Title: MUST SEE TO BELIEVE* Water Melts Steel! Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Aug 9, 2010 Author:. Post Date:2010-08-09 20:47:09 by James Deffenbach Keywords:None Views:423 Comments:30
I have the perfect Thing to rig up. We just had Hot August Nights here and I'm feeling the urge to take on another project to cruise around in. My Thing in the garage is just the ticket. : )
lol......but of course, I'm always inspired in August, but not always inspired in September.
Mine looks like a regular 73 Thing, but a little beefier. It's cream colored with a built in roll bar, bug bumpers and even an on board generator. I think I want to paint it HOT pink. : )
Of course, after sitting in the garage for four years, it may not even start. : (
I think it is a nice looking little pickup. It looks a bit like one we used to have, a little Chevrolet S-10 we called Li'l Red.
Your Thing will probably crank but it might take a bit of work. And don't trust the tires if it has been sitting in the same spot for four years. They have probably dry rotted.
No, I won't trust the tires on it. I'm looking at a 1776 CC engine, but I don't know if I want to put another gas engine in it.
It would be nice to find an electric forklift or golf cart engine for it. It's light and has plenty of room under the hood for batteries.
This little conundrum has kept me from doing anything on it for years. I need to make a decision and move on it or it will never get done. : )
Put a water engine in it. Seriously, if you could get access to whatever system that guy is running, and they surely need some independent testers, that would be a good thing.