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od in the driveway? I aint got a driveway big enough to park my od in. maybe a littel deuce would fit? lol, now thats funny. heck i still got more room out by the shop to aprk plenty. the more the better, right? besides, i get people all the time stopping by cause they either saw the elmo...
there were rumors that a recent rock concert held in the area of the show at liberty memorial may have severly damaged the gorund where our display is to take place. I just got off the phone with someone and they assured me our ground is nice and green and will be 100% ready for us to set up on...
brakes on elmo are getting worse, they are sticking on most of the time after a stop. i am assuming the booster is stuck, but dont ahve time to look at it right now. it works a bit better when its lubed up, but wont stay that way for very long. I do plan on going down in the car, tossing a tent...
i paid 100 for my used cab, bare cab with doors, you wont ned wiondshield or dash, but you will need top bows if you plan on doing a soft top. most people take the easy way out and make a hard top,,,,all military truck should have a soft top!
parts list,,,truck,,,extra cab,,,lots of scrap metal. tools,,welder, sander, paint gun,,,what else is there? hard to say what i did and didnt use,,it was kinda of a play it by ear thing.
talked to allan and he said that he would also be able to leave riday night, we can meet up here, for that matter, anyone else in the area wants to meet at 1900 on friday and pull out then. I will have my elmo and he mkt ready to go the instent i get home, allan said he will be here by then and...
Ian, you need to go the opposite way on a project, dont bob a deuce, strectch a 5 ton! i built a 4 door five ton and it still has the 12 foot bed on it with room to spare,,the truck is MASSIVE, see my avatar or other posts with the elmo build in it.
as always, watching every episode
i put 1600's on, and stretched the cab 6 foot longger and added 2 more doors, still needs finsihed, power windows, a/c and heat under the rear seat. custom rear seat made. etc, etc. oh it also has a 3k genst mounted between the frame rails that runs on a 50 gallon fuel tank seprate from the fuel...
allan, you can join in the convoy going down, myself and christenberry should be going down. heck if you want, just leave the mkt at my house until you want to take it down there.
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