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linked one ton escalade (coming back soon)
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You may have to part out that right-hand jeep.
JB Fab makes nice cable shifters
Something about the pitbulls under an escalade that looks really fk'n cool
Something about the pitbulls under an escalade that looks really fk'n cool
ive got a couple coming to look at it next week for $13,500. hopefully they take it.
Damn! Guess wrong-hand drive doesn't matter to them.
My mail lady drives a right hand drive 4 door Rubicon. Somehow I doubt the post office is going out and buying fully loaded Jeeps to deliver mail so there's a super niche demand.
well i only have mail carriers looking at it haha... theres dozens and dozens of rural mail carriers around here
thats what they want...
ordered the gears for the rear and some of the stuff for the steering.
I was still worried about the rear coilovers coming into contact with the frame so i notched the top and bent them in slightly, i think it should work fine.
then got started on the front bumper, gonna have a pretty good approach angle it looks like!
then got started on the front bumper, gonna have a pretty good approach angle it looks like!
It was about 80 today with 0 wind so I Got the frame rolled out to paint it so I could set the body on tomorrow. Then it started blowing 40mph and raining. Sad.
Got the new body off the frame, gonna trim the rear wheel wells to match what I had done on the original body tonight still. Hopefully paint the frame in the morning and then instal the body tomorrow night.
Guess I should put the transfercase back together too..
details....
I envy you.
got it primered, gonna paint it tomorrow... but while im waiting for it to dry tomorrow... i have the racevan that is getting a different cam and heads and injectors, so it looks like the escalade is getting an extra 140whp. going to just copy the tune, so going to run it on e85. which means im probably going to put a pretty big tank in it. 40-45 gallons. Is there any reason i cant weld together my own tank? just 1/8' steel?
Also kind of started a small project for me and the girlfriend, she wants to build an expedition trailer to pull behind the jeep to go camping. something that we can take for up to 2 weeks at a time. Ever looked at prices on some of those trailers? some of them are up to $20k. so i started to put together a large list on amazon including solar panels, the wiring, fridge, stove, outdoor shower setup, hot water heater, portable toilet and basically everything we need minus the metal and whatever canvas we use. I even have some really expensive mini diesel heaters from some breadvans we parted out, they use like 2 gallons of diesel in 24 hours, and they have a timer and computer built into them. i think we can build one for under $2500 and under keep it under 2500lbs. she will be doing all the welding on it.
way cool. How do you find time to work on everything?
