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Kristi KT7 restoration pictures

PBinWA said:
Geez Al, Don't you think it's a little vain putting self portraits all over the thing?:confused2:
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LOL !!!!! That was a good one !
But hey .....since I seem to be the only guy on FF protecting the name and honor of Kristi snow cats everywhere ,should'nt I have my picture on something ???
Originally I wanted to place the Yetti decals on the front and rear doors of the snow cat , but now I am not so sure . The doors came out really nice and I am a little hesitant on putting anything on the paint ????:confused2: :confused2: :confused2:
 
BigAl said:
LOL !!!!! That was a good one !
But hey .....since I seem to be the only guy on FF protecting the name and honor of Kristi snow cats everywhere ,should'nt I have my picture on something ???
Originally I wanted to place the Yetti decals on the front and rear doors of the snow cat , but now I am not so sure . The doors came out really nice and I am a little hesitant on putting anything on the paint ????:confused2: :confused2: :confused2:
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Al, since it's so hard to tell the front from the back on that thing I'd suggest a Yetti butt on the back. Something similar to this::moon:
 
BigAl said:
But hey .....since I seem to be the only guy on FF protecting the name and honor of Kristi snow cats everywhere
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Aren't you the only guy that actually admits to owning one? :whistle:
 
Al I just want to take the time and say THANK YOU:tiphat: for all the pictures you post on your restoration project. I look forward to checking each day to find out how the project is going. I am looking forward to the day when you can take your Kristi out for it's maiden run. Thanks again for all the enjoyment.:a1:
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Ken:wave:
 
Hey Big Al, mtntopper was showing me the two lug nuts you own on the trackmaster this past weekend, they look kinda rusty.:yankchain: I think you should give him hell about not taking care of other peoples stuff.:pat: By the way, I also really enjoy the thread you have started and have read it start to finish a couple of times.:thumb: I Hope you make it to the shootout with Yetti!!!!:applause:
 
mbsieg said:
Hey Big Al, mtntopper was showing me the two lug nuts you own on the trackmaster this past weekend, they look kinda rusty.:yankchain: I think you should give him hell about not taking care of other peoples stuff.
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Damn it !!!! I was afraid of this:( . I knew the man would not take good care of my nuts :mad: ! Do you think have I enough reason and concern to take him to court , since you have seen my nuts and I hav'nt ???? I wonder what the punishment is for a man not keeping another man's nuts clean .
I need a good lawyer :confused2: :confused2:
 
No I do not think court will be necessary!!!:yum: I think a stern talking to should suffice!!:hide: After my comment mtntopper may never invite me up again!:moon: Oh well I will just have to keep harassing him.:eek:
 
alaska741 said:
Al I just want to take the time and say THANK YOU:tiphat: for all the pictures you post on your restoration project. I look forward to checking each day to find out how the project is going. I am looking forward to the day when you can take your Kristi out for it's maiden run. Thanks again for all the enjoyment.:a1:
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Ken:wave:
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Thanks Ken,
You make it down and we will take her out . You can drive and I will try out the Mini Bar :burp:
 
mbsieg said:
No I do not think court will be necessary!!!:yum: I think a stern talking to should suffice!!:hide: After my comment mtntopper may never invite me up again!:moon: Oh well I will just have to keep harassing him.:eek:
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You can bet that there is going to be plenty of harassing now that I have "Rusty Nuts" :mad:
 
BigAl said:
You can bet that there is going to be plenty of harassing now that I have "Rusty Nuts" :mad:
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If it was anyone but you Poobah, I would have recommended that a wire brush be taken to them with earnest.
 
bczoom said:
If it was anyone but you Poobah, I would have recommended that a wire brush be taken to them with earnest.
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That seems kinda harsh:eek: . I was hoping for a nice gentle rubbing compound and see them "hand rubbed" back to that old sparkle they once had .
Uh.... Were still talking about the lug nuts ...... Right????:confused2:
 
BigAl, I now know Mike is a spy for the KKK for informing on me for not maintaining your portion of my TracMaster. :confused2: Keep your KKK spies at home and away from "our" TracMaster....:( You are just trying to find our weak areas to exploit later on. Let me tell you we have none.....:whistle:

I tried after our snowmobile ride Saturday to get Mike (mbseig) to polish your two lug nuts on the Tracmaster but he refused to touch someone else's nuts. :eek: Your nuts will just rust until you decide to maintain them yourself as I also refuse.....:moon: and Mike's open invitation to the mountain is now cancelled and revoked.... :yum: Beth can come up and go snowmobiling anytime though....:thumb:
 
mtntopper said:
BigAl, I now know Mike is a spy for the KKK for informing on me for not maintaining your portion of my TracMaster. :confused2: Keep your KKK spies at home and away from "our" TracMaster....:( You are just trying to find our weak areas to exploit later on. Let me tell you we have none.....:whistle:

I tried after our snowmobile ride Saturday to get Mike (mbseig) to polish your two lug nuts on the Tracmaster but he refused to touch someone else's nuts. :eek: Your nuts will just rust until you decide to maintain them yourself as I also refuse.....:moon: and Mike's open invitation to the mountain is now cancelled and revoked.... :yum: Beth can come up and go snowmobiling anytime though....:thumb:
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LOL ,


Good morning Bill & PT's.
Have a safe trip to Colorado .
 
