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Of course after months of no rain all it took was opening up a roof to scare up a shower. Sheeted the roof with 7/16 osb as is standard practice on new builds. I left the original soffit boards intact and trapped them under the new sheeting, something I now regret…….. And covered with synthetic roof underlayment. Stuff is amazing and would probably last at least a year without being covered So this side was fairly straight but the other eave (the north side) had quite a dip. In fact a level on the floor inside showed most of it needed to come up about 3”. So we looked at the foundation…….. Hmm fir posts and large rocks. Well actually medium size rocks. So I jacked up and supported the building on some temporary posts so we could excavate and pour concrete under the existing post areas. And ready for some mud. These sonotubes are about 3’ deep and sit on some very hard and rocky soil To be continued

That all happened in the fall of ‘22, about half the roofing tin was either really loose or not on the roof at all. Underneath the tin was the original wood shingles and there was virtually no interior water damage visible inside. I wanted to get a new roof on before winter 22-23 but between the project I had going and an early snow it never happened Anyway summer was about gone again and it was high time to at least slap some new tin on, so off with the old tin And off with the old shingles. I seriously underestimated the amount of rodent and bat crap that can accumulate over the years. It was disgusting and frankly I’m amazed we didn’t get sick. We cleaned out as much rat crap and insulation as possible from out of the attic while the roof was open. Didn’t relish the thought of that stuff raining down when the ceiling was removed. Structurally the framing was in great shape!

Pretty sure this project is old School…… If yuaaal ain’t interested in a construction thread just well ya know what to do Anyway this 1933 one room schoolhouse has been owned by my boss for the last 15 years, In which time he has done absolutely zilch to it and it was exclusively occupied by rodents. Before his ownership somebody was living in it/doing a terrible job of turning it into a cabin. Driving by one day I noticed a fairly large aspen tree had fallen on the roof so one day when I had nothing better to do I brought over his excavator. The place was slowly getting swallowed by aspens. Truth be told the roof and chimney sustained some damage removing the rooftop tree but the place looked a lot better

This guys a fucking legend in his field

This guy been posted yet?

So been chipping away at some tear down. Had a real oldschooler to give me a hand even, @chris r and I pulled off the drivers door and fender. I knew I had a rust hole but as normal it was worse Need to grab a wire wheel and strip off all the old underseal. What I scratched off with a screwdriver had good metal underneath. it appears that the heater core hasn’t ever leaked which is ace Even found some of my missing upholstery And a spare key of all things. Would have rathered a valuable rare coin but eh guess I’ll take what I get

Anybody still holding ya breath? so ya never could get the brakes apart and I realized this project needed more time and money than I had at the moment. So off to the weed patch while I built myself a house and spent every penny I’d ever saved and some I haven’t yet. Best part of that is I now have a nice warm shop and needed something to tinker on. Pulled the Rambler up and evicted a few mice, holes in the floor are maybe a tad bigger but no real new problems. I’ve been thinking of finding a donor rig for a repower. The Rambler is leaf sprung rear wheel drive so I’m thinking a complete drivetrain would solve a buncha problems. Been eyeing crashed two wheel drive pickups on Craigslist and FB. For now I decided to pull the engine and tranny and see about welding up my rust problems. Coupla holes in the floorboards and the drivers inner fender is going to need some work. The simplicity is amazing, coupla hrs and a tractor assist and we have a empty hole drivers side tires leak air so bad I had to pump them up half a dozen times to push it 20’ into the back corner...... and yes the back corner does have purple and green stripes on da wall . lush I know gotta say the flathead has sex appeal, all da cool kids want generators over alternators

An here I thought someone was guna build a car outa a fridge

Had a Barry swear by lpg injection into his 7.3 Powerstroke. Always been a little to fond of mine to experiment much.

Eh just keep ‘er around for the potting mix run

Hmm I did have a perv at some airline tickets a coupla days ago. And there’s a perfectly good passport hiding under $20 or so of NZ coins in my lockbox. May have to raise a beer in yuallls honor from here tho, cheers

So I ordered a carb rebuild kit and new plug wires with the objective of seeing if I could make her run. Carb was a bit sketchy, the instructions showed a washer that I never saw on tear down. But cleaned out a ton of varnish an junk an slapped er back together. It's a one barrel Carter carb feeding 196 ci FLATHEAD STRAIGHT 6. Yep 90 ponys! so the plug wires were a bust. Way wrong. Oh well, took em back an got a universal diy kit. Till then we made due . Fed it with a portable boat fuel tank and shorted the starter with a screwdriver, as one does. She fired up straight off and idled nicely. Blew a bit of smoke an all but quite happy. The fuel pump discharged all the old gas into an EPA approved bucket and after running for a couple minutes I changed the oil and filter. Had one spare tire so slapped it on front and aired up the back one, it holds air for about 10 min or so. With a quart of atf it backed off the trailer/work station, I made a half assed attempt to bleed the brakes before hand ( with a 8 yr old for a helper) but just used the hand brake. by this time the cars fuel tank was empty so hooked it back up and added a few gallons. And drove down the driveway and back. Yep gravel driveway handbrake skids more as it happens dont hold yur breath an more pics next time hopefully

Hey oldschool, first let me say yuall are a terrible influence on a simple American. Been pining for something old to tinker with. Have a few dream projects/rigs I want someday but mostly for now was looking for something cheap and different. Saw this Rambler American 220 on Craigslist, shot 'em a text an actually got a reply. It was 1.5 hrs away which is purty close for us but was busy so never pursued it further. Week or two later they text back an went down 50 bucks. Now it was a bargain so I jumped on it. Supposedly was running when parked, 20 years ago. We hand winched her up on my trailer with two flat tire, Benjamin's for title it was home again. quite straight really and a lovely color. All the glass is good tho sadly none of the seals are. Lights, blinkers, bees nest, yep all the boxes ticked. Lotsa trash inside hope the misery is kept to a minimum found a 1963 penny under the flooring, slipped in at the factory maybe?