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progress on the race truck project
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11/26/06 10:33 PM
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here are some more pics of the 41 dodge/willys PU project. we got the body off the(toyota PU) frame this weekend and narrowed the rear frame rails 11 1/4"(5 5/8" each side) making the frame 30" wide at the rear. I also shortened the frame 5" so I will end up with a 105" wheelbase.   Ron.. earlier this week  right after we cut the frame in half   rear frame narrowed and set in place   getting the lader bars ready  frame all cleaned up and waiting for the ladder bars  and hopefully something like this next spring 
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Re: progress on the race truck project
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11/27/06 11:44 AM
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lookin good ron ! did that project come with a toyoto chassis ? 
 well it came over here on the toyota chassis but I had the dodge pu stored over at a friends house and I also had the toyota chassis over there so we cut the dodge truck apart and set the body on the toyota chassis so we could roll it on to the trailer to get it here .
all that will be left from the toyota chassis will be the frame rails, it will have ladder bars in the rear and mustang II frontend and a full roll cage.
I plan on keeping a good picture album with the progress all the way from start to the first runs down the track
my goal is to run 10.0 at around 135mph  Ron...
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Re: progress on the race truck project
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11/27/06 09:23 PM
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Thanks Ron for the pictures, great start , and yes please keep them coming. Two questions what year toyota frame and where you butt welded the tail end of the frame to the new crossmember will you provide additonal gussetts or will that suffice strength wise?? Just curious and trying to learn. thanks
the toyota frame is a mid 90's, we junked the truck an I had to keep the chassis around just in case 
as far as gussets to the rear frame, I have seen chassis left just the way it is now but I have a tendincy to overkill my stuff,I would rather make it to strong rather than too weak, so I will probably fit some gussets to the kicked in area.
but I am going to have a full cage that will come out the back of the cab and go down to the rear frame rails so the gussets probably are not needed  Ron...
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Re: progress on the race truck project
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12/10/06 12:13 PM
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 You sure don't mess around with a project! Very cool truck! Cant wait to see it done!!
thanks G here are the latest pics:
well I got the ladderbars and track locator all finished up and made the plates for the frame kickup and made the upper coil over mounts and weld in the lower coil over mounts and set in the coil overs. Ron...
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Re: progress on the race truck project
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12/10/06 08:56 PM
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I am going to tack weld in a 8 3/4 rearend for the time being, so I can keep it rollable and as soon as I can come up with the money I am going to get a 4.10 DANA for it
Holy crap Ron! You got so much done I can't even keep up mentally!  What did you do, put the 8 3/4 rear in there for 1 day? 
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Re: progress on the race truck project
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12/10/06 11:27 PM
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I am going to tack weld in a 8 3/4 rearend for the time being, so I can keep it rollable and as soon as I can come up with the money I am going to get a 4.10 DANA for it
Holy crap Ron! You got so much done I can't even keep up mentally! What did you do, put the 8 3/4 rear in there for 1 day?
yeah it was in there for about 2 days, we went to the junkyard and I picked up the 4.10 dana for $80.00 out of a 69 ford truck.
we flipped the frame over fri and I finished all the welds and I now have it rightside up and hope to put the cab on it early this week and mount it then I cant wait to fit the willys frontend Ron...
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Re: progress on the race truck project
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12/11/06 05:05 PM
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You do great work! How are you on body work? Good, I'll bring my car down  . Good decision with the dana, I wish I would of followed my own advice  and put in a dana instead of a 9". Oh well, live and learn.
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Re: progress on the race truck project
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12/11/06 10:14 PM
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WOW !
nice work ron ! how tall is your driveshaft loop ? how much rear suspension travel do you plan for ?
It's probably to tall  its 11"
I can allways shorten it after I get the engine and trans in and see how everything lines up.
again I tend to over build  Ron....
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12/11/06 11:32 PM
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looks great 80 bucks for a dana wow
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Re: progress on the race truck project
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12/12/06 08:24 PM
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looks great 80 bucks for a dana wow
yeah $80 bucks and we had about 15 to choose from , I looked for one with a sure grip but could not find one so I went with this one Ron....
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Re: progress on the race truck project
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12/14/06 11:09 PM
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send some to the other coast good deal
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