18-2011, 06:59 PM   #29
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Looks real good.

Now a story about the Silver Bullet. About 30 years ago I was working for a mining company and we were exploring a flooded mine tunnel we owned. Dumb as we were, we managed to release a bunch of nasty, orange, muddy water into Clear Creek. The Creek ran orange (iron oxide, good for the hemoglobin) for about a day, but no one ever asked about it. The statute of limitations has long expired.

That Rocky Mountain spring water Coors advertises is really Clear Creek which I suppose starts at a spring. We were about 10 miles from the Coors plant. They say they filter it at the bottling plant in Golden.

Over the years the EPA has cleaned up some of the old mine drainage into Clear Creek, but I wouldn't drink it. But perhaps the alcohol cleans it too.

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Old 07-18-2011, 07:11 PM   #30
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Hey Gene, that's a great story.I'll be thinking about that the next time pop one open for sure!
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Trouble at the back bumper

What is the trick to insert a picture of two?
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Check out post #7 of this thread. http://www.airforums.com/forums/f138...ics-44928.html
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Old 01-28-2012, 08:29 AM   #33
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Nice work.
Mine's worse. Haven't been on here in a while. Hurt neck = no pretzeling around under the airstream for about 10 months. But I'm all cured and back at it on a warm day. Lotta time to make up.

right, you would think the skin would totally cover the wood and not leave it up to some vulkem and band. Bad design. Make it better! Take lots of pics and vids to help put the puzzle back together!
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right, you would think the skin would totally cover the wood and not leave it up to some vulkem and band. Bad design. Make it better! Take lots of pics and vids to help put the puzzle back together!
Agreed!
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Old 02-23-2013, 08:33 PM   #35
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Did a little work on my baby today and got a little help from my daughter and her friend,of course it's great for my daughter since she can see herself in the side of the trailer to make sure her is hair perfect. Girls!
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