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Bambino840

Bambino840

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Farm is ready for winter so ...enough blabbing. Going to start this 1985 mini I've been yipping about.

I have a tonne of parts I've accumulated over the last year so that may speed things up but I doubt it.

Started with some full ifs Trail gear housings I picked up on Kajiji. Welded the truss on and then realized I need a good place to paint stuff.
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I needed a good place to hang stuff and paint and honestly its frustrated me more than once. I built the Paint Stand 1000. (formaly the paint-o-matic 1000). No high tech paint here folks just tremclad primer and paint. Picked up some six-shooter knuckles and found the six shooter steering arms on Kajiji.
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the donor

85 mini,22R, lift with rock hard springs, no shocks, 35 " Mickeys

springs are leaving, 35's may get a try, 22 R is going on propane( hence the Name-maybe run a line from the tanks for a trail BBQ). Redo the flat deck, clean up the interior and a few other gadgets.
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Looks good Dean. Is that a 430 Deere in back of shop ? Father in law has an old M and a 330 back in Manitoba. I sure miss shop space.
 
It's a john Deere AR series. My dads project. Needs a little love right now.
 
Parts have started showing up so I started assembly of the front. Bj 74 brakes are giving me issues so I've got a couple things going but I should make some decent progress this week
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Farm was not ready, sleds needed repair, cow problems but I think I can get some momentum
Quick tune up before propane
 
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Runs pretty good for a California emissions unit
 
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Pressed new bushing into new chromoly spindles
 
Got the 5.29 Arb in the front, six shooters lined up, dirty 30s with marlin seals
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Gonna sell those tires one way or another if anybody is interested
 
Bambino840 said:
Gonna sell those tires one way or another if anybody is interested
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I assume you are talking about the Baja Claw-ish tires, rather than the gnarly Boggers in the 2nd post?
 
Yep the claws, 35's on a 15" rim
 
If only they were on 16"...

Looking good Dean. No better place to be than in the shop with the stove burnin' and plenty of new parts!
 
The new parts actually create a lot of work. They aren't loosy goosy like I'm used too.
 
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Went out today to button up the front but I was missing parts.not sure if I screwed up but I may not have bought everything I need for the brakes, sexy though
 
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So went outside , dusted the snow off and figured I'd get the deck off. Previous owner decided it was going to be a permanent deck. Pro is no rusty bolts to deal with. Con- deck was welded to the frame
 
Whoops, that's it for today kids, Sunday is bbq day at Bambinos house. Stay tuned.
 
I think you either need to slow down or change the title of this build. Your'e starting to make Speedy Gonzales look slow.
 
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