Evening all ,:tiphat:
Today was one of them there days that you just turn the radio to some easy sounded oldies and just kinda putt around the shop .:D :whistle:

I started out down at the Auto Parts store and bought all the remaining electrical I needed to complete the KT7 :cool2: .

I headed back home and finished installing upholstery to the rear door . I them started looking at the exposed rear tail lights on the inside and decided that something had to be done to make them blend in more :confused2: . So I ended up taking a 12" piece of 6" diameter single wall stove pipe and slicing it in half length ways . I then bent under 3/4" to form a inside lip and upholstered the whole thing in fleece . I installed a velco strip to my 3/4" lip and another velco peice to the body where the lights are at . This makes it easy to remove ,if need be but locked securely in place ,the rest of the time .:thumb:
So The back half is completely finished other the the windows being tinted and installed .

Then I moved on to the front and wired up the front fog lights .

The inside top was fleece lined to be able to install the moon roof .I also radius the moon roof to follow the arc of the top so the margin is the same all the way around it .

At this point I dug out my new remote controlled spot light and mounted it into position . I am very pleased with how well it turned out :thumb:
As I was closing the shop up for the day , UPS showed up with my new Kristi Travel mugs . Thank you Mr. Bob S.:applause: I have different base inserts for my homemade cup holders so I will dig them out to make the cup fit nice and tight .

Here are a few pictures : The first picture shows the exposed tail lights . The second shows my home made covers .
 

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Good Morning folks:tiphat: ,
I forgot to mention in my last post ,that I will be short on having enough "Premium Marine Grade Carpet" to finish the interior . Deciding to carpet the armrest caused the shortage .
Anyway ,I purchased the carpet material through Cabela's . It comes in 6' or 8' wide and as long as you want . It runs about $18 for the 6' per running yard or $24 for the 8" per running yard . I think that is one of the better deals I have got on parts ! It is really good stuff and I highly reconmend it .

HEY!!!!!:eek: I just dicovered that they have dropped the price $4 a yard on the 6' wide and $8 on the 8' wide . That is a great deal .:thumb:
Here are the colors it comes in :
 

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No pictures tonight:( ,

Spent the day reworking the front passengers arm rest and then applying carpet over that . It came out nice :thumb: .

I then just dived in and started running electrical wire everywhere , and I do mean everywhere !!!! I thought the KT7 had a lot of wires before ,but with running "relays" on all the major power draws along with 7 switches ,1 racing starting system , 2 fuse panels , auto emergency headlight alternating flashers system ,speaker wires and a intercom system ,I do have a lot of wiring .:confused: :confused2: :( :smileywac
This does not even include my popcorn machine flashing light or the neon beer sign that will hang in the back window!!!:pat:

Now don't go quoting me, but other than the Intercom system ,I think the wiring will all be installed and finished by tomorrow night :cool2: .

All that leaves is to install front door and upholstery the front section , install windows , tie in intercom system, install the roof rack and make and install the new tracks .

OH YEA!!!! and also weld in the reciever hitch for the bar-b-que .!!!Everything but the tracks should be done this week !!!!!!!

I am tired just looking at my list of stuff to complete so I better go fix .... I mean take my medience .:burp:
 
Allen, with regards to the tracks, do you have all new belting and if so, did you go with an original style "textured" belt for the inside and outside "floppy" belts and a "smooth" belt for the two middle belts on each side?
 
B_Skurka said:
Allen, with regards to the tracks, do you have all new belting and if so, did you go with an original style "textured" belt for the inside and outside "floppy" belts and a "smooth" belt for the two middle belts on each side?
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Bob ,
I purchased my belting at Capitol Rubber in Sacramento . It was about $1000 for all 8 belts .The plastic cleats ran about $380 and I have no idea what the channel steel will cost . I am also getting stainless steel bolts so I imagine that will run the cost up a few bucks . The belts are #330 HD 3 ply 3/8"thick and made for cold -25 degree weather . I did not go for the textured belts . The cost was considerably less to go this way .
 
BigAl said:
This morning ,while enjoying my coffee , I started looking at different decals I would like to use on "Yetti".
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Poobah,

I feel terrible about bringing this up now...

