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Wednesday – May 19th, 2021 Finally get some time to tear down the transfer case. I pulled the lower drain plug and immediately found the issue. Maybe ¼ of a quart of fluid came out….I sat there reflecting. In the mad dash to get the truck ready for the trip, I NEVER CHECKED the fluid level of...

Sunday – May 16th, 2021 The next day, we packed up all of our stuff and ran back to the gas station. We grabbed some more food, topped off the truck, and began our journey of touring other filming locations. You know, its funny, on the worst days of your life you never wake up thinking...

I did come across this in the museum. Apparently, this is one of two designs used for the bee antenna topper on the truck. If ANYONE at all has a lead on one for purchase, I would be eternally grateful. This shot sorta shows the other design used. It was a thinner bee with its head turned...

Saturday – May 15th, 2021 The place we stayed at in Jet is pretty awesome. It’s run by a guy named Colton who is the fire chief for Jet. When I looked out the window in the morning, I was greeted by a surreal image. The sun was rising on an eerily quiet Saturday morning and a gentle breeze had...

Mine was stainless, got it from Lowes.

Its called perforated steel. I used 22 gauge with 1/8" holes.

Time for some LONG awaited updates. Putting these together took way more time than I thought. Luckily/unluckily, there are almost no pictures which take up even more time to organize, link, and post. Thursday – May 13th, 2021 Stop 1 – Wawa in Lutz, FL 2.3 Miles from home We load up on road...

Designs are freely available on the Twister the Movie: Behind the Scenes, Replicas, and More facebook group. I had a guy in Canada make them up for me on the condition they be freely used in the community.

May 9th - 5 days until I leave. Took another lunchtime ride to further work out the issues. Such a sexy interior! May 11th - 3 days until I leave. Vinyl Day! This day was very bittersweet. This day would mark the furthest it has driven from home on the new build, about an hour to...

I got the new headliner from BJ’s. I was a little less than impressed with the way it was shipped, but after leaving it out for a day or so, it flattened out just fine. The real issue is when I went to put it in the truck. Nothing seemed to really line up, I was not able to re-use my visor...

April 2021 – One month to Wakita! I had ordered a rear sway bar from Jegs a while back and it came in a reasonable amount of time. I decided I wanted to tackle getting this thing installed. While I was down there, nothing seemed to line up at all. I double checked the part numbers and what do...

Oh man....it has been a rollercoaster ride of events in the last year. Looks like the last update was back in November of last year. Since then, I found out that Wakita had move the date up from September to May, which cut ALOT of time out of my build. I had to start picking and choosing what...

Fuel tank carrier waiting to be put in Bunch of other parts that were sandblasted, painting, and waiting for install. So there we have it, about 9 months of updates in one day. See you on the next one!

Let me preface this next part with the fact that a Stage 2 700R4 plus the parts needed for the conversion cost a whopping $3500 from Novak. The conversion parts alone were $1212.21 of that. This is the inspection cover they send you… it being plastic doesn’t bother me, but the fact that it is...