These first pictures are of the vehicle that Rodney bought for its body, seats, etc. Note: this is not the finished product, though it looks a lot like Rodney's end goal. He will be putting in a new custom built frame, new transmission and transfer case, a Cummins diesel engine and new axles. So Rodney still needs to mount the engine to the frame, etc. He'll be fabricating these...and then he will still need to come up with an exhaust system and a bunch of other stuff that I'm probably forgetting!
He already has the engine, axles and the frame (which are in the pictures below). He just finished painting the axles with a nifty paint that will help protect the metal from rusting. Since we don't plan on living in Texas forever, we will need to be prepared for salty, icy roads of Illinois! Once he fabricates the mounts for the engine, he will send the rolling chassy (sp??) in to have it galvanized.
And there may be a follow up blog (written by Rodney) with added or edited information! Enjoy:)
4BT Cummins Engine
Axle (front/rear...I have no idea...)
Custom frame (It looks much cooler in person. It really does. Very impressive.)
1 comment:
wow. tell him congrats for me. that looks really incredible. you can obviously tell he's from rockford.
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