I do wonder if the Yetti will get lonesome and should therefore have a partner in name.

I'd like to throw out another name for consideration for addition to the Yetti KT7 or another of your machines.

Khione (aka. Chione). The Greek godess of snow.

Maybe it could be called the "Yetti Khione" as its formal name. Yetti for short.

Just want to throw it out for the naming contest. Yea, I know... That contest ended 11 months ago but nobody said I was fast. Maybe I should just go back to cleaning up the DP cans.
 
bczoom said:
Poobah,

I feel terrible about bringing this up now...

I do wonder if the Yetti will get lonesome and should therefore have a partner in name.

I'd like to throw out another name for consideration for addition to the Yetti KT7 or another of your machines.

Khione (aka. Chione). The Greek godess of snow.

Maybe it could be called the "Yetti Khione" as its formal name. Yetti for short.

Just want to throw it out for the naming contest. Yea, I know... That contest ended 11 months ago but nobody said I was fast. Maybe I should just go back to cleaning up the DP cans.
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Dearest Boomer ,

What have you been drinking ?

If I add that name to the end of Yetti ,it sounds like the name of some new tennis shoe that the big name basketball stars are wearing this year . Very confusing ??? I can just imagine some basketball dude saying "nice Yettikhione's man :thumb: !! " Where can I get a pair ???........

Just like the word "Pilaties". I tried to order one at Starbucks the other day..... They refuse to serve me anymore ........:mad:

Now Boomer , if you go back and read that post you will see it has said nothing about adding another name to Yetti . Just pick #1 or #2 or #3 as your favorite picture . I thought it was very straight forward and a non confusing question to ask . Did you buy a Snot Trac or something cause this behavior is unlike you ????:confused2:

I will add you to my morning prayer list ......;)
GP
 
I vote #2. It looks most like you. :hide:
 

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Sorry Poobah.

My mind wasn't right... I wrote that at 11:30 last night. I started at 7:00 yesterday morning and finished just before midnight. Long day and my head obviously took a hit from working that duration and I wasn't thinking clearly.
 
bczoom said:
Sorry Poobah.

My mind wasn't right... I wrote that at 11:30 last night. I started at 7:00 yesterday morning and finished just before midnight. Long day and my head obviously took a hit from working that duration and I wasn't thinking clearly.
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It's OK ..... I have mostly fuss in my head and I never think clearly . I just put myself on my prayer list too !
 
Oops. Missed a kind of important word in my reply. It doesn't make sense without it...

I started WORK at 7:00am and finished just before midnight
 
Well ...
The wiring ain't done yet :mad: .:confused2: :confused2: Holy cow ! And I thought there were a lot of wires before . I filled up my little wiring chase quite quickly . Thank goodness I have the other side to run wires up to the overhead console too.All the wires are now wrapped in a loom and secured with cable clips . Tomorrow , it will take a lot of time putting on electrical end connectors to finish it all up .

Got another price for my 6 tinted windows . $150 complete . That sounds more like it .:thumb:

I also got a piece of 1" and also 1 1/2" steel channel to check how well it would work with the plastic cleats . I really need 1 1/4" steel channel ,but it appears no one makes it . I'll just have to wait until the plastic cleat material is delivered to make a final decision on this :confused: .

It's that time :burp:

No pictures tonight but I sure hope to hell I have something to show you folks tomorrow night . Like a completely wired KT7 !!!
 
BigAl said:
Got another price for my 6 tinted windows . $150 complete . That sounds more like it
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Poobah,

My experience with window tinting is "you get what you pay for". The main thing I've found is that pretty much every aftermarket tinting turns purple after awhile. Have you discussed this with whomever is going to do it to see how long you can expect it to last before it happens?
 
bczoom said:
Poobah,

My experience with window tinting is "you get what you pay for". The main thing I've found is that pretty much every aftermarket tinting turns purple after awhile. Have you discussed this with whomever is going to do it to see how long you can expect it to last before it happens?
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No ,I did not know that . The guy warranties his work . I will check with him and see how long it will last . Thanks for the heads up !!! This is my first experience with tinting .
 
BigAl said:
The guy warranties his work
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I've always found the craftsmanship of installing has been top notch. It's the tinting film itself that's the issue. Emphasize that you don't want the tinting to turn purple and they can/should offer a better tinting product material.
 
OK .... I got hijacked into helping my friend change out his water heater. So.... very little got done today .

I was able to setup the neutral centers on the steering controls . I also installed front seat belts, and fleece lined one half of the front cab .

Tomorrow I will installed the rest of the fleece in the front cab and then install the over head console .

Also added a horn to the system . I do not know why I forgot that ???????
Pictures tomorrow ......
 
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