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Today’s Goals: Happy New Year! The weather has been wet and cool around the farm and so Brian and I decided to work in the garage with the space heater on! We didn't get to start until around 7:30pm last night and our main goals were to separate the bearings from the brake cylinder and… Continue reading 12/30/2018 – Day #12: Journey’s Conversion (Separate the brake drum from the hub, remove both bearing seals & have drums inspected to assess viability)

Today’s Goals: I hope this post finds everyone's tummy full, spirit soaring, and hearts filled with joy and peace! Today was a great day to work on Journey. Our goals for the day were to remove the wheels, then remove the drive shaft, then the drum and inspect the brake line, springs and shoes. Then… Continue reading 12/22/2018 – Day #11: Journey’s Conversion (Remove wheels/brake shaft/drum and inspect brake shoes)

Today’s Goals: Howdy all! This day I didn't have much time to spend on Journey so my only true goal was to work on cleaning the fuel tank thoroughly and get it ready to prime and paint. I can't wait to see the beautiful blue I got to put it on it! I am currently… Continue reading 12/19/2018 – Day #10: Journey’s Conversion (Clean, wire wheel the old undercarriage spray off, wash, prime and paint the fuel tank)

Today's Goals: Today I had many goals after yesterday's amazingly productive day. We didn't have 9 hours to spend on Journey but did have about 6 hours to give her. So, today I had hoped to drain her 36 gallon fuel tank of whatever fuel was left in her, then after researching and with hubby's… Continue reading 12/16/2018 – Day #9: Journey’s Conversion (Drain the fuel tank, drop the fuel tank, assess its viability, remove the fluid from the rear differential and assess its viability as well)

Today’s goal: Pics below show the before views of the targeted area and then after the task was completed. 🙂 Total Work Hours: 9 hours Today my goal was after watching many videos and reading about how to drop a drive shaft, drop Journey's and then inspect the state it is in to see if I… Continue reading 12/15/2018 – Day #8: Journey’s Conversion (Drop the drive shaft, remove U-joints, sand, prime and paint the pieces)

Total Work Hours: 3 Hours Today’s goal: Pics below show the before views of the targeted area and then after the task was completed. 🙂 Attempt to remove the front dash board and see what the wire setup is. Then make a list of the things that need to be replaced. The dash before removal.  So,… Continue reading 11/24/2018 – Day #7: Journey’s Conversion (Remove the dash board panels; Assess the dash wiring)

Total Work Hours: 4 Hours Today was going to be a doozy and I went to bed last night knowing that it was going to be a day of hard work and probably some frustration. I was right. I wanted to know where the two small drips were coming from on the roof into the… Continue reading 11/23/2018 – Day #6: Journey’s Conversion (Remove inner ceiling and front door panels; Begin assessing under the hood)

Total Work Hours: 4 Hours No teaching today, no school for the boys and the house is fully decorated = a full day to work on Journey!!! However, I kept having an adorable furry distraction today and Oscar finally jumped into the van and wanted to help me! That must mean he is thinking I… Continue reading 11/21/2018 – Day #5: Journey’s Conversion (Finish removing all side panels to prepare for removing the inner ceiling)

Total Work Time: 2.5 hours Okay! Can I just say that I am really starting to LOATHE rivets! What a pain the rump! And every single panel in the interior of the van is attached with 90% rivets and 10% old rusty screws. I have a bruise forming on my right inner palm from getting… Continue reading 11/20/2018 – Day #4: Journey’s Conversion (Continue removing the interior panels and old insulation)

Day #3: Journey’s Conversion (Finish removing flooring, window door panels and begin removing the interior panels) Total Work Time: 5 hours What a great day today! I woke up with excitement for the day and the hope to beat the rain. We were heading to the 2 very large junk yards in San Antonio this… Continue reading 11/17/2018 – Day #3: Journey’s Conversion (Finish removing flooring, window door panels and begin removing the interior panels)