I'm starting to think there is no correct answer.
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1982 C/K 6.0L Caitlyn Mall Crawler (Interior time)
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y5mgisi
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Seems more like get them as close as you can and call it a day.
cause on paper and real life is two different things.
Ding ding ding. We have a winner. I and many others have said it many times. There is the perfect math design, then there is the real world. Get them close and flat, that is the most you can hope for.
Read the pirate post, I actually know that guy. I wheeled with him a few times, he had a yj. I don't think he even built links. Now he runs a fab shop, which is mostly just bolt on jeep stuff. bumpers, lifts etc.
Daryl was his name and he was the tech guy. Did all the gear setups etc.
Daryl was his name and he was the tech guy. Did all the gear setups etc.
My panhard bar is 16.5" shorter then my drag link.
The correct answer is whatever gets this truck on the road...
I'm not even saying "in a timely manner" anymore, just getting the truck on the road at all would be great!
Vehicle shopping blows, it's taking all the funds away from this. But the payment of the car is gone and going into this.
But the payment of the car is gone and going into this.
Vehicle shopping is easy for me. First big white Ford i see, i buy it. Done.
I'm on a set budget but as I keep waiting it is increasing.
I have an 81 for F-250, 4wd, long bed, 75k original miles, t18 4 speed granny low. No bells or whistles. $1800.
For what I want just doesn't fit my budget, but as I wait I keep looking and keeping them open.
I had a idea of using the 4k to drop it off at a shop, but what is the fun in that and I don't think it's enough to get it running bare bones. And also what is the fun in that!
Depends on what you find fun. My K10 gives me a certain kind of pleasure. I hop in, turn the key, and go wherever I want (road-tripping machine
). That's a great pleasure, but it's a very different one than what it gave me as a neglected, bedless rust bucket crying for restoration. That restoration pleasure ended when the build was completed. Which is why I moved on to the next basket case-I can't get restoration pleasure from a truck that's all fixed up! I think the pleasure of using the thing you fixed up and trying out all the mods is greater than the original pleasure of building it. But, sitting here with one of each at this point, I'm not very sure of this (and getting less so the more I think about it). I'm gonna stick with saying they're different pleasures, rather than comparing them.
It's different, I really enjoy working on the truck and learning a new skill. I don't want to be the guy who doesn't know how his truck was built.
I wouldn't mind going to Janesville Wisconsin to see where it was conceived.
I wouldn't mind going to Janesville Wisconsin to see where it was conceived.
It's different, I really enjoy working on the truck and learning a new skill. I don't want to be the guy who doesn't know how his truck was built.
I wouldn't mind going to Janesville Wisconsin to see where it was conceived.
Janesville would be neat! I've been within 10 miles of it, but I've never been into the actual town. Just for grins I pulled up a map of WI after reading this, and I realized that I've criss-crossed this state a lot in the past 3 years. I think I have passed within 2 towns' distance of every single point in the state, except the SE corner (about 25 miles in the most sparse places). But even though I've been to almost every corner of Wisconsin, there's this 30-mile square in the SE corner that I just can't seem to find any reason to visit (must be allergic to the population density there
). So my inclination toward the less-inhabited side of Wisconsin is most likely why I haven't made it to Janesville yet. It's more fun here up North! I did travel through Flint two weeks ago. Got to see both the final assembly plant and a parts-supplying plant. Kinda neat, as Flint is where my Suburban & Blazer are from.
Very nice, I dream about the Janesville plant.
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
are you going to be able to use the window stuff or has it found it's way in the trash yet? haha
trying to find a tailgate for my '68, seems most have me passing through Phoenix
are you going to be able to use the window stuff or has it found it's way in the trash yet? haha
trying to find a tailgate for my '68, seems most have me passing through Phoenix
BEN
dammit, show me some progress
dammit, show me some progress
