'Boys and their toys' is how the saying goes, well,......Chris has been 'living and breathing' the Scout. His last thoughts at night, are of the Scout. His first thoughts in the morning, are of the Scout. He talks about the Scout, incessantly. "I gotta get a hose for this,.... gotta get the brakes done,....gotta get a part for that...I did this to the Scout,......I did that to the Scout"...well, you get the picture. And now, his frantic race to get the Scout done is finally coming to an end as the Simpson Desert trip looms ahead. He's almost disappointed that the Scout is close to being finished. He's had a lot of fun with this project. He got to work with his hands, learn new things about the mechanics of a car, and has even met some great people along the way.
Chris started this project when we got back from our last trip in October. So he's done this in a relatively short time. It should have lasted a year or two, but with the opportunity of this desert trip coming up, he stepped the pace up, to have the Scout ready by then.
But these last couple of days have proved to be difficult; for there's an elusive squeak coming from 'his' side of the cab that has been driving him crazy. That annoying little squeak, namely from down under his seat. It's been driving him to distraction. He spent the whole day, trying to work out what's causing it. Now, the day wasn't too bad. He managed to get a few other noises fixed and the wobbly wind screen wipers have now been fixed, but the 'squeak' is still there.
For him, squeaks in the car are like fingernails across the chalkboard. Yep, very irritating. And now, Tuesday. Today. The squeak is gone!!! Now we just have to work out what's squeaking on 'my' side of the truck. So we're off for a little short jaunt.....Tootles!
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