The Bar

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:20 pm

May 6th, I'm trying to burn it into my brain,.. Hey M what you doing May 6th?

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:23 pm

Well, I don't have reserves that weekend....I give up, what am I doing? *winks*

What's going on May 6th?

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:25 pm

Beer for the Z... beer for Ms. Sky...

What's up May 6th? Something I should know about?

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:27 pm

Tisha is online.....I see you out there Tisha!!!
Get in the Bar and have a drink!

tisha2 · Post by **tisha2** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:28 pm

*GASP*

IT'S OPEN IT'S OPEN IT'S OPEN IT'S OPEN IT'S OPEN IT'S OPEN IT'S OPEN IT'S OPEN IT'S OPEN IT'S OPEN IT'S OPEN IT'S OPEN IT'S OPEN IT'S OPEN IT'S OPEN IT'S OPEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*faints dead away in the doorway*

dammit!! i'm at work and can't come back till late-late-later!!!! ooohhh.....

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:29 pm

a certain southern Tomcat is coming to Hudson Wisconsin to visit a friend and May 6th is his Birthday. Or is he? did I get the date wrong?

does anyone else feel like you have to go down a dark back ally and turn on another one, go past the backwater of lost and found to get to open discussion and the bar,... Not really a bad feeling but kind of odd

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:31 pm

*M walks over with a dark beer and waves it back and forth under Tisha's nose, hoping to wake her up*

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:32 pm

Tish!!!!!

I knew you'd be here... I knew it...

a certain southern Tomcat is coming to Hudson Wisconsin to visit a friend and May 6th is his Birthday. Or is he? did I get the date wrong?

Birthday? I wouldn't know anything about that... but I am coming up in May. At least that's the plan...

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:32 pm

M tie her up first so she can't get away,..

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:33 pm

can heli have a TJ's carrot juice?

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:34 pm

Hey looky... now you can see myyyyy truck... Complete with homemade playa camper top!!

(slides heli a carrot juice)

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:35 pm

Hey wait... so I’m a doof... what’s a TJ? I only know beer and bourbon.

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:36 pm

Yes Heli may have a TJ's carrot juice,... I missed you Heli, how's it going?

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:38 pm

I see your truck! Sweet!
I kept the topper off my old truck, it's green and my newer truck is red. Like Minnesota Wild colors!

OMG, I was going to write that exact thing, Z!! scary....

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:42 pm

I’m redoing the topper. The one in the pic is canvas. Had some minor (very minor actually) problems with leaking. Even after sealing seams, canvas, etc. I’m making another one out of tonneau cover material. Same color, but more weather proof.

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:48 pm

Ok z... tell the truth... do you, or did you own that truck? If so, then you win hands down.

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:49 pm

Ok no It's not really my truck I have a 1990 ford convention van but I spent some time looking at old Cab-overs on ebay and designing campers for them. spending my free time in fantasy

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:51 pm

Yeah, fair enough... I spend some time there too, fantasy-land that is.

I’ve thought very seriously about building a gypsy wagon that would slide into the back of my truck, like any other slide in camper, but with funk!!!

Not this year, maybe next...

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:54 pm

Ok.. So I feel like being me for a bit.

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:54 pm

I remember getting a book out of the library that was called something like, Homes on Wheels and it had all homemade houses made onto vehicle chassis. Was really cool!

I think AntiM has us all beat for BIG trucks with a pic of Larry's truck. But I think that old cab-over pic is neat looking.

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:55 pm

Howdy there Partner, LeChat!

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:57 pm

That be my playa hat!!

Well, it won’t be official until this year, since the one I had was destroyed out there. I bought this one post burn in California.

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:58 pm

Before I bought a camping trailer two years ago I thought about building one, chop sprayed fiberglass over foam insulation on a steel or aluminum trailer frame,... If I win the lottery maybe, but by the time you add up all the guts ( water system, stove, fridge and such) it would be way more expensive than the $3,000 I spent on the old trailer

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:01 pm

Yeah, I’m thinking a simple frame with 3/8 plywood for the basic structure of the gypsy wagon. Then lots of gingerbread trim and such. Oh, and copper for the roof... My trucks a diesel so it won’t much care about the extra weight.

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:04 pm

Someone around here has a nice homemade plywood topper. They stained it and it is very nice looking. Just a small sized one, not taller then the truck.

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:08 pm

Lets see maybe 15 sheets of 3/8 plywood some 2x2 framing, some paneling for the inside, and a few weekends ( sure just a few weekends ) and you've got it. go for it Chat!

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:08 pm

Oh, if I do it, it’ll look like the camper in Z's avatar. Stand up in it and everything.

I did think about doing a low profile camper in plywood, but I just like the look of a fabric draping over the struts, I guess.

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:10 pm

Lets see maybe 15 sheets of 3/8 plywood some 2x2 framing, some paneling for the inside, and a few weekends ( sure just a few weekends ) and you've got it. go for it Chat!

Heh, heh... yeah, just a day or two, right? Don't worry... it's in the back of my mind. It'll surface when the time is right.

Martiansky · Post by **Martiansky** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:14 pm

hink this was the book I was thinking of, Rolling Homes: Handmade Houses on Wheels.

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 8:16 pm

There are some beautifully build things out there, I've seen some topers made like they were making a cedar-strip built canoe. I think that was the classiest I've seen in person.