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woohoo !! reading this makes me want my old piggy back

haha that was great,,, give me a moment in silence to weep .

i will try to hang around here a bit more,,, i have an opportunity to buy my old pig back,,, i really want to but i just dont need it. speaking of Ruff Stuff, have several of his original crossmember/engine mount sets, a sleeved bushing with weld on mounts. i bought a bunch of his stuff back...

hey mang,,,, just checkin in and saw this build thread,,, your really into this thing and it looks GREAT!!! couple things on my mind, didnt i give you my tailgate? i have the brass gear kit installed. and the emergency brake handle didnt interfere with the a/c in mine. i had the factory...

similar,,, nice

i remember that,,,, i even remember i had a nice salad, new york strip and baked potato

AWESOME!! been a long time coming for your story,, and a good one it is.

supposed to take a pic of them together,,, if they're friends. are they arguing over the parking spot?

UV4ME,,, i like it !! its got a covered parking spot though

i understand where your coming from, and the condition of the rig you'd be using, i think it would be cool

mine leaks

re-arching works well in some cases, but for a 3-4" lift you really want new, longer leafs,,,, ALCAN spring has gotten the 55 thing down pretty well, to a point that you can simply give them a call, tell them the lift and weight you want and done.

there are a few ways to do dual axle springs, thats one of them and very common, no worries unless you question the craftsmanship. to the "live" axle,,, its been done before but it takes money and someone who knows what they're doing to take your money.

the real reason is because thats what everyone else does,,, the reason it all started was to run longer shocks, longer shocks for more travel (droop). if your not interested in that keep the stock towers.

for air tanks you can score some great sizes at truck salvage yard. thats where i got mine. its about 3 gal and mounted alot like Twrecks. used to run a york but since the diesel swap its running a scanden rotary. puts out the same air, or close enough i cant tell. use it for everything, even...

60 series has been just fine for me and 37's for how many years now? i dunno, lots. i think they are pretty much equal in all regards.

i run 37's on a very low SOA, tires will rub just a tiny bit on the corners but its not worth worrying about.

haha one of my old posts on the subject,,, trail duster, i knew it was a duster something or other https://forum.ih8mud.com/fj55-iron-pig-preservation-society/65664-source-fj55-radiator.html

pablo i think its was the blazer type truck, i remember it was so dang close, held one in my hands back in the day and compared.

radiator shop can recore if the tanks are good, also a 70's dodge duster? radiator is almost completely bolt-in. sorry cant be more specific but there is info about it here if you do some searching on my fuzzy memory.