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Old 08-07-2011, 05:17 PM   #26 (permalink)
Diesel_Dave
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So I finally got around to taking pictures of my grill block & bedcover. As I alluded to before, these are both really low-tech.

The upper grill bock is just some old carboard, some leftover black spray paint and some black zip ties I had lying around. BTW, even with ambient temps up near 100 F, I haven't had any trouble with the coolant temps.

The bed cover is some leftover extexior "trim" plywood from a construction site garbage pile down the street, along with some thrown away 2x4's.

So, the quality leaves a lot to be desired, but you can't beat the cost...GRAND TOTAL = $0.



And another note...I finally got my bloack heater cord installed. Tomorrow I should use it for the first time. I'll let you all know what happens.
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