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Title: Photos of BIGRAY's Clipper
Post by: bigray on March 01, 2005, 09:19:41 PM

Before Photo
(http://www.geocities.com/one79clipper/Old_Clipper.jpg)

After
(http://www.geocities.com/one79clipper/Beached_Clipper.jpg)

(http://www.geocities.com/one79clipper/Zoo_Clipper.jpg)

Title: Photos of BIGRAY's Clipper
Post by: dig on March 01, 2005, 10:30:37 PM

Wow bigray :shock: She looks great!! I hope you are working on some interior shots - would like to see that as well.

Nice job :!:

--dig

Title: Looks great
Post by: Robert P. Anderson on March 02, 2005, 01:59:45 AM

Looks great.
The only thing that would make it look even better would be some new $4 American Clipper decals from Mel for the front and rear. :D

Title: Photos of BIGRAY's Clipper
Post by: Shayne on March 02, 2005, 08:43:51 AM

Nice job BigRay! She's lookin good. :)

Title: LP tank
Post by: Conrad on March 03, 2005, 09:51:03 PM

Hey that baby shines! :D Is the LP tank original? What is the capacity of that thing? I like where the Spare is placed.

Title: Photos of BIGRAY's Clipper
Post by: bigray on March 04, 2005, 02:44:41 AM

The LP tank is the original but it didn't look like that when I got the Clipper. It was quite rusty. I took it off put it on the stand in the garage and went to work with some sandpaper. I used wet sandpaper so that I could use water in the sanding process. I did it buy hand.

A few people said it was okay to sand it without water and to use a grinder but hey...........better safe than dead. I didn't want any sparks as I was sanding.

Speaking of which... I did have the value changed before that. Folks, if you smell propane at all, get it checked out. Mine had a very small leak. I think I posted how I found it. I used soap and water on all the joints and on the regulator and couldn't find it. I finally applied some soap to the actual value where you turn it off and on and found the leak. I took it to a local Blue Flame shop and they purged the tank and changed the value. I think it was about $90 including the propane fill.

And to answer your question Conrad, my tank is 15 gallons I think. I'll have to double check. It's written on there.

As far as the spare. It was like that when I got her. It's mounted to the bumber and the rear of the coach. I can take some close up photos of it if you want me too. Just let me know!

Title: spare tire
Post by: Conrad on March 04, 2005, 06:40:07 AM

naw, that's OK. My license plate would have to be relocated if I had my spare where yours is. Mine is under the coach, right side. What about them rims? Are those the cover plates or??? man, I need to double wax my clip. They do sure look purty when they is cleaned up.

We are heading to the Ocean tomorrow. Clamming at Grayland just south of Grays Harbor. uhhhh Pacific Ocean :lol:

Title: Photos of BIGRAY's Clipper
Post by: bigray on March 06, 2005, 07:49:15 PM

Those are wheel liners. I contacted the gent that Gerry Plante got his from and he shipped me some. This is the thread:

http://www.americanclipperownersclub.com/techstop/viewtopic.php?t=474&highlight=wheel+liner+plante

They are the kind that you bolt on underneath the lug nuts.

I haven't had any problems with them. I did order some long value stems from The Tire Man. The value stems are specifically designed for dually's and cost about $90. I had them installed at Sam's Club when I bought my new tires. They came with photo instructions on installing the value stems. It's easy to check the air pressure with those puppies.

http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~tire-man/valve.html

Title: Photos of BIGRAY's Clipper
Post by: Den on March 09, 2005, 08:53:41 PM

How did you get rid of the orange stripe ?

Thanks

Title: Photos of BIGRAY's Clipper
Post by: Den on March 09, 2005, 08:53:59 PM

How did you get rid of the orange stripe ?

Thanks

Title: Photos of BIGRAY's Clipper
Post by: bigray on March 09, 2005, 09:14:37 PM

I got a new paint job about 9 months ago!

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