a little progress and a question.
made it home before it got dark today, and did a little with the 94.
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got the truck off the 4 flats it came with, these trucks suck to try and move with 4 flats.
started pulling parts off the front, got the grille, front bumper, and rad out before the sun went down and temps started dropping; i HAVE got to get a shop built this year, working outside below 40* blows BLAH.
truck evidently had the rad and AC condensor replaced not long before it was parked, sucks i cant use the rad with the IDI, it looks shiny new inside.
Now for the question, WTH is up with the front frame horns? do i have another jacked up frame?
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a little google searching say they are "Crush initiators" or something like that, but the info i can find says only f150 frames should have them, is this truck basically an f150 frame due to its LD250 GVW?
i measured a few spots on the frame i could get to and this frames metal seem to be at least as thick as my 88's frame so i hope the strength will be the same.
also this truck has front and rear sway bars
, which i thought was neat as my 88 never had them and you had to be careful on the twisty back roads in it.
so far i am seeing surface rust and everything underneath the truck covered in mud, but no real rot, so i think my plan may work out.