so truck is quite close to being completed. got all the big stuff done including rebuilding the engine myself which was a good experience.

i recently moved house to escape the rat race and city and had to get the truck up to the new place which is the other side of japan from me further north.

not sure how the truck would handle the trip as id only used it for short trips around the city

anyway she sat at 90km/h most of the way. no complaints, no issues other than having to stop what felt like every hour to refuel!

hour after hour just hummed along tappets a-rattling.


got a lot of attention from road users and everytime i stopped to refuel id come back to find people taking pics of her.

when i finally arrived at my destination (small town up in the frozen mountains) as i was filling up yet again i noticed yet another person taking pics (by now i just largely pretended not to notice them)

anyway he came over and introduced himself in english and gave me his card.....he was the head of Chevrolet Japan!, just returned to japan after working in the US.

he wants to work with me and use my truck for publicity in japan. kinda nice way to end the trip.


the truck is now settled down doing what it was designed to do, carry around logs and construction materials and living in a place far more suited to its nature than tokyo!

https://drmike.smugmug.com/Other/Truck/i-BbLNtsm/A

couldnt be happier with the truck