Recent content by forksinthetrail

Uphill in third is fine, fourth needs to be basically flat. I can go 65, but tend to stay below 60 so that I don't have fill it up every 150 miles. I don't have a good before/after comparison. I think 33's are about as far as you can reasonably go with stock drivetrain and not have any drawbacks...

33x10.5 BFG on 2.5" SOFT OME lift.

This might be what you are looking for

These are old pics on my phone but I can take fresh ones from better perspectives. March 1977 build.

Good to know it actually does something. I hope we can get someone to make a repro or at least a pipe welded to an undrilled sheet metal piece that gives you optons to DIY the fit a bit.

Now that I am comparing them my 1977 looks overall more compact than your unobtanium new one. Must have been a variety of versions?

Mine gives you an idea of what it looks during the metamorphosis.

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Still looking for my man. Will anyone love this console....?

Hmmm. So you are here: 1. large splash panel PAINTED 2. small splash panel PAINTED 3. steering box heat shield PAINTED 4. lower fan/radiator shroud in two parts one small, one big PAINTED. The main shroud is definitely cad plated. 5. Air intake clamp and bracket PLATED - duct is definitely...

I don't have a strong opinion either way other than the pictures look like they might be black paint over cad. I recall some of the paint not looking factory and it seemed like cad was peeking out from under. Keep in mind these are only the parts I am having doubts about I have, about 24 other...

washer bracket

To make a very long tragic story short I took a variety of engine bay parts/brackets to a soda blaster in Dallas a few years back. My intention was to remove layers of old paint and crud down to either yellow cadmium plating or bare metal if that is what ended up happening. I was looking for a...

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