mmm! i like this. cant wait for some action shots!

 

Action shots of what? More spray painting or me getting crushed by a transmission? lol

 

no im talking about out in the sand! we have not seen any new pics for a while!

 

Gotcha... hopefully New Years.

 

So you rebuilding the trans or putting in a new one?

 

Newish trans... I bought Beards old one.

 

That interior would look good with a fully custom dash

 

Why? Everybody's got fiberglass or sheetmetal dash's. It's rare to find the stock ones in caged trucks, especially with working heat/ac/radio... just sayin...

 

Why? Because there extremely sexy!!!!!!

 

I'm with you on this one. I love seeing a good cage integrated into the fully functional factory dash myself.

 

Me too, maybe just a new wheel. Truck is lookn great,its my benchmark haha

 

I agree with that. I really need to get like a Momo wheel with a quick disconnect. If nothing else it will make getting in easier.

 

Exactly what I was thinkn,especially with rigid/non slider seats.

 

Hmm... forgot to update this... It's ALIVE! WooHoo! Got the trans in and all is well thus far.

Here's a few highlights.

 

wow they really smashed the crap out of the pan!

 

Next time I have the old transmission out I'll snap a picture of the actual pan, you'll be impressed. I'm not so worried about hitting it on stuff anymore... haha.

 

Update: Used my super Mod powers to merge the thread from when I installed the Dixon Bros kit in 2005 with this one, now most all of the build is in here. I'll keep looking for the rest.

 

Hmm... haven't updated my project in a while... here's what I've been up to in the past few months...

Update: Fresh paint and powdercoating. New ball joints. New EBC brakes. All new nuts and bolts. Freshened up bushings. Spray on bedlined the underside of the fenders. And got two new Optima Yellow Top batteries.

We stripped, sanded, primed, primed, then painted all the tube work. I don't want this thing rusting again.










Arms were powdercoated by Performance Powder in Orange CA, they do great work!




And just for fun some carnage. Here's a 930 CV from my front end that I blew apart. I had a popping sound for a while when in 4wd, didn't expect to see the cage broken open and bashed up, the star bashed up and broken into pieces, and the race completely beat. I did a number on the silly thing somehow.

 

Bringing sexy back!!

What kind of rotors you rocking there?

 

EBC GD Sport rotors front and rear.

 

wowwwsss

 

now that is looking Good Jason! Looks brand new! Ready to make a run? :)

 

Taking it out November 20-21, gonna go log 400 miles in the dirt over two days. Should be fun.

 

this has got to be one of the coolest builds out there. kudos

 

Very nicely done. Going to be painting the front bumper as well? Or just let it run that way?