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This is long overdue to document some of my progress.

I will be updating this thread fairly frequently.

For now- this is the picture of the day I picked her up. Purchased sight unseen with 102k on the clock. Bone stock.

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From what I see, you have a great rig to start with. Here's hoping you don't find too much rust.
 
From what I see, you have a great rig to start with. Here's hoping you don't find too much rust.

That was from nearly five years ago. Rust is very minimal on the body and non existent on the frame. I plan to keep the rust and patina as long as it doesn’t become cancerous.
 
That was from nearly five years ago. Rust is very minimal on the body and non existent on the frame. I plan to keep the rust and patina as long as it doesn’t become cancerous.
Welcome. What are your plans for her now that you have 5 years together? Oh and pics or it didn't happen. Cheers
 
First thing was to get her running (reliably).

New battery, alternator (GM one wire), and radiator (all new hoses as well).

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New brakes and a Weber carb installed July of 2016.
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Installed Ole Man EMU HD shocks, springs, etc. August of 2016.

Also cleaned and polished the head gasket cover, replaced the gasket seal. October of 2016.

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Replaced clutch slave cylinder, heater control valve, and ran JT Oufitters 6/1 headers into new exhaust piping and a single Magnaflow resonator.

December of 2016.

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Just proof that she cleans up real nice. Tina had rotated into semi daily driver status by February of 2017.

Oh- and I swapped out to Aussie style mirrors. Those OE mirrors were a driving hazard in Memphis.

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March of 2017, my wife contributed to the cause by giving me a Tuffy locking console with


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November of 2017, the OEM skid plate gave of the ghost and was beyond repair. So @TRAIL TAILOR helped by way of his 60 front skid plate.

My friend that helped instal the TT skid told me I could go deer hunting with it. The skid plate, as with every other part I’ve received from TT, is overbuilt, over- engineered perfection. Jason has been a tremendous help along the way with my project.

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November of 2018, we went fly fishing with a couple of friends in Bryson City, NC. Spectacular weather and changing leaves made for a memorable drive to Bryson City and back to Birmingham.

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April of 2019- Tina got to play in some serious mud. We participated in the Mardi Krawl event in Muscle Shoals.

Lots of lessons learned that trip. Better tires were needed, as was a winch and sliders.

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October 2019 - Modified the bumper to accept a Warn Platinum Zeon 10S mounted to a Trail Tailor winch plate.

Factor55 fairlead with Factor55 Prolink.

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October of 2019 - Installed a Frontrunner Expo rack leading up to Southern Cruiser Crawl.

As a side note, that’s one of the best events I’ve been too. @wngrog and the rest of the Cottonland Cruisers put on a killer event.

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After Cruiser Crawl 2019, Tina got some serious TLC. New H55 5spd conversion, new wheels and tires (33” Toyo Open Country R/T), a Brown-Davis 40GAL long range tank, converted all the electronics to an sPOD with the switches mounted in the Tuffy console, new Corbeau sport seats with seat heaters, and last but not least Baja Designs S1’s tucked under the Frontrunner rack on all four corners for setting up camp - or the occasional night ride. We also added Old Man EMU add-a-leaf to the HD pack to try and offset the weight of the added fuel.

Due to several logistic hiccups with parts all this didn’t get completed until July 2020.

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