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We started with a very clean and straight 1973 Bronco that was picked up for $1,000.00, and stripped it to the bare frame. Our build plan includes a rebuilt 5.0 Mustang FI motor, a rebuilt C4 auto, an Atlas 3.8, 9” rear, HP44 front, 3 link front and 4 link rear on coil-over’s and a [...]
Ian asked me one day what kind of bender we had in the Northwest CRAWL fab shop, I replied with “borrowed when we need one”. He responded with “What the hell dude? You can’t be without a bender, I’ll send you one that I have”. And he did….a Pro Tools 105 – How sweet is [...]
Jim’s Garage #17 4 seater 5.3l w/ cam and custom tune th400 Ultrabell Stak 2 speed Rockcrusher HP 60 Front Detroit 5.38′s 300M shafts Ouverson joints Rockcrusher LP 60 rear Spool 5.38′s King coilovers with shorty bumpstops Walker Evans wheels with BFG red 39″ tires PSC steering Jim Greeson of Jim’s garage from North Carolina [...]
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Just an FYI, John. You and I have talked multiple times the last 3-4 yrs. and you kept telling me to submit my rig, better late than never, I guess. Havn’t really touched it much the last couple yrs, money issues, but I do drive it every once in a while. Hope you enjoy it [...]
There are several reasons you may want to run air bumps, and to us the biggest reason is that they can eliminate the bone jarring ride of a polyurethane or rubber stop when you’re blistering through the desert or dirt road on the way to your favorite trailhead. Rather than run a super stiff shock, [...]
There are several aftermarket manufacturers producing very good products for those of us with a passion for off-roading. And unless you’re building a one-off custom rig, you can buy just about anything you need to make your rig work for you. There are a few companies that are a cut above the rest. One of [...]
1981 Ford Bronco 2.5 Rockwells 54″ Baja Claw 460 c-6 np 241 High angle CV drive shafts Six point cage and harnesses Its not a crawler but after running through the mini rubicon at this years Top Truck Challenge it is going to be redisigned to crawl with the best of them.
Finishing up the cage work on our Zuk project, Rick shot this video with his phone of our Torchmate 2×2 at work. The Torchmate is an amazing shop tool, and we use it often. Check out the video and see for yourself.
When was the last time you performed any maintenance on your trailer? We’re not procrastinators, so we decided that we should get it done because we don’t recall ever doing it before. We had noticed some odd tire wear, and thought we might have a couple of loose wheel bearings. It turned out we did, [...]
