dimlight65 Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 6 hours ago, Duncan said: I have sort of semi-forgotten about the Chickenhawk. It's been a while. When are you guys gonna get it driving again? John forced me to confront a possibility the other day. He asked if I really want to get it back on the road. Of course, I said I do want to finish it. But that has raised the question of "Why do I keep letting other projects cut in front of it?" The best I can promise is that with winter coming on, we'll want to work indoors more. Therefore the Chickenhawk will return to a front burner position soon. 1 Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 On 10/17/2014 at 8:00 PM, dimlight65 said: I had an epiphany the other day. In thirteen months I will be fifty. I need to get my shit together and revive this car. After the Scooby Doo (http://community.ratsun.net/topic/64296-1980-subaru-glf-5/) is going, I think I am going to tuck in to this car in earnest. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 😐 What are you, my college girlfriend? Bringing up shit I said eight years ago ain't fair! But yeah. I guess I don't have a leg to stand on here. 2 Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 lol you walked right into it.... couldn't help myself 😂 1 Quote Link to comment
iceman510 Posted April 14, 2023 Report Share Posted April 14, 2023 Need mor chicken (hawk). Apologies to Chik-fil-A. Although it is bike riding season, so priorities I guess. 😉 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted April 15, 2023 Report Share Posted April 15, 2023 On 4/14/2023 at 9:07 AM, iceman510 said: Need mor chicken (hawk). Apologies to Chik-fil-A. Although it is bike riding season, so priorities I guess. 😉 Bike riding and Dajiban building. Quote Link to comment
KELMO Posted April 16, 2023 Report Share Posted April 16, 2023 I would stir this up a bit more but there's that goon I bought from John in 2013 that is still not done. So I'll just be quiet. Mostly. 2 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted April 22, 2023 Report Share Posted April 22, 2023 Today, while I was working on the Chickenhawk goofing off at the shop, a pair of impossibly smol criminals crawled out from under the toolbox. I apprehended them and kept them in custody until their mother arrived to claim them. I'd bring them home, but my cats would probably not like it... and I know my brother-in-law wouldn't! 8 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted August 6, 2023 Report Share Posted August 6, 2023 Scored a rear sway bar today! His asking price was "Two six packs of 20oz Diet Mountain Dew." But I ripped him off! What I gave him were 1/2 liter bottles! Muwahahahahahahaha! 4 2 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted November 18, 2023 Report Share Posted November 18, 2023 The Dajiban thread is just one page short of catching this thread! I really need to finish them. 1 Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted November 26, 2023 Report Share Posted November 26, 2023 On 4/22/2023 at 5:44 PM, dimlight65 said: Today, while I was working on the Chickenhawk goofing off at the shop, a pair of impossibly smol criminals crawled out from under the toolbox. I apprehended them and kept them in custody until their mother arrived to claim them. I'd bring them home, but my cats would probably not like it... and I know my brother-in-law wouldn't! Beautiful kitty's, I almost picked up 2 manx cats from my uncle the other day but no retired yet so I had to hold off. 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted November 26, 2023 Report Share Posted November 26, 2023 My wife loves cats (me too) and we have 6 now. All spayed and indoor. Like having kids of varying ages. 2 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted December 3, 2023 Report Share Posted December 3, 2023 I was looking at Amazon yesterday and saw a set of ATV tires I had saved in a Wish List. It got me thinking about how "tame" the Yokohama Geolandar tires I bought for this project are. I looked at some other ATV tire options (since the ones on the Wish List were no longer available) and saw some really cool looking 28x10.5/15s I really liked. But then I couldn't remember what size the Geolandars are. I went back in this thread to see (and wound up re-reading the last 20 pages or so) and have decided that the 26.5" tall Geolandars are just barely aggressive enough... for now. 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted December 9, 2023 Report Share Posted December 9, 2023 We cleared off the hood of the Chickenhawk today... We're going to get back to work on this one now that the Dajiban is "finished" 4 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted December 22, 2023 Report Share Posted December 22, 2023 We hung the hood today... then installed hood pins... John suggested we angle them "Mad Tight Drifter" style... but I can't load those pictures so I'll continue in the next post. 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted December 22, 2023 Report Share Posted December 22, 2023 Previously, on As the Stomach Turns... John suggested we angle the hood pins "Mad Tight Drifter" style... so if you hate it, blame him! Of course, if you love it... 😇 2 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted December 22, 2023 Report Share Posted December 22, 2023 After installing the hood pins, I asked, "How are we going to make a steering column surround?" We grabbed the shift boot that we couldn't make fit the floor (due to the added thickness of the bed liner material)... and made a metal plate to hold it... This we test fit to the hole (without the boot at the moment)... it is secured with nigh-impossible-to-install bolts... It is hanging in the "paint booth" until tomorrow when we will do the final install. Yes, I now realize I should have waited until tomorrow to post, but I (pause for dramatic effect) am a Post Whore! 2 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted December 22, 2023 Report Share Posted December 22, 2023 While cleaning the shop, we found a brand new choke cable (two, actually) and I says to myself, "Self, you ort to use one of them on the Chickenhawk." Dashboard end... Carbomorator end... and the routing through the engine bay... We didn't like the silver color of the sheath so we "wasted" several feet of heat shrink to enblacken it. I think it turned out pretty well. 4 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted December 23, 2023 Report Share Posted December 23, 2023 Great to see progress on this one 😄 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted December 23, 2023 Report Share Posted December 23, 2023 2 hours ago, ]2eDeYe said: Great to see progress on this one 😄 It's great MAKING progress on this one! 2 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted December 23, 2023 Report Share Posted December 23, 2023 22 hours ago, dimlight65 said: Yes, I now realize I should have waited until tomorrow to post And it's tomorrow! We greased the inside and installed the column gaiter... and had a look at the rest of the column... Popped that in place... and hung the turn signal switch... and finally, the steering wheel... Up next: Zorst. 2 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted December 23, 2023 Report Share Posted December 23, 2023 And the zorst is in... Tomorrow (maybe) I will crawl under and have a look at how we're going to install the rear sway bar. 2 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted December 24, 2023 Report Share Posted December 24, 2023 (edited) John and I were discussing how we should mount the sway bar I acquired a few posts back. I had an elaborate way to kinda replicate the stock setup, which John shot down by suggesting a much simpler and, frankly, beautiful solution. He directed me to the Energy Suspension website and showed me the array of universal sway bar bushing and saddle "kits" they offer. We will bolt them together like this... Of course, we had left the shop by this point and needed the diameter of the bar and control arm rods before I could order them. Today I went to the shop and grabbed the bar, as well as a representative control arm threaded rod, and took some measurements... Dial caliper reads... or 22mm according to this... The control arm rod on the caliper... and with the 22mm wrench... I went back to Energy Suspension, and found the bushing kits I'll need... and put four sets in my shopping cart. I then drug the bar and some zip ties under the car to see how well everything lines up... It's not terrible, but we do have some tweaking to do. Fortunately, I have lots of wiggle room at the chassis end of the links... and a little at the axle end... I'm confident we can make it work. Edited December 24, 2023 by dimlight65 5 Quote Link to comment
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