Old/New member with pics of first ride out with built truck

[Greengorilla]

This was my very first vehicle. I drove it all through highschool in stock form. I sold the truck about five years ago and I bought it back this summer. It had been sitting in a farmers field and it was in pretty rough shape. I do alot of fabrication and custom work so I decided Id build it they way I always wanted to. It now has a sterling ten and a half rearend, closed knuckle 44 front, 302, c6 tanny, and a 205 transfercase.

 

[Greengorilla]

 

[bobbywalter]

seems like it needs more bed


good start though

 

[Greengorilla]

 

[Greengorilla]

Its not done.. Ill have more pics with the bed done. This was just its first ride outa the shop. I shortened the wheel base quite a bit. Its not intended to have a bed to haul stuff, its just a crawler.

 

[bobbywalter]

its my kind of ride

wheel base is a bit short for me though, running 42's with stock wb and just bobbing the back works out good for the ones i seen done that way.

stockish wb i should say. run the axles forward on the frame and stay 120-125 ish with tall tires, over 40 in.


i know i had some problems today in the deeper snow on a stout grade attempting to extract some rigs. i think a shorter wheelbase actually would have helped in this case.

but i dont have lockers, and it got me into trouble again today.

looking forward to your progress

 

[Greengorilla]

I moved the rear axle about 10in foward and the front about 5in foward. I think im sittin right around 120.

 

[Greengorilla]

Pulled my first one out yesterday. haha

 

[james99]

any build pic and specs and is that keg your gas tank?

 

[Greengorilla]

Yes the keg is the gas tank. I used fuel cell top off a sprint car. I made a 3/8 steelbacking plate that I cut to match on the mill. It has a gasket and bolts through the keg.

 

[Greengorilla]

Heres a pic I took after doing the 3in body to fit the new motor and tranny.

 

[Greengorilla]

 

[Greengorilla]

The new rearend getting mocked up..

 

[Greengorilla]

getting ready to gut the motor, tranny, transfercase, bumper, frontend ect ect..

 

[Greengorilla]

mocking up the new front axle/suspension. The motor and tranny are mocked up at this point.