69 Bronco Build

Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:51 pm

drps10 wrote:

do you think you can tighten them down tight enough so the plate won't slip after you align them just right?

grade 8 + lock washers + torque!! Very Happy

Forever Static Joined: Dec 19, 2008 Posts: 93

xxxxcjxxxx wrote:

drps10 wrote:

do you think you can tighten them down tight enough so the plate won't slip after you align them just right?

grade 8 + lock washers + torque!! Very Happy

+ there will probably be spacers between the angle and the frame.
looks like a great frame you've got going man. keep up the good work.

I Have No Life Joined: Dec 09, 2008 Posts: 629

xxxxcjxxxx wrote:

drps10 wrote:

do you think you can tighten them down tight enough so the plate won't slip after you align them just right?

grade 8 + lock washers + torque!! Very Happy

i know all that....

just curious.. we'll find out

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

pretty much what they said actually. As mentioned I don't intend on needing to shim them but if I do I can get shims in .001" increments from work if I need to fine tune the setup. My only concern currently is them possibly moving forward to back, this affecting my castor.

I'm going to play with it when I get it all together before welding everything in. I might just push them to the back as far as they will go and lock them in place, they won't have a tendency to move to the front of the truck.

Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:45 pm

coo

how much did u get the wheels for?

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

the price is gonna piss some people off, lol. If I remember correctly it was 1,100

Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:54 am

yeah youre a bastard.

Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 7:31 am

everyone hates u now! haha

j/k

Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:25 am

looks good cant wait to see it out

I Have No Life Joined: Dec 17, 2008 Posts: 1292

Dragginbody wrote:

everyone hates u now! haha

j/k

i already knew. so i was pissed when i first found out but am over it now

I Have No Life Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 1722

I could care less, how much he paid! I'm still not saying i have in my rims lol
so i dont hate you

Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:04 am

i still love you mike

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

one love

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

Progress from this past weekend, made some more progress this past tuesday but I forgot my camera

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:00 am

gay lol

I Have No Life Joined: Dec 09, 2008 Posts: 629

good work mike.. keep this up.. like the progress

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:46 am

that is lookin bad ass dude if it turns out half as nice as the ranger it will be tits!

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:13 am

i think its already nicer then the ranger. Keep up the good work. Im sick of waiting on parts..i wanna work on mine!

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:14 am

nice progress.

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:18 pm

very nice keep it up

Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 2:32 pm

coming along VERY nicely.. i cant wait to start on my ranger frame Smile

soon enough!

Forever Static Joined: Dec 19, 2008 Posts: 93

that frame is bitchin man.
keep it up.

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:43 am

it looks even better in person!

Forever Static Joined: Feb 08, 2009 Posts: 343

definitely excited to see more progress pictures of this build .. Grade A customizing at work here

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

The bender in action, lol

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:49 am

Lookin damn nice Mike!...

Forever Static Joined: Feb 08, 2009 Posts: 343

Looks sick as fuck

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

thanks guys

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:13 am

sick bro!

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:27 am

looking sick mike...you reusing your plate on this on also

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

I'm not sure about the plate, but it is a thought. I'm definitely getting historical plates though

Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:39 am

question bout the front suspension design. In the cad drawing it looks like the upper control arms angle out but in the current design looks like the control arms are gonna be close to equal lenght?

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

yeah, the design was changed once I got more into it. I think I changed it about 4 times before settling on it.

The original picture on the first page was without any real measurements though, it was just the look I was going for

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

I got the passenger side motor mount made tuesday night, still need to make tabs from the motor though

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:02 am

nice work its come a long way in a short time

I Have No Life Joined: Dec 09, 2008 Posts: 629

thats cool!

gonna suck chaning the oil!! looks like it just runs down the side of the block!

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:31 am

u do some pretty bad ass work man cant wait to see more progress

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:37 am

mounts look tubular...haha...get it??...cause that was a total 80s slang word meaning awesome but the mounts are also made out of tubing...

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:59 am

your mohawk is currently in mullet satus isnt it

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 1:20 pm

lol haha..

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 2:29 pm

so you dont see any problem mounting the engine with the oil filer i was going to do that but since you beet me to it ill mount the frame to the pcv valve now.

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 2:37 pm

lol

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

When I posted that picture I thought it looked pretty damn weird. It's really just an optical illusion, the oil filter is at least an inch away from where the motor mount actually is

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

new passenger motor mount

Got both of the lower control arms built, in my fancy jig, lol

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:24 am

FireCrotch wrote:

i still love you mike

my love for you is gone, i hate you mike. I think u need to take a break so i can get caught up. At the rate im going...better take like 6 months

Forever Static Joined: Dec 10, 2008 Posts: 244

that's lookin pretty fancy.

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:51 pm

i am so jealous lol..i want to get down there bad..

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:46 pm

looking good.

Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:36 pm

wow..good work and u got some crazy ideas, i like

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

I drilled out the taper on the yota spindles and sleeved them for the new bolts.

