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Post by tuffone20 on Apr 28, 2011 19:34:47 GMT -5
I picked up a Modelhaus resin Dodge short-bed at the DSC and am going to start building a 2 wheel drive short-bed to go with my 4X4 one!! Here is what I'm starting with. I'm thinking of maybe going with a Ross Gibson 383 or 440? Not sure what color I'm going to be painting this one, but it will be a two tone for sure...
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Post by tuffone20 on Apr 28, 2011 19:35:39 GMT -5
So I got around to working on this one and right away I ran into a small problem. I picked up some Decon Resin 4x2 Dodge rear springs which sit lower then the ones that come in the LRE kits as those are really 4X4 rear springs. So when I went to use the lower ones I found that the rear end hit the gas tank. Which isn't a problem when using the LRE springs. I was then thinking of taking a long wheel base chassis and shorting it, but I really didn't want to cut another one up because I still want to build another 4X2 long bed Dodge. I then came up with the idea of just cutting the gas tank out of a LRE chassis, well that didn't look so great!! So I went a head and cut everything between the frame rails out like so. And then cut the right side frame rail out of a spare LRE chassis to fix the left side rail where the tank was. Now I just have to make a new cross member and I should be good!!! More to come so keep checking back!!! ;D ;D
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Post by Big Ed on Apr 28, 2011 21:05:26 GMT -5
Everything worked out well, I see. Nice work Marty.
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Post by terry on Apr 29, 2011 13:27:25 GMT -5
Looks prettty good to me. Good job.
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Post by wtsf150 on Apr 29, 2011 14:01:12 GMT -5
Aint this half the fun of building looks like you've ot a handle on things Willie
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Post by jeffs396 on Apr 29, 2011 19:36:22 GMT -5
Very cool!
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Post by gray07 on Apr 30, 2011 0:13:17 GMT -5
Iam watching this, because i have here a dodge with the LRE suspention on that i been working on, but didnt like the way it sat up in the rear. so i quit working on it
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Post by tuffone20 on May 1, 2011 21:36:34 GMT -5
Iam watching this, because i have here a dodge with the LRE suspention on that i been working on, but didnt like the way it sat up in the rear. so i quit working on it Well here is a photo of how it sets with the springs from Decon Resin and I really like it!! And this is with the LRE springs. And I got the hole filled in on the frame...
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Post by Hemi on Oct 28, 2016 23:06:39 GMT -5
-Get any more of this one done Marty? -What engine ya used for in it?
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