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    Next, removed the shock towers and factory steering bracket with my shiny new craftsman angle grinder.

    Here's where the steering bracket was. The rivets on the shock towers were easy to knock out, but these were a lot tougher for some reason.



    Here's the scout steering box mocked up. Thanks for the pitman arm and the loaner box Jimmy, the pitman arm is perfect for this.




    Gonna have to ditch the AA motor mounts, but I'm not too fond of them anyway.
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    Here's with the fender skirts and front bib reinstalled. I'm not crazy about the no fender look. I'll build some new fenders later. I think I'd like to retain the factory inner fenders somehow, so that mud and stuff coming off the tires doesn't have free reign of the engine compartment.





    That's all I have for now. I'll probably work on it some more tomorrow after I recover from tonight.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TxCruzr
    You could have just trimmed the edges, now where are you going to put your beer

    oh....your bezel is upside down
    Somehow I knew it was upside down, no matter which way I thought it was supposed to go.
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    I told you that arm would be perfect!
    Boats and hoes

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    I know just what I'm lookin for
    Thunderbird will do just fine.

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    Progress!

    or

    Progress?








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    Documenting some of the booty fab on the cage. This thing was just fine, especially considering we threw the whole truck together in 3 days (thanks Jose, Jerry, Doug), but I'm wanting to make this build a little cleaner now....maybe even cooler than Lynda's Jeep (yeah right )









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    Found something interesting when I pulled the fuel cell. Went to dump out what was left of the gas, and heard a clunk. Pulled the cap and found this:



    I was a bit surprised to see this kind of crap in a RCI tank. Evidently there was some powdercoat on the inside that eventually flaked off. Also, apparently the fuel pickup rotted off over the past two years of non-use. Hopefully RCI will send me a new pickup free....we'll see.

    Also, Mike pointed out that I have a great ability of mocking things up, so I mocked up the steering box again. I'm pretty sure this will be its final mounting spot, but I need to get a torch so I can cut some plate and box the frame before it's mounted. I'm trying to get the pitman arm as high as I can to avoid interfance with the spring during flex. I might even notch the frame to get it up higher than where it is now. I need to pickup the proper tie-rod end to see.



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    I didn't know my poor old 305 ended up blue with yellow valve covers.
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    oh yes, that was the color scheme of the day. I even told CJ he had to change his color scheme on his Jeep....now I like his grey/black color scheme better
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    Got the body and engine off the chassis...
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    where are you working on that thing? That's not the house that I went to... Can't wait to see it back on the trail
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    you need to mow your driveway
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    We moved 1st of september. We live on 10ac out 290 near waller now. Nice big garage...but only one little 110v outlet. Good neighbors though, that's my neighbor and his tractor. Good thing too, I thought for a minute I was going to have to show my true colors and have an engine hanging from a tree
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    Quote Originally Posted by Snatch Adams
    you need to mow your driveway
    I was going to say the same thing, but that's a pretty slick set-up, I like.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Snatch Adams
    you need to mow your driveway

    I leave that spot overgrown...it's my little shrine to the Ford.
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