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The Wanderer build

sixty-nine

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Figured I would post up what I've been up too since I'm rarely on here.

When I first got it
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After it made it too my shop
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how it sat with the old frame
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The old frame that was scrapped
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Made a company logo and it fit just fine where the windshield belongs.....temp till I can find a new windshield
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How it sat with the old frame
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Picked out the wheels I will be using with it. 24's rear and 22's front
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I didn't have the new motor or trans yet but even without them I knew it was going to be tight
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How the old dash looked
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Yeah the new wheels are quite large
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I had to let it sit for almost a year while I was living back east
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My cross member I decided to run with. Wanted something to hide the airbags
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Awesome build, looking forward to seeing this progress. :cool: But for those of us at home do it some justice and take a few pictures with a real camera, half of those pictures sucked. :beer:
 
Awesome build, looking forward to seeing this progress. :cool: But for those of us at home do it some justice and take a few pictures with a real camera, half of those pictures sucked. :beer:

The pics that sucked weren't taken by me. I bought the truck when I was living in MN and had a guy working at my shop take the blurry pics to show me what I had bought :redneck:

Ill post more pics when I get back to the shop tomorrow
 
having an impact makes things a little easier to pull parts
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Made a complete mess in my shop
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It took 6 hours to get the motor out by myself
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Picked up a set of twin sticks off of a 1950's crane to use as a shifter and a cutting brake.
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How the firewall looked before setting the motor and trans in it
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set the motor on the gig table to see how much I needed to cut out of the firewall
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when I finally got the motor sitting in I was able to see that my floors have to be moved up. barely any foot room
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digging it, but the wheels throw it off... a set of custom 24" baby moons or old police dog dish's would make it.
 
digging it, but the wheels throw it off... a set of custom 24" baby moons or old police dog dish's would make it.

Actually, after I finish driving it for a bit, it will become a dually with black semi truck steelies. I designed the set up to be easily changed out in the future if I wanted too.
 
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