steroid piggie

[Talos]

Hi.

Just bought me a pig the other day, didn´t want to post these pics in the owners thread because it´s not finished.
Thought you guys would like to see how we mod 4x4s here in Iceland

It´s a ´71 and I bought it of a guy that had been restoring it but lost is workshop and it had just been sitting in his garage since summer (at the beach mind you).

It has a new 302 Ford engine with some goodies.
Irginal drivetrain (no need for change there).
44" mudders on 16" wide rims.
Air locker in front and autolock in the rear.
The entire front end is plastic, the hood too.
220l fuel capacity.
etc.

We use our 4x4s to drive in snow (hence the baloons).

well that´s about it I think now I only have to give her a new paint job and connect a few hoses and I´ll be off

 

[ridgerunner]

I had heard of a 55 in Iceland with 44s. Interesting! Original drivetrain? I forget how forgiving snow is!

Can't wait to see it in action!

 

[3jvj]

I notice the back doors are side by side. Is this standard? What years?

 

[Talos]

I think the doors are standard yes.

a pic of my current 4x4 just for fun

and a random LC 80 from my 4x4 club

ok I´ll stop with the pics now

 

[clemson55]

Amby doors came on certain yrs although I do not know which ones, I think they are a lot more common in other countries. I'm sure someone will chime in on that. As for your 44's do you have some spare birfields? I wouldnt imagine running tires that big without converting to longfields. The regular birfs can't handle that. Maybe the snow will cut down on that some but that locker will work against you. In the end I would expect to see a broken birf before to long. Nice rig though.

 

[3jvj]

Nice rig and beautiful scenery. Enjoy.

 

[nuclearlemon]

i want!!!

 

[tucker74]

Sweet ride man - keep us posted on your progress!



Skål!

Tucker

 

[ranger]

My question would be where did you get the plastic front?

 

[MiniPigg]

Ahhh... Ambulance doors..... man I should have bought that set when I had the chance.

 

[RUSH55]

Holy fawk! It's Pig Kong!

 

[HawkDriver]

Good Night!

That thing is supa wide. The tires make the axles look tiny.

Cool man, Welcome to MUD!!

 

[usmcruiser]

That's fawking awsome. For some reason that makes me think of the 60 sitting on 44s also. Absolutly insane. I love it. I cant wait to see it blowing threw a snow bank.

 

[FJBen]

Save me jeebus!!! (homer voice)

nice pig!

 

[biggraypig]

Looks like the pig from hell, but judging frome the pics your a long way away. That is a bad pig dude, keep on crusin.

 

[BushBoy]

Welcome,
very nice 55 indeed, i can't get over how big it is

the ambulance doors are quite common here in australia, i consider myself lucky to end up with a 55 with a tailgate, as i prefer the looks and practicality of it. infact probably 8/10 piggies i see here have the ambulance doors.
very interesting plastic bodywork btw. nice

 

[fj55-100]

Now thats cool .
more pics please . alwayse envy the stuff us USA folks cant have .

 

[Talos]

The car came with a truckload og spareparts when I got it (incl axles, 4 birfileds, gearbox etc) so I plenty of spare parts if something goes wrong, but where could I get these longfields you mentioned?

The plastic work was custom made here a few years ago.

and here´s a old pic

 

[ridgerunner]

Are you going to do any work with the fenders (like painting them?)

http://www.longfieldsuperaxles.com/

 

[clemson55]

Theres another good source for the longfields but I forget it at the moment. When it comes to me I'll post it up.