St. John's C-Bone Build

[Fredo]

This is the shots of the core support he has built to hold the front sheetmetal on and pin the hood down.

[Fredo]

Here's the shots of how he finished out the firewall/wheelhouses and of the front sheetmetal in place.

Driver's side:




Passenger side:



and the front:

[colman]

sweet fab work, but more importently.... who's the hottie

[StevenAg03]

sweet fab work, but more importently.... who's the hottie

thats ryan.......

[DRAGOONRANCH]

He sure cleans up nice.

[Seth]

Looks bad ass as usual. What is the theremostat waterlog? Some sort of a coolant "manifold"? The trans tunnel looks bigger than I remember it, would be interesting to see how the engine/trans sit compared to the stock stuff.

I also forgot or didn't realize it was going to be turbo. Can't wait to see it shag ass.

Overall I like seeing such a combination of skill, vision, patience, and persistence come together. The nice home shop setup doesnt hurt either

[Seth]

Almost forgot, I can finally envision what this might look like when it is all cleaned up and painted. Clear coat wouldn't be a bad choice of color. The plastic cherokee parts will look cheap in comparison. Either way, I could see it in desert sports mag.

[uglyota]

Ryan have you had a very detailed plan of this thing's build the whole time, or just a general idea and decided how/what to build for each part as you go along?

[agjohn02]

I also forgot or didn't realize it was going to be turbo. Can't wait to see it shag ass.

i can't see any of the pics but im assuming this is accurate. do you not ever want to race it in an actual desert race? forced induction is not allowed in any class. what good is a turbo if you never get to use it? we don't exactly have a bunch of dunes around here to play on.

[redcagepatrol]

I'm back on!!! - and look so is Cox! yeah me!

nice work BTW...

[tigweld]

i can't see any of the pics but im assuming this is accurate. do you not ever want to race it in an actual desert race? forced induction is not allowed in any class. what good is a turbo if you never get to use it? we don't exactly have a bunch of dunes around here to play on.

with the tube chassis/chevy motor the only thing it is good for is a play car\pre-runner, and I plan to drive this on the street alot. more hp=more fun. the dunes in OK are just as close to me as any good rockcrawling. I really want four of these http://www.sandtiresunlimited.com/20pt.html for there

[tigweld]

Ryan have you had a very detailed plan of this thing's build the whole time, or just a general idea and decided how/what to build for each part as you go along?

no plan build/design as i go, but I always wanted it to be a dual sport type of deal because i enjoy dune riding just as much as crawling

[Fredo]

More updates. Ryan was slightly sidetracked by an RC Rockcrawler and building a badass aluminum skidplate for his cousin Charlie's dirtbike to replace the ****ty stock plastic one. This thing came out badass.

[Fredo]

After that, it was back to business as usual. Here are the finished rear air bumps and mounts.





Next is the reinforced rear panhard mount:




Here's one of the links. They have all been reinforced like this:




Fuel Cell installed and mounted:



Here's a few of the engine and transmission skidplate. I don't think I've posted pics of these. They will be also lined with plastic to reduce impact stress and allow easier skidding.

[Fredo]

Here's some of him finishing up the front axle. He decided to reinforce the steering arms a bit more, as well as the ram mount and panhard mount. Once again, awesome as usual.










And finally, here are a couple pics of his lightbar. This thing is going to hold 4, 8" lights.