Re: Show Season coming........are you ready??

From: Robert Trottmann (rotrottmann@davidson.edu)
Date: Sat Oct 30 1999 - 12:39:28 EDT


I hate you for having such a damn cool truck! Sounds awesome. Are you going to
be a Sport Truck Nationals? I'll make my 6 hours of driving in one day for 3
hours at a show pilgrimage.
Later

DICEMAN469@aol.com wrote:

> What's up fellow DML'ers, it's that time of year where I rejoice for the
> warmer weather (NY here, it gets damn cold in the winter!). So once again
> I've been bitten by the truck bug, and been spending alot of time working on
> the truck. Replacing burnt out neon tubes, tired tires, and tuning the stereo
> system until the windshield wipers bounce off the winshield (man, that's soo
> cool).
> New things I've installed is a new pneumatic bed cover lift. The old one
> failed on me quite drastically, so I designed a new one to work better. It
> consists of two air compressors hooked together in parallel (increases the
> speed the pressure rises) and an airshock. When I flip the compressors on
> (control panel was grafted into where the cup holders used to be) it
> compresses the shock, which in turn pushes the bed cover open. Currently it
> locks from the outside, but I am going to be adapting 2 door lock solenoids so
> i can lock/unlock in tandem with the compressors. I'm also upholstering the
> bed with white vinyl and blue stripes....opposite of the exterior paint job.
> When I'm done I'm hoping for major show points in that area. When it's all
> completed, I will post pictures on my website:<A HREF="
> www.angelfire.com/ny/vipertruck"> www.angelfire.com/ny/vipertruck</A>
>
> Everybody get out the checkbooks and the sawzalls.....it's customizing time!!
>
> -Austin
> Vipertruck

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