got a lil start this last week

• Apr 9, 2012

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ok so some of you may know im doing a 4 door super short on 90 idi frame...ive got a 93 front clip im throwing on also...so not alot of updates yet but here are a few...and oh man does it suck doing body work with flux but hopefully before i start doing my manifolds and up pipe for the turbo i will have my new tig...hope you guys enjoy...

this is day one on the pad

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rear frame crossmember cut off rivets drop 1 5/8 back 15/16

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relocate fuel pump and delete front tank all new fuel lines and selector delete

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had to shave bottom cab mounts to fit rear crossmember

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had to remake the floor pan in the rear

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and thats it for now...i have the transmission tunnel cut open and is all getting rewelded and reworked to make room for up pipes and turbo...

 

• Apr 9, 2012

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now I call that some tunnel clearance

 

• Apr 9, 2012

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• Apr 10, 2012

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That beds going to be ridiculously small.

 

• Apr 10, 2012

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wow looks like a neat project.

 

• Apr 10, 2012

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Ididriver said:

That beds going to be ridiculously small.

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4ft 6 inches useable inside length lol one day somewhere down the road it will be 4 wheel drive also...but $400 is what im into it doing the cab swap including welding and cutting supplies etc so thats not bad i dont think

 

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Ok.
I guess it's just the angle of the pic. It looked insanely short in the pic.

 

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it is pretty short lol...and this wiring is tough to scab all of it together...everyting is a lil different

 

• Apr 10, 2012

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• Apr 11, 2012

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are you taking a bed off an Explorer Sport-trac or are you going to shorten the one from the original truck?

 

• Apr 11, 2012

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Fluxcore on sheetmetal?

you have my condolences.

 

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jwalterus said:

are you taking a bed off an Explorer Sport-trac or are you going to shorten the one from the original truck?

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I am just going to shorten my original

 

• Apr 11, 2012

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cool idea!!!

With the porosity of the welds I'd coat the hell out of the inside and outside of that thing(with a Por15 or 2 part epoxy type material)...other wise you are gonna have one hell of a headache in the not too distant future.

Other than that...like I said at first...Cool Idea!!!

 

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Dejomo said:

cool idea!!!

With the porosity of the welds I'd coat the hell out of the inside and outside of that thing(with a Por15 or 2 part epoxy type material)...other wise you are gonna have one hell of a headache in the not too distant future.

Other than that...like I said at first...Cool Idea!!!

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well i dont por 15 or anything but it sure got alot of high temp caulking...hahah

 

• Apr 19, 2012

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got a lil more done...and when i say a lil i mean a lil...you guys seen my intercooler install other than that ive been wiring and moving glow plug controller, been taking back of the blinker sockets apart and fixing the wiring on them cause they were all exposed...but mostly everything is wired...except my blinkers got my initial cuts on the bed so it barely fits right now and it is sitting up on blocks right now...but i have to still strip off my backwall for the bed so i can put it in place on this one ...im going to be rewrapping the backwall so it will be factory as possible

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