Is this my new project? I dunno - ask Trasborg if he's still got the title to it and if he's gonna drag it back from Reno for me. If so, the plan is in place.

Usually I'm really, really good at coming up with names that border on the insulting for my buddies' rigs. Cappa's Sloppy Seconds, Hot Dog, Juggy, The Gay Army Truck, ...... well, let's just say I've named all of Cappa's vehicles. Nobody seems to repay the favor in kind, so I'm just gonna go ahead and name my own project The Colostomy Bag.

Why such an endearing title? 'Cause it's destined to get filled up with all the shhit that I can't seem to expell on my own. I've got a pair of axles, a killer T-case, an aluminum radiator, shocks and springs, a set of 40-inch Goodyears, and so many other parts laying around from past builds that I've almost got a complete vehicle in the shed. And to top it off, in a month or two I'll have a rip-snorting Chevy 383 laying around that I'm building as part of an AMC vs. Chevy engine shootout. All I'll need is a tranny, a steering box, and a cage. Hell, I've got some extra seats in my M-715 I can borrow. This one will be for the sick-minded like me. It's not even gonna need wheel tubs 'cause the axles will be so wide the tires will be mostly outside the sheetmetal. I may even scallop the body for tire clearance at full flex.

Oh, and the kicker? I wanna have it built and done in 2 weeks. I figure when I first got hired back in the '90s Cappa and I were a part of our then-boss Cole Quinnell's 14-Day Flattie project. Call me nostalgic - pain fades, yet the memory remains.