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tmgant

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land-o-lakes , fl
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[/URL][/IMG]Ok guys ,,,here goes. Been wanting to do a truck, I posted some pics of a friends junk yard here. I picked one out when we were there, could have found something better to start with. But I wanted something from him..
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the start..then we pulled the front end off
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my friend Joe out helping us and my son TJ (hates spiders)
 
That's what it's all about... rescuing a piece of history & makin' something kool out of it! Those frames are worth using too!

BoB
 
Hey Tobby, good to see some pix of the project! I don't know tho, you don't generally find one in as good a shape down here as you found. It looks pretty solid. Happy New Year buddy!
 
Well Smallfoot, the floor is gone. but not using it anyway. Willow I was referring to the style of truck, I thought the short or stock wb was a rudy, not trying to copy anyone.. my bad... I have cut the bottom 6" off the cab to get the door from being so tall. Don't think we are going to cut the roof, we have moved the wheels/wheelbase around (long-short-way out -way in) we have been moving it then let it sit for a week or so. This is the way it keeps coming back to,,
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We have a lot on our plate, but really want to get this done. My son is in the shop every night with me, we finished his foxbody so on to this. thanks everyone more to come.. Tobby
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Looking good Tobby! I can see you decided for some head room heheh! Ah, floors, they mostly get discarded or replaced anyway with mods to make em lower and fitting motors and trannys. That's gonna be sweet...
TJ's foxbody looks like one you used to run...
 
To get the wheelbase and width we want, we cut 8" out of the front axle,,,
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this week we started on the frame,,and you can see where the body is cut 6" from the bottom up to the door hinges,,
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We are doing the frame different from the past ones,, you can see the tubing is not mitered at the joints, to fit with no void. It is cut at the angle and will need a plate to fill the void. some say this is stronger ???
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also you see the straps we used to get the body lined up,, the floor was gone so no way to brace it before,, thanks Tobby
 
Haven't got much done,,I just have a hard time with the cold weather ,,(cold for Florida) Smallfoot, my original car is in Pennsylvania,, this foxbody I built for my wife to race in stock eliminator 15 years ago,,she raced it for 3 years,, Tj drug it out 2 years ago, so we put it back together. but yes it looks identical,, Worked on the frame this weekend..
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thanks Tobby
 

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