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Hi all:
Since the summer of 1997, I have been building a cabin and house on our 1/2 acre lot here. Before I dive into that part, I am going to show a few photos to set the stage a bit. We are remote here. No services of any kind, except that which we provide for ourselves. So don't expect to see any paved roads with big trucks delivering any materials.
We live at the head of a small bay, which is both a blessing and a curse.
When the tide goes out, we have to clamber over hundreds of yards of rocks to get to our boat. When it is in, I can float logs right up to my little railway to move them onto the log deck. Well, not any more, but more about that later.
This is the bay in front of us.
 

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Looks like the wind is kicking up pretty good with the waves white capping like that. It is still pretty up there but when the weather gets rough it is really rough on you folks, hopefully it will turn real nice there soon. It was 72° here a day or so ago then tonight it is rain and 27°.

How are you feeling Keith?
 
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Hi Jim: well, Hi everyone I guess.

I think I pretty much have this CO thing licked now. Up in Kamloops for a couple of weeks "holiday".

Just spent over two days ripping out and replacing a set of stairs going to the basement of the house where I'm staying...the owner has taken two tumbles all the way down, last time a fairly serious injury. So, no more of that nonsense in future. Can't say as I have ever seen such a poorly constructed set of stairs anywhere. Runs and rises all different, just atrocious.

Going to see if I can hook up with some hot rod buddies up this way while I'm here. One for sure will be with Ken who has a 496 BBC in his '67 Chevelle, just about all done. Maybe even s few pics if I remember.:)
 
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Glad to see you are doing much better buddy, even on vacation you work. At least it is good that you feel like it.

Keith, what is a 496 BBC I haven't heard of that one before. I have driven a 67 SS Chevy Malibu with a 427 Cube, 4 speed Muncie, 411 posi rear, that is one mean machine.

Oh yes, we do want pictures buddy. I am watching a TV program right now where they are rebuilding a 40 Ford.
 
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Keith, what is a 496 BBC I haven't heard of that one before. I have driven a 67 SS Chevy Malibu with a 427 Cube, 4 speed Muncie, 411 posi rear, that is one mean machine.

Jim, I believe that it is a 454 that has been bored and stroked to get to 496. dorf dude...
 
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Jim, the new LS3, 376 cu. in. Chevy has 10.7 compression. I believe this is as a result of the direct cylinder injection, and it runs on 92 pump gas. So the good CR is back again, and this should give us some pretty decent mileage. :thumbsup:
 
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I wonder how they handle the pinging without lead, maybe a water injector or something. I wonder how they can warrant an engine with that kind of compression, surly it won't last 6 years like the lower compression engines will. They must know something I don't.:) That engine should do pretty doggone good in the HP department.
 
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These new cars are way over my head, working on them is unreal, a good mechanic now days needs to be about the size of a pigmy with little bitty hands. I got to replace Judy's water pump on her 2000 Nissan Altima you should see how close it is to get in there.
 
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That is nothing what I used to run before just try a locomovite engine on the tugboat.,

3000 CV ( HP ) @ 900 RPM W.O.T. ( wide open throttle )

V-12 engine with special rating

Model : 645-12 seires engine

Total engine size 7860 CID ( apx 115 liters )

Bore / Stroke 9 1/16 bore , 10 inch stroke

Engine weight 24000 lbs with standard turbocharger.

slow but loud but smooth.

But burn about 165 gallons of #2 per hour per engine ( that tugboat have twin engine )

Merci,
Marc
 
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Yeah it is alot of horsepower there. Even our props is very large. the size of prop is get this .,, 10 feet diameter variable pitch plus it can be reverseable.

The prop materal is Bronze I know they are not cheap when someone hit something in the water and bended the blade ( the only time it will happend when you hit rock or something superhard under the water espcally with large logs we can chop them up pretty good ) The weight of props is 4 tons each.

I know someone will ask how big our fuel tanks is the answer is 12,000 US gallons.

Merci,
Marc
 
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About time I did a couple of building pics I think. Not at home,up in Kamloops doing some fixing while on holiday.

The front steps outside were put together from landscape blocks many years ago. The rise was 4 3/4" and the run varied. Suffice it to say that they were most awkward to go up and down. Add to that the fact that the fill under the blocks was anything but stable, and you can imagine just how unsafe they had become.

By the time I remembered to get a photo, I had already removed all the blocks - you can see several of them sitting at the side of the garage wall here. The total run is around 321" and the rise is about 92". I say about, because there will be some fixing to do up on the top concrete paver walkway, and I'm not quite sure how that's going to end up.

But the fix will be to replace the mess that was there with some P.T. steps with a very gentle rise and run to them.

Here the worst of the mess has been removed and I have a platform at the bottom from which to start.
 

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It's been so long since I was able to get materials delivered, I forgot what a treat it was! :)

Popped up to the local Rona store, gave the man a list of materials and some money, and lo and behold the next morning here it is! :thumbsup:
 

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Much of the work here has been removing an awful lot of the fill under the blocks. About 50 wheelbarrow loads so far, and we're not done yet! But this time there's a helper so I don't have to do ALL the bull work.
 

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There's going to be three short stair runs along with the platforms to sit them on. Here we have the first stairs in and the stringers for the second stairs in place. Then I got run off the job by rain and a nasty cold wind. And they promised me it would be nothing but sunshine up here!

I'm re-using some of the blocks as footings for the platforms, so everything won't be a total waste. Then perhaps later this summer I may get to use the rest for a fancy deck/sitting area I have in mind for the back yard here.
 

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Hi Jim...yes, it's a fair bit of work, but having the load dropped 20 feet from where you're working makes life a whole lot easier.

I'm not sure if it will get finished or not today...rain and thunderstorms in the forecast! :eek:
 
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Back home all safe and sound. I took a few pics on the trip back and I'll show you a couple of them now.

This one is a small mountain just this side of Hope just after you get off the infamous Coquihalla Highway.
 

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