West coast fab tour 2014

[Andre]

just posting more proof that I'm not on vacation.

[EmbarkChief]

Lookin Good!

[Andre]

Here's Techmogogy's stuff back from powder coating. I got the tank guard installed as well but the lighting prohibited good photos. Maybe tomorrow. Now Jim can Get back to work on it.

[Yannick]

Looks like vacation to me! Nice work especially for being on the road!

[Andre]

had to shut down early today (5pm) due to rain. Im gonna check to see how long the storm will last and decide whether to head to the desert early.

[Andre]

Good progress today. got both roof racks off to the powder coat shop and headed to the desert. Within 10 min of showing up, I was given the green light to come in to the shop and get some sheet metal bent up. worked until 11 pm and got lots done. Will post pics soon.

[Justin Case]

If you come through Boise, Id you could look at the bar door tailgates I have that you've shown interest in.

[Andre]

wont be able to make it this time i have to go south to finish up some work.

[TechMOGogy]

When do you leave CA and head back to TX?

[Andre]

When do you leave CA and head back to TX?

Hopefully 2 weeks after I get back from Wa.

[totaljoint]

Honored to have Andre and Anthony with us in the Arlington/Snohomish area.

What a difference that diesel tranny makes in a 710!

We spent the day shoveling out a a kindly donated barn -turned into a make-shift Pinzgauer surgery, where
a 712 to 710 transfer case-transplant is about to be performed.

How do you get a 7'8" tall 712 with roof rack into a 7'6" door in a barn? Just give a couple of teen age boys
a wrench -and turn your back for a few minutes. Walah! No door trim.

Cold, wet and tight quarters await the traveling duo for the next few days....

[compunerdy]

I am confused.. I thought the diesel's where automatics.

[Andre]

The supplied living quarters more than make up for the tight, cold, wet working conditions. Even got mints on the pillows!

[David Dunn]

I am confused.. I thought the diesel's where automatics.

716 and 718 had both manual and auto boxes. Engine was only a small change in Pinzes when they went from gas to diesel. The TDs were more refine and modernized and intended more for both commercial and military markets, though none materialized other UK and Commonweath countries. Automotive Technik being formed in the mid 90s was that driving force. Manufacturing was taken over by ATL and moved to the UK after 2000.

a little of the old ATL site
http://web.archive.org/web/200202070443 ... efault.htm

[TechMOGogy]

Andre put a diesel tranny in his 710
It was for sale in the classifieds a while back