'85 mini truck for trail use only

[Wayneraintree]

The rear tube work is coming along slowly... hopefully I can wheel this thing in July

[jtaco1]

Any pictures

[jamarquardt22]

I hope you can finish it before you move!

[Wayneraintree]

I hope so too

The good news is that Dom and John have some concentrated time now to finish it

I hope more than anything to wheel this rig in PA

I'll try to get some pics when I go over there on Thursday

[Wayneraintree]

Did some prep work with Dom and John last night for the driveline to go in... in between Red Stripes here are a couple pics from my phone.

It is all worth the wait... the level of quality is exactly what I want





Hopefully things move smoothly over the next two weeks..... this thing needs to be wheeled

[cruise4070]

Red Stripes,huh? Are those onboard kegs and not propane?
Looks good for the pig run!

[Wayneraintree]

You figured out my plan Tom! SHhhhhhhh.....

Red Stripe is a great summertime beer!

[Wayneraintree]

drivetrain is in




More tubes and tires back on:

[Lugboot]

looking sweet . . . but WTH is wrong with your camera?

[Wayneraintree]

It is my phone, 1.3MP is all I have at the moment. Most of our material belongings are in storage, including the digital camera charger!

[Lugboot]

Is it a flip phone? Does it have a cover with a strap over the hinge? What's that black area on the left of every pic? Part of a phone cover, maybe? That happened when I had a RAZR with a leather cover.

And, yeah, the truck is looking sweet!

[Wayneraintree]

You guessed it... I'll pull the cover for future shots : )

[CJBury]

Originally Posted by Lugboot

And, yeah, the truck is looking sweet!

Yeah, for something that should have been done months ago. At this rate it might be done by christmas.

[Wayneraintree]

Wow, I've used that emoticon twice in a week

[CJBury]

Yeah I know. But I felt compelled.

[lowtideride]

Loooooks killer...

[zucruisers]

the front bumper is coming along, with a chopped up budbuilt winch plate included

ended up having the wrong budbuilt crossmember, so since we were told we needed to use ubolts, dom and jeff removed half of the stock bolt holes...now the new(correct) crossmember needs to be modified to use ubolts

but!...the engine mounts are done, the tcase is in with a different non-broken adapter, the rear driveshaft is in, front shocks are mounted, slider mounts are fully welded and gusseted, the rear tube work is very close to done, just 4 more small straight pieces to add, and two more mounts for the tool box

i need to make rear shock mounts, but that needs to wait until all the weight is on the back, brake lines need some attention, powersteering lines can go on(sag pump to the ifs box)...jeff needs to do a bunch of wiring, coolant lines, get the right dist. for it, and run the lpg lines

it'll get some non-stop attention very soon, im just finishing up a 4.7/twin stick tcase swap in dom's buggy so we can have some fun at the pig run this weekend

[domba420]

why aren't there pics up yet jeff?

[Wayneraintree]

Everything is turning out great... just as I wanted. EXO's are aesthetic-challenged but this one aint bad. Since the cab is excellent, the EXO is going to save a good amount of damage... oh yeah, in a rollover, it will save my a$$ too

Just a few more bars, rear shock mounts, paintin' tube, and mount the ammo cans.... oh yeah, then exhaust, LPG lines and accessories, and a bunch of other little things

Thanks Dom and John more to come

[Hildy]

Thats a mean lookin truck Jeff! Awsome build.

[zucruisers]

rear shock mounts are done, should be able to get the ammo cans mounted and some more tubes done tonight, maybe even all of them if things go smoothly

[Wayneraintree]

I am stoked!

I'll bring the new camera over sometime soon for some finished shots....

*oh yeah, bought me a nice trailer the other day.... the mini will fit nicely on it!

[zucruisers]

didn't get as much done tonight as i would've liked to, i had some brake work to do on the tracker that took longer than expected

the a-pillar down bars, roof cross tube, and two diagonals on the roof are all welded in, along with two gussets, there's one more center roof brace thats almost ready to weld in
...and dom started on some of the fender tubes, only 5-7 more to go(2-3 on each fender, one across the cowl)...hopefully we can get it done tomorrow

[Wayneraintree]

headed to the hospital for induction (my wife of course ) she's 6 days over due...

speaking of overdue

[Wayneraintree]

'mo