Thanks Pete 

Plugged in the block warmer on the 'ol 6.7. It's supposed to get down into the mid twenties tonight and I'll be using it to take Precious back to Mt. Doom for some more forging.

Er, uh, I mean, I'm taking the RC to Brutal tomorrow for a few little Christmas items. 

 

santa is visting you again already? 

Been out of the loop for a while, I was catching up and came across your truck.... again.  It has come a LONG WAY!!!  Well done Brad!  Very Nice!

hey brad, go any pics of the rear shock setup where it attaches to the axle. i need some ideas. i done a ubolt flip. btw awesome rc
thanks greg

anything new???

    Hi Brad!!

your truck has come a long way since I left, looks good now though how more you got planned for it?  I just got back from Afghanistan, and looking forward to getting some work done on my truck.  Keep up the good work on your truck the body work and paint looks great.

Nathan

 

You know "mr clean magic eraser" claims to work wonders...

Im wondering how your cage is driving down the road..mine moves back and forth about 3/4 inch. Some of it obviously has to do with the unbalanced 44" bias tires but I think it did it before on the 33's. Mine is tied into the floor only...and we were talking about doing what you did..hooking it to the frame...but my concern is if its bolted to the floor and frame w/o a bushing of some sort what happens to all the "travel" or sway that normally would occur at the body mounts now that it is rigid?

WOW this is the first time I heard of this & my hart just sank. Did you try to clean it off yet? At least her dad did offer to cover the cost of the repair.
Hows the house going?
Jim

There are bushings on both sides of the floorpan (bottom & top sides). If you have a cage sandwiched to your floorpan and tied to the frame, you can unbolt the cage and take it out if ever needed. If you weld it direct, that sucker is in there, and if you need access to the interior or do a repair that is necessary w/o the cage in the way... well, you are stuck.

Going down the highway, I have minimal cage shake (less than 1/4"). On the trail it creaks and squeeks and I've seen up to 1/2" movement when really articulating.

Thanks for the comment.  

I haven't tried to clean it yet. I'll probably try Will's suggestion first, since I've heard from others it works good.

We have a contract with a builder and the lot has been prepared. I'm expecting them to start in 3-4 weeks. The slab will take 4 pours and about 5-6 weeks by itself. The house has a walk out basement, so lots of concrete.

Thanks! 

Thank you 

I would say the shop is medium w/4 bays. BOR is very well known though. During Petersen's OR Mag Ultimate Adventure in Texas, one of their stops was at the Cline Ranch just down the highway from BOR. James was invited to Cline during their wheeling and ended up towing several of the UAW rigs back to his shop for all night repairs. They mentioned him in that edition of the UAW article.

James grew up in his dad's machine shop, and knows how to do 99% of anything you would want to do to a 4x4 for show, trail or competition. Not only that, he is a perfectionist, so he doesn't send anything out that is crap or substandard. Between that and getting out on the trail himself, he has a reputation for knowing what he is doing and building quality rigs.

Ask any of the guys from the TX chapter that have wheeled with him as well. He's fun to hang out with and is always willing to help someone on the trail. Danny, who works at the shop is a hoot too. They are all good people.

Small world when we can meet up..through my Odd Angle buddies..and go wheelin. I know Jacks wifes name is Connie but thats all I know..well..he used to/does work for Chrysler Corp. and has something on the side relating to fertilizer..and I think ha is chapter Pres. of their club in San. Ant. or Hou., I cant remember. All of them were cool as hell and they travel in STYLE..FTL chassis motor coaches with the works. They were headed to King of the Hammer in Ca.

Thanks Jim 

Hi Brian

Yes, the hood is AAR.

The scoops come closed, but have a nice ribbed edge for you to cut them out if you want. You could cut out the front or the rear if you wanted. I wanted the front.

I bought my RC the year I got out of college in 1990. I didn't exactly whip it into shape in a short amount of time, but I did drive, wheel and enjoy it all the way up until it was torn down to the frame.

Thanks for the props and I look forward to seeing your pics.

 

Are going to see any pics to prove it .
Jim

PS;
Did you start on your house?

The race in August was to freakin hot at 100 degrees, so I didn't go. I DID go to the one in October, though. So did James (Brutalowner) and Jarod (ramwrench).

They only had two diesels show up, so they stuck them in our class, which was Renegade. They also only had two Modified Stock show up so they also were put in our class. I beat everyone including the diesels except the two modified stock trucks.

One was a Bronco shell with a 460, no interior, door panels, no bumpers, no tailgate, glass body panels and a 460. He beat me with a 4.9 sec time vs my 5.0.

The other was a stroker Chevy pickup, again no bumpers, tailgate, interior, etc and was running nitrous. He beat me 5.0 to my 5.1 and got me by .003 on the light.

My truck probably weighed a good 1800-2000 lbs more than their trucks did. They also had cut Boggers while I had my DOT BFG MTs. The races start back up in March. I'm thinking of doing one race with the bumpers, skid plates, rear carpet set, back seat & tail gate yanked. Should be worth 400 or so lbs and hopefully get me into the 4.9 sec elapsed times. I also have another full set of wheels I could put some Boggers on.  

Sorry, no pics. It was at night, so very dark in the pits. I'll get Missy to go in March and take some pics from the bleachers.