Where did you guys get a '78 and a '69?
Boss Hog's Pig...
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Where did you guys get a '78 and a '69?
Well, that's a long story...
The short version is I traded a '96 T100 straight-up for the '78. I didn't even know what a Pig was then. After being told by a shop that it would cost in excess if $4k to fix all the rust issues, I bought the '69 in Sheridan, Wy in Spring of 2012. It was in eBay, but there was some discussion on 'Mud about it.
After sitting in my garage for a year, it's now at Ige's & Pighead's...
after spending some time b.s.ing with boss hog (he says he's a ahole, but he's really a cool dude to share some brews and talk cruiser with), we got to work. got a few things off the 69, but most time was spent discusssing/arguing/comtemplating over the things that would need to come off and the order stuff would go back in.
the first thing that had to come off was the extremely saddening fender...yeah, that was a solid fender. the flare was rust free (and will be scavenged for pieces to patch the blue piggies flares). of course the typical hornets nests were discovered. there were only a few...here. there are more everywhere else.
the first thing that had to come off was the extremely saddening fender...yeah, that was a solid fender. the flare was rust free (and will be scavenged for pieces to patch the blue piggies flares). of course the typical hornets nests were discovered. there were only a few...here. there are more everywhere else.
after that, a few parts came off, but pighead spent the most time with the pb blaster, coating everything in sight while i pulled the last few engine bolts and nuts and finished painting the few parts that were off and clean. this isn't a restore, but when done, bosshog would like a clean reliable rig to hunt/fish/camp/cruise/havefunin. then it was time for the engine to say goodbye to its old home. we got done just in time for the rain
and what's a pig post without a pic of a whole lotta pork 
we've got 69,72,74,75,78 pictured
we've got 69,72,74,75,78 pictured
^ Too cool.
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
we made good work on gutting the 69 engine compartment, need to get a few more brake lines out and clean it up now.
powertrain is getting a rinse and repeat with simple green before the tcase comes off to have the output seals replaced and the seal between trans/xfer replaced
even a good pig has rust....bobm.....
we made good work on gutting the 69 engine compartment, need to get a few more brake lines out and clean it up now.
powertrain is getting a rinse and repeat with simple green before the tcase comes off to have the output seals replaced and the seal between trans/xfer replaced
even a good pig has rust....bobm.....
Wow, quite the story!
That would be a bitter-sweet day, saying goodbye to the '78, but knowing that the fine swine '69 was coming online...
and what's a pig post without a pic of a whole lotta pork
we've got 69,72,74,75,78 pictured
And to think I've seen a total of three Pigs my entire life......
Yes please! Let me know what I can beg, barter, or steal for them
Tucker
Think Pighead needs this....
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Yes please! Let me know what I can beg, barter, or steal for them
Tucker
What took you so long? I took those pics of the taillights just for you...
Maybe if you tell Woody I'd be a good mod in the 55 section, I'll put you at the top of the list.
I'm sipping a cold beer and sucking on the remnants of a lobster shell from the porch of my cabin in Maine
. It's freaking hard to keep up on an iPhone with one bar of service ... but this indeed did warrant posting. Had to throw your name in after you cleaned up Delancy's thread before I even got there 
Tucker
Wow! All I did today was BBQ some pork steaks, you guys gutted a whole pig. Heck of a job.
Just like a surgeon!