It's all good, this thread is done anyway...

It depends on class, but after insurance fees, payback, entry, and the like it ends up being around ~$1500

 

But then there is gas for the race truck, gas for all chase trucks, food, on and on and on.....


Dude.... I cant believe you actually washed it!

OH ya.... its good to see it back on 4 wheels!

I took mine for some hot laps around the neighborhood tonight

 

i could pull a sponsership off prob, my uncles buddy runs a trophy truck team (finished 6th i think in the 500, i was just there) and another guy runs a cool buggy, heck i'll be your co-dog in mexico!

 

That looks awesome, I love how the rear fenders turned out.

 

That Thing Is Badass!!!!! Cant Wait To See Some More Pics Of It! Maybe Even A Vid Or Two??

 

saw it on DR, lookn awesome man. and dude.. that grass is seriously recockulous


also i guess i could have waited to see the pic before asking what coilovers/shocks you were running

 

Nice work Jason!

Brenton

 

looking badass jason, cant wait to see action pics!


and damn, that is some nice grass, it almost looks to good to be real

 

Why not? Desert trucks can be pretty too! Besides, it's covered in rust from all the grinding/welding/cutting that took place on and in it. So it needs a good buff with some polishing compound then a wax... we'll see if I can't fit that in before this weekend

 

Well....its not that i am surprised about washing a desert truck... its that YOU actually washed YOUR truck.... last time I saw it, it looked like it just came out of a barn after sitting for 20 years!

I just washed my trailer before i loaded it up, so....

 

Well, it hadn't moved in 7 months so I wasn't to worried about it. Same with the Mustang, and my F1 hadn't been driven in 2 months... you should have looked at the Avalanche... lol

 

Holy crap... I can't believe it's already been a year since I updated this thread.

I just read though the whole thing and man what a ride that was! Trucks come a long way for sure.

I just brought it home from Pismo last night after having a flawless run, finally.

Figure I'll pick up where this thread left off since there are some updates missing... after lunch.

 

it has come along way, cant wait to see the update. Some of us have been wondering about the avatar!

 

Yes we have.

Did you get all your electrical gremlins figured out?

 

Awesome man, can't wait

 

If you look close all the answers are in the picture...

 

sooo quick cliff notes... what are you doin to your truck now?

 

Hang tight, I'm digging up pictures now. Most of the updates have already been posted elsewhere on this site, I just figured I would update this thread with the most recent stuff.

Cliff notes on the most recent though... mounted my sway bar and made room for my 35's. Oh, and repainted everything.

 

well thats lame


what did you do for the disc brakes on the 9"? did you do the conversion from the Lincoln Versia or how ever you spell it?

 

They are Explorer disks. They bolt right on to the big bearing "torino" style 9" axles. And I love them!

 

Ok... we'll start where I left off with this thread.

Here is the finished interior... and a couple other random pictures that come with it from when I wrapped up the build a year ago.

 

Since then I've been running the truck hard and have broken quite a few parts in the process...

Hub #1



Shock #1



CV's







Shock #2



Hub #2 (and 3)



Skid Plate



Light #1



And a spindle



That's all the big parts anyway...

 

One of the more recent additions to the truck were the newly gusseted spindles and full heimed steering.

 

Then there was the new bumper to replace the old 1 1/2" Mild Steel bent bumper, this one is 1 3/4" DOM.

 

Then I decided to up the ante and install a set of 35/12.5 Goodyear MT/R's, the new style.