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Mr McGee 04-30-2002, 07:58 PM Although most of you have done it already,:flipoff2: , today we got the tub off!!! sweet. i will post some pics (specifically for jack who requested about the frame) of the frame and engine. i think. somebody congradulate me cause this is our first frame-off and i need some emotional support!! -Max peterfj40 04-30-2002, 08:18 PM congradulations!!!...one word of advice, dont buy a bunch of useless crap and useless accessories like i did...if you can make stuff like bumpers, engine/tranny mounts or anything else do it yourself...you'll save tons...lets see some pics as you go! :cool: cruiserbrett 04-30-2002, 09:03 PM Make sure you check the body mounts...on the tub and the frame. I pulled mine off and eventhough the frame looked great in the area sandwiched by the rubber the metal thinned alot due to rust!!! Congrats! the first of many tub removals in your cruiser future... -Brett BJ On Roids 04-30-2002, 10:38 PM ill bet you are thinking itll be driving in 2 months!! remember everything takes twice as long as quoted to get to you, and whatever time frame and dollar amount you are thinking of, triple both of them ;) cheers have a speedy rebuild woody 05-01-2002, 05:20 AM heh...I assembled mine from a bare primered frame into a running and wheeling Cruiser in 30 days.....2 months is plenty of time! Max has a good start....I've been by a few times....gonna be one clean ride when yer done!! ranger 05-01-2002, 07:34 AM If you take you time, its gonna take a few weekends....But well worth it! I took mine apart, and did SOA, shackle reversal, 350, sm465 NP205, and power stearing all at once. It was much easier doing it this way since I had it all apart. Good luck!:skull: Mr McGee 05-01-2002, 01:00 PM thanks for the support guys :D one thing i would like to say that most of the body restoration is thanks to my dad and many connections... steel--got for cheap from friend with welding biz. Thanks Bruce! bending--got steel bent at same place--Thanks Tony! stainless--got cheap from dads old high school friend. welder--"borrowed" from work:D --Thanks Albany! (my dad started to get chewed out after the first two months!:p ) DA sander--uncle randy tub removal--my friend jeremiah, my uncle randy, neighbor dan, and my dad and me. (thank god jeremiah and i were there! Powerlifting sure helped!:smokin:) advice and misc. help--PIRATE 4X4!!! THANKS GUYS!! See, without friends none of this would have been possible!! | |