Grasshopper is lookin really sharp!!

Man you sure got grasshopper looking good 👍

Bluejay looks FANTASTIC Dane! That gold is just what it needed to get the perfect look! Grasshopper is looking fantastic also.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Thank you sir 😬

@mintyman1968

3 ай бұрын

@@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE absolutely brother. Are you going to paint that panel next to the grille?? Where the stripes cut off

@bryancooper2699

3 ай бұрын

The gold stripes really did make Blue Jay pop. Grass Hopper is also looking sharp. Now you have to get everything off the donor frame and put it on Grasshopper and she will be ready for the show. It’s gonna be tight but I think you will get it done in time

Man that gold really made it look awesome!!

I love the gold stripes it gives blue Jay a blue mule look!

That paintjob looks great, and all the detail makes it sand out. Great job Mr. DANE !😊

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Bert, and as always I appreciate your watching 😬😊👍

Love the Gold Pinstriping on Blue Jay too!!

Gold looks great 😊

Love the borders. Grasshoppers 🦗 looking nicer yet! Love the dashboard too. It's great you have friends in the business who contribute to your projects and the Truckers Lounge. Safe travels and God bless!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Chris and yes there’s so many great people I’ve been blessed to meet and work with.

Awesome memorabilia!!.

Texaco and kenworth are two of my favorite brands ever

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

You have great taste my friend 😬👍

The gold pinstripe has always been a favorite of mine on trucks, you chose well, Dane!

Love the gold stripe on blue jay

Grasshopper and blue jay both looking good Dane.

Dane grasshopper looks great love the pinstripes . cant wait to se it run down the road👌👍

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Dom, me too… I mean I’ll have to watch on video lol.maybe go on a little jawnt with a certain Dodge Cabover cousin 😬👍

Me and my husband Dan are getting really excited about grasshopper can't wait to see it when it is done blue Jay looks awesome as well with those gold pinstripes they are 8v71 buddies old school cool keep the videos coming 👍

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Yes they are Shelly and Dan, thanks for your support! 😬👍

Nice cab over Kenworth. Had a 68 cab over Pete. Years ago. 318 Detroit diesel great show.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Thank you .. AND for watching 😬👍

Enjoyed the show, The gold stripes on the Astro really look awesome!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Thanks …. And for watching

Lookin’ good!

I just picked up that Wheels Of Time at Barnes and Noble a week or 2 ago..Great Article on Heavy Duty Fords!!

Awesome work on both of those trucks! Looking forward to the first drive with grasshopper!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Me too 😬👍

Jeez ! Thanks for the butt puckering memories Dane. Being the young apprentice at Cummins Ontario in the early 70’s it seemed that I was always the guy that had to steer the dead iron into the shop truck bays. I think we had about 20 sum odd bays, and all the doors were narrow. You had very little to spare on either west coast mirror. We used our fork lift to pick up the back of the frame rails, and it was all down to me to muscle the steering wheel and get it between the goad posts. I recall only once breaking a mirror, but I might as well have broken them all for the ribbing I took. I drove many trucks with standard steering back in the day, but dead power steering takes all you’ve got. Grasshopper is looking good. In Canada I don’t think we ever had the cab access whoop style you have in the U.S. Canadian Kenworth had differences in many components, and models. I recall seeing one with a cab similar to yours in Beloit at a cold storage warehouse while unloading my load of meat. The truck, the trailer, the driver, and his dog looked like they where on their last mile. The tractor had a long wheelbase not often seen east of the Mississippi. The engine was a horizontal model mounted across the bottom of the frame rails. It had a chain holding the back of it from falling on the road, or so it looked. It must have originally had a long drom box in its younger day. I was very curious about it parked in the next dock with my new 82 KW 100 VIT, and my snazzy looking 42’ 6” light weight Trailmobile reefer. It’s all relative now Dane, however I drove that cabover for 26 years. I sold it about 2 years ago, and the new owners are doing a full restoration on it. No doubt it will outlive me. 😊 lots of memories.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

So cool to hear yours and others truckin memories like that! I love being able to give a little old school joy to you guys who made the glory days what it was, even though you didn’t know it at the time.

I have been a member of ATHS since I saw my first copy of the magazine in a truckstop in 1988!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Yepp, it’s a cool mag for sure.

