Suspension, steering, brakes, wheels & tires
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JWW
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by JWW » Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:48 am
convincor wrote: get the yard to cut the front clip off and bring it home for Ryan to do all the wrenching.
That's what I did. I had a salvage yard cut the frame off and brought all that home with me. It allowed me to work on it when I had time.
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by BiggDogg » Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:18 pm
JWW wrote: convincor wrote: get the yard to cut the front clip off and bring it home for Ryan to do all the wrenching.
That's what I did. I had a salvage yard cut the frame off and brought all that home with me. It allowed me to work on it when I had time.
how much did they charge ya for that?
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1971ford
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by 1971ford » Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:10 pm
convincor, your right, i was thinking bumpside at the time.
-Ryan
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by 1971ford » Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:11 pm
but if i got that, i would end up making it into a desert truck
looks like good desert truck potential
-Ryan
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by JWW » Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:39 pm
BiggDogg wrote: JWW wrote: convincor wrote: get the yard to cut the front clip off and bring it home for Ryan to do all the wrenching.
That's what I did. I had a salvage yard cut the frame off and brought all that home with me. It allowed me to work on it when I had time.
how much did they charge ya for that?
Cost me $100. The cool thing was a guy there getting some parts for his vehicle hauled it home for me. Here's what I brought home:
Like Convincor said, I sacrificed a Dent.
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by 1971ford » Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:59 pm
yeah thats what i want to do.
so it cost you $100 just for them to torch it off?
thats a bit much!
-Ryan
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by BiggDogg » Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:01 pm
Ryan I think it cost him $100 for the torch job and the parts, not just the torch job... atleast that's what I'm hoping...
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by OLE69F100 » Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:51 pm
I brought home the same thing as above for $250
but It did have new springs.
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by JWW » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:12 pm
BiggDogg wrote: Ryan I think it cost him $100 for the torch job and the parts, not just the torch job... atleast that's what I'm hoping...
Yeah, you are right. The $100 included the parts as well. They used a reciprocating saw to cut the frame for me. It worked great for me because I could work on getting it off the frame whenever I had the time.
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by 1971ford » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:18 pm
well im doing that then
thanks for the help guys
-Ryan
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by H-DFord » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:05 pm
Got one in my front yard but to far away to help Ryan. It's going to scrap yard soon.
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by sport71 » Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:10 am
Mr. Ryans' Dad, you might want to replace the rubber, since you are doing the swap.
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by 1971ford » Sat Jun 14, 2008 1:49 pm
the truck is pretty much down to the frame and everything is going to be gone over, all bushings replaced and everything sanded and por-15ed so it will all be like new
-Ryan
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by 1971ford » Sat Jun 21, 2008 5:45 pm
SHEESH still havent found a dent with the front clip removed and went to a Ford junkyard and they wanted $350
jeebers!
-Ryan