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Matt, I can’t express enough how much this blog kept me going, From all the pictures, tips on parts , and most importantly it gave me motivation to finish a 35 year project! Many Thanks, Dean

Back on the LJ , I’m making a wiring harness for the headlights and Turn signals, balancing time cleaning around the shop, and hauling equipment. A lot more of the parts stores and restaurants are destroyed. The River is full of trailers and shipping containers,, little league ball fields trashed for a long time. The glass shop that cut my Mack mirror glass is completely gone,, just a pile of blocks.

Talked to the fellow that owned the local bolt store, it’s a mess also, ( pictured):Told him about losing a lot of stainless bolts I had bought for the LJ , A group of us may go help him get some of his inventory into some shipping containers. ( he’s a small business and he has a eye surgery coming up ) it sure was nice to jump in the car and go get some bolts 10 minutes away. I also took a dozer up near Mt Mitchell today where the Hurricane slammed in the mountains,,, The CSX / Clinchfield Railroad got hit hard!

Making some progress on the flood cleanup ( No help at all from any government agency, like every one in this valley we have filled out every application possible,,, still waiting) Hopefully we have what is left of the tools cleaned up and put back in the boxes, now start working on the shop walls and doors, slow process,, Many thanks to a LOT of people who have helped out.

You’re right , it is very narrow up front, I had 1 Older Super Liner with the box on the axle. I’ve never seen a setup like that, it looks like a Shepherd box, I guess you could change the front axle and mount a plate on the frame to bolt the box to, maybe that is what the brace is for under the frame. I did similar on my H Model, I installed a PS box from a S series IHC , I cut the section of frame from the donor truck and bolted it to my H Model frame and made a brace . I screenshot your Super Liner picture of what I think is the add on brace,, Unsure if it is a aftermarket kit or a homemade.

I found them, one is useable, the other is bent, it got washed under the truck, I think I might have a decent one. I haven’t had time to look at all them yet.

Go another hour in this afternoon,, slowly chipping away at it ( that was first on the list when he got off the school bus)

YES HE DOES! He has been by my side the whole way. He went with me to my friend and his wife’s funeral Friday that got killed by the landslide,, Standing in front of the casket makes a person really think about whats important in life,,, Family and Friends!

Slowly getting some utility’s back,, Some of what’s left of Asheville NCs Main water supply. ,, It’s washed out miles of this from the main reservoir.

The North Carolina DMV says it is trying to find the records of the original owner,, Hopefully that will solve the mystery,, It’s very close to the original paint scheme,, no matter who’s it was it’s definitely different. I’m plugging away at cleaning up the shop and trying to get the fenders on before it gets too cold.My “ Sidekick has to go back to school Friday, they finally ( after 3 weeks) got power and water,, They’re places around here that won’t have power until next year sometime

A little more progress today ( a break from Shoveling mud ) Got the right fender on, with help from a guy with a Waffle House shirt and a Skunk Skin Cap !

Please Do!!!

While the transmission subject has been brought up, I have 2 , 10 speed Duplex transmissions if anyone wants them, they were good, but they got washed around in the flood and I’m sure they will have to be flushed out or maybe taken apart. I’ll probably take them to the salvage yard if no one wants them.

I’ll let you drive it! It’s very easy maneuver around.

These things were everywhere in the middle 70s when I first got my license, just about every trucking company in Charlotte & Winston Salem ran them,, When they flooded the market with them when the Rs took over, I bought one for $2000 , That was the going price. ( My Dad in the late 60s )