Recent content by pappy

bobin' one That looks like a suzuki 650 savage. I'm bobin one of those in my shop right now and, hope to post some pic's soon. I know it's a rice burnner and, that turns away some of the purist but, it's got a sweet looking thumper that fits the bill.

Well i'll jump in here too. I'm in Mt. Sterling, KY. 30 mi. east of Lexinton. I have NO IDEA what my ride will be yet. But the frame and buggy spring behind rear axel set up looks pretty D#*+ Good for a first timer.

NASBAR Racing:D

I am planning on using a buggy spring rear end on my build. I’ve heard that a buggy spring is to mounted under tension ( I presume to keep the shackles parallel with the rear axle). Is this true? If so how much? My spring is 38” eye to eye. Do I stretch it to 38.5”- 39” or am I looking at this...

.....Chop the top....Slam It! Sweet ride, I like it.

Thanks, Gastrick…Yes, the pinion center is off around 2” from the center of the axle. I know this isn’t much but, I don’t want to put this together and have trouble latter. I know we don’t live in a perfect world and, I’ve seen some things that shouldn’t work that do. And, things that do work...

I scored a nice 9” ford today from a 76 bronco 4x4. It’s 52 ¼” plate to plate but, I have a question ??? The input shaft is around 2” off center of the axle. I guess that is because it came out of a 4x4 with a transfer case? How will this effect my drive line set up? I know I can get the...

No, call me stupiddd. 9" ford 54", Ford 302 power plant and, may build the body myself. I'm thinking around 30" at the fire wall, 55" from the wall to the back with a nice tapper back to a 45" wide rear. sides around 22". just have to work with it as I go.

Hello, I’m new to this site and, this is my first post. I found out about this site from the K B site that I visited quite a bit. I had a car I was working on last year but had to move and sold the car “ at a yard sale “. Went back to the K B but, found that all the people that were there at...