Ruby the shop Rig

[raisinhell2]

We got a little excited with our shop rig build. Idea was just use a lot of the take off parts we have collected over the years. Bumpers, tires .stereos etc. She ended up getting a body on chassis restore. Ruby was an east coast rig that the rust man almost got. My bolt buster got a work out restoring the chassis. The rust did not comprise the integrity of the frame but boy it was ugly. Covered in undercoating from someone trying to hide the damage . This rig tested my resolve and passion for land cruisers Between the rust and the shoddy work of owners past.. It was one of those projects were you fixed something and break 6 other things in the process. And just general frustration . Example Blew a head gasket while parked. Dies in the middle of the road after a new head with arp studs and comt head gasket. No codes nothing . PO did a fuel pump and didn't put the clamp on the fuel hose to the pump. So when the fuel got hot it expanded enough to blow the fuel pressure into the tank But yet had just enough to idle and kinda run . They say they harder they fight they better they are !! my plan was just make something to beat on so I don't have a bunch of pre pictures .. I didn't expect it to turn out this good. I will add photos to the thread through out the week

 

[raisinhell2]

Here are some of the axles . rebuild and restore everything pretty much looked like the rear axle. We found two spots on the frame that had a little rot that we fixed . Under the steering box at had ate some of the metal out which our frame kit resolved and the frt body mount behind the down pipe we replaced.

 

[raisinhell2]

some more chassis

 

[raisinhell2]

Of course How could it be a Precision Land Cruisers shop rig without 1 of our OEM quad headlight kits and old school grill (it's a 1995 with a non us turbo grill) and a Gen1 TRD supercharger!!

 

[raisinhell2]

We didn't do anything to the outside other than some wax . there are a few rust bubbles on the bottom of the rear doors and the rear bottom of the 1/4 panels are wasted. we cut out the rust and sealed it . Because the bummer side wings cover it we may never fix it . More pics to come

 

[Funner]

Of course How could it be a Precision Land Cruisers shop rig without 1 of our OEM quad headlight kits and old school grill (it's a 1995 with a non us turbo grill) and a Gen1 TRD supercharger!!

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So the battery just floats around in the box?

 

[Funner]

 

[raisinhell2]

Richard, Your ability to understand human nature seems about on par with your ability to recognize what’s actually missing. I’ll make it easy for you — for an insult to land, it needs to come from someone who can place a little substance behind it. If you had been able to name the other 36 parts that are clearly missing in the photos, maybe this would’ve gone differently, but you didn’t. Batter, batter… swing and a miss. All you really managed to do was show that you don’t actually know what you’re looking at. Either way, this is the last response you’ll get from me — same as every other forum I ignore you in. I won’t even bother explaining part two of this, which is that for an insult to land, the person on the receiving end has to place some value on the insulter’s opinion. Right now, you’re batting zero for two.

For everyone else: parts don’t always show up before events like Cruise Moab. When that happens, you either run it half-done or you don’t run it at all. We chose not to run trails. I'd rather show a pic with a missing part rather than the rubber strap we used so we could drive it to Moab.

That’s why the rig wasn’t on the trail. It wasn’t ready. Simple.