Man that bumper looks good on Grasshopper!!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Lot better than the old beat up one. Lol

gold stripe looks great best wishes from north east of england.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Oh man my regards to you and your part of the world Gordon. Thanks for watching Bud😬👍

Grasshopper is looking great and I love the gold pinstripes on blue jay really tied it all together. Ps the nice ol freightshaker in the night shift section of WOT is my baby.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Thanks and that’s a sweet “Shaker”. Maybe you can bring him to the Jamboree and “Shake” things up 😂👍

@Truckster_Metfan91

3 ай бұрын

@@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE I would but I’m clear over in Washington state 😵‍💫 I’d be shaken up from that drive 🤣

I think that is just what old Bluejay needed. Grasshopper is coming along👍👍

The gold pinstriping looks amazing on Bluejay. It's amazing how a little change can make a drastic difference. And Grasshopper is looking great. It really shows what's possible with a vision and a can of spray paint. So inspiring.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Thankyou DFN, ya gots to work with what ya gots lol.

Great choice on the pinstripe. As always absolutely excellent. Can't wait for sunday you made my day big smile and sunday willbe even better thank you

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Mark

Bluejay looks like a charm nice Mr Scotts I like the display on the back of grasshopper very nice work great graphic nice video buddy 10-4👍👏🚚

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Melvin and as always for watching 😊👍

@melvinthompson9635

3 ай бұрын

@@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE anytime buddy 👍🙂

WOW grasshopper looks awesome in the daylight! Nice touch with the gold pinstripes on bluejay too!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Frank 😬👍

Looking forward to the tandem swap :⁠-⁠)

Hey Dane enjoy the stuff. Stay safe and hammer down. My kid got a kick out of being on mail call.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Awesome I enjoyed the goodies … thanks again.

Looks pretty Dam good Roger 😊

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

10-4 10-4 back door 😬👍

The stripes just make Blue Jay POP! Just more of why it's my favorite. Can't wait to see Mr. Grasshopper moving under its own Detroit power.

Man you are one lucky dog wish people would send me stuff like that 😅

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Tim I hear ya in that lol…. I deeply appreciate and respect the giving spirit of so many awesome people that are connected to this”hobby” of old school glory days in trucking. And thank you for watching too 😬👍

What a great transformation from sitting, looking fantastic. Loving the exhaust work too!

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Yes Mister Wizard gets all the credit for that. I’m blessed to have him helping me.

I was very excited about the new wheels through time magazine my Ford N1000 is in the ford article grasshopper is looking great

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Well it’s a beautiful N1000! And thank you.

A lot of things make that truck, but that gold air filter really pops in a good way!!!! Grasshopper is looking magnificent! Another truck like the H series Two Story Falcon, but in medium duty format, is that Dodge which used the front of their old '60s flat face A100 van as the cab, perched atop of a riser platform, like the big Ford. The White 5000 rivals or exceeds the Two Story Falcon in terms of goofiness. 5000s had a fiberglass cab.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Dan, and yes all those models are cool and so iconic 😬👍

Hello driver! Glad to see you, thought you might be on vacation. Grasshoppa looking good! The toys reminded me of my childhood. Continue to keep up the good work that you always do!! 10-4 driver im gone

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

I haven’t been on vacation in decades lol. I don’t know who would keep all the plates spinning if I did 😂🤷🏼‍♂️

The gold separation stripes on Blue Jay does look good. Grasshopper is looking sharp! The gold air cleaner can provides even more flair for an already great looking paint scheme. Yep, careful with Xacto blades. One slip with a fresh blade can result in a deep, surgical incision. Sure, ask me how I know.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Stan, Yepp I think we all have our Xacto horror story lol.

Grasshopper looks great in the sunlight.

I’d be tempted to try gold on both sides of Jays black stripes. Looks good tho👍🏻

Love those night light pics in Wheels Of Time too!!

U absalutly scored today😊😅

Wow it time Will the new rear end this time for the new rear end? Oh, man, I like to see Chrome on all the front in the back on that truck. You're a new rims and tires everything. The works l e ds and the back all new stuff

Hay buddy good luck grass hopper looks good buddy

You have a good eye for simple low cost "lipstick" that accentuates the rest of the colors, makes them pop ! I'm waiting to hear Grasshopper's exhaust, now. We've all heard enough of straight pipe noise .

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Dan and so am I… I’m thinking next week we’ll fire it up. Problem is the cab must be down with this kind of exhaust and we need to have the cables and wiring done so we can shut er down if need be.