I also got the upper control arms made and tacked on the mounts and bolted it all together Very Happy

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:41 am

d,d,d,d,d,d,d,AYUM

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 2:38 am

nice...

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 2:47 am

niceee..

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

thanks guys

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 2:22 pm

pimpin

Forever Static Joined: Dec 10, 2008 Posts: 244

yeah, i'm gonna have to stop by the shop the next time i'm down in cincy to take a look at this.

Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:25 pm

This looks like a great build I cant wait to see more progress.

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:50 pm

I wanna see an update!

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

I didn't work on it all this week, trying to keep the wife happy for at least a week, lol

here's some pics of it at layd out though

I Have No Life Joined: Dec 09, 2008 Posts: 629

killer!! what do you think of the uni ball?

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:53 pm

looks good dude i love it

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

Thanks for the compliment

drps10 wrote:

killer!! what do you think of the uni ball?

I really like how easy they make assembly, lol. There was a couple of times during construction I would have been cussing right and left if I had to deal with a tapered balljoint.

I Have No Life Joined: Dec 17, 2008 Posts: 1787

looks dope mike!
get that thing all together! its going to be sick!
where u get the uniballs at?

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:20 am

loooking really good

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:51 am

and its been sitting ever since...everyone give him crap for it lol

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:48 am

looked great at layd out

where did u buy the uniballs from?

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:13 pm

HM engineering

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thenephilm wrote:

HM engineering

true story. And yes I didn't work on it this past week. Figured I could use a full weekend at home to do some things around the house as well as keep the wife happy.

I Have No Life Joined: Dec 17, 2008 Posts: 1292

looks sick mike. doesn't look like your gonna have camber issues when your up

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

I designed my ride height at about 4" so I'll have no camber in that department

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changed the title since I found out a while ago that the title actually says 69, not 74 like the guy who sold it to me said it was, lol

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:19 pm

.. man u can build a whole frame up truck but dont even know the right yr of it Wink

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

yeah, it's a good thing they really didn't change much in the EB's, just some options

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:49 pm

looks good mike

Forever Static Joined: Jan 20, 2009 Posts: 86

unbelievable man...looks great

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:31 pm

i'm a fan of this pic:

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:46 pm

man you have been working you ass off on that.

its coming around great

Newbie Joined: Apr 15, 2009 Posts: 38 Location: cleves

lookin fukin killer dude i almost bought that front end to graft on to my truck but wasnt sure how it would of looked...keep it up you move alot faster than me lol

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:48 pm

I love this build so much. not to mention i want your licence plates. I say that saying all the time

Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 5:16 pm

Lowtaco was telling me about this at the Lasalle show last weekend. Frame looks crazy!!! keep up the work homie!

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:32 am

hey i keep forgetting to get those bags are you gonna be at the sharonville car show on sunday

Newbie Joined: Apr 28, 2009 Posts: 5

Hey man looks good. I am really from Indiana but i found your cardomain with it written on the dusty roof. I just bought your old ranger of a guy in indy. I love it and am doing some stuff to make it my own.

if you have any other pics of the build on the blue ranger would you mind sending them to me.

also what show are you going to attend this year might be cool to see you old truck.

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

wow, that dude did not have the the ranger for very long. I actually have a poop load of pics from that truck, lol. Check out my photobucket, I know there a good deal of them on there.

You have any pics of how it sits right now? What's the next show you plan on taking it to?

Newbie Joined: Apr 28, 2009 Posts: 5

i dont want to whore you thread put i will post a pic. also i fixed the gap between the bumper and headlights after the photo.
i will be at slammin and jammin in ten.
slamology in indy, and camp in drag in waveland In
i would like to meet the builder and also see this frame. looks good keep it up

Newbie Joined: Apr 28, 2009 Posts: 5

hmm, i cant to get a pic to load

I Have No Life Joined: Dec 17, 2008 Posts: 1292

DRanger wrote:

hmm, i cant to get a pic to load

use photobucket or a similiar site to host the pic and then the http here with the IMG tags around it

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

You can email me the pics and I'll upload them if you want

msturg@gmail.com

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

here's a few pics. The bag brackets have a 4th tube now on each side for some extra support

Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 2:35 am

amazing work,

Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 2:36 am

amazing work,

Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 3:12 pm

Looks awesome, great work.

Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 3:16 pm

very nice my friend

Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 3:38 pm

wow do that some crazy metal Fab dude. Looks soo good. i deff cant wait to see this thing finished

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 5:07 am

Hey Mikey!

I like IT

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

lol

I Have No Life Joined: Dec 17, 2008 Posts: 1292

updates?

Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 3:32 am

updates?

Forever Static Joined: Dec 07, 2008 Posts: 288

Update is that it is moving from the shop to its new unfinished home this weekend, lol

I've been rebuilding my garage at the house over the past couple of months, which still needs a ton of little things in order to really use it so hopefully I can work balls to the wall on it this winter

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:03 am

Def looks sick man

and I think this there will be a page 3 now?

Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:24 pm

UPDATES OR DOWN TIME?