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Well, update time! Got a pretty new rear view mirror, and also took better measurements of the axel. Going to have to get it sleeved back down to...
Same technology. We're getting the new C-130J's in the next couple years that's going to change all that, but even the H models from the 80's and...
I almost wish I could have gone older, but not much survives up here. It's hard to find anything past the early 70's actually. :( On the bright...
Mines Jarvis. It just felt right. He's a maroon color, much like Iron Man colors, and he seemed sophisticated enough to fit the name. Seems an apt...
So where am I at now? Well, the truck, which I aptly named Jarvis, as in Iron Man's artificial intelligence and butler in the Marvel Universe, now...
This brings us to suspension (and all that good steering linkage below the steering box.) Someone had already installed some rather nice shocks,...
Thank you! It's gonna take a while, but I'll get there.
Now is a good time to bring up the issues I've discovered on my frame. No engine crossmember. (Super scary, it's a 460. C'mon.) ^ Caused cracks....
I'm afraid my front end problems won't be discussed in order, you'll have to bear with me. For now, I'll show you the progress or lack there of...
First line of business... Get used to the darn thing. I was getting maybe 11 degrees turn out of the tires leaving me with a 30ft turn radius, but...
[ATTACH] So this may take a minute, but this is my story. (Feel free to skip ahead to the meaty bits.) I'm a crew chief on C-130's, so I already...
Hey all! Purchased my first project a couple months ago and working through the front end at the moment. It's a 1962 F100 with a 460 dropped in...
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