What a great summer of car shows and Friday night cruises. First, I would like to thank Phak1, our monitor, for the great write-up he did when they moved my story to the completed journal section. Thank you.
In my last post I was heading to the Good Guys show in Puyallup, Washington. It's about 40 miles from home with about half in-town driving and the other half highway driving. I am happy to say the COCOE drove and handled both flawlessly. After re-attaching the hose that blew off on my first long drive and tightening it up, this time the cooling system worked perfectly. The temp gauge has never gone above 170 degrees even in stop and go traffic, long uphill stretches and air temps in the 90's. The added air bags have also solved any tire rubbing issues.
The Good Guys show was great. For two days the truck was surrounded by people. From kids and a few ladies that wanted to sit in it and have their pictures taken to a lot of guys working on their own builds and wanted to know how I solved different issues. It didn't win an award, but a lot of people told me they thought it was the coolest thing at the show.
After the Good Guys the following Friday night was cruise night in town. The grandkids were all in for pizza and "Friday Night Cruise on Cole Street". What a blast. The kids sitting up top waving to their friends and everyone else along the route and them waving back and taking pictures. It's made all the work of the build worth it.
As of now I have a little over 300 miles on the COCOE and I'm very pleased with how it handles loading and unloading cars and even more pleased how it goes down the road. It has already won more awards at shows than the Pantera, but the Pantera has still won more races. It's kind of crazy that the hauler gets more attention at shows than the car it's hauling.
I'm going to have to call the COCOE a successful build. Now on to my next build which is already in the works.
Last edited by COCOE; 08/20/20257:36 PM. Reason: to add photos
