Today is Jen’s birthday. She spent the night at the hospital with her mother, who is still doing poorly, and is heading home today for a much-needed break. Throw her some love today—she could use it.
Song Of The Day: Shake Your Blood, Probot & Lemmy Kilmeister. This song makes me want to go out and drive fast all over somebody else’s lawn.
That Big Bag Of Money. Because I live to torture myself, I went looking online for Scout parts today. The expensive list goes something like this:
| Body Tub – fiberglas | $3,100 |
| Front fenders (outer) fiberglas | $560 |
| Front fenders (inner) fiberglas | $580 |
| Hood – fiberglas | $410 |
| Doors – Fiberglas | $1,700 |
| Tailgate – Fiberglas | $410 |
| Windshield – Fiberglas | $460 |
| TOTAL (gulp) | $7220 |
I’d like to buy fiberglas because it’s going to last much longer than steel ever would, and repairs would be easy as well. There is a chance I could salvage and repair my doors, hood, and the spare windshield sitting in my garage, but all that work is out of the question until I can repair/replace the garage and start fresh again. I’m also increasingly afraid that I’m not going to be able to get a new Scout tub much longer, given their relative scarcity. In the meantime, I need to find a dry place to store Chewbacca out of the elements while I gather the parts. So the main job will be to save up for the tub and have it delivered. Then, if the rebuilding program is still in effect, I’ll send out the 304 for an overhaul.
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