Builds 1974 Pua'a

[Lifelong40Fan]

Steve's the man, so you're sure to get a quality build at the end. What did Tom Petty say??? The waiting is the hardest part???

 

[bobm]

Lot more patience than me. I wouldve pulled it out months ago .

 

[scrapdaddy]

Yeah, sorry to hear, but it's going to be for the best. Some shops just take on too much for them handle, bad for everyone involved. Sounds like you have all the good parts to make an awesome 55. God love the purists.

 

[gonzopancho]

Steve's the man, so you're sure to get a quality build at the end. What did Tom Petty say??? The waiting is the hardest part???

Steve is the man. He has 3 of my trucks.

 

[Pigeaten]

yep, got 2 of mine, one I'm not going to build(maybe) Nothing against Steve, he has been great

 

[gonzopancho]

God love the purists.

One of them had to be close to stock, right?

 

[Pigeaten]

Camping rig, Mosley motor -5spd
Other one a clean truck, just blasted and primed, in limbo

 

[bobm]

Steve better git his moving if he guts 5 s

 

[PabloCruise]

Threw in the towel on this BS. Asked him to reassemble and button it up for storage.

It's going to @samc2447 who will supervise the rest at a bodyshop in the Houston area.
Then reassemble it in it's final form after he gets done with my FJ45LV

Going back SUA (the SOA stuff is going on my 40, which Steve also has)

Pig gets:

• Mosley 4.4L 2F w/Holley Sniper, HEI and my header (already in progress w/ @FJ60Cam)
• H55F w/PB and split case from @orangefj45
• axles from my 40 (ARB-locked, Wildwood discs in front, GM pattern in back
• Dobinsons springs
• Scheelmann front row, interior to match
• the 'factory' AC setup I have

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Wow, that is going to be a challenge for Steve - putting it back together after someone else took it apart.

 

[gonzopancho]

@samc2447 has it now. I wouldn't say that this is worthy of 2 years of time, but... at least the shop in Kileen doesn't have it anymore.

 

[scrapdaddy]

Progress! What's the plan for those rear corners?

 

[bobm]

And frame crossmember

 

[Pigeaten]

yep, thats Steves Ford and trailer

 

[gonzopancho]

Steve!

 

[Pigeaten]

someones keeping him hoppin

 

[Pigeaten]

Wow, that is going to be a challenge for Steve - putting it back together after someone else took it apart.

he has more pigs than most of us, plenty of reference points

 

[Pigeaten]

Steve!

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LV is a beauty

 

[55guy]

That LV was mine years ago , I wounder if he knows it has 373 gears in it ????

 

[bobm]

Why you sell it

 

[55guy]

It is made for short people , door post was in my way , I also needed a 4x4 that i could wheel , Lv has long over hang ,I needed a 4x4 crawler , I loved it in the sand