1977strechj

[dacicci]

i wheel with a few mini's most of them have about 4-6 inches of lift and all of them run 35's and they don't do to bad. when i first started building this 40 i was only going to stretch it 10". i fliped the rear leafs and streched frame long enough to fit stock front driveshaft in rear with rockbox in offcoarse. i figured this way for the price of having two driveshafts made. i could just have two custom fronts made. and take two stock fronts and have a spare for both for the same price, as if i had two custom ones made. then i kept looking at the front shackle flip kit. i decided that i wanted my front wheels as close to the front of the frame as i can get. so i fliped the front leafs. pusing the axle forward 4" brings us to 108" wheelbase. i was not trying to go this long just ended up that way. we all know you can play the wheelbase game all day long with no winners. but from what i have seen longer wheelbase do better all around front tires over before back ones even hit. i did however figure this would make me catch a few in the gut. so i beefed the underside of the gut ie skidplate and skidplated the oilpan. i have no boby to destroy it will all be tube. hopefully i can just run it the way it is on 35's and just take the rock rash beating.

 

[bustanutley]

DUDE 35's on my juck, SO 102" WB and I hit my rockers A LOT.

Bigger tires = good

 

[dacicci]

you guys are starting to convinse me. my biggest fear thow bigger tire more breakage iguess it is go big or stay home. my buddy has some spare 35's maybe i will try those and then buy my tires see just to make sure a 35 will be bigg enough.

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Koool pic of a cruiser, were did ya get it?

Oh.............. and looking forward to yur build.

you guys are starting to convinse me. my biggest fear thow bigger tire more breakage iguess it is go big or stay home. my buddy has some spare 35's maybe i will try those and then buy my tires see just to make sure a 35 will be bigg enough.

 

[dacicci]

i think i pulled of that ebay art or something thay have some neat little cartoons of cruiser's sometimes.

 

[Adventure Teq]

So I take it that the red one sitting in the lake is where this project started? WAS a good lookin cruiser .

 

[dacicci]

no way that is my daily driver she is way to pretty for that here is a pic of the doner truck

 

[Adventure Teq]

Aha.


HOLY Where did you find that thing??? And what happened to it? Roll down a mountain?

It's come a long way and the desert camo is way

 

[dacicci]

found in ditch dead a buddy of mine found it on a farm in aurora indiana, the guy did not want to sell it three years ago he said he was going to turn it into a hay bailer or some shis. he welded a bunch o crap to the front. about a year ago we drove back to see what was up and it was still sitting there so i went to the door and asked about it. the guy had died r.i.p. i bought for $300. best three hundred i ever spent used firewall after i kicked the squirls out hood drivetrain springs. everything but the frame. i had another 77 frame and went to work once i got the algee off of everything and rebuilt everthing but the motor. she was like brand new. motor has perfect compression and runs great with a motocrat2150 carb, d.u.i ing, and some headers. i replaced all the throw away parts starter,water pump,therm., alt, radiator,all the brakes and lines, clutch and on and on. i have almost as much in replacement parts as i do aftermarket. but i did not want to rely on 27 year old brakes. always looking for more parts trucks so if you see those white tops let me know. on the the camo job a little tribute to my four years in the usmc.