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Took a garage break and wheeled the sixty in the rain yesterday, had a blast. My buddy Randy, whos been helping me a bunch, is drivin in this one. Fun little play area on a local trail.

http://youtu.be/VakFVbBeKO4

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Not too much to report, weathers been nice so Ive been messing around in the yard. Derek gave me his 33x12.5 duratracks to use so I cleaned up the sixty chrome rims and painted them black before mounting them. Looks decent.

Got a bunch of little stuff in the mail that i cant put on yet....






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Damn, that puppy is coming along nice! I'm a purist at heart but knowing I supplied a few parts for the beast I'm liking where you're headed with this.
 
Lol, yup those pulleys will be put to use.

In all honesty Im really glad I picked up a way too far gone pos instead of something Id be tempted to restore "properly". I know that a lot of the anal oem back to stock guys here probably cringe every time I cut and or bastardize something on my van but the way I figure its better than it rotting away, getting scrapped or being parted out.

Its also a lot funner when there is no plan and you end up "inventing" this and that to get to where you want to be. Makes whatever youre working on unique in its own way....

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The jury is still out ( for me ) on those upper rear quarter protection bars. What exists on the back side to brace those bad boys to the body?

I can see you leaning this truck into a tree and the feet of those bars popping right through the quarter skin.
 
Yeah Im hoping I took that into account.

The quarters are all 1/8" steel so theyre many many times stronger than the oe steel ever was. There are also 1/4" backing plates on the inside that will hopefully add some support. Ultimately I plan to run a tube behind the seats that will join the two first backing plates together but I have to wait and see what the roll cage plan is gonna be (hoping to grab a metal tech family cage before the body comes off). I may just run short tubes from the cage to the backing plates, theres gonna be more support before it gets pinged off the trees.

Anyways, Ive seen it done with less reinforcement on runners and pickups and while Im sure it wouldnt take a big hit I think it would serve its purpose as a rub bar.... maybe.... lol. I mostly just thought it would look cool is the truth.

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They definitely look cool! I'll be interested to see how they hold up after a couple of close encounters with trees.
 
I am liking that tailgate idea a lot. Hmmm.....
Lookin good man!
 
They definitely look cool! I'll be interested to see how they hold up after a couple of close encounters with trees.

Im being positive lol. If the stock 1/4 can hold up a spare on a carrier mine just might not bend... too much.


Cleaned up the welds on the tail light buckets a little and evened things out. Still have to tweak the ds mount but they look all right. Filled a couple holes in the rear sill at the same time.




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Lovin this tube work- what are you using as a bender. Really fun thread.

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Thanks guys. I'm using my buddy Sams home made bender. Air over hydraulic, works good.

Looking forward to the package 69, thanks again.

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Ordered a metal tech cage today.... Had to tell someone.

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Price is decent for the weld together kit, couldnt resist. Saves time and might not turn out crooked as all hell like the rest of my junk.

Knocked a bunch of stuff off the list. Tied the tube fenders in to the shock hoops, made gussets for the slider outriggers, finished off the tail light surrounds, rigged up some limit strap deals for the tail gate, found some cool lookin signals at the scrap yard.... lol.

Signals are clearance lights from a 60's or 70's international transport and the tg straps are from an.... ugh cherokee chief pickup. Also found a 70's lookin toy pu tail gate and a bunch of other random emblems and such. I love junkyarding.










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Price is decent for the weld together kit, couldnt resist. Saves time and might not turn out crooked as all **** like the rest of my junk.

Knocked a bunch of stuff off the list. Tied the tube fenders in to the shock hoops, made gussets for the slider outriggers, finished off the tail light surrounds, rigged up some limit strap deals for the tail gate, found some cool lookin signals at the scrap yard.... lol.

Signals are clearance lights from a 60's or 70's international transport and the tg straps are from an.... ugh cherokee chief pickup. Also found a 70's lookin toy pu tail gate and a bunch of other random emblems and such. I love junkyarding.

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My wife makes fun of me for my love of junk yards...

I really like those lights, however, I see them getting ripped off really easily.

Looks like the tailgate straps were made for it :cheers:
 
^^^ Thats ok, I got four sets lol, and I know where theres more. I really wanted the "sticky nickel" bomb style signals but when I saw these I figured Id save some cash. Planning on prettying them up a little and powder coating them black when I have time.

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