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More race truck progress #286657
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I thought I would start another thread with new progress on the race truck project.

I finally got a chance to get some work done on it. I got all the stock toyota frontend cut off and got the mustang II frontend installed and all boxed in and plated. man it feels great to be working on it again Ron...



off with the old toyota stuff:




here is the mustang II frontend in place and some of the plates installed:

















well here is what it looks like now after 2 days of cutting,welding and grinding


Re: More race truck progress [Re: Mopar Ron] #286658
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Refresher, Ron...what's the grand plan for this one?

And thanks for the pics. Gives me a better look at what kinda work an MII install is like.


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Re: More race truck progress [Re: 4speeds4me] #286659
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Refresher, Ron...what's the grand plan for this one?

And thanks for the pics. Gives me a better look at what kinda work an MII install is like.





This truck has a 4" chopped top and it will have a 41 willys nose on it, I have a 493(440)stroker kit and a set of edelbrock heads and a race trans to go into it as well as a 4.10 Dana with ladder bars.
I want to run around 10.0 at 135mph

check out this thread below to see how this build has gone so far. Ron...

https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...e=0#Post3092168



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Re: More race truck progress [Re: Mopar Ron] #286660
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got all the stock mustang stuff on and set it down on the ground and test fitted the hood, I am going to have to do some trimming to get the willys nose to mate up with the dodge cab Ron....














just an extra shot...


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Refresher, Ron...what's the grand plan for this one?

And thanks for the pics. Gives me a better look at what kinda work an MII install is like.




As I recall and of course Ron correct me if I am wrong but that is a stock MII clip. So if you are looking at picking up an aftermarket MII cross member it may look or fit a little differently depending on the application.

Ron great work as always you are an inspiration for me to get moving on projects once the rain stops.

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Refresher, Ron...what's the grand plan for this one?

And thanks for the pics. Gives me a better look at what kinda work an MII install is like.




As I recall and of course Ron correct me if I am wrong but that is a stock MII clip. So if you are looking at picking up an aftermarket MII cross member it may look or fit a little differently depending on the application.

Ron great work as always you are an inspiration for me to get moving on projects once the rain stops.





your right, putting in a stock mustang cradle in is a little different than putting in an aftermarket one, like a fatman unit.

the stock mustang frontend has the top hat(where the upper arms attach) and the lower crossmember are all one piece. where an aftermarket one is separate.

with an after market one you mount the new lower crossmember to the bottom of the frame and then you put on the 2 upper(top hats) pieces and weld it all up.

with a stock mustang crossmember you have to trim the frame till the mustang unit clears everything and then you have to measure from side to side and top to bottom and front to back and when your sure its where it needs to be you weld it up and I make plates to box it all in and make it strong
Ron...

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What was the reason for ditching the toyota front end?

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What was the reason for ditching the toyota front end?




it was an older style frontend with single thin rotors and the torsion bars were in the way for the engine and trans, the plan all along was to go with the mustang II style frontend.
I have Tube "A" arms for it as well as big brakes and a new manual rack and pinion setup

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Looks great Ron!

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Looks great Ron!





Thanks Pat

well I am now at the point of no return


I fitted and "CUT" the willys hood, and found out that it will have to be widened down the middle also

so I started cutting and fitting and now it is Klecoed in place and it looks like it goes from nothing in the front to about 2 1/2" at the rear.
Oh boy glass and resin work ahead

well thats streetrodding you have to just work through the problems you come across Ron...

















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Looks like the fit is perfect after you cut it though! What are you planning to do about side panels, if any?

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Looks like the fit is perfect after you cut it though! What are you planning to do about side panels, if any?




I thought about leaving them off(to let more air out) but when you look at it from the front it looked a little weird and you could see to much of the firewall area, but the sides had to come off as the body line is opposite to the dodge. dodge goes out heading down and the willys goes in heading down. so it looks like I will glass that area so that the body lines and body below blend in the way they should.
I knew that the hood was going to be the biggest challenge making this nose and body work together.

I thought about using a dodge hood and nose cone and make it meet the willys center section but I felt that the hood would be pretty heavy in steel so I cut up the willys glass hood yeah I know crazy.... Ron...

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impressive work ron ! in this case, i think glasswork will be easier than trying to do this in steel. oh, and by the way.......i think we are all a little crazy........

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hey ron why dont you just make a peice up for the sides that are luvered so it will still hide the firewall but yet still let the engine breath im sure it would be a chalange but it would solve your problem and with your abbility im sure you could pull it off

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It's looking great Ron! Sure makes me wish I had more time to work on mine.
Are you going to be at Spring Fling?
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impressive work ron ! in this case, i think glasswork will be easier than trying to do this in steel. oh, and by the way.......i think we are all a little crazy........





speaking of crazy moparx have you had a chance to get any more done on the humpback???


leavitt4, I set the side pieces in place and it looks like it might work out just fine. if I went with some kind of louvers they would have to be metal and i want to stay with the glass hood to keep the truck light. Ron...

had my grandson here today so I couldn't get to much done, man can a 2 year old get dirty


Yes Arno we will be at the fling

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nothing to report on the humpback. it's been a long [difficult] winter. i'm preparing to go into the rochester[minnisota] clinic at the end of may and hopefully get straightened around health wise. as for ANY progress on anything, i was suprised the wiring i did on the LT1/55 chevy turned out good - it fired on the first crank and runs good ! [well, as good as can be expected for a brand X..........

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Hey Ron,
I just caught this thread! The truck is comming along nicely!
The hood won't be any hill for a climber! LOL
I like what you did with the Mustang II front end.
Keep up the good work.

Mark


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Looks great Ron!

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Thanks Mark and Jon, It feels good to be working on it again, I got some more done today after I went out and got some more fiberglass mat (I have a case of it here someplace, but do you think I could find it?)

I made some small pieces of metal that were shaped like the body and Klecoed them to put the side panels out instead of in and I had to put a piece of metal behind the side panels near the front to keep it in place and then went under the hood and stared mat and resin, its coming out pretty good so far . Ron...























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