Awesome!

Congrats Sam

Thanks y'all    It is extremely gratifying to have this rig rolling - worth every penny and every moment spent to build it.  This truck is literally the RC I have always wanted, and to have been blessed with the skills and determination to see it through is great.  I'll say this - anyone can build the truck they want.  May take a while to get the resources in line, but it can be done - this is mine. 

Got the snafu with my photo host squared away and got a couple pics.



yankin' and bankin' over the curb...



made some shields for the y-pipe, seems to make a nice difference right where it counts





Think I got the brakes and valve cover cured - will know tomorrow.

- M2

Outstanding job Sam. 
Ok so whats next? I don't think a guy like you could not have another project to do 

Might wanna go with a short bed so you can actually turn the thing.

Hey Sam, will you have to register that big truck as something other than a p/u?  I know that in WA, there is a limit to the wheelbase on p/u trucks, but the sky's the limit if you get it registered as a straight truck over 10,000 lb GVWR. 

and I have my fingers crossed that it'll end up looking like this..... 

Please God, not another General Lee clone.

I wonder if this thread can get tagged for some sort of archive.  There has to be enough merrit here to make it historical.  Then the question is will the Charger or Demon get threads there in Ram Charger land??

As for the Charger, the last couple of years there have been a LOT of VERY nice products come out for the Mopar B and E body cars.  Bolt in brakes and suspension upgrades should make it a much less labor intensive task than Nacho.  I believe the recipe will be:  Bored, Stroked, Fuel Injected, 5-Speed with a suspension and chassis that can both stop and turn with the best of them. 

I gotta talk Sam and Tracy into sitting down to watch some of SpikeTV's Bullrun if they re-air it.  The Charger in that show was a very nice example of where to start...

.Ben

PS:  Sam's Charger already has a VERY redneck 'O1' on the side of it.  Someone put it there with duct tape on his wedding day...  Must of been  someone evil.... 

Question:  Can you park the General Lee in a General's parking spot on base??? hmmm...

Now that is exquisite.

That would equal about 25K per hour of wheeling?!!?

I drove that car about the same time I was dating Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Alba. Then my wife woke me up and told me to stop drooling in the bed... That is SWEEEEEEEET!!!! I want one, no 2!  That type of machinery does more than Viagra ever will 

nice car. now were is the vid of the truck getting air!!!!!! or at least some flex pict of it on a ramp ?  so how much more testing before i can buy a set of your 4 link?

  now you got to bring it down and get some sand on it!

...or...maybe a new factory 6.1 Hemi.....hmmmm, a 1968 Dodge Charger SRT-8  -  now that...I like.  Either way I'm pretty sure it's gonna be a Hemi.

- S

Sweet - we got brakes .

Problem was vacuum boost, or lack of it.  See, the engine is pulling 19.8 lbs of vacuum at idle...and that's a lot, so it seems the engine is reeeeeal tight inside.  I also installed a stand-alone vacuum reservoir under the dash, and had the brake booster fed by the reservoir and the reservoir fed by the intake manifold.  Well, seems there's something jacked up with the feed to the reservoir.  I connected the manifold direct to the brake booster and presto-chango - good, solid brakes.

So, as of now the Nacho is 'up and running'.  Tie off a couple loose ends with wiring, safety gear, and accessories, and we're golden.

Sweet, as of today the truck is a 'success' .

- M2

i thin i scared him away.... or he is having to much fun with his new toy

Sweet looking rides.

yes because i would be soo dirt poor that i couldn't aford the gas to drive it lol  but still a sweet ride

Still have all of it    I haven't reinstalled the safari rack yet - it's the same hard top.  1/4 doors are way back on the to-do list, but the soft top will most likely go on during the summer.  We'll leave the hart top on until then.

Been resolving small bugs - brakes, valve cover leaks, etc, and getting the diesel ready to pull the RC to Moab 

- M2

I wanted a bigger offset on the wheels, these are like 4.5" on an 8" rim - looks skinny.  I wanna get some wider rims and tires sooner or later  .

Been working on the diesel a bit to get it up to steam for hauling the RC to Moab.  Cleaned out the radiator, changed oil and replaced with Amsoil, and found/fixed a big boost leak.  Max'd at 23 psi before, hit's 35 psi now  .

On the RC, got the valve cover leak(s) apparantly fixed and am widdling down on the brakes - they're close - good enough to go, but I want them perfect.  Just shot some flex shots.  No laughing - it's the biggest bump in our front yard... 









- M2

Looks like he has a RTI ramp on wheels in the 2nd picture.

So, where are the flex shots? 

 I know I know a BULLIT Charger R/T clone with 20 sets of hubcups too 

Hey MM what's up with the License Plate on the Demon.

It's a Pennsylvania Plate, but you're in CO.. ?

Didja find that one somewhere and just run it on the back because it looks good?