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Well,,, What a craptastic weekend it turned out to be. I had to work all day Saturday, but I was ok with that because I had all day Sunday to...
The entire rear end has already been reworked, still using the Lincoln rear end. The look is different now and most of it is hidden. I will be...
sorry for the fuzzy photo, I think I need my 3D glasses
I have been working on the front suspension, here is a photo of it kinda mocked up. I just ordered a dropped I beam axle. Finally I can get rid...
In the front I have a dropped tube axle(which I hate the look of anybody want to trade axles) I decided to run a suicide setup I want to be low...
The plan was to use the stock sub frame from the Lincoln and have it bolt to my Willys frame. I built it and stood back and looked at it and...
Ok now for a little suspension, The rear suspemsion I picked up for it came out of a 97ish Lincoln Mark VIII with 55,000 miles. fully...
here is a link to some I found http://www.simplydiecast.com/AdvancedSearch.aspx
you could pick up a nice diecast model, its a little more expensive (about $50) but most are very detailed.
made some progress this weekend, We started the cab corners and back wall. Next week we will finish the back wall and start on the rockers....
What is this and what is it in????????
that front axle is now air bag brackets...... the old man I bought it from had it on his daily driver for 10 years
This, [IMG] is going into this, [IMG] and so far it looks like this, [IMG] and the rest can be seen here,...
mock up take one [IMG] mock up take two [IMG]
I havent talked to the guys at Alpina, but i did talk to the dinan guys and they said they no longer cary anything for the 5 liter 12 they did...
tempting,,,,but I cant part with the flat head 12 just yet. My step father restores old firetrucks in AZ I will check if he has any laying around...
Some of the 850's had a 6 speed trans. Im hunting for one now.
wow... thats a whole lot of numbers
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Finally a little bit of progress, I have been so busy with work I havent had any time to work on her. This weekend got some more work done on...
My 9 year old son left me some art this morning. [IMG] [IMG]
Here is my 28 Willys project [IMG]
Its about time the overseas guys catch on to what a real car is....
yes I have some you can have,,, pay shipping and they are yours. Idler pully, upper and lower pullys for a V-Belt
My roof section is the hood off a 66 Chevelle does that count??
I had a custom 74 suburban and some guy hit me on the freeway. The truck was Orange,,, how do you not see a 5000 pound pumpkin, anyway his...
I have a 04 Chevy truck, when they recalled to gauge cluster I took it in with 114,000 miles and when I got it back it had 99,000 miles. That was...
Very cool I would drive the shit out of that
I really really hate El' Ranchero's and I wouldnt send one to scrap... That just sucks for a classic of any kind....
I would love to drive this Corvette...
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