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Yeah... I'm going to be cleaning off the frame on the 99 when I tear into... nothing like 9 years of rust between the UP and Wisconsin to make a fun project. Granted the UP isn't bad. They use all sand up there because with the shear amount of snow they get they don't waste money on salt.
Anyway, I digress. The projects looking great D. Make sure to keep us posted. I'm really looking forward to the color (at least knowing what it is).
Anyway, I digress. The projects looking great D. Make sure to keep us posted. I'm really looking forward to the color (at least knowing what it is).
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Yep. There sure is ! You will find out what for after Brian drops off what hes milling at his shop.
SPEAKING OF HIM, did you ever hook in that temp sensor adaptor he made for ya?
Anyway.. on to today..
Decided to just do a ' loop ' for the body work. start at the cab on the drivers corner and end at the passengers corner.
Talk about clear coat falling off or flaking everywhere..
Door.. right on the bodyline. This is teh only dent I'm not looking forward to dikkin with..
Mirror and door ledges..
Handle and lock area..
THIS surprised me. All solid!
I can't wait to clean the inside of this thing out. Its been sitting since.. October and has that ' funk '...
SPEAKING OF HIM, did you ever hook in that temp sensor adaptor he made for ya?
Anyway.. on to today..
Decided to just do a ' loop ' for the body work. start at the cab on the drivers corner and end at the passengers corner.
Talk about clear coat falling off or flaking everywhere..
Door.. right on the bodyline. This is teh only dent I'm not looking forward to dikkin with..
Mirror and door ledges..
Handle and lock area..
THIS surprised me. All solid!
I can't wait to clean the inside of this thing out. Its been sitting since.. October and has that ' funk '...
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as for the adapter yep! been using it for a good 2-3 years. its been a while since i have seen ya!
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I also never went back to sliding glass in the back either. I had a piece of 3/8ths lexan cut and put in after the first wreck. If the law allowed, I wouldn't have any ' real ' glass in there at all.
As for tonight..
I ground off the paint and used the rivet welder on the door to pop out some of that dent.. The problem is, I ( as an unknowing soul ) tried knocking that dent out with a block of wood from the inside when it first happened and made it WORSE. Theres a bunch of dimples from where the corner of the wood block was..
I might have to gut the whole door and have it ' stamped ' on a press at Brians shop.. then go from there. Dunno.
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I need to ask her if she can do the dash itself. I dunno if the process requires some form of ' baking ' or anything like that.
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Now with doing an internship and not doing music for a while, I have the time to get involved into this.
I had a date set on when I wanted to have it ' all done ', but I've dismissed it. I dunno when I'm going to get to the engine and tranny but everything else should fall in place in a relatively short time span.
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Nice D.
Hi D., looks like your coming along very well. Are you planning on using a roll cage? Oh I decided to take your advice and search for an older model ranger to "fix up". I didn't want to ruin this:
This truck aint been washed or waxed since august of 2006 and I live on a dirt road. Plus this looks too good to do any more mods to it. I thought about an 87 Ranger but it wasn't working for me. The 94 Stepside looked really good until I saw the frame. That truck went to the crusher. What model would you recomend?
This truck aint been washed or waxed since august of 2006 and I live on a dirt road. Plus this looks too good to do any more mods to it. I thought about an 87 Ranger but it wasn't working for me. The 94 Stepside looked really good until I saw the frame. That truck went to the crusher. What model would you recomend?
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Hi D., looks like your coming along very well. Are you planning on using a roll cage? Oh I decided to take your advice and search for an older model ranger to "fix up". I didn't want to ruin this:
This truck aint been washed or waxed since august of 2006 and I live on a dirt road. Plus this looks too good to do any more mods to it. I thought about an 87 Ranger but it wasn't working for me. The 94 Stepside looked really good until I saw the frame. That truck went to the crusher. What model would you recomend?
This truck aint been washed or waxed since august of 2006 and I live on a dirt road. Plus this looks too good to do any more mods to it. I thought about an 87 Ranger but it wasn't working for me. The 94 Stepside looked really good until I saw the frame. That truck went to the crusher. What model would you recomend?
If you want a truck to drop a good engine into, and be a fun fixer upper.. look for a late 80's.. like an 88' ranger.. Take a look at this, its actually the truck I'm selling right now, someone is about to pay 500 cash for it here.. but it will give you an idea of a fantastic work truck/play truck.. And PLENTY of room in the engine bay to work with, along with no fancy dancy electrical **** to worry about.
http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/car/649923246.html
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Ahh sorry D, wasnt too clear.. the truck is already sold.. just giving him a picture.. should have taken it out of this spot though!
Sorta half wish you coudl stick to that blue color on the truck, minus having all those nasty cracks all over the place.. I think we can owe it to that nasty quick paint job some of these trucks get at the factory :-(
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Sorta half wish you coudl stick to that blue color on the truck, minus having all those nasty cracks all over the place.. I think we can owe it to that nasty quick paint job some of these trucks get at the factory :-(
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D i just spent a good hour or so reading this thread.... the truck looks like its coming along nicely!
after reading about everything, i have a question.... is there anything original still untouched in the truck? lol. seems like you've either ripped apart or replaced or built stronger just about every inch of that truck so far.
and if you paint the truck that color it's going to be awesome, lol.
after reading about everything, i have a question.... is there anything original still untouched in the truck? lol. seems like you've either ripped apart or replaced or built stronger just about every inch of that truck so far.
and if you paint the truck that color it's going to be awesome, lol.
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after reading about everything, i have a question.... is there anything original still untouched in the truck? lol. seems like you've either ripped apart or replaced or built stronger just about every inch of that truck so far.
and if you paint the truck that color it's going to be awesome, lol.