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  1. No problem! Yeah it just seals up against the hood.
  2. Parking lot grease & lube job.... very 'Roadkill'... hotels love it when you get oil on the tarmac right? 😂🤣👍🏻 Truro Nova Scotia
  3. That picture was taken in BC, Lucy got loaded onto that truck and shipped to Halifax where we picked her up to start the trip. The moment I posted it I knew I should have clarified that one..., I'm driving a 74 year old car across Canada with my wife and kids, all up she clocks in at 6150lbs... I never said I was smart!!
  4. Old Lucy is running well, the new radiator seems to work ok. 170° most of the time, gets up to 190° on a long steep climb when it's a hot day outside, but it's never gone higher than that.. (yet! Will see when it hits hot & humid central Canada) Using a bit more oil than the last trip I think. Had it on a truck scale just outside Deer Lake Newfoundland. The old girl clocked in just under 6200lbs all up..😳
  5. Let's try this again..... Here are a few from our trip so far. All in and around Newfoundland.
  6. It's called: Adventures_of_Lucy_the_tank On Instagram
  7. I am having a very hard time loading pictures... very much against my better judgment but under much pressure I had to start an Instagram account for this trip. There are a lot of pictures there. I'll try put some on here when the internet allows. https://www.instagram.com/p/CfXi6BhlfT6/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
  8. Well.. here we are. Radiator out, back in... car shipped and we are off.. we have been on the road since June the 20th and this is the first night I can sit down and update you guys! Already a fantastic trip so far!... Halifax to St John's.. St John's to Fortune, Fortune to the French Island of Saint Pierre and back to Fortune... back to St John's... and the tour has not even started yet!
  9. My new $1000.00 radiator works really well... Except it has a pinhole in it... This is cause for ALARM?? It's supposed to be brand new what gives? Naturally they cant fix it in the car so it needs to come out again...YAY!!😬
  10. As I said, it beats getting a real job 😀😆🤣😂
  11. So since our trip got cut short and the world went nuts I have tried to stay busy..... here are just a few of the projects that I was able to work on and get back on the road
  12. So I had Lucy the Tank out for a test drive today and all is well. Granted its not 30C degrees outside uphill towing a trailer at 15 miles an hour, so really only time and the coming summer will tell. But all in all, this car is now 74 years old. Original Motor/transmission/diff/steering/wiring/6v system. Since I got the car in late 2016 I cleaned everything up, rebuilt the suspension, added electronic ignition, a new watepump, a stand alone 12v system to run the AC, modern radio. An extra bypass oil filter, disc brakes, a tow bar ... and a few different attempts at the cooling system. And the car just keeps going. All I need to do before our cross Canada trip is an oil change and new filters. You cant ask for more than that!
  13. Yeah it's been a bit crazy, I have been keeping busy with all sorts of old cars in a desperate attempt to avoid finding a "real" job! 🤣😂👍🏻
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