Love it Dane that made him POP

Justin of Just Truckin' has recently bought an old early 90's model Kenworth K100E cabover that was stretched by the previous owner,it runs and drives under it's own power and is now in the process of slowly restoring the truck to do local LTL work & as an RV truck pulling an RV fith wheel trailer,and taking the cabover to truck shows. Paul of Big Paul's Trucking is also currently working on restoring an early 80's Mack Cruiseliner cabover has already replaced the old rusted spring ride chassis with fresh new C-channel frame rails & crossmembers;and is currently in the process of replacing the underpowered Maxidyne 6 cylinder diesel engine with a Mack E7 turbocharged air to air diesel engine,which is going to take some custom fabrication work to make the air to air conversion to work.

@christrella3134

3 ай бұрын

I've told Justin a few times to check out The Truckers Lounge. Only 4 Trucks has a few Mack's being restored and a 1969 Peterbilt, along with a Ford L9000

@traincndr1

3 ай бұрын

What Justin from just truckin has is a 1986 Kenworth CABOVER 100

This channel should be called rattle can rebuilds.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Lol

Blue Jay looks a lot better and my favorite it would be cool if you can get a picture with the crackerbox that was painted to match one day.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Oh I agree, Not sure who has it

Old School......Baby.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Oh ya! 😜

I believe I have seen one before 😊

I bet you'll have Grasshopper up and driving again before too long!!

I think it's looking really good bud

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Vaughn

@VaughnFoster-vp8tt

3 ай бұрын

How much are they pal I don't know if I will be able to make it to the show this time 😞 because the wife is not great health right now all most lost her about 3mth ago heart

I agree you need to be careful with exacto knives .. don't ask me how I know..lol😅!!

👍👍👍

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Thanks as always for watching 😬👍

Such a shame the mounts for the torsion bars are US and unobtainium, but I am looking forward to seeing the other parts being fitted.

Cadillac-ac-ac-ac-ac-ac!! That wouldn't happen to have anything to do with Elderly Iron's video from yesterday or the day before, would it?😁

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

No, I have always said it that way lol.

I do know how that's like, Diane. I used to ride a '98 Suzuki Muarader VZ800 motorcycle and people would pull out in front of me or cut me off. Anyways still enjoying your content off my main channel.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Yepp they’re definitely out there. Thank you for watching 😬👍

@yourfalloutvampony5838

3 ай бұрын

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE Of course buddy. Stay safe out there

The way you have things re-arranged, I’d imagine they also have something to do with some posts on FB….and I’m sure you have reasons for those as well to be revealed in due course. Now, starting with “Blue Jay”: that gold pinstriping is what that truck has been missing….good call! Definitely provides contrast and gives it a more “finished” look. “Grasshopper”…..for some reason, I thought you were simply replacing rear clips altogether. Are you just stripping everything and re-installing the Pete components on your frame instead?

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Yes sir we decided to keep the KW original frame and change out the suspension and fifth wheel.

Dana just a few words to you I really enjoy the show I still have the fever extrucker of 25 years I live in Maine and there is only 2 states that I have not been Al. Alaska and Hawaii so what do I have to do to get me a hat or something for the trucker loung I will buy it or whatever just let me know please pal😊

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Vaughn, and my hat tipped to your service to 48 states …. Wow! I bet you have some stories 😮👏 Right now I have Mugs and shirts but only mediums and smalls left. I will try and have some hats at the show.

It’s too bad you can’t rebuild the KW torsion bar suspension on “Grasshopper. The suspension you are replacing it with appears to be a Rayco. I’ve ridden on both, and as far as I’m concerned, the torsion bar rides a lot smoother than the Rayco. When I first started Long haul trucking I had a 1977 K100 cab over KW with the torsion bar suspension. Later I was move to a conventional KW with the Rayco suspension. Both were co trucks.

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Replacement is Peterbilt air leaf.

What wheel simulator do you have on the front wheels of grasshopper?

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

I ordered them from Raneys

How long did it take to restore that KW

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

So far 6 months 🫤

@davidboggs7361

3 ай бұрын

@@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE is that 8hrs a day 7days a week

Never drove one with that suspension say it was not that good 😅

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

I’m not sure as KW used it for quite a while but most have said that if you kept them greased properly they worked really well. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Trucks Look Awesome .If u get a chance check out youtuber Backyard Barn Finds they just saved a 1970 Mack M100sx from Queens NY.1 of 3 trucks made and was the 3rd and only survivor

@DaneScottsTRUCKERSLOUNGE

3 ай бұрын

Definitely will thanks Bob.