the slo-vo build thread...

[86 slo-vo]

it turned into a little more then 5...lol

 

[86 slo-vo]

got one of my half doors almost done....

sorry for the shitty pics...was in a hurry

 

[Ranger Sport Honduras]

looks wicked man!

 

[86 slo-vo]

getting there...picking up some sheet metal tomorrow

 

[Frank The Tank]

About time you cut the back of that one door..... lol.

Man I'm sick of this gloomy weather!!!

Frank

 

[86 slo-vo]

yea lol did most of it yesterday...finished up a little more today...ready for sheetmetal

even added a cup holder

 

[86 slo-vo]

rear hardline busted today...rusted through...so came home and started pulling her apart....got the bed off and decided i was going to change the rear window out for a lider i bought a few months back. i will NEVER change another ranger rear window...what a pain in the ass

pics are uploading now....found some interesting things under that bed...

 

[86 slo-vo]

busted rear line...

be pulled off...

what lurked under there lol

rear window out

and the one going back in

 

[WNY964x4]

dude those shackles and mounts are still perfect , when you find ones like the ones on my red truck or on the blue one , then you gotta worry

red truck:

blue truck:

those were bad

 

[86 slo-vo]

lol yea id say the NY stuff can get bad

 

[RangerSVT]

Jon, what u doin with your old window??
SVT

 

[86 slo-vo]

selling it i guess....

 

[WNY964x4]

lol yea id say the NY stuff can get bad

yea , basically every ford i get gets new shackles and mounts

 

[86 slo-vo]

how much are the brackets from ford?

 

[RangerSVT]

how much are the brackets from ford?

John can hook you up with that, we had to replace his hangers, I think they were like 20 a piece from a yard by his house...While you are replacing hangers, are you going to do the 63 swap?? If you are, and are going to do the reversal hanger as well, here is a thought, if you use the rear hanger from a chevy, you can set it up as a reversal but the chevy hanger hangs down lower than the ford hangers...this will give you around 3-4 inches of lift and benefit from long travel...
SVT