I Love my Wife!

[LarryW]

First, I feel I must give credit where credit is due...My devious and evil plan, although initiated by me, was aided, abetted and encouraged by H-Mike. I could not have pulled this off without his help. He was sworn to secrecy and took that part seriously! Thanks, Mike!
And second, every minute of being devious was worth it to see Brian's face when I told him! It was awesome!! It was captured on video, but, as Brian said, it contains too many cuss words to be rated for 6X6 World. :0) Truly, Hallmark cards are overrated. This is a much better way to say "Happy Early Father's Day"!!

As of 9:00 tonight, the tank trainer is headed south to it's new home in NC! I'm sure Brian will post pics as soon as he gets home with it!!

That is a cool story!

So glad he got it too!!!!

[lewis]

....This rates right at the top of the deceptive maneuver called ...."Got You" plots! While talking with Brian about what was going on i could hardly hold back from laughing. Brian gave me details of the devious plot and it's members and what role was played by whom. What better way to end a great ride then by messing with your mate in a great way! Beth you did well and i am sure once the plot was exposed Brian was so happy words could not describe his jubilation. I hope Brian has a safe trip and i can't wait to see the machine at it's new address. So thanks to all involved and for sharing his dramatic yet hilarious event.

Beth

[racerone3]

Rolled back in the driveway at 5PM. Tired, smelly, and sore. 29 hours of driving in a 33 hour period is not my idea of a good time, but it was well worth the trip. I left the house at 6am yesterday and loaded the machine at 8:45pm. Once it was in my possession I was fairly wired, so I drove till 3 am. Slept from 3 till 7 in a rest area somewhere between Toledo and Dayton OH, but it had been raining so hard that it was impossible to see signs so I don't know exactly where.

The body is cracked in at least 20 places, the t-20 is thrashed...fill plug sheared off flush with the case, plunger bolts are all the way in, and the sticks move about 8 inches! The clutch side crank seals in the JLO are shot, fuel actually flowed out!

I couldn't be happier

[George]

That rocks!

[Model Citizen]

Glad you're home safe & sound. Inspite of everything you mentioned, it sure looks like one nice hunk of Attex.

Bridget

[lewis]

Glad to hear your home Race, can't wait to see it in person.

[Stonewall]

That looks awesome! Congratulations!(looks like you have your work cut out for you!)

[amphibious drew]

Sweet ride Brian!!!

[6X6]

Hey Brian.... Glad you made it back. Hope pickup and dealing was uneventful. Looks like a nice machine, can't wait to see how it turns out.

[racerone3]

Everything went pretty well. I get a little nervous whenever I go to get a machine and part of the directions include "End Paved Roads". Transaction went smoothly, seller had a bill of sale printed up when I got there and showed me the notarized bill sale from when he bought the machine. He had it parked up on a dirt embankment when I got there so loading was a breeze.
My GPS got a bad case of the stupids on the way home and sent me through a holler in SE Ohio that I wasn't sure I would make it out of. That resulted in an hour and 45 minute detour to come back out on the main road a mile from where I turned off it. I should have known better, but I was too tired to think at that point and was just doing whatever it told me
Last night, I pulled the floor pan to do a bit more inspections. the floor pan is split in half, and the front section probably hasn't been removed in years. the laterals are frozen in their tubes. once I get it degreased, I'm going to mount a vanguard, fix the one MANGLED sprocket tube, and build a makeshift pilot seat. hopefully I'll make a first test drive sometime tomorrow.
This is going to be a MAJOR project and I have no cash to invest right now, so I might just make it run and play with it for a while. I will start on plastic repairs as that portion of the project will be fairly cheap!

[LarryW]

That is great news!!! It looks great in the pictures. Must be the cracks are fairly small. Does the roll bar part in the front look oem or do you think someone added it? The front hoop bar and extra pipe down from it. Im just curious.

[Dan67]

Glad to see you made it home and in one piece, I hope you got plenty of good sleep to recharge after the long drive to bfe and back.

[racerone3]

That is great news!!! It looks great in the pictures. Must be the cracks are fairly small. Does the roll bar part in the front look oem or do you think someone added it? The front hoop bar and extra pipe down from it. Im just curious.

The Camo really does a good job of hiding all the cracks. The tub is destroyed! It's gonna take a LOT of work to put this one back together. I just pulled the engine and chiseled out the 3 cans of spray foam insulation that was used to "repair" the massive hole under the engine. I think if the frame wasn't there, I could stick my head through the hole... wouldn't that make for a great pic there are cracks all the way under the lower tub. I think the lower will be in 3 pieces once I remove the frame and belly band. I'm going to need to mix up a 55 gallon drum of ABS goo!

The welds on the cage look fairly original, not sure what's going on there. All the pics I've seen have the mounts for a front hoop, but the hoop isn't there... I'll have to do a little more digging on that to figure out what's going on

[racerone3]

Spent about 6 hours on the tank today. After degreasing, I removed the JLO and chiseled several cans worth of spray foam insulation out of the lower tub. The cracks and holes under the engine are pretty impressive. Built a mount for a vanguard, and installed the engine that came out of Beths Max. I still need to do all the wiring (luckily it pull starts easily) and get a long enough throttle cable. Also built a makeshift pilot seat for the machine. Backed the machine out of the shop for it's first test drive and broke the RS shift pin. Pulled the diamond shifter and threw it in gear. I was only getting about 1/3 throttle, and the left lateral was hitting the seat preventing it from coming all the way back but I just had to drive it. Tomorrow I will try to get the T-20 adjusted a little better, and see what I can come up with for a throttle cable. I need to get it going a little better and take Wyatt for a ride before he explodes

[George]

Well it's running! That's pretty impressive.