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cleaned the frame up some with a wire wheel

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Lol I started off bending sheet metal when I was 17 by sticking it through the boards on my porch and bending it.

I got most of the rear frame section cleaned today and painted, also got the rest...

heres one more

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heres a few of the rigs ive worked on, i dont always take pics of them.

01 landrover discoII
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both on 35" tires, left has...

whats up with the worp speed ad? i didnt put it there

Got the bed out of the shop lastnight after work, loaded it on the car trailer, now the rest of this week and this weekend ill be loading it with scrap metal. Gotta clean the area up outside the shop...

heres what i got done the other day

i got the other hole cut in the hood for the hood vents, got them put in most of the way, i need more hardware. apparently someone mixed a bunch of different...

a couple of teaser shots



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yah i was already planning on beefing up that area. im going to do a swing out kind of like a tire gate. i am trying to decide tiregate style or just do a swing out bumper?

yah lately i have been working on other peoples rigs on my days off but today i needed some parts for the other rigs and with it being the holiday weekend i did what i could on the landrover and...

well i actually worked on my own rig today lol

cut cut here and cut cut there

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i still need to clean it up a bit...

Respiratory problems suck, get better.

I will be stoked once phase 1 is done on this thing, when its up and running. Then ill have to wait for the bank account to come back to life.

got what feels like quite a bit done today. found this little access door, there was one on each side. opened them up and cleaned out the dirt and stuff so they will drain water again. didnt see them...

today seemed like one step forward and two steps back. put the headers on to find out i couldnt get the starter on. one of the carb studs had messed up threads so i bought new ones only to get back...

did lots of little things today, or atleast it felt like little things. bolted on the flywheel, clutch, harmonic balancer, mouts for the motor mounts and the motor mounts, then dropped the motor in...

did a little bit of prep work this afternoon, my dad is comming out to help me get the motor back in this week so today i put in the new throw out bearing, cleaned up some more parts, painted some of...

got my valve covers, quality looks great except the bolts are too long lol, i contacted the company and am waiting to hear back from them.


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instead of using a rubber grommet and just pushing the heater hose through the firewall i came up with this. just a coupler and two barbed fittings that will smash the firewall between the big...

so after we put the interior back into the XJ, i cut out my first piece with my plasma cutter

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but i didnt make...

in between the coats of herculiner i put on the floor boards of my XJ i painted the engine with high heat 500 degree paint. i prefer the color of grey just because it is easier to see any leaks that...

kinda splurged a little this morning. i tried to clean up the valve cover but there is so much crap baked onto the inside and i couldnt get it all out of there and i didnt want to chance any of it...

installed the front diff cover today
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got my BFG's mounted on a different set of wheels with less back spacing, mounted them on the truck and without the engine in its almost level on the bed....

new engine still wrapped up till i get the sheetmetal all cleaned up and ready to put on.
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here you can see how flat...

heres is a pic of the stock alt compared to the 100 amp alt.

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spent today building a new welding cart to hold the...